Seton Hall’s Hidden Abuse Report Exposes Conciliar Complicity and Institutional Rot
National Catholic Register (May 21, 2026) reports that Seton Hall University, a Catholic institution in South Orange, New Jersey, faces a legal battle to conceal a critical report concerning clergy sexual abuse and its own handling of such allegations. The “Latham report,” commissioned by the university itself in 2019, remains shielded from public view, with the school invoking attorney-client privilege to prevent its disclosure. This legal maneuvering occurs amidst consolidated litigation involving hundreds of abuse cases against the Archdiocese of Newark, with Seton Hall as a defendant in several instances. The report is believed to scrutinize Monsignor Joseph Reilly, then rector of the university’s Immaculate Conception Seminary and now its president, regarding his knowledge of, and failure to report, abuse claims, particularly those involving the disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick. Newark Archbishop Cardinal Joseph Tobin initiated a separate independent review in February 2025, which remains ongoing, to examine the communication of these findings. The relentless pursuit of transparency by victims’ attorneys, despite institutional obfuscation, underscores a profound moral bankruptcy within the conciliar structures, prioritizing self-preservation over justice and genuine accountability.





