CONNECTICUT
The Day
By Jeffrey A. Johnson
Publication: The Day
Published 07/02/2012
Waterford pastor resigned on Friday
Waterford – A spokesman for the Diocese of Norwich said Sunday that the diocese has yet to learn the details of a criminal investigation of the Rev. Dennis Carey, the pastor of St. Paul in Chains Church.
Michael Strammiello said Carey resigned on Friday after the diocese had learned a day earlier that state police were investigating him. Earlier in his career, Carey had been assigned to St. Joseph in New London and St. John the Evangelist Parish in Old Saybrook.
Strammiello said he could not confirm an earlier report by WFSB-TV that police had seized computers from the church rectory and were investigating possible child pornography.
“We don’t have enough information yet,” Strammiello said. “We work with the limited information that we have. We want to be careful because we don’t want to interfere with the legal process here. My sense is we’ll learn more soon enough.”
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