Here Are The 8 Howell Priests On The 'Credibly Accused' List

HOWELL, NJ — The journalism site ProPublica, a Patch Partner, recently released the most comprehensive list so far of Catholic clergy "credibly accused" of sexual abuse. The list includes eight accused abusers with ties to Howell.

Of them, five have died; the others have been permanently restricted from the priesthood due to the allegations.

The searchable database — which includes nearly 200 priests accused from the dioceses of Metuchen, Newark, Trenton, Camden and Paterson — comes on the heels of various reports identifying hundreds of "predator" priests across the state.

Related: Full List Released Of NJ Catholic Clergy Accused Of Sex Assault

Here are the priests on the ProPublic list with Howell ties:

Robert J. Parenti

Parenti, who turns 81 this year, was ordained in 1972 and has been removed from ministry. The Diocese of Trenton reported he had multiple victims. He had four assignments, starting with St. Veronica in Howell. He also served at St. Denis in Manasquan; Church of the Assumption in New Egypt and Our Lady of Peace in Normandy Beach.

Joseph J. Prioli

Prioli, who is in his early 50s, was ordained as deacon in 2005. He had one victim and was removed from the ministry. His parish assignment was St. Catherine of Siena in Farmingdale, but he also was a teacher at Christian Brothers Academy in Middletown. He was arrested in January 2017 on charges that he sexually assaulted a relative for years beginning in 2007; he later pled guilty and is in state prison.

Liam A. Minogue

Status: Minogue, who has died, was ordained in 1968. He had one victim, according to the diocese, and multiple assignments, including at St. Veronica and at St. Rose of Lima in Freehold. He also served as chaplain for the Monmouth County Boy Scouts early in his priesthood.

Frank J. Iazetta

Iazetta, who has died, was ordained in 1967. He had multiple victims, according to the diocese. He had a lengthy list of assignments, with St. Veronica in Howell being his last parish assignment. He also was on the faculty at St. Rose High School in Belmar earler in his service.

Leo A. Kelty

Kelty, who has died, was ordained in 1960 and had one victim, according to the diocese. He had multiple parish assignments, with St. William the Abbot in Howell his last stop.

Joseph F. McHugh

McHugh, who has died, was ordained in 1973. He had multiple victims, the diocese said. St. Veronica in Howell was the next-to-last parish he served before he was removed from the ministry.

Richard R. Milewski

Milewski, who is in his mid-50s, was ordained in 1983. The diocese reported he had multiple victims and was removed from the ministry. He was assigned to six parishes, including St. Veronica in Howell, and his last stop was St. Rose of Lima in Freehold.

H. Brendan Williams

Williams, who turns 80 this year, was ordained in 1965. He had multiple victims, the diocese said, and was removed from the ministry. He had four assignments, with St. Veronica in Howell his last parish.

Related: Trenton Diocese Lists Parishes For Priests Accused Of Sex Abuse

Along with the list, ProPublica outlined the challenges of identifying offenders long after such widespread abuse became known. The database is a collection of 178 lists released by U.S. dioceses and religious orders as of Jan. 20. There are still more than 40 dioceses and religious orders that have not released information, including five out of seven Florida dioceses.

New Jersey enacted a law last month that extends the statute of limitations in civil actions on sexual abuse claims, creating a two-year window to file cases for which the statute of limitations had previously expired. A number of law firms have announced they were filing lawsuits. Attorneys from Rebenack, Aronow & Mascolo, LLP and Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC (PCVA) said they planned to file 38 lawsuits on behalf of dozens of abuse survivors.

The ProPublica project was prompted by a massive grand jury investigation in Pennsylvania that was described by Associated Press as the "biggest and most exhaustive ever" into priest sex abuse by an individual state. The investigation revealed many priests admitted to their actions and were allowed to continue in the ministry for years despite having confessed to molesting children.

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