Monsignor J. Francis Feenan – Diocese of Paterson

Assignment Record:

DatesAssignment
Approx. 1953 Ordained in the Diocese of Paterson
1954 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Morristown, NJ
1955 – 1964 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Boonton, NJ
1956 – 1958 “Director of the Catholic Youth Organization, Dover – Boonton”
1965 – 1966 St. James of the Marches Church, Totowa Borough, NJ
1967 – 2003 St. Thomas More Church, Convent Station, NJ
2004 – 2010 “Retired”
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:
  • Monsignor Feenan died in 2010.
  • Monsignor J. Francis Feenan was accused of sexually abusing a woman on approximately three occasions from approximately 1979 to 1980 when the woman was approximately twenty-five years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Monsignor Feenan (then known as Father Feenan) was assigned to St. Thomas More Church in Convent Station, New Jersey, and the woman was a CCD teacher at St. Thomas More Church.
  • The sexual abuse by Monsignor Feenan included the following: Monsignor Feenan fondled the woman’s breasts and genitals under her clothing, skin-on-skin; and Monsignor Feenan forced the woman to masturbate Monsignor Feenan until he ejaculated.
  • The claim settled in February 2020 in the high five figures.