Walter William Curtis

[1] After graduating from Seton Hall University in 1934, he attended Immaculate Conception Seminary, both in South Orange, New Jersey.

[3] He received his episcopal consecration on September 24, 1957, from Archbishop Thomas Boland, with Bishops James A. McNulty and George W. Ahr serving as co-consecrators.

[3] In addition to his episcopal duties, Curtis was named pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Bloomfield, New Jersey, in 1958.

In October 2019, former Connecticut Superior Court Judge Robert Holzberg released the results of his investigation, commissioned by Bridgeport Bishop Frank Caggiano, into the diocese's handling of accusations of sexual abuse by its priests.

Holzberg found that all three of Bridgeport's bishops, including Curtis, had consistently failed to fulfill their moral and legal responsibilities.

Holzberg wrote: "Bishop Curtis was undisguisedly indifferent to clergy sexual abuse in the diocese, not understanding or acknowledging its scope, and abdicating virtually all responsibility to his subordinates for responding to it, the report stated.