WATERFORD (CT)
Patch
By Paul Petrone
When police stormed the St. Paul in Chains rectory last Thursday, search warrant in hand, the only person who wasn’t surprised by the outcome was the Rev. Dennis Carey.
Carey, the head pastor of the Waterford church, knew what police would find: 275 images and 63 videos of child pornography on church computers, including videos of men having oral and vaginal sex with girls as young as 4 years old.
When police interviewed Carey that day, he admitted to being addicted to child pornography for the last two years, although he said he never touched a child inappropriately, according to the arrest warrant.
Carey immediately resigned as pastor of the church and was charged on Monday with first-degree possession of child pornography. During his arraignment hearing in New London Superior Court on Tuesday, Carey admitted he had a problem and said he would seek therapy to fix it.
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