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To: Poet who wrote (12250)	5/6/2002 4:56:53 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

That is QUITE amazing, isn't it? Really got to get funding for mental hospitals increased. And get laws changed so you can keep them in.

To: Poet who wrote (12250)	5/13/2002 10:23:51 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 21057

Archdiocese paid legal bills for accused priests ‘Financial assistance’ rendered in Boston sex-abuse cases msnbc.com NBC, MSNBC AND NEWS SERVICES BOSTON, May 13 — The Archdiocese of Boston has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees for Roman Catholic priests accused of sex crimes or sued by alleged molestation victims, according to a report Monday. Word of the legal fees came as Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston began his third day of testimony in connection with a lawsuit filed by dozens of alleged victims of sexual abuse by a priest. • Yellow Pages • Auctions at uBid • Personals Channel • Shopping • Newsletters • Weather May 9 — Plaintiffs attorney Mitchell Garabedian accused Cardinal Bernard Law of lying in the first day of his deposition. THE BOSTON HERALD reported that the archdiocese had paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend priests accused of sexual abuse, including defrocked priest John Geoghan. Eighty-six alleged victims of Geoghan are suing the archdiocese, claiming that Law and other church officials negligently failed to supervise the priest as evidence grew that he was a serial pedophile. The Herald said papers turned over to attorneys for the plaintiffs showed that Geoghan regularly forwarded legal bills in the tens of thousands of dollars to the archdiocese. In May 1997, he thanked the church in a scrawled missive for its “financial assistance” for covering a legal bill of $36,636.50, the newspaper said. UNSECURED LOANS GRANTED The archdiocese frequently granted unsecured loans to the penniless alleged molesters, according to church documents and lawyers familiar with the practice. And in some cases, the accused priests have subsequently retained counsel who have discussed cases with archdiocesan officials and cooperated with church attorneys, the Herald said. One of those who was given unsecured loans was the Rev. Paul Shanley, who is accused of sexually abusing a young boy over a period of seven years. The newspaper said Shanley’s legal bills from the early 1990s on were paid by the Clergy Assistance Trust, a nominally independent fund overseen by high-ranking archdiocesan officials. “I am happy to send you a check for the amount of $833.73 in partial payment for your legal fees ... which you will pay back if you are ever able,” the Herald quoted a letter from Monsignor William F. Murphy to Shanley in April 1995 as saying. Advertisement The newspaper quoted Steven Sharaf, a specialist in insurance defense litigation, as saying the arrangement raised serious ethical questions. “It’s fair to ask why any organization would represent and pay for the defense costs of an individual unless there was something to be gained by that,” Sharaf told the newspaper. “There is a conflict there.” Word of the payment of the legal fees came as Law began a third day of testimony behind closed doors at the chancery of the Boston archdiocese’s offices in response to the lawsuit filed by 86 men who say they were sexually abused by Geoghan. LAW ANGRY, PLAINTIFF SAYS During a break in the deposition Monday, one of Geoghan’s alleged victims, who attended the proceedings as a representative of the plaintiffs, said Law lost his temper. The outburst occurred when he was questioned about a letter in which the staff of a psychiatric institute evaluated Geoghan as fit to return to the ministry but also expressed reservations that he could again engage in pedophilic behavior, said Mark Keane, one of two plaintiffs who attended the session. “He was completely out of his element, very angry at times,” Keane said of Law’s reaction to the questioning.