CONNECTICUT
Norwich Bulletin
By Dave Collins The Associated Press
Posted Apr. 8, 2016
HARTFORD — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford is taking its dispute with an insurance company to trial, seeking reimbursement of more than $1 million in payments made to settle sexual misconduct cases involving priests and minors.
The case is one of many around the country in which insurance companies have balked at paying claims related to lawsuits against church officials seeking to hold them responsible for sexual assaults of minors by clergy — accusations that in many instances date back decades and involve priests who have since died.
A key issue in the Connecticut case and others is whether insurance companies can deny claims under assault and battery exemptions in liability policies. Many policies don’t cover intentional acts, but church officials have argued that they did not know about the alleged assaults.
A bench trial in the Hartford case is scheduled to begin Friday in federal court in New Haven before Judge Janet Bond Arterton.
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