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a BETRAYAL THE CRISIS IN THE for wi; (oa (ome) ster eisl THE INVESTIGATIVE STAFF OF The Boston Globe Praise for BETRAYAL ‘The Crisis in the Catholic Church “What we are now calling the Catholic Church scandal began with a ‘court document that could have been buried in a sea of egal papershad it not been for a team of reporters from the Boston Globe... The Globe's work, both in the stores that began appearing in January 2002 and inthis book, is extraordinary” — Sandi Dolbee, San Diego Union-Tribune “Every detail ofthis sordid story has had toe dragged from the reluc- tant archdiocese, mostly by the dogged investigative reporting of the Boston Globe” — Bill Keller New York Times “Ifthe Boston Globe had not told the story ofthe church’shortfc atures Jn Boston the abuse would have gone right on. There woul have been n0 crisis, no demand from the lity thatthe church cut out this cancer of itresponsbilty, corruption, and sin, and no charter for the protection of children. The Globe did th church an enormous favor” — Andrew Greeley, Chicago Sun-Times “Only one newspaper, the Heston Globe, had the persistence and courage two tackle this story by forcing the Boston archdiocese to release internal documents that finally revealed the scope ofthe scandal” — Peggy Noonan, Wall tee Journal “This book is more than a religious and journalistic morality play for modern times. It's classic example of what serious, long-form inves- tigative reporting and dedicated community service by the press can accomplish” — Buffalo News “This isa watered moment forthe Boston Globe, They brought the Church to heel Not only wast an outstanding piece of reporting, but a brave piece of publishing” "Alex Jones, American Journalism Review “The only reason that some of the truth has been revealed is because the Boston Globe gota judge to open documents thatthe Boston archdio- «ese fought to eep closed” —Mitwaukee Journal Sentinel “tishard to imagine ay reader interested enough to pick up the book putting it own unfinished. Betrayal shows public-affirs journalism at itsbest” — Steve Weinberg, Demver Post, “journalism is the fist draft of history, Betrayal gives present readers and future historians a good start” —Alan Cochrum, Fort Worth Star-Telegram “Although published in the summer, Betrayal is even more germane today because ofthe continuing upheaval inthe Catholic Church and the abdication of Bernard Cardinal Law. Betrayal covers the whole gamut of rogue predatory priests” — Dermot McEvoy, author of Terrible Angel “An excellent account of [Cardinal] Laws troubles by the Boston Globe reporters who exposed them’ — Garry Wills, New York Review of Books "A stunning account of the genesis ofthe Church's headline-grabbing, sex-abuse scandal... Betrayal is a must-read for anyone who has ‘doubted the importance of this ongoing story” — Michelle Bearden, Tampa Tribune BETRAYAL THE CRISIS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BY THE INVESTIGATIVE STAFF OF THE Boston GLOBE WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHORS LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY Cori © 2002 the Bon ibe _Ateward copyright © 200 y the Bon bbe righ ee No par of bok may ie eprodcnaey formorbyanyelctoicor mechanical ans ncig Information rape andreas tout person ting fe pb. xt ae who ay gt we pags ina even ‘Oni pubes hardoverby Lite, own an Cony My 2002 it ac By paperback, Api 2005 sax se0-i6 76752 we eNaeeune Contents Foreword vi Introduction 3 Father Geoghan ‘coverup ‘The Predators ‘The Vietims aplosion “The Decline of Defence is Eminence Sex and the Church “The Serugle for Change Afterword Appendix: The Documents Notes Acknowledgments Index 164 27 a “Baxyal hong lik whey cowl oer the Church eda Card Benard F. Law ‘Archbishop of Boston Good Friday (March 29), 2002 Foreword Tn June 2001, Cardinal Bernard F. Lav, the longtime Roman Catholic archbishop of Boston, used routine court fling to make an extrsor inary admision: seventeen years carer he had given Rev. Joba Geoghan plum ob as puochal via of an fluent suburban parish, despite having been notified just wo months previously that Geoghan vwaalleged to have molested sven boys. For the investigative tf ofthe Boston Globe that document was a turning point: astory about priest who ws accused of molesting chil ‘ren was nova story about ishop who preted tht priest The docu rent and a defense feed in ate Jly bythe adil layer asetng that physicians had eared Geoghan for mins, prompted an investi tation the Globe's Spotlight Team, which stout to determine whether the Geoghan ase was an anomaly o part ofa pater. ‘The troubling answer to that question —dovens of Boston-area priests had molested minors, and in too many cases bishops had known About the abuse bute to remove the priests rom thee jobs — was revealed in a series of stories published in early 200 that hs trigered the most serious ers to conffontthe Catholic Church in ears “The Globe's reporting, and the events it set of led to the writing of Betrayal which isthe story of priests who abuse the chile in their care, vitims whose lives wer shattered a the hands of those pit, bishops who filed to prevent the abuse and laypeople who rose up inanger “Since the mid-1990s more than 130 people have come forward with hori childhood tales about how former pres Jobin J. Geoghan allegedly fondled or raped them during thee-ecade spre through a haldozen Greater Boston parishes” began the Spolight Team’ fst Foreword article on the subject, published in January 2002. “Almost always, his victims were grammar school boys. One was jus 4 years old” (Over the next four months, the Gabe ran nearly three hundred sto- ries about clergy sexual abuse. Though the problem had been widely known nationally and sporadically written about since the mid-1980s, the Globe's reporting used the Church's own documents to demon- strate that high-ranking officials had repeatedly put the welfare oftheir priests ahead ofthat ofthe children, Inthe Geoghan case a succession of two cardinals and many bishops cover thirty-four years had filed to place children out of Geoghar's reach, sending the priest compassionate letters even as they moved him fom parish to paris, leaving a tral of victims in his wake. “he frst Globe tories struck a nerve. Catholics were furious and fet betrayed. Cardinal Law apologized, and in the ensuing days and weeks, he agreed totuen over the names ofall priests, pas and preset, acused of sexually abusing minors, even though such reporting was not then. required under Massachusetts law, He announced a zero-tolerance pol- icy, vowing to oust any priest against whom a credible allegation was lodged, and promised new efforts to reach out 0 vitims. But the dam had burst, Many Catholics called for Law's resignation and began withholding contributions to the Church. Stat legislators passed a bill requiring clergy to report allegations of sexual abuse to sec- ‘lar authorities, Prosecutors began issuing arrest warrants for priest This story began, as al stories do, with a group of reporters trying to answer ast of questions. The Globe's Spotlight Team — editor Wal- ter V. Robinson and reporters Matt Carrol, Sacha Peifer, and Michael Rezendes — set out to discover how many priests in Boston had mo- [ested children, and howe much the Church had known about the abuse, ‘Within afew days, the reporters discovered that Geoghan was merely the best-known example ofa much deeper problem. The Archdiocese ‘of Boston had quiely settled claims of abuse against multiple prestsin recent years. Most of the claims had been setled in private, with no public record, It was an agreeable arrangement: the Church got to keep the ugly truth under wraps; shame-fled victims, having no clue that
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