All-boys school run by Catholic monks acknowledges DECADES of sexual abuse after dozens of former students speak out

Thirteen Benedictine monks and one lay teacher have been accused of sexually abusing boys the Delbarton School, in Morristown, New Jersey

The abbey says it took disciplinary measures against the accused monks when allegations began emerging in the late 80s, and notified prosecutors

But the only monk ever charged was Rev. Timothy Brennan, a former teacher at Delbarton, convicted of abusing a teenage student in in 1987

He was sentenced to just one year of probation

Brennan reportedly later admitted sexually assaulting 50 boys

The alleged assaults date from 1968 to as late as 1999, and victims began coming forward in the late eighties. But, while the abbey says it took disciplinary measures against the accused monks and notified Morris County prosecutors, only one was ever charged.

The Rev. Timothy Brennan, a former teacher at Delbarton, was convicted of abusing a teenage student in in 1987 and sentenced to just one year of probation. He has since admitted to abusing 50 boys, The Associated Press reports. He now lives in a treatment center for priests in Missouri.

PUBLISHED: 17:18 EDT, 25 July 2018

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