CONNECTICUT
Journal Enquirer

By Aysha Mahmood
Journal Inquirer

An Enfield Superior Court judge on Wednesday modified the release of a former East Windsor priest accused of sexual assault, allowing him to leave his home during certain hours rather than be under house arrest.

Judge Jorge Simon ruled that the former priest, Paul Gotta, 57, of Bridgeport, can leave his home from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Gotta was arrested in March 2014 on charges of two counts of two counts of second-degree sexual assault and five counts of four-degree sexual assault in connection with the sexual assault of a teenage parishioner, according to East Windsor police.