Diocese of Bridgeport

“Monsignor Meth”: Connecticut’s real-life Breaking Bad priest

2013-01-29 16:34:35

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Five Funerals Friday For Sandy Hook Victims

2012-12-21 18:14:00

The 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...

Connecticut Catholic Voters Aren't Buying What Bishops Are Selling

2012-09-04 13:40:00

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'...

Bridgeport bids a fond farewell to Archbishop Lori

2012-03-29 06:45:00

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...

Greenwich Grinching: Priest caught stealing $300,000 from his church

2011-12-13 12:55:00

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...

Bridgeport Bishop Is An Energetic, Outspoken Defender Of Church

2009-11-08 00:00:00

Bishop 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...

Judge: Lawsuit Against Diocese, Parish Can Proceed

2009-08-21 09:04:00

WATERBURY, 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...

Bridgeport Diocese Seeks Appeal To US Supreme Court

2009-07-17 11:46:00

NEW 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...

Timeline: Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport Priest Abuse Case

2009-12-01 00:00:00

March 2001. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport settles 23 lawsuits brought against seven unnamed priests for an undisclosed amount of money. The court orders the documents sealed and church officials believe eventually destroyed. Four newspapers &#...

Diocese Of Bridgeport Acknowledges Allegations Involving 8 Priests From 1968 To 2000

2009-11-25 00:00:00

In an attempt to keep the documents secret, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport has admitted in a court filing that it is aware of 32 claims of sexual abuse allegedly committed by eight priests over three decades at the same parish — St....

Connecticut Diocese Expected to Release Sex Abuse Papers

2009-12-01 10:25:00

"Claims are claims. Allegations are allegations." Those six words uttered by retired Cardinal Edward M. Egan during two depositions neatly sum up his approach to handling the burgeoning priest sexual abuse scandal that he inherited when he took over...

High Court Refuses To Hold Hearing On Sex Abuse Cases

2009-11-03 00:00:00

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport's appeal of a state court decision to make public more than 12,000 pages of sexual abuse files involving clergy. "We were disappointed to learn that the United States...

Bishop William E. Lori of the Diocese of Bridgeport was named the 16th Archbishop of Baltimore by Pope Benedict XVI.

2012-03-20 04:33:21

Archbishop-designate William E. Lori listens as Cardinal Edwin F. O'Brien gives the introduction during an official announcement at the Baltimore Basilica, naming Bishop Lori of the Diocese of Bridgeport, as the 16th Archbishop of Baltimore Tuesday, March 20, 2012.

2012-03-20 00:00:00

Pope Benedict XVI today named Bishop William E. Lori of the Diocese of Bridgeport , 60, as the 16th Archbishop of Baltimore. He will succeed Edwin Cardinal O'Brien, who served as Baltimore's 15th archbishop from October 2007 to August 2011.

2012-03-20 00:00:00