CONNECTICUT
The Day
By Izaskun E. Larrañeta and Karen Florin
Publication: theday.com
Published 07/03/2012
The Rev. Dennis Carey, the former pastor of St. Paul in Chains Church in Waterford, said he wants help for a child pornography addiction when he was arraigned today in New London Superior Court on a single count of first-degree possession of child pornography.
He is facing a five year mandatory prison sentence if convicted of the crime, which is a Class B felony.
Carey, 65, who gave an East Hartford address, resigned on Friday after the diocese had learned a day earlier that state police were investigating him.
Following his arraignment, he was released on a $100,000 bond and his attorney, Ronald F. Stevens, said he was taking him to a psychiatrist this afternoon to get help for his addiction. Stevens said Carey has never touched a child inappropriately.
Carey is staying in “another church location,” according to Stevens. The judge ordered him to have no contact with minors, not use computers and not possess pornographic materials.
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