Catholic priest Kevin Whalen reportedly linked to drug dealing in Connecticut

According to the opening of a February 22, 2013, Haaretz report, Father Kevin Whalen was regarded as a figure who would go far from the moment he joined the Church three decades earlier.

The report says Whalen served as a confidant to two bishops and later as a priest at two churches, where he won the affection of the faithful. It describes him as a central figure in the Catholic Church in southwestern Connecticut.

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Source: Read the original report (translated from Hebrew)