Archdiocese of Newark Archives

Seton Hall investigation finds McCarrick harassed seminarians

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 5, 2019

A yearlong investigation by Seton Hall University confirmed that Theodore McCarrick, the laicized cardinal who had been archbishop of Newark from 1986 to 2000, had sexually harassed seminarians during his tenure as head of the archdiocese.

Newark’s Cardinal Tobin joins Catholics protesting immigration detention

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 5, 2019

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, blessed and then prayed near a group of Catholics who blocked a crosswalk, arranging themselves in the shape of a cross in front of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Newark Sept. 4, to protest the detention of children and families in immigration facilities.

Tobin: Letter reminds priests Christ’s ‘joy, hope’ constantly ‘born anew’

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Aug 10, 2019

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, praised Pope Francis for his Aug. 4 letter to priests in which the pontiff expressed “gratitude to all those priests who faithfully and generously spend their lives in the service of others.”

Attorney identifies more accused priests in New Jersey

Associated Press, Church in the US
Aug 8, 2019

An attorney for childhood victims alleging sexual abuse by Catholic clergy said Wednesday he has turned up the names of 12 New Jersey priests who were not previously disclosed on lists the church released.

Assisted suicide now law in N.J.; cardinal calls it ‘morally unacceptable’

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Apr 16, 2019

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark called New Jersey’s new law allowing assisted suicide regrettable, saying “whatever its motives and means,” it is “morally unacceptable.”