Report: N.Y. Cardinal OK'd Accused Priests
Eagan Headed Connecticut Diocese
POSTED: 9:13 am CST March 17, 2002
UPDATED: 9:37 am CST March 17, 2002
HARTFORD, Conn. -- 
A new report suggests that before Cardinal Edward Egan came to New York, he failed to aggressively investigate some allegations of abuse by priests. According to The Hartford Courant, Egan reportedly let priests continue to work for years after they were accused of molesting children when he was the bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn.The Courant also said that reports of abuse also weren't turned over to police. The information came from court documents that were unsealed after lawsuits alleging abuse by priests were settled.This report comes at the same time that Egan has announced a zero-tolerance policy for pedophilia within the New York Archdiocese.Egan was first ordained in 1957, served much of his religious life in Rome and returned in 1985 to the United States as auxiliary bishop and vicar of education of the Archdiocese of New York. In 1988, he was named bishop of Bridgeport and in 2000, Pope John Paul II appointed him archbishop of New York, as successor to John Cardinal O'Connor.A spokesperson for the cardinal said Egan will not discuss what happened in Bridgeport.
A new report suggests that before Cardinal Edward Egan came to New York, he failed to aggressively investigate some allegations of abuse by priests. According to The Hartford Courant, Egan reportedly let priests continue to work for years after they were accused of molesting children when he was the bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn.The Courant also said that reports of abuse also weren't turned over to police. The information came from court documents that were unsealed after lawsuits alleging abuse by priests were settled.This report comes at the same time that Egan has announced a zero-tolerance policy for pedophilia within the New York Archdiocese.Egan was first ordained in 1957, served much of his religious life in Rome and returned in 1985 to the United States as auxiliary bishop and vicar of education of the Archdiocese of New York. In 1988, he was named bishop of Bridgeport and in 2000, Pope John Paul II appointed him archbishop of New York, as successor to John Cardinal O'Connor.A spokesperson for the cardinal said Egan will not discuss what happened in Bridgeport.Distributed by Internet Broadcasting. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
