I don't know if he has a wife, but he is Stephen J. Kearney:
O'Malley spokesman takes job with Archdiocese of Baltimore
Kearney a specialist in crisis management
By Johnathon E. Briggs
Sun Staff
Originally published June 27, 2002
The head of Mayor Martin O'Malley's communications department has been named director of communications for the Archdiocese Of Baltimore, replacing Raymond P. Kempisty, who resigned June 13.
Stephen J. Kearney, 36, director of research and communications for O'Malley since 1999, is a former director of public relations at law firm Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand in Washington, where he specialized in crisis management and issues campaigns.
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Want to take a guess who also was a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Baltimore?
Blackwell case viable but difficult, experts say
Charges against priest rely on alleged victim's account
By Allison Klein
Sun Staff
Originally published May 12, 2003
When the strange tale of a Baltimore priest and the man he is accused of raping goes to court this year, it will be boiled down to its essence - the word of the Rev. Maurice J. Blackwell vs. former parishioner Dontee D. Stokes.
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The Baltimore Archdiocese, which is trying to get Blackwell defrocked, said it would cooperate with prosecutors, and has turned over related information.
"We report everything right away as soon as we know it," said Ryan O'Doherty, a spokesman for the archdiocese. "We give them every piece of information that is related to the incident so they can do their jobs."
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Kearney and O'Doherty worked for the Baltimore Archdiocese at the same time. From the Catholic Review:
Archdiocesan communications director returns to City Hall
By Stefani Manowski
Staff correspondent
Stephen J. Kearney resigned as communications director for the Archdiocese of Baltimore effective Oct. 10.
Mr. Kearney, who took up the archdiocesan post in July 2002, will return to working for Baltimore City Mayor Martin J. O’Malley as director of policy and communications. He served as the mayor’s communications director prior to accepting the position at the archdiocese.
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"It’s the truth of what we know," said Mr. Kearney regarding the listing of names. "What we have tried to do in the past year and a half is to bring about some healing, and hopefully, in some measure, we have succeeded."
"Past year and a half"=October 10, 2003. The article quoting O'Doherty as a spokesman was from May 2003.
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