CONNECTICUT
NBC Connecticut
State police have arrested a Waterford priest accused of child pornography possession.
On May 29, the Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce in Los Angeles, California contacted the Connecticut State Police Computer Crimes ICAC Taskforce for help with an investigation into suspected child pornography sent using an AOL email account.
On June 28, state troopers and the Waterford Police Department executed a search warrant at the St. Paul Parish Rectory, at 170 Rope Ferry Road in Waterford, and seized various items and then applied for an arrest warrant for Father Dennis Carey, the 65-year-old pastor.
Carey, of East Hartford, resigned on June 29, according to the Norwich Diocese. He surrendered to state police on July 2 and was held on $100,000.
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