Child abuse allegations made against priest in Danbury, diocese says

STAMFORD (CT)
Stamford Advocate

December 8, 2019

By Peter Yankowski

The Diocese of Bridgeport has stripped a reverend of his job following allegations of abuse made to the state and as part of a parallel “ongoing investigation” by Danbury police.

The Reverend Jaime Marin-Cardona has been removed from his priestly duties and is prohibited from “engaging in public ministry,” Bishop Frank J. Caggiano said in a statement Friday, after the clergy’s Sexual Misconduct Review Board learned the state found the accusations credible.

The allegations against Marin-Cardona came to light in September, after the diocese received a letter indicating that “parents were concerned by Father Marin-Cardona’s contact with a family member who is a minor,” the bishop said.

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