DiMarzio can still run, but he can no longer hide

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]