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They say it's just physical abuse but it's more than that, this was spiritual abuse. You know why I went along with everything? Because priests, are supposed to be the good guys.

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Marty Baron: Did everyone read Eileen McNamara's column this weekend? Boston Globe Worker: That's the Geoghan case? Marty Baron: Yeah, what's the follow on that? Ben Bradlee Jr.: It-It's a column, what kind of follow are you thinking? Marty Baron: Uh... well apparently this priest molested kids in 6 different parishes over the last 30 years and the attorney for the victims, a Mr... Eileen McNamara: Garabedian Marty Baron: Thanks Eileen, Mr Garabedian says Cardinal Law found out about it 15 years ago and did nothing. Paul Burke: Yeah, I think that attorney is a bit of a crank, and The Church dismissed the claim. Eileen McNamara: He-said she-said. Marty Baron: Whether Mr Garabedian is a 'crank' or not, he says he has documents that prove that Cardinal knew. Ben Bradlee Jr.: As I understand that those documents are under seal. Marty Baron: Okay, but the fact remains a Boston priest abused 80 kids, we have a lawyer who says he can prove Law knew about it and we've written all of... uh... 2

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Marty Baron: We need to focus on the institution, not the individual priests. Practice and policy; show me the church manipulated the system so that these guys wouldn't have to face charges, show me they put those same priests back into parishes time and time again. Show me this was systemic, that it came from the top, down. Ben Bradlee Jr.: Sounds like we're going after Law. Marty Baron: We're going after the system.

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Matt Carroll: I've been through a lot of these now. "Sick leave" isn't the only designation they use when they take one of these priests out of circulation. They use a slew of terms. "Absent on leave," "unassigned," "emergency response." They got a word for everything, these guys. Sacha Pfeiffer: Hmm. Except "rape."

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Cardinal Law: If I can be of any help, Marty, don't hesitate to ask. I find that the city flourishes when its great institutions work together. Marty Baron: Thank you. Personally I'm of the opinion that for a paper to best perform its function, it really needs to stand alone.

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Mike Rezendes: Mitch, are you telling me that the Catholic Church removed legal documents from that courthouse? Mitchell Garabedian: Look, I'm not crazy, I'm not paranoid. I'm experienced. Check the docket. You'll see. They control everything.

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