Father Lawrence Gadek – Archdiocese of Newark

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1955 Ordained in the Archdiocese of Newark
1956 - 1962 St. Catherine’s Church, Hillside, NJ
1963 - 1966 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Jersey City, NJ
Source:
  • The Official Catholic Directory, Kenedy & Sons

(The years listed above are the publication years of the Official Catholic Directory. According to the Directory, the assignments provided for a given year are effective as of January 1 of that year. This means that a priest listed in the Directory for a given year at a parish or school was likely at the same assignment for at least part of the previous year as well.)

Summary:
  • Father Lawrence Gadek was accused of sexually abusing a female minor child on approximately fifteen occasions from approximately 1960 to 1962 when the female child was approximately eleven to thirteen years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Gadek was assigned to St. Catherine’s Church in Hillside, New Jersey, and the female child was a parishioner of the church. The sexual abuse took place in locations including inside St. Catherine’s Church and in the nearby rectory affiliated with the church.
  • The sexual abuse by Father Gadek included the following: Father Gadek fondled the girl’s vagina and penetrated her vagina with his fingers.
  • The claim settled in January 2020 in the mid six figures.