For those who do not know, despite this alleged man’s statement of sorry and contrition, he paid for lawyers who visited, in one example, the exwife and children of an accuser. The “investigators” asked the man’s exwife, in front of their children, about her exhusband’s allegations of sexual abuse at the hands of priests IN FRONT OF the children. Other such tactics by the lawyers and investigators of the archdiocese too did not seem to evince any real contrition.
Mahoney settled for $660 million against about 508 claimants, which is more than a million per claim.
The Boston mess had over 1000 claimants but a much lower total payout.
Why the difference?
Mahoney was afraid to testify at the trial that would have started yesterday, July 16. So he settled the weekend prior.
This is simply evil to point at anything or anyone else on his part.
I, and many others, probably wish that there was no Statute of Limitations regarding the abuse of children in institutions such as mine.
Priests have been perverts; but, I hear no mention of Brothers and Nuns. Why not? Of course in my childhood whoever heard of legal activation for us.
The fact that the [apparently corrupt and] incompetent MA State AG allowed Bunny Law to flee to the state for the Vatican might have had something to do with it.
(Then, the Vatican gives Bunny a cushy and prestigious job, allowing him to officiate at one of the funeral events for JPII...)
“This is simply evil...”
Not making any judgment about the state of his soul, but I do wonder what god he is worshipping.
Malachi Martin may have been on target.