How much sicker can it get?
Attorneys submit legal briefs for upcoming Shanley trial
By Theo Emery, Associated Press, 7/21/2003 21:12
BOSTON (AP) The Rev. Paul Shanley paid to rape and molest teenage boys and sometimes shared them with other men including at least one fellow priest, according to court documents filed Monday by attorneys for Shanley's alleged victims.
The filing outlines in graphic detail the scope and breadth of the claims against Shanley, a central figure in the clergy sex abuse scandal that has overwhelmed the church and now awaits Boston's incoming archbishop, Sean Patrick O'Malley.
The documents include 21 affidavits from alleged Shanley victims and a roughly 220-page brief previewing the civil case that attorneys for Gregory Ford and his family plan to present at trial in their lawsuit against the archdiocese, Cardinal Bernard Law, New Hampshire Bishop John B. McCormack and other key figures in the scandal.
The Fords' attorneys hope Suffolk Superior Court Judge Constance M. Sweeney will allow them to present the 21 allegations of abuse by Shanley as well as evidence of abuse by 25 other priests whose behavior was allegedly covered up by top church officials to show a pattern of secrecy and neglect within the church.
The archdiocese also filed motions Monday asking that the Fords' attorneys not be allowed to expand the scope of the trial beyond Gregory Ford's allegations, and challenging the admissibility of ''recovered memory'' of abuse, said the Rev. Christopher Coyne, a spokesman for the archdiocese.
Coyne declined to comment on the allegations contained in the Fords' filing.
''We're just seeking to follow the normal course and the normal expected practice in law in coming to a just and equitable conclusion to the cases,'' he said.
Church attorney Wilson Rogers III did not return a telephone call Monday.
Ford has sued over abuse he allegedly suffered when he was a young parishioner at St. Jean's Parish in Newton. Shanley is also facing criminal charges for raping and sexually assaulting four men.
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Attorneys submit legal briefs for upcoming Shanley trial
By Theo Emery, Associated Press, 7/21/2003 21:12
BOSTON (AP) The Rev. Paul Shanley paid to rape and molest teenage boys and sometimes shared them with other men including at least one fellow priest, according to court documents filed Monday by attorneys for Shanley's alleged victims.
The filing outlines in graphic detail the scope and breadth of the claims against Shanley, a central figure in the clergy sex abuse scandal that has overwhelmed the church and now awaits Boston's incoming archbishop, Sean Patrick O'Malley.
The documents include 21 affidavits from alleged Shanley victims and a roughly 220-page brief previewing the civil case that attorneys for Gregory Ford and his family plan to present at trial in their lawsuit against the archdiocese, Cardinal Bernard Law, New Hampshire Bishop John B. McCormack and other key figures in the scandal.
The Fords' attorneys hope Suffolk Superior Court Judge Constance M. Sweeney will allow them to present the 21 allegations of abuse by Shanley as well as evidence of abuse by 25 other priests whose behavior was allegedly covered up by top church officials to show a pattern of secrecy and neglect within the church.
The archdiocese also filed motions Monday asking that the Fords' attorneys not be allowed to expand the scope of the trial beyond Gregory Ford's allegations, and challenging the admissibility of ''recovered memory'' of abuse, said the Rev. Christopher Coyne, a spokesman for the archdiocese.
Coyne declined to comment on the allegations contained in the Fords' filing.
''We're just seeking to follow the normal course and the normal expected practice in law in coming to a just and equitable conclusion to the cases,'' he said.
Church attorney Wilson Rogers III did not return a telephone call Monday.
Ford has sued over abuse he allegedly suffered when he was a young parishioner at St. Jean's Parish in Newton. Shanley is also facing criminal charges for raping and sexually assaulting four men.
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