Christian Fuscarino has resigned as executive director of Garden State Equality following charges of child endangerment, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed.
The LGBTQ+ advocacy organization had placed Fuscarino on a leave of absence after learning of the charges by the Neptune Police Department last month.
“Garden State Equality takes allegations against our staff seriously, and we oppose violence of any kind. When we learned about the charge against Mr. Fuscarino, we immediately placed him on leave,” the group said in a statement released prior to the resignation. “We respect the courts and will allow that process to be handled by them. We will continue our important work with our acting executive director.”
Fuscarino has been the top staffer at Garden State Equality since 2016.
He is expected to appear in court next month.
Court records don’t reflect any reassignment of the matter to a different jurisdiction.
