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You are really so badly-informed about this, it's funny. The money had nothing to do with victims--if there were any. The boys insist nothing happened, remember. The money was for support of the Society of St. John's projects--which include building a Catholic village from the ground up. Millions of dollars were at stake--since the fear was that scandal would dry up support. Why do you insist on posting comments on matters you know nothing about? You jumped to the conclusion these were traditionalists--and they are not. Now you imply the money involved is hush money--and it is not.

Now you imply the money involved is hush money--and it is not.

You're seeing what you want to see, which is one of your bad habits.

In order to protect the money, Timlin was reluctant to do anything about Urrigoity, until he had his face rubbed in the evidence by an accusation.

Where was the background check on this priest and his little friends?

"They denied any wrongdoing, and said they did things like that only when they were crowded. They denied any immoral activity.

So they didn't do anything wrong accept sleep in bed with fifteen year old boys, because it was overcrowded. Well, when scouts go camping it's pretty crowded but I don't think Scoutmasters consider sharing their sleeping bags with them, do you? So with one breath they didn't do anything and with the next they admit they did breach convention, which at the very least is enormously scandalous. Men and boys must not share beds under any circumstances. Take a pillow and blanket and sleep on the floor. But these prevaricators rationalize, rationalize, rationalize. And this is exactly what Timlin said to me. And when I confronted him with the evidence he agreed to, he just could not make a moral judgement. A man like that should not be Bishop. V's wife.