John Joseph Jenik

Styles of
**John Joseph Jenik**
Styles of; John Joseph Jenik
Reference style	His Excellency; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

John Joseph Jenik
His Excellency, The Most Reverend; John Joseph Jenik
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York; Titular Bishop of Druas
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	New York
Appointed	June 14, 2014
Installed	August 4, 2014
Retired	October 10, 2019
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Druas
Orders
Ordination	May 30, 1970; by Terence Cooke
Consecration	August 4, 2014; by Timothy M. Dolan, Gerald Thomas Walsh, and Dominick John Lagonegro
Personal details
Born	March 7, 1944 (age 80); Manhattan, New York, US
Motto	Defend the poor and needy

John Joseph Jenik (born March 7, 1944) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 2014 to 2018. His ministerial privileges were suspended in October 2018, pending Vatican investigation of a sexual abuse allegation.

On October 10, 2019, Pope Francis accepted Jenik's resignation, a normal practice when a bishop reaches his 75th birthday.

Biography

Early life

John Jenik was born on March 1, 1944, in Manhattan. He was educated at Immaculate Conception School in Manhattan and Cathedral College High School in Queens, New York. He studied for the priesthood at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York.

Priesthood

Jenik was ordained into the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New York by Cardinal Terence Cooke on May 30, 1970.^[1] He studied Spanish at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and earned a Master of Education degree from Fordham University in New York City His pastoral assignments were all parishes in the Bronx. They included:

Parochial vicar at St. Jerome's from 1970 to 1974
St. Thomas Aquinas from 1974 to 1978
Our Lady of Refuge from 1978 to 2018^[2]

Jenik was named a monsignor by the Vatican in 1995, and served as regional vicar for the Northeast Bronx from 2006.^[3]

Auxiliary Bishop of New York

Jenik was named the titular bishop of Druas and an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York by Pope Francis on June 14, 2014. He was consecrated by Cardinal Timothy Dolan in St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan on August 4, 2014. Auxiliary Bishops Gerald Walsh and Dominick Lagonegro were the co-consecrators.^[1] While auxiliary bishop, Jenik continued as pastor at Our Lady of Refuge Parish and the vicar for the Northeast Bronx.^[4]

In 2016, a New York man, Michael J. Meenan filed a sexual abuse accusation against Jenik with Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx. Meenan claimed that in 1984 Jenik, then a teacher at the school, sexually abused him at age 15 at a sleepover. Fordham found the accusation credible and negotiated a settlement with Meenan. Jenik denied the accusations and remained in his ministerial posts. In January 2018, Meenan filed the same complaint with the archdiocese. He was interviewed by the Lay Review Board later that year, which also decided that the allegation was "credible and substantiated" On October 31, 2018, Archbishop Dolan announced that Jenik was stepping down as pastor of Our Lady of Refuge and from his other public ministerial functions, awaiting review by the Vatican.^[2]^[5]

Retirement

On October 10, 2019, Pope Francis accepted Jenik's resignation as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, which he submitted as required when he turned 75. His investigation by the Vatican was still ongoing at that time.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Bishop John Joseph Jenik". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
^ ^a ^b Timothy M. Dolan. "Pastoral Letter from Cardinal Dolan on Bishop Jenik". Archdiocese of New York. Archived from the original on 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
^ John Woods (2014-07-24). "Ordination of Three Auxiliary Bishops". Catholic New York. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
^ White, Christopher (October 31, 2018). "New York auxiliary bishop accused of sexual abuse". Crux. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
^ Otterman, Sharon (2018-10-31). "New York Bishop Is Accused of Sexual Abuse". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
^ "Pope Accepts Resignation of Bronx Bishop Accused of Abuse". NBC New York. October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.

External links

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York Official Site

[hierarchy-1] "Bishop John Joseph Jenik". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-08-14.

[Dolan-2] Timothy M. Dolan. "Pastoral Letter from Cardinal Dolan on Bishop Jenik". Archdiocese of New York. Archived from the original on 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2018-10-31.

[Woods-3] John Woods (2014-07-24). "Ordination of Three Auxiliary Bishops". Catholic New York. Retrieved 2014-08-14.

[4] White, Christopher (October 31, 2018). "New York auxiliary bishop accused of sexual abuse". Crux. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.

[5] Otterman, Sharon (2018-10-31). "New York Bishop Is Accused of Sexual Abuse". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-23.

[6] "Pope Accepts Resignation of Bronx Bishop Accused of Abuse". NBC New York. October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.

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