Tag: Boston Globe
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…
Hundreds now claim priest abuse
Originally published in the Boston Globe on February 24, 2002 By Walter V. Robinson. Lawyers report flood of alleged new victims Emboldened by the sexual molestation scandal that has enveloped the Archdiocese of Boston, more than 200 people who claim they were abused by priests have sought out lawyers from…