CONNECTICUT
The Day
By Jeffrey A. Johnson
Publication: theday.com
Published 07/07/2012
Waterford — Bishop Michael R. Cote said in a letter to parishioners of the Diocese of Norwich that he has started the process of dismissing a local priest from the clerical state after he was arraigned earlier this week on child pornography charges.
Cote also said in the letter that the diocese will offer to send the Rev. Dennis Carey, the former pastor of St. Paul in Chains Church, to a residential treatment program. The letter was to be read this weekend at all parishes of the diocese.
Carey, 65, resigned on June 29 and was charged with a single count of first-degree possession of child pornography after police found 338 files of suspected child pornography on two laptops, two tower computers and two external drives that state police seized from the St. Paul rectory.
Carey said at his arraignment that he wants help for a child pornography addiction. He was released on $100,000 bond and his attorney said he was taking him to a psychiatrist.
In the letter, Cote outlined the investigation conducted by police against Carey. He said there appears to be no evidence that Carey was involved in the production of child pornography or that he personally abused any child.
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