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Bishop accused in sexual assaults
By Colin Mixson
Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas
DiMarzio sexually abused
an 11-year-old altar boy at a
New Jersey congregation
more than 45 years ago, according
to Boston attorney
Mitchell Garabedian.
The victim, 56-year-old
Mark Matzek, suffered repeated
abuse at the hands of
DiMarzio over a roughly yearlong
period between 1974 and
1975, when he was both an altar
boy at St. Nicholas Church
and a student at St. Nicholas
school in Jersey City, Garabedian
claims.
The attorney refused to describe
the nature of the assault,
citing ethical concerns,
but says that Matzek was also
abused by another priest, the
late Rev. Albert Mark, during
the same period, and that
both clergymen acted independent
of each other.
“They abused my client individually,
not together,“ said
Garabedian. “This is just further
evidence that the church
is purportedly the most moral
institution in the world, yet
acts most immorally. It is complicit
in the wholesale sexual
abuse of children.”
In addition to overseeing
the spiritual welfare of Brooklyn
and Queens partitioners
as head of the Archdiocese
of Brooklyn, DiMarzio was
tasked by Pope Francis with
investigating Bishop Richard
Malone of Buffalo, who
is himself accused of mishandling
abuse claims targeting
clergy within the upstate
diocese.
DiMarzio denied the allegations
in a statement, and
defended his reputation as a
crusader against sexual abuse
within the church.
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ual abuse from our diocese in
Brooklyn and Queens.”
Garabedian announced the
allegations in a letter sent to
the Archdiocese of Newark
on Nov. 11, but cannot file
suit until New Jersey’s Child
Victims Act — which provides
victims of sexual abuse
a two-year look-back period
to file suit regardless of statute
of limitations — takes effect
on Dec. 1.
New York legislators
passed a similar law also
called the Child Victims Act
that took effect on Aug. 14,
and 154 lawsuits have since
been filed in Brooklyn alleging
abuse against the Catholic
Church and other Kings
County organizations.
The attorney — who was
portrayed by Stanley Tucci in
the 2015 drama “Spotlight”
about abuse within the Catholic
Church in Boston — will
be seeking $20 million on behalf
of his client, and expects
to name both the Newark diocese
and DiMarzio as defendants.
Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas
File photo
DiMarzio is accused
of sexually assaulting an
11-year-old altar boy at
a parish in New Jersey
more than 45 years ago.
“There will be a legal process
now and I will vigorously
defend myself against this
false allegation,” DiMarzio
said. “Sexual abuse is a despicable
crime and since arriving
at the diocese in 2003, I have
worked and will continue to
work tirelessly to purge sex-
Cryptocurrency
fraud: jail time
By Jessica Parks
Brooklyn Paper
A Sheepshead Bay man
was sentenced to 18 months
imprisonment in Brooklyn
Federal Court Monday for
what is believed to be the
nation’s first conviction for
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cryptocurrency.
Maksim Zaslavskiy raised at
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