The Congregation of the Servants of the Paraclete operated a facility to help priests with drinking problems and those accused of having “improper attraction to children.
The lawsuit stated that the Catholic Church used the facility in Jemez Springs to “recycle unreformed pedophile priests back into active ministry where they would have regular contact with children.”
In 1991, the Allentown Diocese sent Tucci to Jemez Springs facility after he admitted molesting a teenage boy. After several months, the facility “cleared” Tucci to return to the parishes in Pennsylvania where he had been serving as a priest. The Diocese never informed or warned parishioners about Tucci’s misconduct.
According to the lawsuit, the Allentown Diocese “did nothing” when the victim reiterated his complaint against Tucci in 1993. At the time, he expressed concerns that Tucci could sexually abuse others.
Six years later, Tucci sexually abused his client, said Williams. He noted that neither Cullen nor anyone from the diocese reported the allegations of child sexual abuse to the police.
