Boston-based clergy sex expert to speak tonight

Topic: Sex abuse and cover up in Bridgeport diocese

Court Documents released by the Diocese on the Order of the State Supreme Court. Depositions and letters of Bishops Walter W. Curtis and Edward M. Egan, and their Aides, Msgrs. Andrew Cusack, William Genuario, Laurence Bronkiewicz, and Egidio Vagnozzi, Apostolic Delegate. Affidavits of Survivors. Letters of Parents

A Panel Discussion

Thursday, April 8, 2010, 7:30 P.M.

First Congregational Church on the Green

Norwalk, CT

Panelists: John Lee, Joe O'Callaghan, Dick Maiberger of VOTF, and Terry McKiernan of Bishop Accountability.org (508 479 9304)

"A recurrence of hepatitis was to be feigned should anyone ask." Memo of Msgr. William A. Genuario, Vice-Chancellor, concerning the assignment of Laurence Brett to a retreat house. Dec. 2, 1964.

"Most Catholics think, in a vague way, that the Bishop is accountable for the transgressions of his priests and that he should protect the faithful. . . . If you admit a claim of this kind, you cannot know where it will end. Moreover, if acceptance of responsibility in such a case becomes publicly known, you might be vulnerable in any number of other situations." Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, Apostolic Delegate, to Bishop Curtis, Dec. 21, 1965.

See excerpts at http://www.bishop-accountability.org/docs/bridgeport/history/