Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal

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by D'Antonio, Michael


  Other sources include interviews with many of those involved directly in events and materials such as:

  • Edward Walsh, “Victims of Priests’ Abuse Urge Church to Take Responsibility; Cardinals Hear Anguished Tales as Bishops Weigh Policy,” The Washington Post, June 13, 2002, 24.

  • Don Lattin, “Abuse victims meet with church leaders/Bishops asked to adopt tough policy at their historic session,” San Francisco Chronicle, June 13, 2002, 1.

  • A. John Sawyer and Patricia Rice, “Bishops Meeting On Sex Abuse Find They Are Now Main Target: Critics Say They’re Like Enron, Too Compromised To Lead,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 13, 2002, 1.

  • Monica Davey and David Heinzman, “Bishops reworking sex abuse policy; Defrock guilty, victims tell clerics,” Chicago Tribune, June 13, 2002, 1.

  • Alan Cooperman and Pamela Ferdinand, “Boston’s Cardinal Resigns Over Sex Abuse Scandal,” The Washington Post, December 14, 2002, 1.

  • Steve Bailey, Philadelphia Inquirer, June 12, 2002, 2.

  • Frank Keating, “Trying to Restore a Faith,” The New York Times, June 15, 2002, 17.

  Efforts of Jeff Anderson, Raymond Boucher, and Lawrence Drivon regarding statute window in California from interviews. See also:

  • Daniel B. Wood and Jane Lampman, “L.A. Now The Flash Point On Priest Abuse,” The Christian Science Monitor, December 31, 2002, 3.

  • William Lobdell, “The State” (column) “Statute of Limitations Eased in Abuse Cases,” Los Angeles Times, July 12, 2002, B8.

  21. THE OPEN WINDOW

  Patrick Wall’s story drawn from interviews with author. His relationships with Manly and Sipe from interviews with all three.

  John Manly, “Shield the Flock, Not the Wolf,” Los Angeles Times, September 30, 2001, B15.

  Details of the suits brought against Archdiocese of Los Angeles and Dioceses of Orange and San Diego counties drawn from court records, and interviews with attorneys and judges involved.

  Carla Hall, “L.A. Archdiocese Enlists Services of Top PR Firm; Publicity: Sitrick & Co., advisor to Enron and other troubled clients, takes on priest scandal,” Los Angeles Times, May 30, 2002, B1.

  William Lobdell and Steve Hymon, “Victim Begins Vigil at Cathedral; Man plans an 8-day fast to protest Cardinal Mahony’s handling of sex abuse cases,” Los Angeles Times, April 14, 2003, B3.

  Dialogue of Michael Hennigan and John Manly from deposition transcript.

  Manly’s pursuit of Oliver O’Grady depicted on the basis of interviews with Manly and Wall, as well as transcripts of O’Grady’s depositions. Also see: Amy Berg, Deliver Us From Evil, 2006.

  Francis D. Murphy, Helen Buckley, and Larain Joyce, The Ferns Report, presented to the Ferns Inquiry to the Minister for Health and Children (Dublin: Irish Government Publications, October 2005).

  Information on Colm O’Gorman and One in Four provided by O’Gorman.

  22. A RECKONING

  Details on the death of John Paul II drawn mainly from George Weigel, The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II—The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy (New York: Doubleday, 2010), specifically chapter nine, “The Last Encyclical: January–April 2005.”

  “The Way of the Cross, the ’filth’ in the Church and the ‘decay’ of ideologies,” March 25, 2005, 3. May be viewed online at: http://www.asianews.it/news-en/The-Way-of-the-Cross,-the-‘filth’-in-the-Church-and-the-‘decay’-of-ideologies-2867.html.

  “Catholic Church’s Costs Pass $1 Billion in Abuse Cases,” New York Times, June 12, 2005, 33.

  Marni McEntee, “Supporters of outspoken Ramstein priest question reasons for removal,” Stars and Stripes, May 9, 2004.

  The book Doyle, Sipe, and Wall produced is A. W. Richard Sipe, Thomas P. Doyle & Patrick J. Wall, Sex, Priests, and Secret Codes: The Catholic Church’s 2,000-Year Paper Trail of Sexual Abuse (Los Angeles: Volt Press, 2006).

  Fitzgerald letter is referenced in Laurie Goodstein, “Early Alarm for Church on Abusers in the Clergy,” New York Times, April 3, 2009, 16. His letters may also be viewed online at: http://www.richardsipe.com/2009-09/Father.Gerald.Fitzgerald.pdf.

  William Lobdell, “Missionary’s Dark Legacy,” Los Angeles Times, November 19, 2005, 1.

  Chris Knap and Rachanee Srisavasdi, “Distant sex-abuse cases get local aid,” Orange County Register, February 27, 2005, 1.

  Associated Press, “Jesuit Order Settles Suit On Sex Abuse In Alaska,” New York Times, November 19, 2007, 18.

  Report to the People of God: Clergy Sexual Abuse, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, 1930–2003; can be seen online at: www.bishop-accountability.org/usccb/natureandscope/dioceses/reports/losangelesca-rpt.pdf

  John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The Nature and Scope of the Problem of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons in the United States, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington 2004.

  “Vindicates,” from “Reports On Priestly Sexual Abuse Welcomed,” Catalyst Online, Catholic League Web site, April 22, 2004.

  Judge Owen Kwong described his work on the settlement of abuse cases in interviews with author.

  Christine Hanley and Richard Winton, “Clerics Take 2 Approaches to Clergy Scandal; Religion: Orange County’s Bishop Brown tackles the molestation issue from the pulpit. L.A.’s Cardinal Mahony makes no statement,” Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2002, B1.

  Larry Stammer, William Lobdell, and Jean Guccione, “A Bishop’s Bold Move; Tod D. Brown’s role in settling O.C. abuse cases points out his contrasts with Cardinal Mahony,” Los Angeles Times, December 5, 2004, B1.

  Jean Guccione, “Orange Bishop to Apologize in Huge Abuse Settlement; A record-setting $100-million agreement in the Catholic Church’s sex scandal also will make confidential files public,” Los Angeles Times, January 4, 2005, B1.

  Portrayal of Cardinal Mahony in his deposition based on deposition transcript.

  David Pierson, “Man Arrested in Protest During Mass at Cathedral; He handcuffs himself to a chair and later says Mahony’s homily ‘got me all fired up,’” Los Angeles Times, June 27, 2005, B3.

  Gillian Flaccus, “L.A. Archdiocese Agrees to $600 Million Abuse Settlement; Sources Describe Deal, the Largest In Sex Scandal,” Washington Post, July 15, 2007, 14.

  Joe Mozingo and John Spano, “$660-million settlement in priest abuses; L.A. Archdiocese’s payout to 508 claimants is the largest in the sex scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church,” Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2007, 1.

  23. DON’T TRUST ME

  Anecdotes about Anderson based on interviews.

  Report informed by documents filed in John V. Doe v. Holy See, U.S. District Court, Portland, and interviews with Jeffrey Lena, attorney for the Vatican, and Jeffrey Anderson. See also:

  • Julie Bolcer, “Supreme Court Rejects Vatican Appeal,” Advocate.com, June 29, 2010.

  • “Vatican lawyer responds to abuse accusations,” Vaticanradio.com, August 12, 2011.

  • Denny Walsh, “Molestation Case/Monetary Damages Sought Vatican Can Be Sued, Panel Rules Holy See May Be Liable For Acts Of Parish Priest,” Sacramento Bee, March 4, 2009, 4.

  • Stacy Meichtry, “The Supreme Court: Vatican Bid To Dismiss Suit On Abuse Won’t Get Review,” Wall Street Journal, June 29, 2010, A5.

  For William Donohue’s views on Mark Silk, Jason Berry and others, visit the Web site of the Catholic League: www.catholicleague.org.

  Finances of the Catholic League reported on the basis of public filings. Comparisons to other nonprofits based on data from Guidestar.org, an independent source of information on nonprofit organizations.

  Correspondence and documents in the case of Nicolas Aguilar Rivera from court filings.

  John Spano, “Mexico Bars Lawyer After Suit; An American who said a cardinal protected an abusive priest is escorted to an airport,” Los Angeles Times, October 15, 2006, B5.

  Doug Irving, “Judge allows suit in U.S. against Mexican priest,” Orange County Register, March 2, 2011.

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bsp; Information on Isely and Wisconsin cases provided by Isely and from court documents. See also: Jason Berry, “Activist’s challenge to archdiocese began with Weakland,” National Catholic Reporter, January 31, 2012.

  Jane Lampman, “From Sex-Abuse Scandal, Cautious Hope Of Reform,” Christian Science Monitor, March 8, 2002, 1.

  Michael Paulson, “Farragher Priest Abuse Cases Focus On Adolescents,” Boston Globe, March 17, 2002, 1.

  Elizabeth Fernandez, “Men Blame Shattered Lives On Abuse In Youth By Priests/Victims Carry Burden Of Guilt, Betrayal,” San Francisco Chronicle, April 16, 2002, 1.

  John Keilman And Monica Davey, “Milwaukee Sets Archbishop Probe; Payoff To Accuser Under Scrutiny,” Chicago Tribune, May 25, 2002, 1.

  Richard Vara and Cynthia Lee, “Victims, Activists Criticize Policy On Abusive Priests,” Houston Chronicle, November 11, 2002, 13.

  Annie Correal, “Protesters Say Archbishop Mishandled Abuse Scandal,” New York Times, March 6, 2009, 22.

  Nicole Winfield, “Vatican Defends Role In Wis. Abuse Case: Calls Criticism Of Decisions A Bid To Smear The Pope,” Boston Globe, March 26, 2010, 10.

  Laurie Goodstein and David Callender, “For Half a Century, Deaf Boys Raised Alarm on Priest’s Abuse,” New York Times, March 27, 2010, 1.

  Laurie Goodstein, “Vatican Declined to Defrock U.S. Priest Who Abused Deaf Boys,” New York Times, March 25, 2010, 1.

  24. A ROLLING CATASTROPHE

  Jason Berry’s experience with his daughter’s death reported on the basis of interviews.

  The Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, Department of Health and Children, Dublin, May 2009.

  For The Irish Times on Ryan Report: “The Savage Reality Of Our Darkest Days,” Irish Times, May 5, 2009.

  Nick Squires, “Pope Benedict scolds Ireland’s bishops over sex abuse scandal,” Christian Science Monitor, February 16, 2010, 14.

  Elisabetta Povoledo and Alan Cowell, “Pope Urges Irish Bishops To Confront Sex Abuse,” New York Times, February 16, 2010, 7.

  Gaia Pianigiani, “The Vatican: Pope Accepts Resignation of Irish Bishops,” New York Times, May 6, 2010, 8.

  Story of Terrance Kohut based on court filings. See also: Michael Stone, “Terry Kohut names Pope Benedict XVI in child sexual abuse lawsuit,” Examiner.com, September 24, 2010.

  Bill Hutchinson, “Abuse victim suing Pope Benedict, alleges coverup in mid-1990s,” New York Daily News, April 13, 2011.

  Bill Hewitt, “Serving Rome: Lawyer Jeffrey Anderson Takes His Case to the Top, Suing the Vatican for Not Removing Predator Priests,” People, April 22, 2002.

  Erika Slife, “Chicago SNAP activists head to Europe to help priest sex abuse victims,” Chicago Tribune, March 22, 2010. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-03-22/news/ct-met-snap-europe-20100322_1_survivors-network-sexual-abuse-abuse-victims

  For Jose Saraiva Martins’s dirty laundry, see:

  • Philip Pullella, “Vatican says media in ‘ignoble attempt’ to smear pope,” Reuters, March 25, 2010. http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/03/25/us-pope-abuse-idUSTRE62O2X420100325

  • Rachel Donadio, “Don’t blame pope, Vatican says; ‘No knowledge’ of pedophile’s reassignment,” Boston Globe, March 27, 2010, 4.

  Daniel J. Wakin and Rachel Donadio, “Vatican Priest Likens Criticism Over Abuse to Anti-Semitism,” New York Times, April 3, 2010, 1.

  Peggy Noonan, “Declarations: The Catholic Church’s Catastrophe,” Wall Street Journal, April 2, 2010, 13.

  Jeffrey Lena’s background from interview. See also: Jason Horowitz, “At Cross-Purposes; Jeffrey Lena: Sole practitioner in California is the voice of the Vatican in U.S. courts,” Washington Post, April 19, 2010, C1.

  Anderson and Lena’s meeting with Kagan based on their recollections.

  Mosi Secret, “New York Archbishop May Face Deposition on Milwaukee Funds,” New York Times, February 13, 2011, 23.

  Stephen Castle and Nicholas Kulish, “Belgian Police Raid Offices Of Church In Abuse Case,” New York Times, June 25, 2010, 6.

  Stacy Meichtry, “Vatican Criticizes Belgian Officials for Raid; Police Investigating Sex-Abuse Claims Question Top Bishops, Look Into Tombs,” Wall Street Journal, June 26, 2010, 10.

  Sarah Lyall, “Irish Rupture With Vatican Sets Off a Transformation,” New York Times, September 17, 2011, 8.

  Rachel Donadio, “Vatican recalls its envoy to Ireland over abuse report; Holy See plans a response amid firestorm,” Houston Chronicle, July 26, 2011, 6.

  David Zucchino, “Catholic official found guilty in child sex-abuse coverup; Msgr. William J. Lynn of Philadelphia was accused of reassigning pedophile priests,” Los Angeles Times, June 23, 2012, 4.

  The documents filed in victim’s charge of crimes against humanity against the Vatican at the International Criminal Court are available at CCRJustic.org. See also: Laurie Goodstein, “Abuse Victims Ask Court To Prosecute the Vatican,” New York Times, September 14, 2011, 15.

  Megan Peterson’s case reported on the basis of interviews and her complaint.

  Mitchell Landsberg, “Society is blamed for priest sex abuse,” Los Angeles Times, May 19, 2011, 10.

  Laurie Goodstein, “Church Abuse Report Authors Defend Findings as Critics Weigh In,” New York Times, May 19, 2011, 19.

  Lisa Wangsness, “Authors defend report on clergy abuse,” Boston Globe, May 19, 2011, 1.

  Andy Newman, “Retired Cardinal Regrets ’02 Apology on Abuse Cases,” New York Times, February 8, 2012, 22.

  Tim Townsend, “Group seeks to block clergy abuse order; Attorneys for victims say subpoena involving Kansas City priest could lead to disclosure of confidential information,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 31, 2011, 3.

  Tim Townsend, “SNAP officials get subpoenas; They accuse Catholic officials of trying to hinder their efforts for abused,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 6, 2012, 2.

  Jeffrey M. Jones, “Atheists, Muslims See Most Bias as Presidential Candidates; Two-thirds would vote for gay or lesbian,” Gallup.com, June 21, 2012.

  INDEX

  The index that appeared in the print version of this title does not match the pages in your e-book. Please use the search function on your e-reading device to search for terms of interest. For your reference, the terms that appear in the print index are listed below.

  abortion

  Abraham, Lynne

  AbuseTracker

  Accusations of Child Sexual Abuse (Underwager and Wakefield)

  Adamson, Thomas

  Berry and

  Carlson and

  complaints and warnings about

  deposition of

  “Doe, John” and

  compensation award

  trial

  trial appeal

  Klein family and

  Klein’s deposition and

  Lyman and

  Lyman’s murder plan

  payment settlement and

  memos on

  nuns and

  psychological treatment of

  Roach and

  sexual history of

  Watters and

  addiction

  Africa

  Agca, Mehmet Ali

  Agnelli, Gianni

  Aguilar Mendez, Joaquin

  Aguilar Rivera, Nicolas

  Ahern, Bertie

  Ahern, Mary Ann

  AIDS

  Alaska

  Alcoholics Anonymous

  Anderson and

  Doyle and

  Hall and

  Sipe and

  Twelve Steps of

  alcoholism

  Alien Tort Claims Act

  All-American Boys Chorus of Costa Mesa

  All the President’s Men (Bernstein and Woodward)

  American Bar Association

  American Humane Association

  American Indians

  American Psychiatric Association

  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Anderson, Bonnie

 
; Anderson, Casey

  Anderson, Darrow

  Anderson, Drew

  Anderson, Eleanor

  Anderson, Jeffrey

  Adamson case and

  Adamson’s deposition

  Doe lawsuit

  Doe trial

  Klein and

  Lyman settlement

  alcohol and drug use of

  Alcoholics Anonymous and

  background of

  and backlash against abuse claimants

  bank building purchased by

  Benedict XVI named in lawsuit of

  Bernardin case and

  in Brussels

  Campbell and

  in charity race

  Chopko and

  Cook/McVeigh case and

  critics of

  Donohue and

  Doyle and

  exercise regimen of

  Hall and

  Julie’s marriage to

  Julie’s relationship with

  Kos case and

  Locker Room raid and

  in London

  Merryfield case and

  in Mexico

  Miller and

  money made by

  money spent on cases

  moral code of

  O’Connell and Ellison families and

  O’Grady case and

  O’Keefe case and

  operating procedure of

  press and

  press conference of

  Reinhardt and

  Rivera case and

  Ronan and

  settlements negotiated by

  Severson and

  Sipe and

  sobriety of

  statue of limitations legislation and

  on television programs

  Vega and

  at VOCALink-Up convention

  Wisconsin suit of

  Anderson, Julie (née Aronson)

  Jeffrey’s marriage to

  Jeffrey’s relationship with

  Anderson, Patti

  Anderson, Robert

  Apostolic Delegate

  Argentina

  Aronson, James

  Aronson, Julie, see Anderson, Julie

  Aronson, Rosalie

  Ashby, Anne

  Assault on Innocence (Stiles)

  Austin, Arthur

  Australia

 

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