He knew of sex abuse allegations on campus. Now he’s university president.

Seton Hall is a diocesan university within the Archdiocese of Newark, and the archbishop serves as president of the university’s Board of Regents and chair of the Board of Trustees. The memo also said Reilly dismissed a seminarian in 2012 who was an alleged victim of sexual abuse without investigating the incident or escalating the matter, a violation of university policy. A Responsive Action Plan, which the university approved in August 2019, said any employee or board member “with knowledge of sexual misconduct claims involving ICS seminarians” could not continue to serve on any board or any leadership position if they had failed to report the conduct or take other actions required under the school’s sexual harassment policies. Tobin and the president at the time, Joseph Nyre, said the university and archdiocese were “fortunate” to have Reilly as a spirit of Christ who enriches “our spiritual lives.” Seton Hall’s Board of Regents is the school’s main governing body and is made up of about two dozen members or more. On Friday, D’Alessandro said in a statement that he has known Reilly for many years and he is a man of “profound faith and deeply compassionate character.” “Throughout his decades of service to Seton Hall, he has demonstrated a complete commitment to academic excellence and championed the infusion of our Catholic identity into all aspects of university life,” D’Alessandro said.