St. Mary of the Assumption — Local services in Elizabeth

i was told by a reliable source that Manny the Priest likes men and too friendly with the boys. and to add to it, he drinks alcohol a little too much. hanging out at the italian spot down the street a little too much. im writing this to bring awareness, & for the people afraid to speak up. please find it in yourself to speak your truth. ive attended this church since a little kid. i did all my sacraments until confirmation at st marys church and not once did i ever feel safe and secure. ccd was a joke and teachers barely showed up and i figured out why. i hope to confront manny one of these days. i need my cuban brother to either remove himself and do the right thing. you know god will always prevail over evil eventually.

last but not least, I remember finishing my confirmation and wanting to be an assistant to later end up being a teacher teaching reconciliation since the teacher never came back after two times. winging the situation, but doing it with honor and with good purpose. a kid teaching kids. telling my mom that I didn’t wanna go to church and her getting mad at me because I didn’t want to. not having enough courage to tell her why. today was my point of not holding it in anymore. may you all have the day you deserve especially the people who...

This church was tied with the St. Mary's of the Assumption school that was truly an unsafe environment for children. Thankfully, that awful school is closed. My experiences with this church were not good. For example, I was literally yelled at by the children's choir director who was also one of the teachers at the school that I was the worst singer in front all of the other children. She kept yelling that I must not even be trying and I was ruining this for everyone else. I was in tears saying that I was trying my best and I always attended every practice the entire time I went to school here. This and many similar experiences at this institution made the bullying worse. I learned then and there, that not all churches are welcoming to all people, including children. This one certainly wasn't to me when I...

I came from California with the intention of having my mother, who suffer from Altheimers, be given the Sacrement of Anoited for the Sick. Fr. Manny was great , went to the facility where my mother was and spent several minutes with the family gathered. Thank you Fr. Manny and...