Fr. Stephen J. DeLuca
Credibly accused of an incident of child abuse, apparently at St. Ann’s in Bridgeport in the early 1980s. Removed from ministry in 2014. Announcement was made by Bishop Caggiano in a letter 1/31/2015. Added to diocese’s list of credibly accused priests, with an incomplete assignment history. Per a 2019 report commissioned by the diocese, there was one victim, a 10-year-old boy, abused in 1980.
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