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	Church Lawyer Questions Bishop in Trial over Hidden Abuse Associated Press, carried in KSWT June 12, 2008 http://www.kswt.com/Global/story.asp?S=8481452&nav=menu613_2_6 PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A church lawyer suggests an Episcopal bishop is experiencing selective amnesia in his recall of his brother's alleged sexual abuse. Bishop Charles Bennison Jr. of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania is the subject of a church trial. He is accused of hiding abuse by his brother, a fellow priest, in Upland (California) in the 1970s. The victim, now 50, says Bennison knew firsthand of their relationship. But Bennison says he only heard rumors. Under cross-examination Thursday, Bennison was asked about his 1997 writings on abuse and memory. Bennison had written that people who harbor secrets about clergy sexual abuse sometimes confuse reality. Asked if his memory was failing him, Bennison said he cannot know what he has forgotten.
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