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The charges against Nolan originated after a judge issued a search warrant for Mr. Nolan’s residence and certain weapons and computer equipment were seized.
NorthJersey.com WOODLAND PARK, N.J. – As clergy abuse lawsuits proliferate across the U.S., a growing number of priests who say they were falsely accused are pushing back — by suing their accusers, investigators and even church officials. The list includes the Rev. Roy Herberger of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, New York. Last year, he filed a defamation case against a 42-year-old man who said the priest had assaulted him as a boy. The diocese cleared Herberger after a six-month investigation, but the experience was devastating, he said. "I felt abandoned, embarrassed and...