Church Knew of Abuse by Priest, Suit Claims
A lawsuit has been filed by a Connecticut man who claims he was sexually molested by a priest between 1989 and 1992. The lawsuit also accuses New York’s former Edward Cardinal Egan of assigning Rev. John Castaldo to Thopsey Brooks’ parish after being warned of the man’s “bizarre sexual proclivities.” The lawsuit states that while he was in seminary, a church psychologist reported that Castaldo had “difficulty accepting his own sexual urges.” Castaldo was arrested in 2001 for soliciting sex from an undercover cop posing as a minor.


