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Comprehensive
Selection of Shanley Documents
Over 1,600 pages of archdiocesan documents relating to Shanley were publicly
filed in the Ford et al. v. Law et al. civil case. Below we provide a
comprehensive selection from those voluminous files.
Shanley's
Archdiocesan Assignment Record
1960
Cardinal
Cushing welcomed Shanley as a new priest and assigned him to St. Patrick's
in Stoneham
February 9, 1960
Shanley
was accused of abusing a 12-year-old boy at St. Patrick's in Stoneham
and at Shanley's St. Francis rectory in Braintree
Abuse allegedly occurred from 1960 through about 1967; reported
to the archdiocese July 28, 1993
Follow-up
letter from the Stoneham victim
Abuse allegedly occurred from 1960 through about 1967; follow-up
letter dated August 8, 1993
Confidential
archdiocesan report on the allegation with an apparently earlier
version of the same report
Abuse allegedly occurred from 1960 through about 1967; report
dated September 27, 1993
Shanley
is accused of abusing a boy at St. Patrick's in Stoneham and at a cabin
in the Blue Hills, beginning when the boy was about 12 years old
Abuse allegedly occurred from 1960 through about 1966; claim
is dated January 20, 1998
1963
Shanley
is accused of fondling an 11-year-old altar boy from St. Patrick's in
Stoneham during an overnight at the Blue Hills cabin, and then abusing
him repeatedly (including oral sex, digital penetration, and anal sex)
during 1967-70 at Warwick House and after speaking engagements
Abuse allegedly occurred from 1963 through 1970; claim is
dated January 20, 1998
1965
Affidavit
of Bryan Schultz alleging abuse by Shanley at St. Patrick's in Stoneham
between 1965 and 1967
Alleged abuse occurred in 1965-67; affidavit dated July 15,
2003
Shanley
is alleged to have had oral sex with a boy whom he took to the Blue Hills
with the boy's friends
1960s; anonymous complaint was made on 12/10/93
1967
Complaint
to Boston archdiocese from Rev. Arthur Chabot that Shanley masturbated
a boy in 1966 at a cabin in the Blue Hills
1967
"Fr.
Shanley's answer to the attached charge, accepted [by chancellor Sexton]
as true"
1967
Shanley's
letter of denial to chancellor Sexton
1967
1968
Personal
Data Form in which Shanley reports interest and experience in youth work
and jokes about his lack of interest in being a bishop
1968
1969
Letter
from the Association of Boston Urban Priests to their board members supporting
Shanley's apostolate "in the drug field"
April 15, 1969
Letter
from Shanley complaining about housing problems during his transition
from parish work to his "alienated youth" apostolate
August 13, 1969
Letter
from Cardinal Cushing appointing Shanley as technical assistant priest
in residence at Warwick House
September 25, 1969
1970
Letter
from Cardinal Cushing ending Shanley's chaplaincy at Boston State College
and making his apostolate with alienated youth full time
March 5, 1970
Later
reference to Cushing's visiting "Father Paul Shanley's street kids"
Published in the Pilot [October 1995?]
Letter
to Cushing from a Braintree woman, unaware that her son would allegedly
be a Shanley victim, praising Shanley's ministry among boys and girls
and decrying police treatment of Shanley
April 3, 1970
Letter
to Cushing praising Shanley's Holy Saturday/Easter Sunday event in the
Blue Hills for the "Street People"
April 14, 1970
Msgr.
Finnegan describes how Shanley arranged his apostolate directly with Cushing
May 20, 1970
Shanley
declines the invitation to Medeiros's installation and longs for the church
to divest
September 24, 1970
Medeiros
replies that the installation is a crucifixion and Shanley's absence will
make it worse
September 28, 1970
Shanley
is accused of anally raping a 15-year-old boy whose mother allowed him
to accompany Shanley to Warwick House for a weekend counseling session
Abuse allegedly occurred in 1970; claim is dated January
20, 1998
Shanley
is accused of anal rape and oral sodomy of a 15-year-old boy at Warwick
House, a complaint sent to the archdiocesan lawyers and through them
to
Shanley himself. The boy was the son of the woman who wrote the April
3 letter of praise, above.
Fall 1970; complaint dated January 17, 1994
See also an
earlier version of this complaint
Fall 1970; complaint dated September 27, 1993
and the settlement
agreement in this case
Fall 1970; settlement concluded May 21, 1995
A
boy answered Shanley's ad, was taken into the city by Shanley, and allegedly
molested
1970-71; anonymous complaint was made on 3/7/94
1971
Shanley
urges a Braintree mother to send her son (allegedly already a victim of
Shanley) to his Vermont farm
May 11, 1971
Lectures,
TV and Radio Interviews [a list compiled by Shanley]
Undated, but not earlier than June 16, 1971
Shanley's
secretary writes enthusiastically to Medeiros about Shanley's lectures
and his farm in Vermont, which "is now closed"
November 30, 1971
Medeiros
replies
December 2, 1971
Shanley's
Christmas letter describing the 9/12/71 raid that closed "Rivendell"
[introduces the newsletters that Shanley distributed in 1972-73, for which
see below]
Undated ["Merry Christmas" at the top]
1972
Shanley's
secretary writes the archdiocese that he is no longer in Weston VT nor
at Warwick House
January 7, 1972
Shanley
is alleged to have anally raped a 13-year-old boy who contacted him because
of Shanley's newspaper ad
1972; complaint dated March 27, 1995
The
case was subsequently settled
Undated
Newsletter – During 1972
and early 1973, Shanley wrote a newsletter and distributed it to a mailing
list with the help of his secretary, Eileen Mulcahy. Several hundred pages
of this newsletter are preserved in archdiocesan files. See Shanley's
introduction to this writing project, in his Christmas
letter of 1971.
* Letter
#3: The Hermit of Terrible Mountain or "The Street Priest"
[Received March 8, 1972]
* Letter
#4: Throwaways and Child of Clay
* Letter
#6: My Route; Covering Letter; Letter #7: Language and Respect; Letter
#8: Atheists and the Liturgy, and The Mountain, and The Holidays [Received
May 16, 1972; incorrectly Bates-numbered in reverse order; sequence corrected
here]
* Letter
#9: Diane Has a Baby; Letter #9A: A Sermon [Incorrectly Bates-numbered
in reverse order; sequence corrected here]
* Letter
#10: Finale and A Prayer for Runaways [back-dated 5/1/70]; Letter #11:
Communes [Bates order corrected]
* Letter
#11: Methadone [Dated 4/72 from Albuquerque]
* [A long newsletter dated 7/1/72 is presented here in several smaller
files for easier download.]
- Covering
Letter; Notes from the Road; Half-Way Houses, Drop-In Centers, Hot Lines;
Introductory Chapter on Drugs, Some Animadversions
- Introductory
Chapter on Drugs [cont.]; Reputable Drug Firms; Doctors
- Doctors
[cont.]; Drugs in 'Nam; Venereal Diseases; Speed Kills; Fraternizing with
Insanity
- Hope
[begins in the middle]; Reform Schools; The Last Vestige of Indentured
Servitude in America: It's Schools; The Gay Kids; Patriotism [Bates
order corrected and duplicate pages removed. There is a gap between these
pages and the preceding batch; perhaps these pages are part of a different
letter.]
* [A long newsletter dated 12/25/72 (received 2/1/73) is presented here
in several parts.]
- Covering
Letter: Emptiness; Conscientious Objectors; Paranois and Undercover Agents;
Law and Order
- Law
and Order [cont.]; A Letter from a Dear Friend and My Reply; History Repeats
Itself? Predictions and Rumors
- Predictions
and Rumors [cont.]
* [A long newsletter, undated but appearing after 2/21/73, is presented
here in several parts.]
- Covering
Letter; Parable
- Parable
[cont.]
- Ex-Addicts
1973
Medeiros
expresses concern about statements Shanley made on a radio program
February 13, 1973
Shanley
responds with a long letter on homosexuality, rock music, and ministering
to the marginal, and ends with "to save you embarrassment, I have
suspended my own faculties"
February 21, 1973
Shanley
describes for Medeiros the many programs that Shanley could offer to gays
if he had a building
September 1, 1973
1974
Shanley
writes to Medeiros about "the scope and complexity of the problems
facing me in my ministry"
February 24, 1974
Thomas
J. Flatley complains to Medeiros about Shanley
March 12, 1974
Shanley
writes to Medeiros again, enclosing a donation to Peter's Pence collected
during an Exodus Mass
March 12, 1974
Medeiros
replies to Flatley
March 12, 1974
Draft
of Medeiros's reply to Shanley
Undated [March 1974]
Medeiros
replies to Shanley
March 22, 1974
Shanley's
reply, analyzing "the Bishops' statement on ministry to homosexuals"
Undated [late March 1974?]
1975
Shanley
promotional letter asking for donations to Exodus Retreat House and Good
Samaritan Inn (see brochure below)
Received at the Office of the Chancellor on May 7, 1975
Brochure
of Exodus Retreat House and Good Samaritan Inn
Received at the Office of the Secretary on May 6, 1975
Flyer
for Shanley's "Straight Talk about Gays" (also enclosed)
May 7, 1975
Mr.
Thomas J. Flatley again complains to Medeiros about Shanley
May 7, 1975
Medeiros
writes to his priests about homosexuality
June 10, 1975
1976
Auxiliary
Bishop Rausch, general secretary of the USCC, wrote to apologize to Medeiros
for not consulting him before Shanley was appointed to the USCC National
Young Adult Working Board
September 7, 1976
Letter
from a Boston priest complaining about a promotional letter and flyer
(see below) sent by Shanley about his tapes
October 4, 1976
Shanley's
promotional letter about his tapes (see previous item)
Received at the Office of the Chancellor on October 6, 1976
Shanley's
flyer on "Straight Talk about Gays" and "Counseling Parents
of Gays"
Received at the Office of the Chancellor on October 6, 1976
Bishop
Daily asks Hughes's advice about how to deal with the reaction to Shanley's
mailing
October 7, 1976
Hughes
advises a talk with Shanley and review of the tapes by some experts
October 12, 1976
Daily
thanks Hughes for his advice
October 19, 1976
Medeiros
replies to the priest who had complained
Undated [October 1976?]
Memo
from Daily to Medeiros on his meeting with Shanley about his tapes, whereabouts,
and theories about homosexuality
November 4, 1976
Memo
from Bishop Daily to the archdiocesan personnel director on how to list
Shanley's Exodus House assignment in the Catholic Directory
November 4, 1976
Response
from archdiocesan personnel director on the Exodus House listing
November 10, 1976
1977
Shanley
tells Medeiros that he's accepted appointment to the USCC youth committee
and asks why the archdiocese has begun a theological investigation of
him
March 20, 1977
Medeiros
replies that the appointment is in effect, the tapes were investigated
last fall and "the material contained is the same as in the past,"
and "you already know from me that I do not agree with everything
you say"
April 4, 1977
"Young
Adult Personalities," including Shanley, in USCC's National Young
Adult Reporter
Spring 1977
Medeiros's
"Pastoral Letter Touching Upon the Reflections on The Service of
Authority in the Church Today"
July 5, 1977
Shanley's
flyer on his "Changing Norms of Sexuality" tapes
July 8, 1977
"Father
Paul Shanley: 'Gays' Not Angry Enough," by John Dash in the Courier-Journal
October 12, 1977
"Speaker"
notice, clergy conference on homosexuals in the Church, in the Courier-Journal
October 21, 1977
Complaint
to Cardinal Medeiros by Jeanne D. Sweeney about Shanley speech in Rochester
enclosing description
November 17, 1977
Enclosed
account of speech delivered by Shanley in which he discussed homosexuality
October 4, 1977
Ryan
briefs Bishop Daily on an inquiry from the chancellor of the Buffalo diocese
after a speech by Shanley there
December 1, 1977
Bishop
Daily's answer to Jeanne D. Sweeney's letter about Shanley's Rochester
speech
December 2, 1977
Daily's
Responses to Requests for Admissions acknowledge he was aware of Sweeney's
letter and many other similar letters, beginning in 1973
Responses were filed January 21, 2003
1978
Daily
states that Medeiros has not assigned Shanley to Exodus Center
March 14, 1978
Cardinal
Seper at the Vatican's CDF asks Medeiros to explain Shanley's "Changing
Norms of Sexuality" tapes
November 14, 1978
1979
"Comment
and Analysis: Fr. Paul Shanley vs. Cardinal Medeiros," by John J.
Graczak, Gay Community News
February 10, 1979, apparently received at the chancery April
9, 1979
An
"anonymous elderly woman" calls the chancery to say "do
not send Fr. Shanley back to Braintree"
February 12, 1979
Article
in Gaysweek on Shanley speech at conference on man-boy love
February 12, 1979, apparently received at the chancery April
9, 1979
Deposition
of Dr. Edwin H. Cassem regarding Shanley conference statement and other
matters (excerpts)
Deposition taken on May 20 and 21, 2003
Letter
from Cardinal Medeiros to Vatican about Shanley, homosexuality, and seminaries
February 12, 1979
Medeiros
replies to Shanley - "I shall pass over in amazed but laughable silence
the threats you invoke against me"
Undated rough draft [February 1979]
Trying
to place Shanley in a parish – his preferences, pastors' reluctance,
possible position in Holland, excardination, and lend-lease
March 5, 1979
Trying
to place Shanley - pastors' reservations, one of them confidential; Shanley's
talks and sexual minorities work; Marian High School possibility; Shanley's
plans to make pastor
March 12, 1979
Trying
to place Shanley, who is "very upset" when a pastor changes
his mind and refuses him
On or before March 27, 1979
Seper's
response to Medeiros' letter about Shanley
March 27, 1979
Trying
to place Shanley - pastor "is saying no to Paul Shanley. He doesn't
feel Paul would fit in to their staff"
March 27, 1979
Letter
from NY lawyer alerts Cardinal Medeiros to enclosed articles (see Gay
Community News and Gaysweek items above) about Medeiros and Shanley
April 2, 1979
A
tolerant internal assessment of Shanley's tapes, including their doctrinal
status, commissioned by Medeiros
April 5, 1979
Draft
of the Medeiros letter to Shanley with passages on homosexuality and obedience
added in Medeiros' handwriting
April 12, 1979
Cardinal
Medeiros' letter to Shanley confirming the end of his ministry to homosexuals
and his appointment to St. Jean's in Newton
April 12, 1979
"Priest's
Transfer Indicates Strife on Homosexuality," by George Vecsey, New
York Times
April 25, 1979
Medeiros
updates Seper on Shanley at St. Jean's
July 4, 1979
Shanley
asks why he is not allowed to apply for other archdiocesan positions,
and notes that he was dropped from the 1979 Official Catholic Directory
September 28, 1979
Shanley
writes to Bishop Daily about saying Mass for Dignity, the freeze on his
applying for archdiocesan positions, and being "restored to the book
of life, The Kennedy Directory"
September 28, 1979
Daily
replies that "I would much prefer to speak with you" and invites
Shanley to a meeting at the chancery
October 15, 1979
Daily
reports to Medeiros on that meeting and Shanley's dissatisfaction with
Daily's position on the group Dignity
November 7, 1979
1980
Promotional
letter from Shanley to priests, enclosing brochure (see next item) about
Exodus Center
Received at Office of the Chancellor on October 22, 1980
Brochure
about Exodus Center
Mailed October 21, 1980
1981
Affidavit
of man who alleges Shanley abused him while driving him to a boy's home
Abuse allegedly occurred in 1981; affidavit was made July
16, 2003
Deposition
of Jacqueline Gauvreau detailing the 1981 incident and the two occasions
on which she reported it to Law (excerpts)
Abuse allegedly occurred in 1981; deposition was taken October
25, 2002
Archdiocesan
notes on an interview with Jacqueline Gauvreau about Shanley's alleged
abuse of a boy in 1981
Date unknown–pertains to alleged abuse in 1981
1982
"Rev.
Shanley lectures at B.C.," in the Newton News-Tribune
March 22, 1982
"A
tart exchange between assistant personnel director Oates and Shanley about
the title given for Shanley in the 3/22/82 article above
April 2-15, 1982
Efforts
by Bishop Daily to discourage Jacqueline Gauvreau's reporting of alleged
abuse by Shanley
December 20, 1982
1983
Letter
to Medeiros asking whether Shanley represented him at the founding conference
of NAMBLA
Received May 5, 1983
Another
letter to Medeiros about NAMBLA, citing Brownfeld's Homosexual Network
Received July 5, 1983
Letter
from Bishop Daily, appointing Shanley administrator of St. Jeans
November 4, 1983
1984
Letter
from Law naming Shanley pastor of St. Jean's in Newton
December 11, 1984
1985
Bishop
Tschoepe thanks Cardinal Law for allowing Shanley to lecture in the Dallas
diocese
February 12, 1985
Complaint
to Cardinal Law from Wilma M. Higgs about another Shanley speech in Rochester
April 29, 1985
Letter
from McCormack to Higgs regretting that she was disturbed by Shanley's
talk
May 15, 1985
Letter
from McCormack asking whether Shanley would "care to comment"
on Wilma Higg's complaint
June 4, 1985
McCormack's
note (handwritten at bottom of letter) after he and Shanley discussed
Higgs
June 4, 1985
McCormack's
Responses to Plaintiffs' Requests for Admissions regarding the Higgs correspondence
and other matters
Filed January 6, 2003
Law
is deposed on the Higgs correspondence and other matters (excerpts)
Deposition started on June 5, 2002
Law
files Responses to Plaintiffs' Requests for Admissions
Filed May 31, 2002
1986
Bryan
Schultz, who alleges abuse by Shanley, wrote to Law, identified himself
as a victim of several unnamed Boston priests, and asked Law to meet with
him
July 10, 1986
In
his evasive reply, Law's secretary, Rev. William M. Helmick, ignored Schultz's
suggestion of a meeting
August 19, 1986
Schultz
writes again to Law, criticizing Helmick's response to his initial letter
August 25, 1986
Helmick
is deposed regarding his response to Schultz (excerpts)
Deposition was taken May 22, 2002 and October 9, 2002
1988
Bishop
Banks notes a complaint against Shanley that he "came on" to
a mental patient, but Banks noted that "there really was nothing
I could do"
March 1988
Bishop
Banks is deposed about the incident with the mental patient
Incident occurred in March 1988; deposition occurred on November
7, 2002
1989
Shanley's
letter of resignation to Law, suggesting the terms of his leave and asking
for "a letter of good standing"
November 21, 1989
"Controversial
Priest Leaves Newton Parish," by Gloria Negri, Boston Globe
December 6, 1989
"'60s
'street priest' leaves Newton parish," by Kathryn Marchocki
December 6 [?], 1989
Law's
letter accepting Shanley's resignation as pastor of St. Jean's and praising
Shanley's "integrity and thoughtfulness" and his "impressive
record"
December 7, 1989
1990
Bishop
Banks recommends Shanley to the San Bernardino diocese as a "priest
in good standing"
January 16, 1990
Lennon
officially certifies that Shanley is a priest in good standing
January 18, 1990
Memo
to McCormack from his deputy Rev. James J. McCarthy on the terms of Shanley's
leave, with notes
February 2, 1990
McCormack's
reply regarding the terms of Shanley's leave
February 6, 1990
McCarthy
is deposed on the terms of Shanley's leave (excerpts)
Deposition was taken on September 25, 2002
Letter
from Shanley to McCormack on "diocesan intrigues" in San Bernardino, on
expenses, and on "the inexcusable mistake of falling in love with my parishioners
- it's a time of grieving"
March 19, 1990
Reply
by McCormack to Shanley's 3/19/90 letter; McCormack senses "the loneliness
that comes with leaving a parish where you and the parishioners have meant
much to each other"
April 4, 1990
Shanley's
letter to McCormack requesting medical retirement and weekend supply status
May 13, 1990
Shanley
asks for extension of his leave and says that a Msgr. Hart from Boston
is warning California priests about Shanley
November 20, 1990
McCormack
to Bishop Hughes with Hughes's written confirmation – recommend
we extend Shanley's sick leave for a year; "if he came back, I do
not know what we would do with him"; McCormack broaches visit and
Shanley's seeking "a pastoral assignment out there"
December 11, 1990
Law's
letter to Shanley extending his sick leave
December 11, 1990
1991
Letter
from Shanley thanking McCormack for his visit to the "wild west"
March 14, 1991, apparently misdated by Shanley (see chancery
stamp)
Notes
likely by McCormack about his visit to Shanley, scenarios for Shanley's
living arrangements, and Shanley as Thomas More
Undated [mid-March 1991?]
Rev.
McCormack calls Shanley "a sick person" in a letter to Bishop
Hughes
December 9, 1991
Note
from Ryan to McCormack with memo to Bishop Hughes (see next item) attached
December 23, 1991
Memo
from Ryan to Bishop Hughes mentioning a "potential AWOL situation"
and noting that Shanley has not been seen at Our Lady of Solitude in over
a year
December 23, 1991
1993
Sr.
Mulkerrin's handwritten notes on allegations against Shanley brought by
a victim's mother – initial discussion had occurred on 9/10/93,
as described in Mulkerrin's 10/29/05 memo (see below)
October 1, 1993
McCormack's
notes for belatedly revealing to the bishop of San Bernardino Shanley's
prior history
October 4, 1993
Notes
(by McCormack?) on lack of charitable immunity in California and need
for Shanley's return to Boston – but "where can we house Paul??"
Undated [Fall 1993?]
McCormack's
notes on allegation, legal representation, Shanley's return, and "no
past record"
October 8, 1993
McCormack's
notes "give Paul Shanley copy of allegation send to Campion"
October 10, 1993
The
San Bernardino vicar general Webber spoke to Shanley and concluded "no
misconduct there"
October 12, 1993
Early
notes on the Braintree runaway who was sent to Shanley by his mother and
abused by the priest
October 19, 1993
Sr.
Mulkerrin's memo on the allegation against Shanley brought by a mother
who was fulfilling a promise to her son on his deathbed
October 29, 1993
Ad
in the Braintree Forum newspaper – "REMEMBER Father Paul S
. . .?" – clipped sent to McCormack by Rev. Kevin J. Deeley
of ministerial personnel
November 3, 1993; clipped November 10, 1993
McCormack's
more developed notes on Shanley's Institute of Living visit (to enter
11/16/93), living arrangements at Our Lady of Victories afterward, and
"don't dispute the substance"
November 5, 1993 [incorrectly dated 1985]
Invoice
showing when Shanley stayed at the Campion Center during his Institute
of Living trip
November 9, 1993
Arrangement
for attorney Timothy P. O'Neill to represent Shanley in "recent allegations
against you"
November 10, 1993
Letter
from Shanley about the church's "support during the worst days of
my life" and a note from McCormack confirming the dates of the two-week
Institute of Living visit
November 17, 1993
Memo
from Rev. Msgr. William Murphy arranging that funds for Shanley's legal
defense be recognized as "not from the Archdiocese but that the loan
is being made out of a special fund" (i.e., the Clergy Assistance
Fund)
November 22, 1993
McCormack's
detailed notes on conversation with Shanley's lawyer on liability, warehousing,
"not being @ risk" according to Institute of Living, "cooperation
is 100%," and "crimes 25 yrs old"
December 3, 1993
McCormack's
summary of Shanley's case (including two accusations) to the Review Board
after Shanley was recalled from California
December 6, 1993
McCormack's
notes on an anonymous complaint against Shanley by a man who alleged abuse
by Shanley at the Blues Hills cabin in the 1960s
December 10, 1993
Cryptic
notes on alleged abuse by Shanley at St. Patrick's in Stoneham
December 13, 1993
Invoice
showing when Shanley stayed at the Our Lady of Victories during his Institute
of Living trip
December 30, 1993
1994
Shanley's
letter to McCormack discussing a "safe-house for 'warehoused' priests"
January 16, 1994
McCormack's
reply about safe houses and a possible move by Shanley to Costa Rica or
Mexico – "it is wonderful how you maintain your sense of humor
in the midst of your difficulties, Paul"
January 24, 1994
McCormack
instructs Lennon to keep Shanley's new address a secret, but does not
mention that 930 Parocela Place is the clothing-optional Cabana Club Resort
February 14, 1994
Archdiocesan
notes on Institute of Living assessment of Shanley who admits to "sexual
activity with 4 adolescent males"
March 3, 1994
McCormack's
confidential summary for the Review Board of the accusations and Shanley's
version of his sexual activities
March 7, 1994
McCormack's
notes on a complaint by "John" about abuse by Shanley in 1970-71
at Warwick House
March 12, 1994
Review
Board recommends that Shanley live out of state with certain provisions
October 3, 1994
1995
Description
of Leo House
1995
Miceli
memo to Lennon confirming Shanley's residence in NYC
February 27, 1995
Flatley
to Shanley, enclosing a new accusation of abuse
April 12, 1995
Letter
from Shanley informing archdiocese that he's at Leo House
June 7, 1995
Archdiocesan
notes about Shanley's job at Leo House, which would violate a July 1 deadline
agreed on with an alleged victim
June 26, 1995
Flatley
memo to Law about Shanley as possible director of Leo House, Cardinal
O'Connor's misgivings, and Shanley's "not very positive" 1993
assessment at the Institute of Living
September 13, 1995
Flatley
memo to NY archdiocesan official mentioning four complainants and stating
that Shanley's past history came to be known to the Boston archdiocese
in 1993
September 13, 1995
Flatley
letter asking Shanley to comment on Flatley's summary of a visit to Shanley
at Leo House
September 21, 1995
Flatley's
summary, attached to the previous letter
September 19, 1995
Shanley's
reply, alluding to his own abuse "by the predecessor of one of the
two Cardinals who now debate my fate"
September 25, 1995
Flatley's
final summary of the meeting at Leo House, with revisions suggested by
Shanley
October 10, 1995
Rev.
Msgr. Murphy's description of the Clergy Assistance Trust for priests
with allegations
October 26, 1995
Law
letter to Shanley about Shanley's "tumultuous year" and the
alleged victim who monitors him
November 20, 1995
Letter
from Sr. Karlin of Leo House to Law about "this time-bomb"
December 14, 1995
1996
Letter
from Flatley to NY archdiocesan official attaching memo and copy of letter
to Shanley
January 25, 1996
Flatley
memo to file about Shanley's roommate at Leo House and an alleged victim's
concerns about Shanley as possible director
January 25, 1996
Toned-down
letter from Flatley to Shanley himself
January 25, 1996
Settlement
agreement in case of alleged abuse by Shanley
February 18, 1996
Letter
from Law to Shanley granting him senior priest/retirement status for his
"impressive record"
February 29, 1996
Flatley
jokes to his counterpart in NYC that Shanley "certainly manages to
keep things interesting!"
February 29, 1996
Shanley
to Flatley (replying to Flatley's 1/25/96 letter, see above) on alleged
homosexuality at Leo House and the restrictions placed on him
March 2, 1996
Shanley
writes to McCarthy, director of ministerial personnel, to acknowledge
Law's 2/29/96 letter, and also to invite McCarthy to Leo House –
"I ... will keep a bed warm for you and a light in the window"
March 3, 1996
Flatley's
response to Shanley's 3/2/96 letter
March 8, 1996
Shanley
teases Bishop Murphy – "I knew how resourceful the Cardinal
was but imagine this ingenuity: when you have two priests with the same
name make one a bishop"
March 25, 1996
1997
Delegate
Murphy writes Shanley about a victim concerned regarding Shanley's presence
at Leo House, about another victim who has come forward but "does
not want to pursue the matter," and about the undocumented nature
of Shanley's arrangements at Leo House
May 27, 1997
Shanley
writes back and discusses the two victims, how he came to Leo House, and
what the current situation is there
June 1, 1997
Letter
from lawyer Hardoon about his client's concerns regarding Shanley at Leo
House
June 18, 1997
Memo
telling Law that Cardinal O'Connor has rejected the proposal that Shanley
become director of Leo House
June 18, 1997
Law's
letter endorsing Shanley for director, not sent because O'Connor decided
against it
June 12, 1997
Abuse
delegate Murphy informs Shanley that some of the restrictions on him have
been lifted
September 6, 1997
Shanley
asks Murphy to inform him if an alleged victim again contacts the archdiocese,
and "if you need to stash a priest, I could probably help"
October 15, 1997
1998
The Boston archdiocese received three complaints of sexual abuse committed
during 1960-70 {1}{2}{3}
January 20, 1998
One
of the three settlements of complaints dated 1/20/98
June 26, 1998
Shanley
is notified about the settlements
July 13, 1998
Shanley
replies
July 18, 1998
Murphy
memo to file regarding anonymous call complaining about Shanley's placement
at Leo House and his transfer back to the west coast
November 23, 1998
1999
Abuse
delegate Murphy informs Shanley that additional allegations against him
have been received
March 3, 1999
Abuse
delegate Murphy writes to Bishop Murphy and Miceli that "Paul has
a significant history of sexual misconduct, with both adolescent and adult
males" and supports placement at Regina Cleri
March 16, 1999
2002
Shanley
was deposed and took the fifth (excerpts)
Deposition was taken on December 9, 2002
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