"If any person may have been abused by any priest, they should immediately contact their local County Prosecutor's Office and the Diocese's Victims Assistance Coordinator: Dr. Ken McNiel at 973 879-1489. You may also be in touch with either of the Diocesan Response Officers: Monsignor T. Mark Condon, Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia, 973-777-8818 Ext. 205 or Sister Joan Daniel Healy, S.C.C., Chancellor/Delegate for Religious, 973-777-8818 Ext. 248. 

The entire text of the Policy of the Diocese of Paterson in Response to Complaints of Sexual Abuse is available on the diocesan Web site: www.patersondiocese.org." 

Safe Environment Policy

It is the policy of the Paterson Diocese that anyone who has regular reoccurring contact with children must have a criminal history background check completed, and read and acknowledge our Code of Conduct before they can work with children, and must attend a Protecting God's Children child sexual abuse awareness program. Our policy and volunteer instructions are posted on our child protection webpage.