CONNECTICUT
CT Post
Daniel Tepfer
Updated 7:06 pm, Thursday, January 23, 2014
STRATFORD — Bishop Frank Caggiano plans to meet privately next week with parishioners to discuss a Hearst Connecticut Newspapers story detailing past allegations of sexual abuse and harassment against newly installed pastor Monsignor Martin Ryan.
Brian Wallace, spokesman for the Roman Catholic Diocese, said they have received emails regarding the appointment of Ryan to head up the 60-year-old Our Lady of Grace parish.
“There hasn’t been much, but the bishop wants to hear from the people of the parish,” Wallace said. “The bishop is committed to working with the parish.”
In the meantime, Wallace said Ryan continues to serve as leader of the Second Hill Lane church.
But a church board member, who didn’t want his name used, said he was shocked at the published revelations. He said he was most disturbed that board members were not told of Ryan’s past before he was made pastor there.
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