Arrest constitutes first criminal case filed by the AG’s Clergy Abuse Task Force

TRENTON, NJ – Jan. 20, 2019 – New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey Thursday announced that a priest from Phillipsburg, N.J., has been arrested and charged with multiple criminal counts in the sexual assault of a child who was between the ages of 14 and 17.

The arrest constitutes the first criminal case filed by the New Jersey Clergy Abuse Task Force, which was formed by Attorney General Grewal in September 2018 to investigate allegations of clergy abuse. 

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