[Dr. Scarpetta]

McCormack, a 1960 seminary classmate of Shanley and Birmingham who was assigned to the same Salem parish as Birmingham in the 1960s, has acknowledged that in about 1970 he was warned that Birmingham was molesting children.

McCormack, Shanley, and Birmingham were seminary classmates. Did Father Shanley get favorable treatment when he was accused of sex abuse because of his homosexual seminary relationships ???

[ex-snook]

"McCormack, Shanley, and Birmingham were seminary classmates"

The Church is like the canary in the coal mine. The deadly odor has been detected and all society should be warned. The homosexual plague has been visited upon the world and spread by religious groups, the media and the entertainment industry.

The real axis of evil that will destroy America is drugs, abortion and homosexuality. The wage of sin is death.

[RobbyS]

"McCormack, Shanley, and Birmingham were seminary classmates. Did Father Shanley get favorable treatment when he was accused of sex abuse because of his homosexual seminary relationships" ???

If they were "pals" they would have felt a special loyalty, because at that time seminarians who strayed were booted out in disgrace.