Press Conference-On Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.

Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian
April 17, 2018

https://www.garabedianlaw.com/

FIRST TIME PUBLIC ALLEGATIONS OF CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR ADDRESSED AGAINST FR. GREGORY M. ALTERMATT, ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD

Civil Complaint Filed in New Haven Superior Court against Fr. Gregory M. Altermatt and The Hartford Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation (The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford). A press conference discussing a Civil Complaint Filed in Superior Court alleging sexual abuse of a minor by Fr. Gregory M. Altermatt: Matthew Cornell v. The Hartford Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation and Fr. Gregory M. Altermatt.

The suit alleges that in approximately 1976 Altermatt became a close friend of the plaintiff’s family who were parishioners at St. Matthew Church in Bristol, Connecticut. The suit alleges counts of negligence and reckless and wanton conduct against the Hartford Archdiocese and a number of counts of intentional acts against Altermatt. The alleged abuse occurred between approximately 1976 and 1985. The acts intensified after the death of the plaintiff’s mother in 1979 after Altermatt offered to help the plaintiff’s father as a part time caretaker and babysitter, who now had to raise the plaintiff by himself as well as a disabled daughter. The suit claims compensation for psychological damages.

Attending: Thomas M. McNamara, Esq. and Mitchell Garabedian, Esq.

When: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.

Where: New Haven Hotel, Executive Boardroom, 229 George Street, New Haven, CT

Contacts: Thomas M. McNamara, Esq., 203.782.9241 (tmacesq@gmail.com) Attorney for Plaintiff Mitchell Garabedian, Esq. 617.388.5252 (mgarabedian@garabedianlaw.com) Counsel to Matthew Cornell