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Court Documents Show 32 Child Sex Abuse Claims Related To 8 Molesters At Trumbull Parish

November 24, 2009 | By Manly and Stewart

Catholic Diocese Officials Won't Release Secret Files And Evidence

They're Also Attempting To Seal All Abuse Records After 1973

Victims Attorneys Call Bridgeport "Network of Child Sexual Abusers," Demand Public Document Release


In new court documents, the Diocese of Bridgeport admitted they have secret files detailing how a single parish housed at least eight molesting clergy tied to 32 child sex abuse claims. Despite the revelation, diocese officials recently filed a motion in an attempt to keep the files secret.

The documents in question concern St. Theresa, a Trumbull parish where at ...

 
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November 24, 2009
 

Bridgeport Diocese: One Parish, 32 Allegations Of Sex Abuse

November 24, 2009 | By DAVE ALTIMARI

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport -- in a legal brief filed in Waterbury Superior Court -- admitted that it has secret files detailing 32 allegations of sexual abuse of children by eight priests assigned over the last 40 years to a single parish -- St. Theresa's in Trumbull.

Click here to read the Bridgeport Diocese's Motion To Prevent Disclosure Of Documents

The diocese acknowledged the allegations in an attempt to avoid turning over the files, contained in 126 boxes, to attorneys for Michael Powel, a Connecticut man who was allegedly sexually abused at the parish between 1968 and 19...

 
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport -- in a legal brief filed in Waterbury Superior Court -- admitted that it has secret files detailing 32 allegations of sexual abuse of children by eight priests assigned over the last 40 years to a single parish --
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November 24, 2009