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List of Clergy with Allegations of Substance of Sexual Abuse of a Minor

[NOTE: Includes one priest listed by the diocese in error. See Norwich diocese admits mistake, removes priest who championed gay rights from list of those accused of sexual abuse, by Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, February 22, 2019.]

Diocese of Norwich
February 10, 2019

INCARDINATED PRIESTS OF THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH

Robert W. Barnes Ordained 02-23-1980 Removed from ministry in 2002; Deceased 2008

Bernard W. Bissonnette Ordained 05-15-1958 Dismissed from clerical state 2005; Deceased 2008

Richard T. Buongirno Ordained 05-26-1984 Removed from ministry in 1998; Dismissed from the clerical state 2005

Salvatore L. Busca Ordained 06-04-1955 Removed from ministry in 1961; Excardinated from the Diocese of Norwich 1969; Perpetually professed into the Servants of the Paraclete; Deceased 2006

Anthony R. Caron Ordained 07-14-1935 Removed from ministry in 1959; Deceased 1969

Dennis G. Carey Ordained 05-30-1998 Arrested and removed from ministry in 2012; Deceased 2013

Santino A. Casimano Ordained 08-16-1975 Removed from ministry in 2004; Deceased 2005

Roger M. Comtois Ordained 06-05-1955 Removed from ministry in 1988; Deceased 1998

James A. Curry Ordained 05-26-1949 Removed from ministry in 1981; Deceased 1986

Edward F. Frigault Ordained 05-26-1949 Removed from ministry in 2002; Deceased 2008

Denis Galipeau Ordained 05-27-1961 Removed from ministry in 1964; Excardinated from Diocese of Norwich 1970; Incardinated into Archdiocese of Montreal

Roman S. Gromala Ordained 05-18-1950 Left Diocesan Ministry 1955; Excardinated from Diocese of Norwich 1972; Incardinated into Diocese of St. Petersburg; Deceased 1991

Paul L. Hebert Ordained 05-23-1959 Removed from ministry 2004; Deceased in 2010

Raymond J. Jean Ordained 07-13-1957 Removed from ministry in 1990; Deceased in 2001

John A Kozon Ordained 05-26-1949 Removed from ministry 2005; Deceased 2013

Vincent F. Marino Ordained 05-28-1983 Excardinated from Diocese of Norwich 1989; Incardinated into Archdiocese of Siracusa, Italy, prior to receiving allegation

R. Thomas McConaghy Ordained 05-30-1981 Removed from ministry in 2005

Joseph P. Murphy Ordained 09-24-1988 Removed from ministry in 1998; Deceased 2015

John C. Nash Ordained 05-10-1975 Removed from ministry in 2002; Petitioned for removal from the clerical state 2002; Deceased 2010

J. Lawrence Ouimet Ordained 06-15-1974 Removed from ministry 1999; Deceased 2002

John B. Ramsay Ordained 05-10-1956 Retired 1977 before any allegations received; Deceased 1994
Thomas W. Shea Ordained 06-29-1946 Removed from ministry 1984; Deceased 2006

PRIESTS INCARDINATED IN ANOTHER DIOCESE WHO SERVED IN THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH

Louis Paturzo Ordained 05-26-73 Removed from ministry 2002; Dismissed from the clerical state 2008

Bruno Primavera Ordained 1973 Removed from ministry 1980; Deceased 2006

PRIESTS BELONGING TO A RELIGIOUS ORDER WHO SERVED IN THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH

[NOTE: On 2/22/19, in a one-sentence press release, diocese spokesman Wayne Gignac said that Richard J. Cardarelli “appeared on the original list in error. There are NO allegations of sexual abuse of a minor on file.” See See Norwich diocese admits mistake, removes priest who championed gay rights from list of those accused of sexual abuse, by Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, February 22, 2019.]

Richard Cardarelli, OFM Cap Ordained 05-29-1982 (Capuchin Fathers) Dismissed from the clerical state 1994

Thomas J. Doyle, SM Ordained 10-06-1974 (Society of Mary) Removed from ministry in 1992; Deceased 2007

Charles Many, SSE Ordained 01-26-1974 (Society of St. Edmund) Assigned in Diocese by Religious Order 1978; Reassigned by Religious Order 1981 before allegation received

Eugene Orteneau Ordained 06-19-1982 (Society of Jesus) Reassigned by Religious Order 1981; Deceased 2009

Robert Leo Pelkington, OP Ordained 1968 Removed from ministry; Dismissed from the clerical state 2011; Deceased 2015

Patrict Sullivan, OCSO Ordained 06-12-1954 (Trappist) Dismissed from the clerical state 1970

Thomas Paschal, OSB Order of St. Benedict Reassigned by Religious Order 1993

PRIESTS WHO SERVED IN THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH WHO HAD ALLEGATIONS IN OTHER PLACES BUT NOT IN THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH

Joseph Buckley Ordained 05-21-1932 (Hartford) Deceased 1975

William J. Cullen, SJ Ordained 1965 (Society of Jesus) Removed from ministry in 2005; Deceased 2010

Joseph Gorecky Ordained 1959 (Bridgeport) Deceased 1988

Michael Krol Ordained 1945 (Austin, TX) Left Diocese 1963; Deceased 1996

Felix Maguire Ordained 05-18-1950 (Hartford) Removed from ministry 1992; Deceased 2008

Edward P. McGrath, SDB Ordained 06-29-1969 (Salesians Don Bosco) Deceased 1998

Frank J. McManus, SJ Ordained 06-09-1973 (Society of Jesus) Deceased 2015

Peter Mitchell Ordained 05-03-1951 (Hartford) Removed from ministry 2001

Paul Pinard, SSE Ordained 05-22-1959 (Society of St. Edmund) Removed from Diocesan ministry 2004; Deceased 2017

Edward Reardon Ordained 05-14-1931 (Hartford) Deceased 1991

Robert E. Shea Ordained 05-22-1941 (Hartford) Deceased 1995

Felix Werpechowski Ordained 05-25-1929 (Hartford) Deceased 1972




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