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	Letter to Attorney Jonathan Albano SNAP December 15, 2009 http://www.snapnetwork.org/snap_letters/2009_letters/121009_letter_to_attorney_jonathan_albano.htm Dear Mr. Jonathan Albano: Thank you for your persistence in the long struggle to force Bridgeport’s Catholic bishop to disgorge thousands of pages of records about dangerous priests and their corrupt colleagues. And congratulations on your impressive achievement persuading judges that the actual physical safety of kids trumps the perceived religious privacy of adults. But please don’t quit now. The most shocking records, we’re convinced, are still under wraps. We firmly believe, based on our years of experiences with this scandal and with the secrecy of bishops, that much of what Bishop William Lori is withholding would not ultimately be deemed ‘privileged’ by a judge. (In Boston, for example, judges ruled that a wider range of church documents, including a number of records relating to therapy and medical matters, should be publicly released.) We also believe that many of the records still under wraps will be particularly illuminating. By our rough reckoning, 50% of what’s been turned over have been depositions, 40% have been court filings, and only 10% have been internal church records, memos and correspondence. The latter documents – written by and to church officials who assumed no one else would ever see them – are almost the most helpful and revealing. We strongly suspect that more of these are still under wraps and can be exposed. You’ve come so far and done such a public service. Please keep challenging the church hierarchy’s bogus claims of ‘privilege’ so that more of the truth about this horrific crisis is revealed. Terry McKiernan BishopAccountability.org PO Box 541375 Waltham MA 02454 508 479 9304 David Clohessy National Director, SNAP Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests 7234 Arsenal Street St. Louis MO 63143 314 566 9790 cell, 314 645 5915 home Barbara Dorris Outreach Coordinator, SNAP Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests 6245 Westminster St. Louis MO 63130 314 862 7688 SNAPnetwork.org
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