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Article: Dioceses at odds over pedophile priest: San Bernardino sues Boston for not disclosing molesting priest's background. (Church In Crisis).
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- April 11, 2003
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The diocese of San Bernardino, Calif., has sued the Boston archdiocese for hiding the background of accused child rapist and molester Paul Shanley, 71, a former Boston priest.
Fr. Howard Lincoln, spokesperson for the San Bernardino diocese, told NCR the suit was intended to shift to Boston any future financial damages related to Shanley's alleged sexual abuse after he transferred to San Bernardino in 1990.
The suit alleges that former Boston auxiliary Bishop Robert J. Banks, now bishop of Green Bay, Wis., withheld knowledge of Shanley's history of sexual abuse when Banks wrote that Shanley was a priest "in good standing."
Lincoln said the suit, ...