“I was eleven. And I was preyed upon by father David Holly in Wester. And I don't mean prayed for, I mean preyed upon.”Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests
“Walter 'Robby' Robinson: You know thirteen priests in Boston who have molested children? Phil Saviano: Yeah! Why do you keep repeating everything I say? Walter 'Robby' Robinson: [quieter than before] I just like to clarify things. Phil Saviano: Maybe you should have clarified it five years ago when…”Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests
“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.”Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests, Physical Abuse, Spiritual abuse
“Jim Sullivan: I was doing my job. Walter 'Robby' Robinson: Yeah, you and everyone else.”Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests, just doing my job
“Eric Macleish: Most of these folks, they just want some acknowledgement... of what happened. We got them a sit down with the Bishop and... a little dough, and that's the best they can hope for. Walter 'Robby' Robinson: Well, certainly, the best that priest could hope for.”Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests, Reporters, payola, Bribe
“Guys, listen. Everybody's gonna be interested in this.”Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests, Reporters, public interest
“We've got two stories here: a story about degenerate clergy, and a story about a bunch of lawyers turning child abuse into a cottage industry. Which story do you want us to write? Because we're writing one of them.”Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests
“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…”Tagged: Priests, Child Molestation, Catholic Church, Journalism
“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.”Tagged: Priests, Child Molestation, Catholic Church, Journalism
“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…”Tagged: Priests, Child Molestation, Catholic Church
“I know there's things you cannot tell people. But I also know there's a story here people will hear about it.”Tagged: Child Molestation, Catholic Church, Priests, secrecy
“They knew and they let it happen! It could've been you, it could've been me, it could've been any of us.”Tagged: Child Molestation, Catholic Church, Priests
“Mike Rezendes: [from trailer] Six percent is 90. Walter 'Robby' Robinson: 90 priests? Ben Bradlee Jr.: If there were 90 of these bastards, people would know. Mike Rezendes: Maybe they do.”Tagged: Child Molestation, Catholic Church, Priests
“Sometimes it's easy to forget that we spend most of our time stumbling around the dark. Suddenly, a light gets turned on and there's a fair share of blame to go around. I can't speak to what happened before I arrived, but all of you have done some very good reporting here. Reporting that I believe…”Tagged: Blame, Reporting, Journalism
“Mike Rezendes: We got Law. This is it. Walter 'Robby' Robinson: No, this is Law covering for one priest, there's another ninety out there. Mike Rezendes: Yeah, and we'll print that story when we get it, but we got to go with this now. Walter 'Robby' Robinson: No, I'm not going to rush this story,…”Tagged: The Law, Child Molestation, Catholic Church
“Mitchell Garabedian: Three years ago I get a call from an ex-priest, Anthony Benzovich. He was at Blessed Sacrament back in '62, and he saw Geoghan... [waits for two cops to pass by, then continues] ... taking little boys up to the rectory bedroom. So he's appalled, all right? And tells the bishop…”Tagged: Child Molestation, Catholic Church
“Mitchell Garabedian: I already talked to the Phoenix. Mike Rezendes: Yeah, there's a reason I didn't see it. Nobody reads a Phoenix anymore... they're broke, they don't have any power. The Globe does. If we cover the story, everybody will hear about it. Mitchell Garabedian: The Church thinks in…”Tagged: Boston Globe, Boston Phoenix, Catholic Church