(CNN) A New Jersey priest was arrested and charged with sexual assault of a teen in the state's first criminal case by a new clergy abuse task force.

Father Thomas P. Ganley of Phillipsburg is scheduled to appear in court Friday for a detention hearing. He was arrested Wednesday following allegations he sexually abused a teen who was between ages 14 and 17. The alleged assault occurred from 1990 to 1994, according to a statement from the state Attorney General's Office.

Father Thomas P. Ganley

Ganley, 63, was charged with one count of aggravated sexual assault in the first degree, and two counts of sexual assault in the second degree, it said.

At the time of the alleged incidents, he worked at Saint Cecelia Church in Woodbridge, the statement said. He's currently assigned to Saint Philip & Saint James Church in Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

The arrest is the first criminal case filed by a task force formed in September by Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal to investigate allegations of clergy abuse.

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