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Piscataway priest charged with criminal sexual conduct
Posted By reynor | Filed Under News & Current Events
by Tom Haydon | Wednesday October 24, 2007, 2:17 PM | Source
Rev. Edgardo Abano
A priest at a Catholic church in Piscataway was arrested and charged with repeatedly inappropriately touching a man working for the Diocese of Metuchen, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan announced today.
The Rev. Edgardo Abano, 51, pastor of Saint Francis Cabrini Roman Catholic Church on Netherwood Avenue, was arrested Tuesday and charged with criminal sexual conduct, a fourth-degree crime that carries a maximum sentence of 18 months prison upon conviction.
Authorities began investigating Abano on Sept. 25, after receiving information from the diocese, Kaplan said in a statement released today. The employee told investigators that Abano touched him inappropriately on the chest and buttocks on various occasions in 2005, Kaplan said.
All of the incidents occurred at the church rectory, authorities said. Abano, who was ordained a priest in May 1985, was released on $1,500 bail.
(Hat tip to Fr. Warlie who brought my attention to this news. I couldnt find any more information about the case but will keep you posted as it unfolds. You can read some of the comments by some people who knew him personally here. For now let us offer our prayers for Fr. Abano, the accuser, and for the parishioners of the church of St. Francis Cabrini. -Reynor)
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