Connecticut Attorney Ralph Dupont responds to Diocese of Connecticut Attorney Alan Baker 7/22/2005

July 21, 2005
Alan Robert Baker, Esq.
Baker O’Sullivan & Bliss PCPutnam Park,
Suite 100100 Great Meadow Road
Wethersfield, CT 06109-2371

Dear Mr. Baker:

Your letter to Attorney Reeve, under date of July 19, 2005, has received careful consideration and review. We expressly deny the many factual generalizations therein. We are responding to your implied suggestions for an immediate resolution of the St. John’s dispute.

We are prepared to respond as permitted by Canon IV.10.2. We assume upon receipt of Father Hansen’s declaration denying abandonment of the communion, that the inhibition will be withdrawn, promptly, with an appropriate public announcement.

Father Hansen and the Bishop need not meet for that purpose, of course, but if a meeting is desired by the Bishop, then Father Hansen must be provided with a Consultant, at the expense of the Diocese, as required by canon law in such cases. Hopefully, that meeting will lead to a resolution of the sabbatical leave issue, as well, with Attorney Reeve’s assistance.

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