Abuse Scandal Rocks Li School

LIKELY TO BLAME FOR THIS. NEW INFORMATION ON POWER PROBLEMS IN NEW JERSEY. BUT FIRST A ONCE POWERFUL PRIEST SUSPENDED. THE CASE OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A STUDENT ON LONG ISLAND. THE PRIEST SPENT MORE THAN A DECADE AS PRESIDENT OF A HIGH SCHOOL. NOW HIS FAITH IS IN THE HANDS OF A NASA COUNTY DETECTIVE. BRIAN. CINDY, THE SEX ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AT CHAMINADE HIGH SCHOOL IN MINEOLA DATE BACK FIVE YEARS. BUT THEY'RE ONLY NOW COMING TO LIGHT. FATHER JAMES WILLIAMS SERVED 12 YEARS AS THE PRESIDENT HERE, AND HE RESIGNED BACK IN 2011. THE SAME YEAR HE ALLEGEDLY ABUSED ONE OF HIS STUDENTS. A DARK SECRET HIDDEN AT CHAMINADE. BUT THE ALL-BOYS SCHOOL ON JACKSON AVENUE AND MINEOLA IS REVEALING SOMETHING IT KEPT QUIET FOR POSSIBLY FIVE YEARS. ALLEGATIONS OF *** ABUSE AGAINST THE LONG TIME PRESIDENT FATHER JAMES WILLIAMS. IT'S DEVASTATING. ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND CHURCH AS A WHOLE. Reporter: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SUSPENDED WILLIAMS. THE ORDER HAS CONCLUDED ITS INVESTIGATION OF THESE ALLEGATIONS. AFTER DUE CONSIDERATION, THEY HAVE DEEMED THEM TO BE CREDIBLE. CHRISTOPHER IS A 1986 GRADUATE OF CHAMINADE WHOSE OWN NEPHEW IS ABOUT TO GRADUATE. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT FATHER JAMES WILLIAMS HIMSELF? HE WAS A GREAT GUY WHEN I WAS GOING HERE. I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING BUT SPEAK HIGHLY OF HIM. I'M SHOCKED AND HORRIFIED ABOUT THESE ALLEGATIONS. Reporter: THE SCHOOL SAYS FATHER WILLIAMS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING BUT REFERRED THEM TO THE DA'S OFFICE. THE ALLEGED SEX ABUSE HAPPENED FOUR YEARS BEFORE THAT. IT INVOLVED THE CHAMINADE STUDENT AGE 18 OR OLDER. THE DA'S OFFICE DESCRIBED THE ACT AS MISDEMEANOR *** ABUSE. SAYS THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR SUCH A CRIME EXPIRED IN 2013. IN A STATEMENT, THE DECISION TO SUSPEND FATHER WILLIAMS, REFLECTS THE SOLEMN PROMISE TO INSURE THE PROTECTION OF THE YOUNG MEN ENTRUSTED TO THE SCHOOL REMAINS ITS HIGHEST PRIORITY. Reporter: I DID SPEAK TO ONE STUDENT HERE, HE TELLS ME HE NEVER HEARD ANY WHISPERS ABOUT POSSIBLE SEX ABUSE BY THE SCHOOL. BUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR