Fr. Edward Balestrieri

Diocese: Diocese of Trenton

Religious Order: Order of the Most Holy Trinity

Notes:

Removed by Belleville Diocese after woman wrote to the Order to complain that he “inappropriately touched her son” (age 11) in 1975 in Trenton, NJ. Prosecutors said SOL had passed. He was part of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity, a religious community, at the time. He officially became part of the Belleville Diocese in 1985. On 1/24/09 Belleville diocesan website gave his status as “Administrative Leave / Retired.”

Sources:

Asbury Park Press 5.2.02Associated Press 5.1.02Associated Press 5.8.02Beliefnet.com 6.02Belleville News Democrat 3.7.03Belleville News Democrat 5.2.02St. Louis Post-Dispatch 5.2.02Star Ledger 5.2.02; http://bishop-accountability.org/