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New York Cardinal Edward M.
March 17, 2002
The Bridgeport Diocese announced on Thursday a $21-million settlement with 40 people who said they were molested by priests as children, and the bishop publicly apologized to the victims.
Oct. 17, 2003
Facing mounting pressure to speak out against child molestation by priests, the head of the New York archdiocese condemned sexual abuse as an “abomination” Tuesday.
March 20, 2002
Scandal: Connecticut prelate had resigned and is an apparent suicide. He was being treated at a Catholic psychiatric institution in Maryland.
May 17, 2002
The Vatican appointed Bishop Edward M.
May 12, 2000
California
Two priests have been disciplined for not telling the Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocese they knew the whereabouts of a former clergyman accused of sex abuse.
Sept. 2, 2002
Catholic Church: Edward Egan, 68, a former auxiliary bishop in New York, is described as brilliant, conservative.
May 5, 2000
Pope John Paul II has named Edward Egan, an auxiliary bishop in the New York archdiocese, as bishop in the Bridgeport, Conn., diocese, the Vatican announced Tuesday.
Nov. 9, 1988
About 100 people gathered outside St.
Feb. 20, 1989
Clergy: Edward M. Egan wrote parishioners, saying mistakes were made in responses to sexual abuse claims.
April 21, 2002