Battle over files intensifies

Originally published in the Boston Globe on December 1, 2002 By Michael Rezendes. Roderick MacLeish Jr., who represents more than 200 alleged victims of sexual abuse, has said he’ll ask for a determination on whether the archdiocese has obeyed court orders. The strained relations between the Boston Archdiocese and the law…

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Archdiocese weighs bankruptcy filing

Originally published in the Golden Globe on December 1, 2002 By Walter V. Robinson and Stephen Kurkjian. Cardinal Bernard F. Law has to approve any bankruptcy legal steps by the archdiocese. The Archdiocese of Boston is preparing to take the extraordinary step of filing for bankruptcy, as hopes fade for a…

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Ariz. abuse case names bishop, 2 priests

Originally published in the Boston Globe on August 20, 2002 By Michael Rezendes. Brian O’Connor, who says he was molested by two priests from Our Mother of Sorrows Church in Tucson, said a bishop was the first to sexually abuse him. TUCSON – When Monsignor Robert C. Trupia was confronted…

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Scandal erodes traditional deference to church

Originally published in the Boston Globe on May 12, 2002 By Kevin Cullen. Attorney General Thomas Reilly at a news conference March 1. From left are District Attorneys Daniel Conley, Kevin Burke, Timothy Cruz, William Keating, and Martha Coakley, and Geline Williams, head of the Mass. District Attorneys Association When…

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