Nelson Donnell of West Gardiner, ME I've always called it either the down town bridge or the Bridge Street bridge myself. I guess I never could picture John Curran as being someone who would honestly get anyone over troubled waters without paying a heavy price.report abuse

Aldin of Augusta, ME It's been called the Curan Bridge for so long, that even with a name change, people will still call it that. Look at the "Third Bridge" in Disgusta.

I got it. We'll call it the "Pedophile Curan Bridge"!

More seriously, it won't matter what it's renamed 'cause many will still use the name they're use to no matter what the person did in the past.report abuse

Nelson Donnell of West Gardiner, ME It still amazes me how people defend someone like John merely because their experiences with him didn't reveal his deviant behavior. Why do you think he left Old Town and transfered to Augusta?

Pedophiles who have successfully held positions of trust and authority don't always show their sinister side to everyone. Like the proverbial bad cop, if they start to lose control over their environment, then they move to new locations and when they feel comfortable in their new surroundings they'll likely start their victimization of people all over again.

I've seen John admonishing some of his parishioners for not contributing what John thought these parishioners families should have been contributing in one of those little envelopes that the church sent around. And as far as I was concerned, John was a typical control freak who would resort to whatever methods he felt was necessary to get what he wanted out of people, even to the level to use his position in his religion to extort money and favors from people and I even told him so on more than one occasion.

But then again, considering that's the way the majority of religions and governments operate, through instilling fear and imposing intimidation, could you really expect someone like John to be able to resist the temptation of the forces of evil and corruption? I didn't.report abuse