I don’t want any action by the judge, the prosecutor or the defense team to lead to a conviction being overturned on appeal. That is my concern with the conduct of all parties. I do think the Judge was way out of line. If the defense had not seen the allegations regarding his time in seminary he has every right to be upset.
But the important thing is if guilty verdicts are overturned it is the victims who suffer. I want the trials to be like Caeser’s wife. If the jury finds any of the priests guilty I want that verdict to stick and for full sentences to be carried out.
After arraignments and release of the first batch of discovery, which will include grand jury notes and testimony, on April 15, the government will begin putting together a second batch. The government said that batch would take longer to produce, as it will include roughly 10,000 pages of documentation, much of which will need to be redacted.
It's still in the preliminary stages from the looks of it. I see her getting criticized for the defense attorney not being notified before, and then getting criticized for notifying him. Maybe there would have been a better way of handling it, but it looks like she's damned if she does and damned if she doesn't.