that he committed acts of sex abuse while serving the archdiocese in Union County. It was announced that Gugilotta was removed from ministry in 2016 and the process of defrocking Gugilotta was underway. In July 2018, it was reported that Catholic dioceses in New Jersey paid two former priests a total of $180,000 after they said Cardinal Theodore McCarrick had sexually abused them. The news story also stated that in 2014, a priest was removed from his job as rector of St. Andrew's Hall, the archdiocesan college seminary, after it was alleged that he had hidden a camera in a young priest's bedroom. In response to the story, the Archdiocese of Newark stated that this priest had been "going through a personal crisis and received therapy after the incident at the seminary. Although he is not serving as a pastor, he has been deemed fit for priestly ministry and hopes to serve as a hospital chaplain." A subsequent news report by Catholic News Agency, based on interviews with six anonymous priests of the Archdiocese of Newark, gave more details on McCarrick's actions while Archbishop of Newark. According to this report, one of the priests stated that McCarrick would invite young men to stay at his house on the shore, or to spend the night in the cathedral rectory in central Newark. The six priests alleged experience of sexual misconduct by two priests in seminary and ministry in the archdiocese. The Archdiocese of Newark responded stated neither the six anonymous priests interviewed for the story, nor anyone else, "has ever spoken to Cardinal Tobin about a 'gay sub-culture' in the Archdiocese of Newark." He concluded the letter by encouraging priests to refer media inquiries to the archdiocesan director of communications. This drew criticism such as "The Catholic church's habit of secrecy and denial continues". On September 26, 2018, it was announced that Archdiocese of Newark was now one of four American Dioceses facing an investigation by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. McCarrick served in each Diocese under investigation. On February 13, 2019, all of the Catholic Dioceses based in New Jersey released the names of clergy who had been credibly accused of sexually abusing children since 1940. Of the 188 listed, 63 were based in the Archdiocese of Newark. Archbishop Cardinal Joseph Tobin also acknowledged that the alleged acts of abuse committed by the clergy listed were reported to