CONNECTICUT
The Hartford Courant
By ALAINE GRIFFIN, agriffin@courant.com
The Hartford Courant
10:51 a.m. EDT, July 9, 2012
NEW LONDON—
A Waterford priest charged last week with possession of child pornography pleaded not guilty Monday during a brief hearing in Superior Court in New London.
The Rev. Dennis Carey, 65, entered the plea before Judge Patrick J. Clifford.
Carey’s attorney told the judge that Carey is residing at the Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell. He was released after posting bail Tuesday afternoon.
Investigators arrested Carey last week at the rectory of St. Paul In Chains parish.
He told police at the time that there were “inappropriate” photos and videos of children there, according to court documents. And, the priest said, he was addicted to them.
“Father Carey stated that he believed he knew why we were at the house with a search warrant and further explained that he had some inappropriate material on his computer,” State Trooper David Aresco wrote in a seven-page arrest warrant affidavit charging Carey with first-degree possession of child pornography.
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