John Joseph Jenik
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John Joseph Jenik (born March 7, 1944) is an American
On October 10, 2019, Pope Francis accepted Jenik's resignation, a normal practice when a bishop reaches his 75th birthday.
Biography
Early life
John Jenik was born on March 1, 1944, in
Priesthood
Jenik was ordained into the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New York by Cardinal Terence Cooke on May 30, 1970.[1] He studied Spanish at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and earned a Master of Education degree from Fordham University in New York City His pastoral assignments were all parishes in the Bronx. They included:
- St. Jerome'sfrom 1970 to 1974
- St. Thomas Aquinas from 1974 to 1978
- Our Lady of Refuge from 1978 to 2018[2]
Jenik was named a monsignor by the Vatican in 1995, and served as regional vicar for the Northeast Bronx from 2006.[3]
Auxiliary Bishop of New York
Jenik was named the titular bishop of
In 2016, a New York man, Michael J. Meenan filed a sexual abuse accusation against Jenik with Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx. Meenan claimed that in 1984 Jenik, then a teacher at the school, sexually abused him at age 15 at a sleepover. Fordham found the accusation credible and negotiated a settlement with Meenan. Jenik denied the accusations and remained in his ministerial posts. In January 2018, Meenan filed the same complaint with the archdiocese. He was interviewed by the Lay Review Board later that year, which also decided that the allegation was "credible and substantiated" On October 31, 2018, Archbishop Dolan announced that Jenik was stepping down as pastor of Our Lady of Refuge and from his other public ministerial functions, awaiting review by the Vatican.[2][5]
Retirement
On October 10, 2019, Pope Francis accepted Jenik's resignation as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, which he submitted as required when he turned 75. His investigation by the Vatican was still ongoing at that time.[6]
See also
Catholicism portal
New York City portal
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
References
- ^ a b "Bishop John Joseph Jenik". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
- ^ Archdiocese of New York. Archived from the originalon 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
- Catholic New York. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
- ^ White, Christopher (October 31, 2018). "New York auxiliary bishop accused of sexual abuse". Crux. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ "Pope Accepts Resignation of Bronx Bishop Accused of Abuse". NBC New York. October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
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