Like the "Titanic" over a hundred years ago, Godfather Bishop Nicky Mars career has hit an iceberg; and it look's like only a matter of time before he sinks below the waves.....
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio's own response in the form of a letter (available through several outlets, including the Brooklyn-Queens diocesan newspaper, "The Tablet") is interesting --- in that it appears to respond only to the AP story accusing him of sexual abuse in the 1970s, while he was a priest at St. Nicholas Parish in Jersey City --- however, it doesn't acknowledge the person making the allegation(s) or that person's very prominent lawyer
What DIMarzio does not say in his letter to his "Sisters and Brothers in the Lord" speaks volumes
Bishop DiMarzio does not address in any way the contents of the letter that Attorney Mitchell Garabedian sent to the Archdiocese of Newark, which immediately prompted the Archdiocese of Newark to forward the matter directly to the local police for their investigation of the allegations raised. The Garabedian letter and several of the attorney's statements to an AP reporter indicate a rather detailed description of what are likely to be the plaintiff's claims and specifications with respect to time, place, circumstances and identity of the participants.
One of the things that Bishop DiMarzio's letter did say was that he was being accused of "... sexual abuse in the 1970s, while I was a priest at St. Nicholas Parish in Jersey City...." That statement contains a key admission of sorts.
Bishop DiMarzio stands as a man accused, and his letter indicates he fully understands the details and the gravamen about which he stands accused. Thus, what he says and does from here on out need to be judged and evaluated in that context.
DiMarzio's letter mentions that the accusations were about "sexual abuse," "in the 1970s" and "while I was a priest at at St. Nicholas Parish in Jersey City"; it did not mention the name of the accuser, that another priest was named along with DiMarzio, that the accuser had a prominent lawyer, or that the accuser was claiming tens of millions of dollars as compensation.
Another interesting nuance of the letter, which the Tablet said was DiMarzio's, " ... strongly refuting an allegation that he sexually abused a minor in the 1970s while he was still a priest in the Archdiocese of Newark, N.J....", is that the Bishop's denial starts with a quote about what he told the AP reporter. And the rest is about anything but what happened at St. Nicholas Parish in Jersey City in the 1970s.
So at the outset, DiMarzio has sort of admitted to a little, doesn't deny very much and refuses to acknowledge that he is being accused by a real flesh and blood person, who though an adult now, would have been a child in the mid-1970s.
[This posting was edited and modified slightly at about 2:05 PM EST, on 11/15/19]
27 comments:
There has been an emerging trend in litigation that when an accused calls the accuser a liar that the accused has now opened the door to a new cause of action for calling the accuser a liar. There are cases pending in the courts on the new laws on the statute of limitations that allowed these lawsuits.
The point is just keep shoveling the money into the collection box so the lords work can continue to settle these lawsuits.
Why is Inspector DiMarzio conducting an investigation? Is he an ex cop on disability like everyone else in politics?
This isn't just a big story in the mainstream media, almost every Catholic paper, diocesan or national, has picked it up and run with it.
When are we going to here from John Quaglione about this?
The world wants to know - the world needs to know.
Q only reads the home reporter
How can the Diocese rely on John Quaglione to be there P.R. crisis team captain? The seas are far too rough. Q really needs to be let go. They won't survive this scandal with Q at the helm. It's time to call in the Professionals like Gerry O and Hank Shinekof.
Q beat Gerry O big time in 2017 with Liam..lol
RESPONSE: THE "...AND THAT'S THE REST OF THE STORY..." EDITION
TO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 2:07 PM"
OBVIOUSLY, YOU DON'T GET AROUND MUCH..... Q BEAT LIAM BIG TIME IN 2017, NOT GERRY O.....
GERRY O DIDN'T REALLY GET A CRACK AT Q IN 2017 --- LIAM, CHRISTINE, BOB M AND OTHERS ALL HAD BETTER IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO USE GERRY O'S STUFF
..... OKAY, NOW YOU CAN LOL
VERY IMPORTANT BACKFILL: THE "GARABEDIAN THEN AND NOW" EDITION
WHEN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEWARK AND THE REMAINING OTHER DIOCESES IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY RELEASED THEIR LISTS OF 188 PRIESTS AGAINST WHOM CREDIBLE CHARGES OF SEX ABUSE HAD BEEN FOUND IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, ATTORNEY MITCHELL GARABEDIAN, THE LAWYER FOR THE MAN MAKING THE CURRENT CHARGES AGAINST BROOKLYN BISHOP NICHOLAS DI MARZIO, HAD SAID THE LIST "...MUST BE VIEWED WITH SOME SCEPTICISM SINCE [THE NEWARK ARCHDIOCESE AND THE OTHER NJ DIOCESES] CONSTANTLY PARTICIPATED IN THE CRIMINAL COVER-UP OF SEXUAL ABUSE OF INNOCENT CHILDREN FOR DECADES UPON DECADES...." AND "GIVEN THE PAST EXTENSIVE CRIMINALITY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE DECISION TO RELEASE THE NAMES [IN FEBRUARY 2019] WAS PRIMARILY A BUSINESS DECISION...."
THEN, ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2019, MITCHELL GARABEDIAN HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT HE HAD TURNED UP THE NAMES OF 12 ADDITIONAL PRIESTS THAT WERE NOT ON THE LIST OF 188 PRIESTS RELEASED BY THE NEW JERSEY DIOCESES AND THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEWARK
"Garabedian said it’s unclear how many of the priests [that he had newly] named might be deceased, but that the victims told him the abuse went from 1946 to 1982 and that the age of the victims now is between 45 and 87 years old. He said they’ve all gotten compensation offers from the fund that the New Jersey church set up this year in response to the clergy abuse scandal...." ("Attorney identifies more accused priests in New Jersey" by Mike Catalini [AP], 8/8/19, CRUX -- Taking the Catholic Pulse [https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2019/08/08/attorney-identifies-more-accused-priests-in-new-jersey/]).
At this time, it is not clear whether Mr. Garabedian had included the names of Bishop Nicholas Di Marzio and Father Albert Mark (Deceased), the two "priests" from 1974-75 who allegedly abused Mark Metzak at St. Nicholas Parish in Jersey City, on his August 2019 list of 12 additional abusive priests.
However, he sure is naming them NOW.
John Q is doing a bang up job as public relations director. Do the local press have any article about sensational money grubbing lawyers from California? No. The local press has a profile on the new county chair Maresca and all the good work Marty is doing. Not one article about the left wing stooge who stole the election from Golden.
Does LOL stand for lots of losers?
421, in years to come, they'll be singing a version of the Pete Seeger song, "Which Side Were You On" just about you.
Ohhhh--Oh! '... Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man?'
No one reads the local press except the same 25 elderly folks, many of whom won't be here next year.
All this should make you ask some questions, like why Rev. Gelfant was "reassigned" suddenly and what Monsignor Cassato is really doing with all that money he got from former IACRL members for a Cabrini monument.
This whole problem started with Woodstock, Rock and/or Roll and ending Latin mass I tells ya
I heard that Gelfant is going to Breezy Point. Interesting... What happened at St. Finbar's that caused 'frgelfant' to be so suddenly reassigned?
Looks like Gelfant's last assignment before being transferred to Breezy was to engage in a social Media war with Andy G.
Monsignors, Bishops, Cardinals add up to a bunch of Queens.
Gounardes which rymes with retardes has nothing to say about the Bishop and Marty. Ian Reillys lawsuit worked.
NOTE: THE "EDITORIAL MOVE" EDITION
THE COMMENT ABOVE AT "... 9:06 AM" THAT WAS MARKED AS "DELETED..." WAS MOVED TO THE THREAD FOR MY PRIOR POST, "WAS CHIP CAFIERO REALLY INJURED INBERMUDA OR IS IT JUST ANOTHER SCAM ???" --- ITS HEADLINE READS "EDITORIAL MOVE: THE "BECAUSE I CAN --- AND --- IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO" EDITION"; AND IT IS "TIME STAMPED" AS FOLLOWS: "NOVEMBER 16, 2019 at 10:21 AM"
A few year back I relocated to Wisconsin to be closer to my proctologist. I read this blog to keep up on GOP comings and goings. Did Senator Golden ever leave office?
1248, if you read the Brooklyn Reporter or listen to Kassar, Quaglione, Ghorra and now Maresca, Marty Golden is still the State Senator, he is in the Republican Majority in the New York State Senate, and he is going to be the Majority Leader some time very soon, unless he becomes mayor or governor or U.S. Senator or President or the next Bishop of the Brooklyn Diocese.
2020 is the year chairman Maresca turns everything around. Congresswoman Malliotakis who just turned 39 is going to be the downstate Elise Stefanik.
Golden and the GOP gain control of the Senate. The GOP just picked up a seat in the Senate in a special last week.
Marty played andy right. Ians lawsuit has Andy quiet about Golden & DiMarzio. It worked.
522 is correct.
Cats is with them both..
Eaton,??????????
1133 & 344, if you read the Brooklyn Reporter or listen to Kassar, Quaglione, Ghorra and now Maresca, Marty Golden is still the State Senator, he is in the Republican Majority in the New York State Senate, and he is going to be the Majority Leader some time very soon, unless he becomes mayor or governor or U.S. Senator or President or the next Bishop of the Brooklyn Diocese.
Golden will return to Senate again with cats help again..Eatin will be on the sidelines again
Marty getting back into the state senate is not happening, with or without Catsimatidis' 'help'
The limits on Cats donations to Marty are the same as everyone else's.
What Marty really needs to return to office is divine intervention. And because of his close relationship with someone recently accused of insidious behavior, the divine are not inclined to help him either.
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