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Bemer found guilty in sex trafficking case

The DayKaren FlorinA jury in Danbury Superior Court on Wednesday found businessman Bruce J. Bemer guilty of sex trafficking charges that could land him a prison term of up to 60 years and appears to strengthen the civil lawsuits brought by about a dozen men who claim he victimized them.Bemer,...

Suit: Signs were there – Attorney claims former Waterbury priest preyed on children

Republican-AmericanMichael PufferWATERBURY — An attorney suing the Archdiocese of Hartford claims former priest Louis Paturzo allowed children from troubled homes to sleep in the rectory of Hartford's Sacred Heart Parish.This should have been a red flag for Archdiocese of Hartford officials before his client was abused in the mid-1980s, said attorney Joel...