Diocesan Review Board
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The majority of review board members are to be
“lay persons who are not in the employ of the diocese” (ibid).The US Bishops’ Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, and its accompanying Essential Norms, provide for the establishment in every diocese of a diocesan review board.
Among the board’s primary responsibilities are assisting the bishop in assessing allegations of sexual abuse and determining a cleric’s suitability for ministry (Essential Norms, 4).
The review board is to be comprised of at least five Catholics of “outstanding integrity and good judgment;” at least one member should be a pastor (ibid, 5).
The majority of review board members are to be “lay persons who are not in the employ of the diocese” (ibid).
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Diocesan Review Board
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The Honorable Peter G. Verniero, ChairFormer Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court & Former New Jersey Attorney General
* Not in the employ of the Diocese of Metuchen
Anthony P. Kearns III, EsqChancellor, Diocese of Metuchen & Former Hunterdon County ProsecutorMarybeth BerryEducator, Special Needs and Developmentally Disabled
*Not in the employ of the Diocese of Metuchen
Catherine Guercio-Hauer, MDDiplomate, American Board of Family Medicine*Not in the employ of the Diocese of Metuchen
George Lutz, MDPhysician, Specializing in Behavioral Medicine and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
*Not in the employ of the Diocese of Metuchen
Rev. Msgr. Edward C. PuleoPastor, St. Elizabeth-St. Brigid Parish, Far Hills-Peapack, NJVincent SagonaEducator, Professional Children's School, New York, NY
*Not in the employ of the Diocese of Metuchen
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The Honorable Barnett E. HoffmanRetired County Prosecutor and Superior Court Judge
*Not in the employ of the Diocese of Metuchen
Rev. Msgr. William Benwell, JCLPromoter of Justice, Diocese of MetuchenNicholas SusalisInvestigator*Not in the employ of the Diocese of Metuchen
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