Fr. Thomas Kieran Ahearn
Arrested in 1/1993. Charged with molesting a 16-year-old boy he picked up while on a skiing vacation. Found guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Sentenced to two years probation. His victim filed a civil suit in 1995. Settlement. Personnel file produced to court in 1999. Ahearn died in 12/1997. Accused in a lawsuit in 1/2021 of sexually abusing a St. Mary’s in Bethel altar boy, ages 7-10, including raping the boy at age 9 in 1992, on the day of the boy’s sister’s wedding. Settled in 6/2024.
- Associated Press 01.21.93
- Boston Globe 01.22.93
- Hartford Courant 03.11.93
- Hartford Courant 03.28.93
- Hartford Courant 03.08.94
- Boston Globe 03.10.94
- Danbury News-Times 12.19.97
- Connecticut Post 11.13.02
- Diocese of Bridgeport Settlements List 03.22.19
- Associated Press 01.26.21
- Connecticut Post 06.03.24
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