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The following 39 men are current or former priests of the Diocese of Bridgeport or the Archdiocese of Hartford, who have been sued, suspended following allegations of sexual abuse of minors, or have claims against them. This information was obtained from the Official Catholic Directory.

The Diocese of Bridgeport

Father Kieran T. Ahearn
Father Henry A. Albeke
Father Stanley Banaszek
Father Alfred J. Bietighofer
Father Laurence F. X. Brett
Father Charles T. Carr
Father W. Phillip Coleman
Father Joseph DeShan
Reverend William Donovan
Father Martin J. Federici
Father James Gildea
Father Joseph H. Gorecki
Father Richard J. Grady
Father Sherman Gray
Father Stanley Koziol
Father Joseph Malloy
Father Albert McGoldrick
Father Joseph P. Moore
Father Robert Morrissey
Father Gavin O'Connor
Father Raymond S. Pcolka
Father Martin Ryan
Monsignor Gregory M. Smith
Monsignor Charles W. Stubbs
Father Vincent Veich

Archdiocese of Hartford

Father Joseph Buckley
Father Stephen Crowley
Father Ivan Ferguson
Father Stephen C. Foley
Father Thomas Glynn
Father John Graham
Father Felix Maguire
Father Daniel McSheffery
Father Edward Muha
Father Louis Paturzo
Father Raymond Paul
Father William Przybylo
Monsignor Edward Reardon
Father Kenneth Shiner


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Father Kieran T. Ahearn
1965: 213 Stanton Street, New York
1966-1969: Lowel Rd., Hudson, New Hampshire
1970-1971: 1200 Brush Hill Rd., Milton, Massachusetts
1972-1975: Smithtown General Hospital, Smithtown, NY
1976-1978: St. Ann Friary, Smithtown, NY
1979-1980: Smithtown General Hospital, Smithtown, NY
1981-1982: Not listed
1983-1984: St. Pius X, Middletown, CT (Diocese of Norwich)
1985: St. Joseph the Worker Church, East Patchogue, NY (RBC)
1986-1990: St. Luke's Church, Westport, CT
1991-1993: St. Mary's Church, Bethel, CT
1994-1996: Leave of absence


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Father Henry A. Albeke
1974-1976: St. Charles, Bridgeport, CT
1977: On duty outside of Diocese (Pontifical Ecclesiastical, Rome, Italy)
1978: St. Jude, Monroe, CT
1979: St. Joseph's, Brookfield, CT
1980-1987: St. John's, Darien, CT
1988-1992: St. Thomas the Apostle, Norwalk, CT
1993: St. Francis Assisi, Weston, CT


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Father Stanley Banaszek
1985: St. Anthony of Padua, Bridgeport, CT


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Father Alfred J. Bietighofer
1966-1968: St. George Parish, Bridgeport, CT
1968-1974: St. Anthony Parish, Bridgeport, CT
1974-1975: St. John Vianney, Chiclayo, Peru
1975-1976: St. Patrick Parish, Bridgeport, CT
1976-1982: Blessed Sacrament, Bridgeport, CT
1982-1984: St. Joseph Medical Center, Stamford, CT
1984-1986: St. Joseph Parish, Norwalk, CT
1986-1987: St. John Vianney, Chiclayo, Peru
1987-1988: Sacred Heart, Stamford, CT
1988-1998: St. Mary Parish, Norwalk, CT
1998-1999: St. Charles Borromeo, Bridgeport, CT
1999-2001: St. Francis of Assisi, Weston, CT
2001-2002: St. Andrew Parish, Bridgeport, CT


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Father Laurence F. X. Brett
1963-1964: St. Cecelia's, Stamford, CT
1965-1972: Leave of absence
1973-1995: On duty outside of Diocese
1996: Not listed


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Father Joseph Buckley (Deceased 1975)
1958-1970: St. Mary's, Newington, CT
1970: Retired


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Father Charles T. Carr
1981-1984: Our Lady of Fatima Church, Wilton, CT
1985-1986: St. Thomas the Apostle, Norwalk, CT
1987-1988: St. Catherine of Siena, Trumbull, CT
1990: Central Catholic High School, Norwalk, CT
1990-1991: St. Phillip's Church, Norwalk, CT
1992-1995: St. Andrew's Church, Bridgeport, CT
1996: Leave of absence


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Father W. Phillip Coleman
1960-1966: St. Teresa's Church, Trumbull, CT
1967-1968: St. Maurice's Church, Stamford, CT
1969: St. Joseph's Church, Danbury, CT
1970-1972: St. Aloysius, New Canaan, CT
1973-1975: St. Thomas' Church, Fairfield, CT
1976-1982: St. Patrick's Church, Bridgeport, CT
1983-1987: St. Joseph's Church, Brookfield Center, CT
1988: Immaculate High School, Danbury, CT
1990: Central Catholic High School, Norwalk, CT
1988-1990: Sacred Heart Church, Georgetown, CT
1991-1993: St. Joseph's Manor, Trumbull, CT
1993-1995: St. Margaret Mary, Shelton, CT
1996: Retired


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Father Stephen Crowley
1973-1985: St. Francis of Assisi, Torrington, CT
1991: Retired, Hamden, CT


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Father Joseph DeShan
1988-1989: St. Augustine's Cathedral, Bridgeport, CT


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Reverend William Donovan
1961-1966: St. John's Parish, Darien, CT
1966-1973: Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, CT
1973-1982: St. Thomas More Parish, Darien, CT
1982-1983: St. Rose of Lima Parish, Newtown, CT
1983-1989: St. Leo's Parish, Stamford, CT
1989-2002: Holy Family, Fairfield, CT


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Father Martin J. Federici
1967: St. Teresa's Church, Trumbull, CT
1968-1970: Assumption Church, Westport, CT
1971: St. Ambrose Parish, Bridgeport, CT
1972-1977: Assumption Church, Fairfield, CT
1978-1981: St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Norwalk, CT
1982-1983: St. Joseph's Church, Shelton, CT
1984: St. Edward the Confessor, New Fairfield, CT
1985-1995: St. Matthews, Norwalk, CT
1996: St. Augustine's Cathedral, Bridgeport, CT


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Father Ivan Ferguson (Deceased 2002)
1973-1979: St. Bernard's, Tariffville, CT
1979: St. Mary's Church, Derby, CT


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Father Stephen C. Foley
1967-1975: Christ the King, Bloomfield, CT
1975-1986: St. Robert Bellarmine, Windsor Locks, CT
1986-1991: St. Timothy, West Hartford, CT
1991-1993: St. Dunston, Glastonbury, CT


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Father James Gildea (Deceased 1986)
1957-1972: Notre Dame Boys High School, Fairfield, CT
1973-1985: Notre Dame Catholic High School, Fairfield,
CT


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Father John Graham
St. Bernadettes, East Haven, CT


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Father Thomas Glynn
1960-1965: St. Boniface's, New Haven, CT
1966-1967: St. Matthews, Forestville, CT
1968-1970: Holy Trinity, Wallingford, CT
1971-1979: St. Clare, East Haven, CT
1980-1987: St. Joseph, Meriden, CT
1988: Retired


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Father Joseph H. Gorecki
1960-1964: St. Cyril Methodius Church, Bridgeport, CT
1965-1966: On duty outside of Diocese
1967-1970: St. Joseph's Parish, Shelton, CT
1971: St. Teresa's, Trumbull, CT
1972-1973: Holy Name, Stamford, CT
1974: Assumption Church, Westport, CT
1975: St. Vincent's Hospital, Bridgeport, CT
1976-1978: St. Mary's Parish, Norwalk, CT
1978 - present: Not listed


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Father Richard J. Grady
1973-1979: St. Leo's, Stratford, CT
1980-1988: Our Lady of Good Counsel, Bridgeport, CT
1989: Retired


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Father Sherman Gray
1971-1973: St. Mary's, Greenwich, CT
1974-1975: On duty outside of Diocese, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, Italy
1976-1981: St. Maurice's, Stamford, CT
1982: On duty outside of Diocese, Theological College Catholic University of America, Washington DC
1983-1985: On duty outside of Diocese, Mt. St. Mary's Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD
1986: On duty outside of Diocese, St. Bernard, Riverdale, MD
1987-2002: Holy Name of Jesus, Stamford, CT


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Father Stanley Koziol
1980-1987: Holy Name of Jesus, Stamford, CT
1988-1992: St. Aloysius, New Canaan, CT
1993-1994: St. Phillip, Norwalk, CT
1995-1996: St. Mark's Church, Stratford, CT


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Father Joseph Malloy
1971-1974: St. James, Stratford, CT
1975-1987: St. Catherine of Siena, Trumbull, CT
1988-2002: St. Ann, Bridgeport, CT


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Father Felix Maguire
1961-1967: St. Lawrence's, West Haven, CT
1968-1972: St. Pius X, Wolcott, CT
1975-1984: St. John Fisher, Marlborough, CT
1993: Retired


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Father Albert McGoldrick
1979-1980: St. Mary's, Stamford, CT
1980: Diocesan Tribunal, Instructor
1981-1984: Diocesan Tribunal, Auditor
1985-1986: On duty outside of Diocese, Divine Word College, Washington, D.C.
1987: Our Lady of Peace, Stratford, CT
1988: Assumption Church, Westport, CT
1989-1994: Unknown
1995-2002: Diocesan Tribunal, Judge
1998: Notre Dame of Easton, Easton, CT
1999: St. James, Stratford, CT
2000-2002: St. Paul, Greenwich, CT


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Father Daniel McSheffery
1984-1986: St. George, Guilford, CT
1987-2001: St. Augustine, North Branford, CT


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Father Joseph P. Moore
1972-1973: St. Teresa's Church, Trumbull, CT
1974-1975: Assumption Church, Westport, CT
1976-1981: St. Joseph's Church, Danbury, CT
1982-1983: St. Mary's Church, Bethel, CT
1984-1996: On duty outside of Diocese


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Father Robert Morrissey
1977: St. Lawrence, Huntington, CT
1978-1982: St. Mary's, Greenwich, CT
1983-1984: St. Clement's, Stamford, CT
1985-1986: St. Joseph's, Danbury, CT
1987: Unknown
1988-1989: On duty outside of Diocese - US Navy
1990-1992: St. Joseph's, Danbury, CT
1993-2002: St. Mary's, Ridgefield, CT


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Father Edward Muha (Deceased 2002)
1969-1996: Immaculate Conception, Terryville, CT


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Father Gavin O'Connor
1978-1979: St. Joseph's Church, Shelton, CT
1980-1981: St. Edward the Confessor Church, New Fairfield, CT
1982-1984: St. Peter's Church, Danbury, CT
1985-1988: On duty outside of Diocese (U.S. Penitentiary, Marion, IL)
1990-1996: Not listed


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Father Louis Paturzo
1974: Sacred Heart, Waterbury, CT
1975: Assumption, Ansonia, CT
1976-1982: Blessed Sacrament, Hamden, CT
1983-1988: Sacred Heart, Hartford, CT
1989-1993: St. Augustine, Hartford, CT
1994-1995: St. Lawrence O'Toole, Hartford, CT
1996: St. Ann, New Britain, CT
1997-2000: St. Anthony's, Bristol, CT
2001: St. Anne-Immaculate Conception, Suffield, CT


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Father Raymond Paul
1963-1967 St. Thomas, Waterbury, CT
1968-1971 St. Barnabas', North Haven, CT
St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury CT Chaplain
1982-1986 St. Augustine's, North Branford, CT
1987 St. Augustine's, Seymour, CT
1988-2001 Holy Rosary, Ansonia, CT


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Father Raymond S. Pcolka
1966-1967: St. Benedict's Parish, Stamford, CT
1968-1973: St. John Nepomucene Parish, Bridgeport, CT
1974: St. Mary's Church, Greenwich, CT
1975: St. James Church, Stratford, CT
1976-1986: Holy Name Church, Stratford, CT
1987-1988: St. Mary's Church, Bethel, CT
1990-1993: Sacred Heart Church, Greenwich, CT
1994-1995: Leave of absence
1996: Not listed


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Father William Przybylo
1972-1990: Holy Cross, New Britain, CT
1991-2005: SS Cyril & Methodius, Hartford, CT


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Monsignor Edward Reardon
1964-1976: St. James, Manchester, CT
1977-1980: St. James, Manchester, CT (Pastor Emeritus)
1980: Retired


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Father Martin Ryan
1977-1980: St. Teresa's, Trumbull, CT
1981-1982: St. James, Stratford, CT
1983-1987: St. Francis of Assisi, Weston, CT
1988-1991: St. Margaret Mary, Shelton, CT
1992-2002: St. Edward the Confessor, New Fairfield, CT


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Father Kenneth Shiner
1971-1979: St. Bridget, Elwood, West Hartford, CT
1979-1980: Our Lady of Fatima, Yalesville, Wallingford, CT
1980-1991: St. Francis of Assisi, New Britain, CT
1991-1998: St. Elizabeth, Branford, CT
1998-2000: St. Mary's Church, Unionville, CT
2000-March 2002: Sacred Heart, Suffield, CT


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Monsignor Gregory M. Smith
1968-1969: St. Teresa's, Trumbull, CT
1970-1973: St. Joseph's, Danbury, CT
1975-1996: Our Lady of Good Counsel, Bridgeport, CT


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Monsignor Charles W. Stubbs
1963: St. Edward's Church, New Fairfield, CT
1963-1964: St. Mary's Church, Stamford, CT
1964-1967: Assumption Church, Westport, CT
1967-1969: St. Ann's Church, Bridgeport, CT
1969-1976: St. Catherine of Siena, Greenwich, CT
1976-1991: St. Mary's Church, Ridgefield, CT
1991-1996: St. Mary's Church, Greenwich, CT


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Father Vincent Veich
1972: Assumption Church, Fairfield, CT
1973-1977: St. Catherine, Riverside, CT
1978-1984: Assumption Church, Westport, CT
1985-1987: St. Cecilia, Stamford, CT
1988-1990: St. John, Darien, CT
1991-1996: St. Benedict, Stamford, CT


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