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...first document accusing Shanley of molestation is dated 1967. A priest at another church near Shanley's wrote that a boy had told him he had been abused by Shanley at a cabin in the woods. In 1983, according to two lawsuits recently filed against Law, Shanley began repeatedly molesting two 6-year-old boys in his parish, St. John the Evangelist, in Newton, Mass. Gregory Ford and Paul Busa both say Shanley would regularly pull them out of catechism class and make them play the card game War. Whoever lost had to perform a sexual act, says Busa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Plain Sight | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

...Shanley moved to California. Even though his personnel file had multiple allegations of child abuse, then Rev. Robert Banks, a top deputy to Law, sent the San Bernadino diocese a letter vouching for him. "I can assure you that Father Shanley has no problem that would be a concern to your diocese," he wrote. There were no restrictions placed on his access to minors. Shanley wrote that he handled all baptisms and youth retreats at St. Anne's in San Bernadino. On the side, he and another priest also owned a hotel for gay guests in Palm Springs, Calif. Last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Plain Sight | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

Banks, now the Bishop of Green Bay, Wis., expressed little remorse for his letter in an interview with TIME last week. He said he had never heard of any abuse allegations, and he doesn't remember if he ever looked in Shanley's file. "If the priest had an assignment in the diocese, my presumption was that he was in good standing, and everything was fine. And that's the way I operate still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Plain Sight | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

...when Law granted Shanley's retirement, he wrote, "For 30 years in assigned ministry you brought God's Word and His Love to His people and I know that that continues to be your goal despite some difficult limitations." The next year, after the Church had settled multiple cases filed against Shanley, Law said he had no objection to the priest's bid to become head of a New York City Catholic guest house--which occasionally housed children and teenagers. Shanley, who had already worked there for two years, didn't get the job. After he returned to California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Plain Sight | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

Twenty-eight years ago this month, Shanley lectured at Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass. According to a local newspaper account, he railed against the chasm between church teachings and practices. "The sexual morality of the Catholic Church is a shambles," he said. His legacy makes it even more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Plain Sight | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

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