CONNECTICUT
The Hartford Courant
By MATTHEW KAUFFMAN, mkauffman@courant.com
The Hartford Courant
5:47 p.m. EDT, May 13, 2014
Former Hartford Archbishop Daniel Cronin is being sued by two men who say he was negligent in his supervision of a Massachusetts priest who allegedly molested the pair 30 years ago.
The plaintiffs, former alter boys who are now in their 40s, say they were abused from 1979 through the mid-80s by Monsignor Maurice Souza, who served as pastor of St. Anthony’s Parish in East Falmouth, Mass. At the time, Cronin was bishop of the Diocese of Fall River, which included St. Anthony’s
The suit does not claim that Cronin was aware of the alleged abuse, but says that as Souza’s supervisor, he had a “duty to evaluate whether Monsignor Souza posed an unreasonable risk of harm to minors.”
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