Fr. Paul Gotta
Administrator of St. Phillip’s in East Windsor and St. Catherine’s in Broad Brook. Removed in 7/2013 while the Archdiocese investigated a complaint that he sexually abused a minor. Law enforcement was notified, investigation launched. Arrested 7/19/2013 on federal firearms charges. Released 7/25/2013. In 6/2013 he had reported an 18-year-old youth to police for threats against the boy’s school. Arrested 3/31/2014 on sex assault charges. Allegedly made boy strip and assaulted him before giving him his paycheck. Pleaded not guilty. Sex assault charges dropped in a plea agreement in 11/15; pleaded guilty to second degree breach of peace. Six-month suspended sentence. Pleaded guilty in 3/2016 to distributing explosives to a minor. (Helped a teen make a pipe bomb.) Sentenced in 2017 to nine months in prison. Per the Archdiocese’s list 1/22/2019, canonical process underway.
- Enfield Patch 07.15.13
- NBC Connecticut 07.15.13
- Statement by Archdiocese of Hartford 07.15.13
- Record-Journal 07.16.13
- South Windsor Patch 07.19.13
- NBC Connecticut 07.19.13
- Houston Chronicle 07.19.13
- Hartford Courant 07.19.13
- NECN 07.25.13
- Windsor Patch 07.26.13
- Hartford Courant 07.30.13
- NBC Connecticut 03.31.14
- Hartford Courant 03.31.14
- WFSB 03.31.14
- Trib Town 04.01.14
- WFSB 04.15.14
- Hartford Courant 04.15.14
- Middletown Press (AP) 04.17.14
- NBC Connecticut 08.20.14
- Hartford Courant 11.18.15
- Journal Inquirer 11.19.15
- SNAP 11.20.15
- Journal Inquirer 11.20.15
- NBC Connecticut 03.08.16
- Hartford Courant 01.22.19
- Connecticut Post 03.31.19
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