A Connecticut judge has said no to a bid to dismiss a lawsuit related to a former Roman Catholic priest's theft of more than $1 million from a Darien parish.
A former bookkeeper at St. John Roman Catholic Church claims. she was harassed, threatened and forced to resign for exposing the embezzlement by the Rev. Michael Jude Fay.
Bethany D'Erario has sued the parish and the Bridgeport Diocese.
Church officials said D'Erario's lawsuit is baseless and should be thrown out.
But Waterbury Superior Court Judge William Cremins rejected the motion in a ruling on Thursday.
Fay is serving a three-year prison sentence for stealing the money and using it to finance a luxurious lifestyle.
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