Edward Egan

Thousands at Ground Zero Grieve

2001-10-29 00:00:00

Under a bright blue sky, amid prayer and song, thousands of mourners made a pilgrimage Sunday to the World Trade Center site and got the chance to see, grieve and finally accept. For many of the family members and friends--clinging to photographs of...

New York Archbishop Dolan Promoted To Cardinal

2012-01-06 10:10:00

Pope Benedict XVI announced Friday that Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York, will be elevated to the dignity of Cardinal. Archbishop Dolan is slated to receive the elevated title in a consistory to be held on February 18, 2012. In response to the...

Cardinal Dolan's Mom Has Passport Ready For Trip To Rome

2012-01-06 17:41:00

From her home in Washington, Missouri, the 82 year old mother of New York's Cardinal-Designate, Timothy Dolan, told PIX 11 she's got her passport ready for the trip to Rome next month, where she will see Pope Benedict the XVI elevate her 61 year old son...

Crime & Punishment: Woman leads police on high-speed chase to avoid paying $9.15 tab

2012-02-15 09:15:00

Cardinal Edward Egan has had time to think it over and he's not sorry about that outbreak of child sex abuse at the Archdiocese of Bridgeport. Speaking to Connecticut Magazine, Egan, who was bishop of the archdiocese from 1988 to 2000, looked back on...

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...

Charles Carr

2009-12-02 00:00:00

Despite a May 1990 memo by a diocese official worrying about "a developing pattern of accusations" that the Rev. Charles Carr of Norwalk had fondled young boys, then-Bishop Edward Egan kept Carr working as a priest until 1995, when he suspended him only...

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 &#...

St. Patrick's Midnight Mass Preparations Underway

2009-12-24 16:06:00

'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, hundreds of people were out celebrating midnight mass. The world-famous St. Patrick's Cathedral will hold its annual Christmas eve midnight mass Friday morning. Hymns, prayer and celebration...

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...

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...

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...

Judge Rules On Release Of Church Documents

2009-11-11 05:39:00

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut judge has ordered the release of thousands of documents connected to sexual abuse lawsuits involving Bridgeport's Roman Catholic Diocese. Waterbury Superior Court Judge Barry Stevens ruled Tuesday that the diocese...

Cardinal Edward M. Egan , right center, and Archbishop Timothy Dolan of Milwaukee, left center, attend services at St. John the Evangelist Church in New York City. Pope Benedict XVI named Dolan to succeed Egan as the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, serving 2.5 million parishioners.

2009-02-23 00:00:00

Republican presidential candidate John McCain , Cardinal Edward Egan , of New York and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama chat as they eat dinner during the Alfred E. Smith Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on Thursday.

2008-10-16 00:00:00

New York Cardinal Edward Egan , left, watches as Pope Benedict XVI prays at ground zero in New York on Sunday while master of ceremonies Monsignor Guido Marini assists the pope and assistant master of ceremonies, Msgr. William Millea, right, watches. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens , Pool)

2008-04-20 11:32:12