Jan. 6, 2002 | Part 1 of 2
Jim Davis / Globe Staff
Why did it take a succession of three cardinals and many bishops 34 years to place children out of John J. Geoghan’s reach?
Jan. 7, 2002 | Part 2 of 2
Geoghan preferred preying on poorer children
Psychiatric documents offer added insights into the Rev. John J. Geoghan’s troubled mind and the motivations behind his aberrant actions.
Jan. 31, 2002
Under an extraordinary cloak of secrecy, the Archdiocese of Boston in the last 10 years has quietly settled child molestation claims against at least 70 priests.
Feb. 24, 2002
Church cloaked in culture of silence
Catholic priests were committing crimes so unspeakable that the Archdiocese of Boston went to extraordinary - and expensive - lengths to cover up the scandal.
March 14, 2002
The Most Rev. Thomas V. Daily is accused of brushing aside sexual abuse allegations.
May 12, 2002
Prosecutors, judges, and politicians who once looked the other way when it came to the church’s dirty laundry are now holding church leaders to a higher standard.
Aug. 20, 2002
Ariz. abuse case names bishop, 2 priests
Documents show that the three had sex during the late 1970s and early 1980s with a Tucson teenager who was later given a chancery job to ensure his silence.
Dec. 1, 2002
The Archdiocese of Boston prepared to take the extraordinary step of filing for bankruptcy, as hopes faded for a settlement with alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse.
Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff
Dec. 4, 2002
The Archdiocese of Boston for years dealt in secret with allegations against rogue priests,
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Dec. 14, 2002
Pope John Paul II accepted the resignation of longtime Roman Catholic archbishop Cardinal Bernard F. Law.
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