Teacher sexually assaulted us at N.J. Catholic high school in 1980s, lawsuits allege
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The Archdiocese of Newark and a Catholic nonprofit are accused of failing to protect two students from being sexually assault by a teacher who worked at the now-shuttered Queen of Peace High School in Bergen County in the 1980s. Former teacher Lief Schiroki sexually assaulted one student from 1984 to 1985 and another student from 1984 to 1987, according to the suits filed in March in Essex County. The victims, identified only by their initials in court papers, now live out of state. Schiroki died in 1992 at age 49,...
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