[Alberta's Child]

I don't think they are fake -- I just wonder if they were intended to be made public at some point. Mahony sounds more forceful and direct in this e-mail than he has at any time in his tarnished career as a bishop.

[Mike Fieschko]

I don't think they are fake -- I just wonder if they were intended to be made public at some point. Mahony sounds more forceful and direct in this e-mail than he has at any time in his tarnished career as a bishop.

Well, that's one way of looking at his calling it a 'tactical mistake': that the coverup wasn't motivated by deceit or deception -- that it was an imprudent decision.