Priest talked up boy-love, papers show, *The West Australian* Apr 27 02

BOSTON

A CATHOLIC archdiocese in the United States has turned over to lawyers additional papers showing that Church officials knew a priest had publicly advocated sex between men and boys.
Church officials discovered the papers last week during a review of another priest's records, a Boston archdiocese spokesman said.
They were given to lawyers for Gregory Ford, 24, and his parents, who are suing Cardinal Bernard Law and the Boston archdiocese for allegedly failing to protect Mr Ford from abuse by Father Paul Shanley.
The lawyers released the papers on Thursday. In excerpts of what a lawyer described as Father Shanley's writings from 1972, the priest describes in frank language his life as a "street priest", ministering to drug addicts, runaways and homosexuals.
The writings also refer to his experience with venereal disease.
The papers also show the archdiocese ignored warnings of Father Shanley's involvement with the North American Boy Love Association, which endorses sex between men and boys. They include letters reporting that he approved of man-boy sex.

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A: Guidelines for handling clergy abusing children; Feb 19 2002
I: Father Kelly's escape to Belgium stymied The West Australian Feb 28 02
F: Paying for sins of the fathers; Anglican, Catholic, United and Presbyterian Churches in Canada face child-abuse compensation of $C1000m; Australian dioceses facing ruin The Weekend Australian, Mar 2-3 02
B: Fathers would make the best "Fathers"; how to select clergy; Mar 4 02
K: Hoopmann, Queensland Lutheran Pastor, denies sex charge The West Australian Mar 6 02
L: Father Geoghan -- Deal close on $60m U.S. sex payout The West Australian Mar 7 02
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@: Priest abuse and abortion woman gets $2m payout in Los Angeles area - Fr John Lenihan; The West Australian, April 3 02
@: Bishop resigns over boy-sex cleric Fr Sean Fortune in Ireland; The West Australian, April 3 2002
@: Scandal keeps lawyer Stephen Rubino busy with 250 clients in three continents The West Australian Wednesday Apr 3 02
@: Abuse of Trust: Child Sexual Abuse and the Australian Churches with world background, more than 100 clergy from the Australian Catholic and Anglican Churches have been convicted of child sexual abuse in the past five years, ABC Background Briefing http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s531384.htm Apr 14 02
@: Teachers jailed, Victorian husband and wife - John Alexander, Elspeth McKenzie - seduced 14-year-old Wesley College girl; The West Australian Apr 20 02

FURTHER READING, continued

@: Priest was evil one, says cover-up victim , Fr Paul Shanley said he kept silence about cardinal abusing him in seminary, hierarchy conspiracy to allow Fr Shanley access to youth since 1967, Cardinal B.Law's secret Rome trip, and all 8 U.S. cardinals off to Rome, Victim's lives broken; The Weekend Australian, Roy Eccleston, April 20-21 2002
@: U.S. cardinals stop short of 'zero tolerance' while bluffing; talk of penance and rehabilitation on 24 Apr 02 European time, posted 25 Apr, CNN version 2002/WORLD/europe/04/24/pope.talks/index.html
@: Sex hush riles seminarians in Rome, it's not just a U.S. problem, donations going to hush money, faulting of U.S. cardinals for spread of sexual misconduct; bishops covering up offenders; no apology to victims; The West Australian, Sat Apr 27 02, p 23
@: R.C. priest Paul Shanley talked up boy-love, bishops had evidence but did not dismiss; The West Australian, Sat Apr 27 02, p 23
@: Priest Paul Shanley denies child rape; insurance premiums skyrocket because of repeat offenders, firms won't pay saying officials knew Minnesota priest would re-offend The West Australian, July 12 02
@: G-G Hollingworth may face police probe, Anglican Bishop Shearman's 'affair' with 14-y-o, allegation re 10-y-o, Brisbane Church inquiry The West Australian Jul 22 02
Books include Religious life without integrity by Dr Barry Coldrey, 2001, 82 pages, $17.95, P & B Press, P.O. Box 81, Como, WA, 6952; Tel 08 9450 2513, Fax 9226 4346 pbpress@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~pbpress
Perpetrators List: of Australian campaigner Clare Pascoe Henderson http://www.pip.com.au/~chenderson/perplist.htm
Broken Rites Australian support group for abused people http://brokenrites.alphalink.com.au
Prof. Patrick Parkinson, Australian child protection specialist http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/staff/p_parkinson_pub.htm

Abusive priest Paul Shanley talked up boy-love, papers show, but not dismissed