Chapter 10 Chapter Eight Excerpts from the Maryland Daily Gazette

[Sakem Pike, Maryland (Agencies)] The reports continue to flow in the wake of sexual abuse scandals in the North American Catholic Church.A Connecticut priest hanged in his room after being accused of sexually abusing a minor.This was revealed in a police cable reported to US media on Friday that the priest lived in a research center for problem clergy. According to a spokesman for the Diocese of Bridgeport, Father Peter Theosink, 61, is the diocesan bishop of St. Andrew's Church in Bridgeport, Connecticut, who resigned on April 27 last year.The day after he resigned, officials interviewed two of his sexual assault victims, both of whom were molested in the 1970s and 1980s.

The priest was sent to the psychiatric center at St. Matthew's Institute in Maryland, which is dedicated to treating priests charged with sexual assault, according to a statement from the institute. "The hospital staff knocked on the door many times that day, and then they were about to enter. But something blocked it." Dean, a spokesman for the local police department, said at a news conference. "After they finally entered, they found the priest hanged on the roof. on a pillar." Father Theosink committed suicide with a bed sheet, and his body was sent for an autopsy, the spokesman said.Meanwhile, Dean disproves rumors that the priest was found nude and mutilated.He said the rumors were "completely nonsense".During the press release, reporters quoted an "eyewitness" who said he did see a lot of dismemberment.A spokesman said it was the ramblings of a nurse who was taking the drug after inhaling marijuana.The nurse has been suspended until she recovers.Since the newspaper and the nurse had signed a contract, she refused to answer any questions other than to say "I was wrong".

Bridgeport Bishop William Rupps said he was "deeply saddened" by the death of Father Theosink, calling it a tragedy.Coupled with the fact that the scandal has covered Catholic churches all over North America, he said there are many more victims. Father Theosink was born in 1938 and served in Bridgeport Church in 1965.He has ordained in many parishes in Connecticut and served in Chiclayo, Peru. "In the eyes of God, everyone without exception has dignity. Everyone needs and deserves our mercy and compassion." Lupus said, "Although some stains bother him, it cannot erase the good he has done. place," said the bishop at last.

Father Cannis Crowe, director of St Matthew's Institute, declined to comment in public.Fr Anthony Fowler, an up-and-coming fellow at the Institute, apologized to the public for the incident, explaining that Fr Crowe was in a state of "shock".