Fr. Daniel F. McSheffery
Removed from ministry 5/10/2002. Accused of abuse of at least eight boys at St. Augustine School in Hartford in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Named in at least six civil suits. At least eight of the claims settled as part of the 10/2005 massive settlement with the archdiocese. Possible $1.6M settlement. Retired to FL. An additional suit filed in 8/2007 claimed abuse in 1974. Case settled for $785K in 2009. McSheffery died 6/15/2014. A lawsuit filed 2/27/2017 alleged abuse of altar boy at St. George’s in Guilford over five years, beginning when the boy was age nine in 1977. Included on the archdiocese’s list 1/22/2019.
- Hartford Courant 05.26.02
- Hartford Courant (AP) 06.02.02
- Hartford Courant 06.06.02
- Hartford Courant 12.12.03
- Newsday 04.24.04
- New Haven Register 05.16.05
- Hartford Courant 11.01.05
- NY Times 11.01.05
- Hartford Courant 07.06.06
- Hartford Courant 10.04.06
- NBC 30 08.02.07
- Newsday 08.02.07
- New Haven Register 08.02.07
- Hartford Courant 08.03.07
- McSinclair’s Blog 12.24.08
- McSinclair’s Blog 12.26.08
- WWLP 01.28.09
- Connecticut Law Tribune 02.02.09
- Patch 02.27.17
- New Haven Regiester 03.01.17
- Hartford Courant 03.01.17
- New Haven Register 03.01.17
- Zip06 03.01.17
- Hartford Courant 01.22.19
- Hartford Courant 12.22.19
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