The Archdiocese of Hartford Tuesday released the names of four dozen clergy who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor dating back to 1953.
That includes 36 priests who were part of the Archdiocese of Hartford and 12 more from other dioceses who had assignments in the Hartford region.
Here is that list, along with which parishes the priests served in, and any action the church took against them.
ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD CLERGY
Gregory Altermatt
Assistant Pastor, Incarnation, Wethersfield
Assistant Pastor, St. Timothy, West Hartford
Assistant Pastor, St. Ann, Waterbury
Chaplain, St. Mary Hospital, Waterbury
In residence, Our Lady of Victory, West Haven
Chaplain, St. Raphael Hospital, New Haven
Ordained on March 27, 1976. Removed from ministry on Feb. 3, 2012. A civil case is pending.
Joseph Buckley
Assistant Pastor, St. Vincent, East Haven
Assistant Pastor, St. Agnes, Niantic
Pastor, St. Therese, Stony Creek (Branford)
Administrator, St. Mary, Newington
Pastor, St. Mary, Newington
Ordained on May 21, 1932. Retired on May 14, 1970. Died in 1975 before the single claim against him was received in 2003.
Stephen Bzdyra
Assistant Pastor, St. Stanislaus, Meriden
Co-Pastor, St. Francis, New Haven
Co-Pastor St. George, Guilford
Temp. Administrator, St. Joseph, Suffield
Assistant, St. Mary, Milford
Assistant, St. Rita, Hamden
Pastor, SS. Peter & Paul, Wallingford
Chaplain, Cheshire Correctional Institute
Pastor, St. Hedwig, Union City (Residence)
Administrator, St. Stanislaus, Waterbury
Chaplain, Cheshire Correctional Institute (continued), while in residence, St. Hedwig, Union City
Temporary Administrator, St. Margaret Waterbury
Pastor, St. Augustine, Seymour
Ordained on Nov. 10, 1979. Removed from ministry on July 8, 2010. Laicized on May 4, 2018.
Herbert Clarkin
Assistant Pastor, St. Michael, Beacon Falls
Assistant Pastor, St. Paul, Glastonbury
Faculty, East Catholic High School, Manchester
In residence, Mt. St. Joseph Academy, West Hartford
Assistant Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Waterbury
Pastor, St. Bernard, Tariffville
Chaplain, with ministry restricted exclusively to St. Mary Home, West Hartford
Ordained on May 7, 1959. Removed from ministry, subsequent to retirement, on April 29, 2002. Died on Dec. 29, 2010.
Stephen Crowley
Assistant Pastor, St. Michael, Waterville
Assistant Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Hartford
Assistant Pastor, St. Bridget, Cheshire
Assistant Pastor, Our Lady of Pompeii, East Haven
Assistant Pastor, St. Mary, Derby
Temp. Assistant, St. George, Guilford
Assistant Pastor, St. George, Guilford
Assistant pastor, St. Francis, Torrington
Pastor, St. Francis, Torrington
Pastor Emeritus, and assisting in parishes
Temp. Administrator, Ascension, Hamden
Ordained on May 19, 1955. Removed from ministry on June 11, 2002. Sentence to a life of “prayer and penance” by the Holy See in Rome on Oct. 21, 2015. Died on Aug. 11, 2016.
Robert Doyle
Assistant Pastor, St. Peter, Hartford
Associate Superintendent, Diocesan Office of Schools
Superintendent of Schools
Pastor, St. Augustine, Hartford
Pastor, Sacred Heart, Wethersfield
Ordained on May 30, 1935. Died on Dec. 18, 1975 before the single claim against him was received in 2009.
Ivan Ferguson
Auxiliary Priest of the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles in an Apostolic Vicariate in the Diocese of St. Joseph of the Amazon, Peru
Faculty, Northwest Catholic High School
In residence, St. Bernard, Tariffville
Incardinated (became a priest of the Archdiocese of Hartford), Feb. 9, 1979
Assistant Pastor, St. Mary, Derby
Assistant Pastor, St. Matthew, Forestville
Chaplain, Hartford Hospital; in residence at St. Lawrence O’Toole, Hartford
Ordained on May 6, 1970. Removed from ministry on March 4, 1993. Died on Dec. 16, 2002.
Stephen Foley
Assistant Pastor, Christ the King, Bloomfield
Assistant Pastor, St. Robert Bellarmine, Windsor Locks
Assistant Pastor, St. Timothy, West Hartford
Pastor, St. Dunstan, Glastonbury
Ordained on May 4, 1967. Removed from ministry on Aug. 18, 1993. Laicized on April 29, 2016.
Thomas Glynn
Assistant Pastor, Sacred Heart, Wethersfield
Assistant Pastor, Corpus Christi, Wethersfield
Chaplain, United States Navy,
Instructor, Mt. St. Joseph Academy, West Hartford
Chaplain, House of Good Shepherd, Hartford
Pastor, St. Boniface, New Haven
Pastor, St. Matthew, Forestville
Administrator, Holy Trinity, Wallingford
Pastor, Holy Trinity, Wallingford
Administrator, St. Clare, East Haven
Pastor, St. Clare, East Haven
Pastor Emeritus, St. Joseph, Meriden
Pastor Emeritus, assisting in various parishes
Ordained on June 29, 1938. Retired on Nov. 1, 1987. Died on Jan. 25, 1993.
Paul Gotta
Temp. Assistant, St. Margaret, Madison
Assistant Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Watertown
Part-time Chaplain, Sacred Heart High School, Waterbury
Assistant Pastor, St. Rita, Hamden
Temp. Administrator, St. Rita, Hamden
Assistant Pastor, St. Rita, Hamden
Sacramental Minister, SCSU, New Haven
Administrator, St. Catherine, Broad Brook/St. Philip E. Windsor
Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, Naugatuck – in addition to continuing as Administrator for St. Catherine, Broad Brook/St. Philip E. Windsor
Ordained on May 20, 2006. Removed from ministry on July 12, 2013. A canonical process is underway.
John Graham
Assistant Pastor, St. Augustine, South Glastonbury
Assistant Pastor, St. Anthony, Hartford
Assistant Pastor, St. Joseph, Danbury
On Leave, One Year
Assistant Pastor, St. Patrick, Thompsonville
Assistant Pastor, St. Ann, Hamden
Pastor, St. Augustine, South Glastonbury
Administrator, St. Bernadette, New Haven, in residence at SS. Peter and Paul, Waterbury
Resigned Pastorate
Assistant Pastor, SS. Peter and Paul, Waterbury
Ordained on Dec. 8, 1931. Retired in 1974. Died on Dec. 11, 1983 before the single claim against him was received in 2003.
Philip Hussey
Assistant Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Waterbury
Assistant Pastor, St. Lawrence O’Toole, Hartford
Pastor, St. Bartholomew, Manchester
Ordained on May 26, 1938. Died on Jan. 17, 1978 before the claims against him were received.
Edward Hyland
Temp. Chaplain, Hartford, Hospital
Assistant Pastor, St. Joseph, Bristol
Assistant Pastor, St. Therese, North Haven
Chaplain, Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven
Appointed Coordinator of the Hospital Apostolate
Co-Pastor, St, Francis, Naugatuck
Temp. Assistant Pastor Holy Trinity, Wallingford
Temp. Assistant Pastor St. Joseph, Bristol
Co-Pastor, St. Gabriel, Windsor
Pastor, SS. Peter & Paul, Waterbury
Ordained on May 4, 1967. Removed from ministry on July 26, 2002. Laicized on April 29, 2016.
Joseph Lacy
Assistant Pastor, St. Ann, New Britain
Chaplain, United States Army
Student in Rome
Chaplain, St. Agnes Home, West Hartford
Pastor, St. Michael, Hartford
Chancellor
Administrator, St. Luke, Hartford
Pastor, St. Luke, Hartford
Pastor Emeritus, St. Luke, Hartford
Ordained on March 19, 1938. Retired on Nov. 1, 1987. Died on May 18, 1990 before any claims against him were received.
Robert Ladamus
Assistant Pastor, St. Francis Xavier, Waterbury
Assistant Pastor, Our Lady of Victory, West Haven
Assistant Pastor, St. John Vianney, West Haven
Assistant Pastor, St. Mary, Milford
Temp. Administrator, Christ the Redeemer, Milford
Pastor, Christ the Redeemer, Milford
Resigned Pastorate, Christ the Redeemer, Milford
Unassigned for health reasons
Ordained on May 23, 1970. Retired on July 1, 1998 before any claims against him were received. Died on Nov. 8, 2012.
Felix Maguire
Assistant, St. Augustine, North Branford
Assistant Pastor, St. Patrick, Mystic
Temp. Assistant, St. Thomas, Goshen
Assistant Pastor, St. Mary Magdalen, Oakville
Assistant Pastor, St. Lawrence, West Haven
Assistant Pastor, St. Pius X, Wolcott
Assistant Pastor, St. Augustine, South Glastonbury
Pastor, St. John Fisher, Marlborough
On Leave, Three Months
Pastor, St. Mary Derby
Pastor, St. Theresa, North Haven
Ordained on May 18, 1950. Retired and removed from ministry in 1992. Died on July 13, 2008.
Terry Manspeaker
(Transitional Deacon – en route to priestly ordination)
Released as a seminarian from the Archdiocese of Washington, 1989
Granted candidacy for Holy Orders in the Archdiocese of Hartford, 1990
Seminarian assignment, St. Augustine, Seymour
Deacon, St. Lucy Parish, Waterbury
Ordained on Nov. 24, 1990. Removed from ministry in the Archdiocese of Hartford on May 15, 1992.
Richard McGann
Assistant Pastor, St. Gregory, Bristol
Chaplain, Hartford Hospital
Director Pastoral Ministry, St. Paul High School, Bristol
Pastor, Our Lady of Mercy, Plainville
Ordained on May 23, 1970. Removed from ministry on June 14, 2005. Sentenced to a life a of “prayer and penance” by the Holy See in Rome on May 24, 2016.
Daniel McSheffery
Temp. Assistant, St. Ann, Avon
Assistant Pastor, St. Mary, Branford
Assistant Pastor, St. Augustine, Hartford
Pastor, St George, Guilford
Pastor, St. Augustine, North Branford
Ordained on May 10, 1956. Removed from ministry on May 10, 2002. Died on June 15, 2014.
Peter Mitchell
Assistant Pastor, St. Patrick, Mystic
Assistant Pastor, St. Mary, Derby
Leave of Absence for work in Archdiocese of Santa Fe
Assistant Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, West Hartford
Assistant Pastor, St. Aedan, New Haven
Assistant Pastor, Assumption, Woodbridge
Pastor, St. Clare, East Haven
Residence, St. Mary, Branford
Assistant Pastor, St. Mary, Branford
Chaplain, St. Francis Hospital, Hartford
Pastor Emeritus, St. Mary, Derby
Ordained on May 3, 1951. Removed from ministry subsequent to retirement on Dec. 31, 2001. Died on May 20, 2016.
Edward Muha
Assistant Pastor, St. Mary, Newington
Assistant Pastor, SS Cyril and Methodius, Bridgeport
Assistant Pastor, Our Lady of Mercy, Plainville
Assistant Pastor, St. Michael, Waterville
Assistant Pastor, St. Francis, New Haven
Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Terryville
Pastor Emeritus, Immaculate Conception, Terryville
Ordained on Dec. 22, 1945. Died on Feb. 11, 2002 before the single claim against him was received in 2004.
Howard Nash
Assistant Pastor, Holy Infant, Orange
Temp Co-Pastor, St. Michael, Hartford
Assistant Pastor, St. Agnes, Woodmont
Co-Pastor, St. Bernadette, New Haven
Temp Administrator, St. Casimir, New Haven
Administrator, St. Bernadette, New Haven
Pastor, St. Bernadette, New Haven
Ordained on Jan. 15, 1961. Died on Oct. 28, 2001 before the single claim against him was received in 2003.
John T. O’Connor
Assistant Pastor, St. Thomas, Southington
Assistant Pastor, St. Francis, Torrington
Assistant Pastor, St. Mary, Newington
Pastor, Holy Spirit, Newington
Pastor Emeritus, St. Dominic, Southington
Ordained on June 29, 1946. Died on Dec. 1, 2003 before any claims against him were received.
Raymond Paul
Assistant Pastor, St. Paul, Kensington
Assistant Pastor, St. Thomas, Waterbury
Assistant Pastor, St. Barnabas, North Haven
Temp. Chaplain, St. Mary Hospital, Waterbury
Chaplain, St. Mary Hospital, Waterbury
Assistant Pastor, St. Augustine, North Branford
Assistant Pastor, St. George, Guilford
Assistant Pastor, St. Augustine, Seymour
Assistant Pastor, Holy Rosary, Ansonia
Ordained on May 19, 1955. Removed from ministry on Feb. 21, 1996. Died on July 4, 2008.
Louis Paturzo
Assistant Pastor, Sacred Heart, Waterbury
Assistant Pastor, Blessed Sacrament, Hamden
Assistant Pastor, Sacred Heart, Hartford
Temp. Administrator, Sacred Heart, Hartford
Assistant Pastor, St. Augustine, Hartford
Temp. Administrator, St. John Evangelist, West Hartford
On Leave, Two Months
Assistant Pastor, St Lawrence O’Toole, Hartford
Assistant Pastor, St. Ann, New Britain
Assistant Pastor, St. Joseph & St. Anthony, Bristol
Chaplain, State of CT Department of Corrections
Ordained on May 26, 1973. Removed from ministry in 2002. Laicized in 2008.
Arthur Perrault
Assistant Pastor, St. Bernard, Sharon
Assistant Pastor, Blessed Sacrament, East Hartford
On Leave, Two Weeks;
Assistant Pastor, St. Joseph, New Haven
Assistant Pastor, St. Francis, Naugatuck;
On Leave, Via Coeli, New Mexico
Ordained on May 7, 1964. Removed from ministry in 1965, and sent for evaluation and treatment at a facility in New Mexico.
In 1967, following treatment in New Mexico, Perrault, at his request, was excardinated (ceased to be a priest) from the Archdiocese of Hartford and, at the request of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, was incardinated (became a priest) of that Archdiocese.
William Przybylo
Temp. Assistant, St. Bernard, Sharon
Assistant Pastor, SS. Peter & Paul, Wallingford
Assistant Pastor, St. Mary, Derby
Assistant Pastor, Holy Cross, New Britain
Spiritual Director, St. Paul High School, Bristol
Vice principal, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, New Britain
Principal, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, New Britain
Pastor, SS. Cyril & Methodius, Hartford
Ordained on May 23, 1968. Removed from ministry on Sept. 22, 2008. Sentenced to a life of “prayer and penance” by the Holy See in Rome on Oct. 21, 2015.
George Raffaeta
Temp. Administrator, Immaculate Conception, New Hartford
Assistant Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes, Waterbury
Assistant Pastor, St. Bernard, Hazardville
Assistant Pastor, St. Mary, Derby
Chaplain, Hartford Hospital, Hartford
Temp. Administrator, St. Monica, Northford
Assistant Pastor, St. George, Guilford
Assistant Pastor, St. Augustine, Seymour
Pastor, Holy Infant, Orange
Pastor, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Meriden
Pastor, St. Clare, East Haven
Pastor Emeritus, St. Francis, New Britain
Pastor Emeritus, St. Paul, West Haven
Pastor Emeritus, St. Agnes, Woodmont
Ordained on May 10, 1956. Retired on Jan. 1, 2001. Removed from ministry on May 23, 2002. Died on May 26, 2010.
Edward Reardon
Assistant Pastor, St. Anthony, Hartford
Sick Leave
Assistant Pastor, St. Joseph, Canaan
Assistant Pastor, St. Mary, Greenwich
Assistant Pastor, St. Joseph, New London
Assistant Pastor, St. Mary, New London
Assistant Pastor, St. Thomas the Apostle, West Hartford
Administrator, St. Bernard, Hazardville
Pastor, St. Bernard, Hazardville
Pastor, St. James, Manchester
Pastor Emeritus, St. James, Manchester
Ordained on May 14, 1931. Retired on June 11, 1979. Died on May 23, 1991 before the single claim against him was received in 2004.
Adolph Renkiewicz
Assistant Pastor, Sacred Heart, New Britain
Assistant Pastor, St. Ann, Devon
Assistant Pastor, St. Casimir, Terryville
Assistant Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Southington
Assistant Pastor, Holy Cross, New Britain
Pastor, St. Adalbert, Enfield
Pastor, St. Stanislaus, Meriden
On Leave, Holy Family Monastery
Chaplain, with ministry restricted exclusively to the Felician Sisters Motherhouse, Enfield
Ordained on May 10, 1956. Died on Aug. 17, 2015.
Joseph Rozint
Temp. Assistant, St. Mary, Milford
Assistant Pastor, St. Mary, Milford
Assistant Pastor, St. Paul, Glastonbury
Co-Pastor, St. Thomas, Waterbury
Co-Pastor, St. Gertrude, Windsor
Co-Pastor/Administrator, St. Rita, Hamden
Pastor, Ascension, Hamden
Ordained on May 4, 1967. Abandoned the ministry in 1993 before any claims against him were received. Died on April 30, 2009.
Robert E. Shea
Assistant, St. Mary, Portland
Assistant, St. Patrick, Thompsonville
Assistant, St. Mary, New Britain
Assistant, St. Patrick, Waterbury
Pastor, St. Patrick, Waterbury
Ordained on May 22, 1941. Retired on July 1, 1992. Died on June 21, 1995 before any claims against him were received.
Kenneth Shiner
Assistant, Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hartford
Assistant Pastor, St. Brigid, Elmwood
Assistant Pastor, Our Lady of Fatima, Yalesville
Co-Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, New Britain
Pastor, St. Elizabeth, Branford
Pastor, St. Mary, Unionville
Resigned Pastorate, Oct. 30, 2000
Ordained on May 22, 1971. Removed from ministry on June 25, 2001. Laicized on April 29, 2016.
Edward Tissera (Warnakulasuriya)
Priest of the Diocese of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
Assistant Pastor, St. Peter Claver, West Hartford
Assistant Pastor, St. Martha, Enfield
Assistant Pastor, St. Joseph, New Britain
Assistant Pastor, St. Joseph/St. Maurice, New Britain
Assistant Pastor, St. Patrick/St. Joseph, Waterbury
Administrator, St. Bernard, Tariffville
Incardinated (became a priest of the Archdiocese of Hartford), Sept. 29, 2010
Ordained on Jan. 22, 1989. Removed from ministry on July 21, 2011. Laicized on May 29, 2018.
Felix Werpechowski
Assistant Pastor, St. Augustine, South Glastonbury
Assistant Pastor, St. Mary Church, Middletown
Assistant Pastor, Holy Cross, New Britain
Assistant Pastor, Holy Name, Stamford
Assistant Pastor, St. Hedwig, Union City
Chaplain, US Army
Assistant Pastor, Holy Name, Stamford
Assistant Pastor, St. Thomas, Thomaston
Pastor, St. Paul, Greenwich
Pastor, Holy Name, Stamford
Ordained on May 25, 1929. Retired on May 31, 1971. Died on Jan. 22, 1972 before any claims against him were received.
Peter Zizka
Assistant Pastor, Holy Spirit, Newington
Chaplain, Connecticut National Guard
Assistant Pastor, St. Paul, Glastonbury
Assistant Pastor, St. Margaret Mary, South Windsor
Co-Pastor, St. Margaret Mary, South Windsor
Assistant Pastor, St. Joseph, Suffield
Pastor, St. Isaac Jogues, East Hartford
Temporary Assistant, St. Bridget, Cheshire
Temporary Assistant, St. Jude, Derby
Pastor, St. Bartholomew, Manchester
Ordained on May 24, 1975. Removed from ministry on March 19, 1999. Laicized in 2001.
RELIGIOUS ORDER PRIESTS AND PRIESTS FROM OTHER DIOCESES
Edward Franklin
Priest of the Diocese of Ogdensberg, New York
Study Leave at Trinity College, Hartford, while residing at Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Plainville, without any record of having been granted the faculties required for priestly ministry in the Archdiocese of Hartford
Ordained in 1962. Removed from ministry by the Diocese of Ogdensberg in 1996. Died on April 16, 2005.
William Izquierdo
Priest of the Legionaries of Christ, Cheshire
Served as novice instructor from 1982-1995
Ordained in 1958. Reassigned by the Legionaries of Christ outside the Archdiocese of Hartford in 1995.
Roman Kramek
Priest of the Archdiocese of Warmia, Poland
“Visiting priest” helping out at Sacred Heart, New Britain in December 2002 without any record of having been granted the faculties required for priestly ministry in the Archdiocese of Hartford
Arrested, removed from ministry on Dec. 12, 2002. Returned to Poland after incarceration in 2005.
Lucien Meunier (aka Luke Meunier de la Pierre; aka Maurice Meunier)
Priest of the Diocese of Amos in the Province of Quebec, Canada
“Visiting priest” helping out at St. Francis Xavier Parish in New Milford from 1981 to 1982, without any record of having been granted the faculties required for priestly ministry in the Archdiocese of Hartford
Ordained Aug. 27, 1939. Left the Archdiocese of Hartford many years before any claims against him were received.
Michael Miller
Priest of the Franciscan Friars Conventual, St. Anthony of Padua Province
Parochial Vicar, St. Paul, Kensington/Berlin 2006-2011
Removed from ministry on July 4, 2011 by his Franciscan Superior
Robert Leo Pelkington
Priest of the Dominican Friars, Province of St. Joseph
St. Mary, New Haven 1994-1995
Ordained in 1968. Reassigned by his Dominican Superior outside of the Archdiocese of Hartford in 1995. Removed from ministry by his Dominican Superior in 1999. Laicized in 2011. Died in 2015.
Bruno Primavera
A Priest of the Archdiocese of Toronto, Canada, who ministered in the Archdiocese of Hartford
Faculty, Northwest Catholic High School, and removed after two months, 1981
Resided and helped out at St. Adalbert, Enfield, without any record of having been granted the faculties required for priestly ministry in the Archdiocese of Hartford, 1981-1983
Ordained on March 5, 1973. Left the Archdiocese of Hartford in June 1983. Removed from ministry by the Archdiocese of Toronto in 1990. Died on Jan. 17, 2006.
John Pryor
Priest of the Order of Augustinian Recollects
“Visiting priest” helping out at St. Bernard, Tariffville in 1967, without any record of having been granted the faculties required for priestly ministry in the Archdiocese of Hartford
John B. Ramsay
Priest of the Diocese of Norwich
Volunteered and taught religious instruction classes at St. Adalbert, Enfield, 1978-1979
Died July 26, 1994 before the single claim against him was received.
Jose Rivera
Priest of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Chaplain, Saint Raphael Hospital, New Haven 1993-1994
Removed from ministry in the Archdiocese of Hartford on Sept. 9, 1994.
John Rudy
Priest of the Holy Name Province of Franciscans
Parochial Vicar, St. Joseph, Winsted, 1993-1998
Removed from ministry by his Franciscan Superior in 1998.
John Szantyr
Priest of the Congregation of Marian Fathers
Dismissed from the Congregation of Marian Fathers, 1972
Assisted in the early seventies at Sacred Heart High School in his hometown of Waterbury, without any record of having been granted the faculties required for priestly ministry in the Archdiocese of Hartford
Treatment at a facility in Massachusetts, 1975
Ordained on June 8, 1957. Prohibited in 1978 from priestly ministry in the Archdiocese of Hartford after a claim against him was received. Died on May 16, 2014.
All information in this report was provided by the Archdiocese of Hartford.
Russell Blair can be reached at rblair@courant.com.
