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“Monsignor Meth”: Connecticut’s real-life Breaking Bad priest
The Religion WorldDave Collins has this story on the Huffington Post about a Roman Catholic priest involved in sex, drugs and an adult book store: HARTFORD, Conn. — To onlookers, Monsignor Kevin Wallin's fall from grace at his Connecticut parish was like something... -
Five Funerals Friday For Sandy Hook Victims
The Hartford CourantThe Christmas tree had been knocked down by Friday morning's high winds long before Carl Zencey arrived at the memorial outside the entrance of Sandy Hook Elementary School. Zencey, who has lived in Newtown for three decades, couldn't leave it like...Tags: Religion and Belief, Religious Festivals, Christianity, Lima (Peru), Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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Connecticut Catholic Voters Aren't Buying What Bishops Are Selling
Connecticut is a very Catholic state. And Connecticut's Roman Catholic bishops have been very politically active lately, loudly criticizing Obamacare, pro-choice Democratic candidates, and politicians who support gay marriage. But that doesn't mean they'...
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Bridgeport bids a fond farewell to Archbishop Lori
As mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., I considered it an honor and a privilege to have a man like Bishop William Lori in our city for the last 11 years. I considered Bishop Lori to be a partner in helping make Bridgeport a better city, a leader of our...Tags: Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Bridgeport Bishop Is An Energetic, Outspoken Defender Of Church
The Hartford CourantBishop William E. Lori stands before 141 married couples in the airy sanctuary of St. Theresa Church on a bright October afternoon. In a voice carrying the faintest trace of the Kentucky lilt that his Louisville upbringing suggests, he welcomes the...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Danbury, Christianity, Social Issues, Colleges and Universities
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Greenwich Grinching: Priest caught stealing $300,000 from his church
So it's not just the hedge-fund hot shots and Wall Street wizards from Greenwich we've got to worry about. Even Roman Catholic priests down there are apparently getting in on the financial fiddling.
Michael Moynihan, a former pastor at St. Michael the...Tags: Credit and Debt, Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism, Christianity, FBI
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Judge: Lawsuit Against Diocese, Parish Can Proceed
The Associated PressWATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut judge has said no to a bid to dismiss a lawsuit related to a former Roman Catholic priest's theft of more than $1 million from a Darien parish. A former bookkeeper at St. John Roman Catholic Church claims. she was...Tags: Christianity, Judges, Theft, Trials, Justice System
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Bridgeport Diocese Seeks Appeal To US Supreme Court
The Associated PressNEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut sought Friday to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to keep under wraps sex abuse documents that could shed light on how a prominent retired cardinal handled the allegations. Bridgeport...Tags: Church and State Relations, Christianity, Social Issues, U.S. Supreme Court, Sexual Assault
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Court Says Abuse Cases Must Be Unsealed
The Associated PressNEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that most sealed court files detailing sexual abuse allegations by priests in the Diocese of Bridgeport should be released. The high court ruled Friday that the documents should be unsealed,...Tags: Justice System, Local Government, Abusive Behavior, Social Issues, Politics
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Priest accused of sex abuse apparently commits suicide
Sun StaffA priest who resigned from his Connecticut parish last month amid allegations that he sexually abused young boys apparently committed suicide yesterday at a Catholic psychiatric hospital in Silver Spring that treats disorders including pedophilia,...Tags: Social Issues, Christianity, Hospitals and Clinics, Suicide, Sexual Assault
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A Defensive, Dismissive Tone
Courant Staff WritersHours into a closed-door interrogation, a plaintiff's attorney presses Bishop Edward M. Egan on his view of claim after claim of sexual abuse made against the same priest from the Diocese of Bridgeport. Egan knows that the allegations follow a pattern....Tags: Church and State Relations, Juvenile Delinquency, Social Issues, Children, Sexual Assault
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Egan Protected Abusive Priests
The Hartford CourantSecret court documents reveal that New York Cardinal Edward M. Egan, while serving as bishop of the Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocese, allowed several priests facing multiple accusations of sexual abuse to continue working for years - including one who...Tags: Travel, Christianity, Colleges and Universities, Judges, Children
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