Former East Windsor priest’s plea deal may end his career

CONNECTICUT
Journal Inquirer

Friday, November 20, 2015

By Alex Wood
Journal Inquirer

Although the sexual-assault case against the former administrator of East Windsor’s two Roman Catholic parishes ended this week with his conviction only of a misdemeanor not involving sexual misconduct, the conviction should end his career as a priest, a prosecutor says.

The Rev. Paul A. Gotta, who formerly served at St. Philip Church on South Main Street and St. Catherine Church on Windsorville Road, was convicted in a plea bargain of second-degree breach of peace, under a provision of that law that deals with assaulting or striking another person.

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