Pastor, youth ministers step down after Newark priest resigns

COLTS NECK, N.J.

The Star-Ledger of Newark (http://bit.ly/12FwUnN) says the Rev. Thomas Triggs announced his resignation from the pulpit during a service Saturday night at St. Mary's Parish in Colts Neck.

The newspaper also said youth ministers Michael and Amy Lenehan no longer held those positions, though it was not clear if they resigned or were forced out.

The shakeup comes just days after the resignation of the Rev. Michael Fugee, a priest in the Archdiocese of Newark. Fugee had been involved with the parish youth group in defiance of an agreement with prosecutors not to work with children.

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