In a damning report, 4 N.J. Catholic priests are among hundreds accused of abuse – NJ.com

Ordination: April 1962

4/28/1962: Assistant, St. Francis of Assisi, Vineland, N.J.

1/08/1966: Assistant, St. Mary, Gloucester, N.J.

6/18/1966: Assistant in Residence, St. Rose of Lima, Haddon Height, N.J.

                  Faculty, Paul VI High School, Haddon Township, NJ

1969-1970: Assistant CYO Director of Diocese

1970-1984: Bishop Eustace Preparatory, Pennsauken, N.J.

2002: Removed from active ministry/retirement

According to the grand jury, O’Connor was arrested in New Jersey in October 1984 for sexually molesting a 14-year-old child. The alleged abuse occurred in Connor’s home in the Diocese of Camden, when he was a theology teacher and golf coach at Bishop Eustace Preparatory School in Pennsauken.

The report said Connor never went to trial because lawyers for the Diocese of Camden negotiated a pre-trial intervention with the Cape May County Prosecutor’s office. Connor was to admit to sexual molestation and have his record erased if he was not re-arrested within a year.

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Diocese of Pittsburgh in 2015 reached a “five-figure” settlement with a man who claimed he was sexually abused as a youth by Connor. He alleged the priest was brought into the diocese by then-Bishop Anthony Bevilacqua, despite knowing his history and risk of sexual predatory behavior.