Diocese: Diocese of Paterson
Notes:
Augustinian priest, taught in DC 1960s. Left Order 1970. Became Paterson diocesan priest. Charged 1979 in NY after two boys (14 & 15) alleged sex abuse by Tully. Charges dismissed 1980. Both came forward 2004 after learning he had been assigned to parish since 1983. They said church official threatened families in 1979 to keep them quiet. Permanent leave 2004. A 3rd claim settled 1/07. Voluntary laicization requested. Two more claims settled as of 4/08. Another 12/08. Settlement 3/12 for $265K. In 9/15 Paterson diocese settled for “six figures” with woman claiming Tully fondled her over 20 times in 1977 when he was Pope Piux XII High vice-principal and she was a 16-year-old student. Total of $2.1M in settlements with at least 9 alleged Tully victims, ages 8-16 at time of incidents. Laicized 2004. Abuse reported 2011 to Archdiocese of Washington DC. On WDC archdiocese 10/15/18 list.
Sources:
Daily Record 05.18.04; NY Times 05.19.04; Daily Record 05.30.04; Daily Record (NJ) 07.03.04; Daily Record 06.06.06; Daily Record 01.16.07; NorthJersey News 01.16.07; Daily Record 01.22.07; Daily Record 10.24.07; Daily Record 11.02.07; NorthJersey News 11.02.07; Daily Record 11.11.07; Daily Record 04.04.08; Daily Record 12.09.08; Daily Record 04.03.12; The Record 09.14.15; New Jersey News 09.15.15; Archdiocese of Washington DC list 10.15.18; Wayne Patch 10.16.18; http://bishop-accountability.org/