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Geoghan preferred preying on poorer children
Psychiatric documents offer added insights into the Rev. John J. Geoghan’s troubled mind and the motivations behind his aberrant actions.
Globe Spotlight Team | Part 1 of 2
Church allowed abuse by priest for years
Jim Davis / Globe Staff
Why did it take a succession of three cardinals and many bishops 34 years to place children out of John J. Geoghan’s reach?
Church cloaked in culture of silence
Catholic priests were committing crimes so unspeakable that the Archdiocese of Boston went to extraordinary - and expensive - lengths to cover up the scandal.
Scores of priests involved in sex abuse cases
Under an extraordinary cloak of secrecy, the Archdiocese of Boston in the last 10 years has quietly settled child molestation claims against at least 70 priests.
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Ex-Mass. bishop accused of ignoring abuse in NYC
The Most Rev. Thomas V. Daily is accused of brushing aside sexual abuse allegations.
Scandal erodes traditional deference to church
Prosecutors, judges, and politicians who once looked the other way when it came to the church’s dirty laundry are now holding church leaders to a higher standard.
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Ariz. abuse case names bishop, 2 priests
Documents show that the three had sex during the late 1970s and early 1980s with a Tucson teenager who was later given a chancery job to ensure his silence.
Archdiocese weighs bankruptcy filing
The Archdiocese of Boston prepared to take the extraordinary step of filing for bankruptcy, as hopes faded for a settlement with alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse.
More clergy abuse, secrecy cases
The Archdiocese of Boston for years dealt in secret with allegations against rogue priests,
A church seeks healing
Pope John Paul II accepted the resignation of longtime Roman Catholic archbishop Cardinal Bernard F. Law.