In August 2020, it was revealed that two former male students were suing the school, alleging that a former hockey coach had molested them numerous times on school grounds and while on school-sanctioned athletic trips between 1986 and 1988. The two former students, whose ages ranged from 14 to 15 at the time of the alleged abuse, also alleged that Archdiocese of Newark, the school and Archbishop Theodore McCarrick had covered up the abuse after it was reported as well. On October 9, 2020, eight more former Paramus students filed lawsuits accusing Garris of sexually abusing them.