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WATERFORD, Conn. (AP) – Bishop Michael R. Cote of the Diocese of Norwich says he has started the process of dismissing a Waterford priest after he was charged with possessing child pornography.
The Day of New London published on its website (http://bit.ly/L2dukU ) a letter on Saturday from Cote to parishioners that the diocese has begun the process to dismiss the Rev. Dennis Carey from the clerical state. A diocese spokesman confirmed that Cote wrote the letter.
The bishop said he also will offer to send Carey, who had been pastor of St. Paul Church, to a residential treatment program.
The 65-year-old Carey resigned from the parish and was charged with possession of child pornography after police found suspected child pornography on computers.
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