Just minutes after a new
New Jersey law went into effect opening a 2-year window in which previously time-barred sex abuse cases can be filed, suit was filed in a New Jersey state trial court against former Cardinal
Theodore McCarrick and the Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. The complaint (
full text) in
Bellocchio v. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, (NJ Super. Ct., filed 12/1/2019), states claims for sexual battery against McCarrick, and for negligence against the Archdiocese. It alleges in part:
31. In approximately 1995 or 1996, when Plaintiff was approximately 13 or 14 years old, McCarrick engaged in unpermitted sexual contact with Plaintiff.
32. McCarrick engaged in a similar course of conduct and pattern of sexual predation of devout Catholic youth under his control.
Washington Post and
America report on the lawsuit.
