S.J v. Father R.M. & St. Rose of Lima Church in Freehold Case

Settled for Undisclosed Monetary Amount Due To Confidentiality 

A sexual abuse lawsuit against a former pastor of St. Rose of Lima in Freehold has been named to have sexually abused a minor during his time as a Roman Catholic Priest during overnight trip to a spa resort when the clergyman was assigned to St. Veronica’s Church in Howell. The plaintiff alleged that the Pastor R.M. pulled down his bathing suit while roughhousing with him in the pool and squeezed his genitals until he was motionless in pain. It was alleged that Pastor R.M. made the group of boys he took to the spa resort in New Jersey strip naked before going into a whirlpool tub and steam room with him.