Unlike Other Claim Funds, the New Jersey Catholic Conference Has Announced It Will Arbitrarily Exclude Claims Against Religious Order Priests and Lay Employees NEWARK, NJ – Adam Horowitz, a nationally-recognized advocate for survivors of clergy sexual abuse, announces the launch of a new database of clergy and lay employees accused of sexual abuse in the Catholic dioceses of New Jersey:…
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New Jersey Dioceses Sets Compensation Fund Rules for Clergy Sexual Abuse Victims
The Archdiocese of Newark and the Dioceses of Camden, Metuchen, Trenton and Paterson have set a start date of June 15, 2019 for the Independent Victim Compensation Program (“IVCP”). The IVCP is intended to compensate victims of sexual abuse by their clergy regardless of how many years ago the abuse occurred. Claimants must complete a questionnaire with sworn answers and…