{"id":2911,"date":"2006-04-20T09:12:43","date_gmt":"2006-04-20T09:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/cleared-in-boston.html"},"modified":"2006-04-20T09:12:43","modified_gmt":"2006-04-20T09:12:43","slug":"cleared-in-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/cleared-in-boston.html","title":{"rendered":"Cleared in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Farrell notes a Boston case in which a priest was cleared of charges against him, and comments:<\/a><\/p>\n

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I have only a couple of comments. 1. Notice that when ambulance chasers<\/del> "lawyers" get their cases thrown out, they start whimpering about "technicalities." 2. Notice that the woman who smeared Father Murphy doesn’t have to give her name or make an appearance. She can run back to the shadows.<\/p>\n

As I’ve said before, the Archdiocese did not do itself much credit when this whole charade started in August of 2004. They went from one extreme, covering up abusers, to the opposite: Father Murphy, whom I’ve known my whole life, and who taught me how to serve as an altar boy almost 40 years ago, was basically thrown to the wolves and has had to fend for himself, including relying on the charity of the many friends and families who stuck by him and helped him get an attorney. I can’t help wondering whether Cardinal O’Malley will be sending him an apology.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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