Joseph B. Di Peri

Ordained: 1956

Joseph B. Di Peri was a priest of the Newark, New Jersey archdiocese, ordained in 1956. He worked in a number of archdiocesan parishes and schools, and was a hospital and youth detention center chaplain.

In 2002, the Los Angeles police received a report that Di Peri molested a male Chaminade High School student in 1977-78 while he was working in the Los Angeles Archdiocese.  The campus dean was informed at the time, but no action was taken.  The Newark archdiocese removed his privileges in 2003.  By 2005, Di Peri was on the archdiocese’s “permanent monitoring system” and was living in a Trenton diocese retirement home. He died in 2007.

Father Di Peri's Assignments

Articles about Father Di Peri

• Bishop Accountability - Assignment Record - Rev. Jospeh B. Di Peri (26/01/2015)
• The Star-Ledger - Priest Personnel Files Released in California Court Case Reveal Alleged Abuser in NJ (01/08/2013)