The Diocese of Bridgeport has added the names of 10 priests to its list of clergy it says are credibly accused of sexual abuse.
The Most Rev. Frank Caggiano, Bishop of Bridgeport, said in a letter posted on the Diocese's website, that the names are being added because of new circumstances surrounding their investigation.
Caggiano said the diocesan Sexual Misconduct Review Board expanded its investigation to include allegations of abuse against priests who died years before the creation of the Board. He said the Diocese has also received new allegations of sexual abuse of minors that date back several years, and that they have also re-reviewed cases in which new information has become available.
The Bridgeport Diocese made its original list of credibly-accused clergy public in October 2018.
The 10 names added to the list on Friday include nine diocesan priests and one visiting priest from Venezuela who only spent the summer of 1991 in the Bridgeport Diocese, according to Caggiano. Of the nine diocesan priests, eight are dead and one is living. The one living priest has not served in the Diocese since 1984 and was put on permanent administrative leave after an allegation in 2006 of sexual abuse of a minor dating back to the 1970s, Caggiano said.
