The evidence speaks for itself: Last spring, Law admitted in a
deposition that he was aware that John Geoghan had reportedly raped at
least seven young boys in 1984 yet nevertheless approved the transfer of
Geoghan to another parish, working with other boys. Other documents
revealed that Law similarly knew of and ignored decades of reported
child abuse by Paul Shanley, placing Shanley in ministries with access
to other children. Shanley is currently facing trial on 10 charges of
child rape and six counts of indecent assault and battery. Law is
jetting back and forth to Rome.
Throughout his tenure, Law seemed to reserve his warmest sympathy for
the abusers, not the victims. He lied to a West Coast bishop about
Shanley's history. He signed a document attesting that another known
child-molesting priest, Redmond Raux, had "nothing in his background" to
make him "unsuitable to work with children." Last week, more court
documents revealed that the archdiocese gave new jobs to two priests,
one of whom was known to have molested boys while the other had supplied
cocaine to a teenage lover. Law's responses to these and earlier
disclosures? The molesters had been cleared by physicians; the church
kept bad records; his subordinates vetted the transfers; he forgot; he
never knew; he's sorry.
http://www.slate.com/?id=2075831
Law said under oath that he knew of Geoghan's and Shanley's previous
rapes of boys. It is established that Law lied about Shanley and
another boy-fucking priest, Redmond Raux.
It is established beyond dispute, by Law's own depositions under oath,
that he actively and knowingly tried to conceal the rapists from public
scrutiny and protect them from criminal prosecution. Law fled the
country to Rome just a step ahead of being forced to testify to a grand
jury that in all likelihood would have indicted him.
Earl Weber, the lying shitbag posting as "duke", better known as duck,
puke, dork and other fitting names, defends Bernard Law.
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