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Your position as. we lln4er~and j~ i_{> ~ even if the .~j~~tr9t.~~$~ ylajm~ settle b«~: !!-'~dfyt do not, thf;h youx --c,lit,.'ln,t 'wpuld -~ le~ . iil. a position where"i(wollla faoc . considerabl~ ·cosf8 ;jn i

defeiid.Wg llj.e cl~ ~tµts· ~d no do*1>t wolild :haw to' de"°te. fuucli m.'bre Unie iliiui 1H4fe~ ~es in qealhig with these Bl.a~. . ~ ·

,,_ . •' . .. We anti¢.ipa.t~· ij.m.t µ thes~ m.e.tteni w~ to prop~ (~d w~ l;>ot)i~~e-~~y woµ}dJ>e subjec!·~ -various aJ)pcals ~y .either $)(le) th.~ ~-eYi~ci4 .b.Y:.the ~es;rt.FpSi~:ciµ1dren c~ l~ went to th~ J:rigll c~ :~ere could~~ s~.}'~ ~f.:U-~ti~1f~ ~J)>fi4~ ·ct)nseq'1enu~· ha.rm ~a~* ~~u,J~ ¥ti'* ;~~o_n ~~ -~4~~ . 'nl~ ~ -~~$.al c~ats ~- the ·aµureh ecmsetV~Jivcly wou14 }Je in th.~ regiop of.$10~,ooo:q9 to $is<),oao.oo. . · . · · ·

~~ee·~ ·tv~~--i(!he Church su~eeded and~~ costs order Y,ie submit jt wo1;ll~ be~ ho~(9W· vict9ry 4ue tQ the $.pecumosity of o~ .Cll~~s. : . . .

It ·is of co~e impossi9.le 'to ;~~".,t,]J.e a,ch.iBl indirect riq$ to the. Church. . .. ' ... (" ' . ,. ~

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w~ .. ~or Q~ part, ·if w~ ~qp.~~e".t~(~~~ ·~·~~t;~ m~~--~~~fWi_t1J. :t~~~.'~eg~d,· . . abiµJers !'() aac~· .. tJ1e· ~~~flnY.91v~. ·~· ·!!i~ .. i~.,,~~:. ~:W.~ :~ -~~:·~. ~'§t;i;,llev~~,

· tvio ·· ·uion · ~the .m.o. .· .n0tib1e :~·elir ... i.Ii rclation ·t~fFadi~1N#l114il:atr o~Wbiclt;can- be pl. 'Q$ ()CC . s, ... " . .. re. . . , .... "( . _,g_ .-.··.· .•... , .. ' . ,_ .. , ... ... - ···-· ·'· {'" ... , ·.•·. ·. . . .H.. ·'· . ·. . • "T'zo.. !b • ',. : eek: ti)._ ··m .. all :' . . .. , tEHh~ .cl ' . "'"'' 'w~ b~:eve found 011 we .~tern~ .µ.out li~~ .. d.o IL . ., 9nJ.P. ~~~ . . . ~ ....,..~ . .· .... ~ tj)~ is:~~e·fii~ -~~§i~·~a~.~- $.;.i.d,'a c~ce ofs~~s ~ ~\lYi~(>ii. ;. nie ~e is ~~o~~~ .$.man~. ~tof._(albei~, th~~ ·~~·:~~~-~:.tW.~; ~oyy:~enc.~ iS,. ~ ~e. prosec;utor9 WW ·· ~eed by -~t . eviden~\e· .~f.- ._~e ~f~&~ · ~~:-~~~e l ~~ -~ete . '.~e · :·: ~,:;le .. fomtrte ciis wh this .i. .... ·0ce;•~~- :tr())teyer 9.nr cli.eirts ·.hwe·fi~·:w decide' um ~i:a..' ~.... .. . - ~ . eJ;"C . ~ . ... ~."'~' .. ""'-\ ., ... , . . .. • . . . • . ,. • ..,.~~ . .

hethc:t the ' '$h t.O· Ut themsel'Ves arid 1he Chi#Cbitl:irO~:that . "ideal ·. . · '· w . _ .. , . •¥ ~ . :·· P. , '. : _, , .. ~! ,, ... . .... . )"''\:·= '.:·· .~ ,9 . .. , . Yf t ~Q. ~d~~ ~t t4e. <;liwxl:i·~:~o~at'ded the StatU~ofy~J;Jec~tfo~ ~f.:~3.CQ. ~~-e~ " e of"o' '. cli · :t& ·to .fht, .Police. Dll! 'ha:'S :bC.cn· cl.One :.wiihout . of'. out clients' autho:tlt:Y 0r

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w~ hav~ $po~ep.·"".!QJ,·the Ptjyapy c~~pi<>J.1% i1l, ~ ~o~~. $dW~st ~8 woUld ~ee4 to t*e ~inictit>bs .fhmi · t}li~ts, w~ Wi4~~Jhft 'tl1~~- P..9ten.tiaJ ti.ties w.~ :.breaub · t>f P.ri.~c¥:.fa. :sUch b)r~~~AA~~-~~-~te(i .. lt i~ ~ Jb~~et. for btJt ~o~f'.ll,f4as .~)lo~ ~_wish. tp .pro~eed Ip tb,at : regi1.~t:but stjfiicrdi ·t;o· ~:llY ~ ·~9t <>D1y wQ. tb,at. ~~c~~$\ll'e tihauthQtj$~. it iS. ats0 the ca5o thin . xneny ofthe i>eciarsiions deal With pmons $gaged biY ~ Cburob Qther than cl~gy .

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You~~ ~r~a~~ .1~"}t was a.r,t ~~~1~'._di~~t ptl?,9~~ for. .'*"·Oij~ts to pf9\ii~e t}iQse intimate. WStrtlctioit$, whic:ih t~ok many lPO'Qt'bs t~ s·ecure. and as you wolild ·~peer, ha'Vttlg l¢ep~ · :those de~ls .SiWros.anct and iti:mi¢y c'~es unY':tsit~d; ·th~DecJatations w$. oTilyto',he ;diselo~ tO :t,be qhu,rcli and its LaWyeis.· We ~4 a:tJ~~ prc:MQUS~Y tl;i.at · ~y· of the. clients · deeo~pensateCl ailer thia ,pr00~. · · · ·

We. tic _:be~g ·Pres~«i i~l,®Jt~ly '.b,y f:b_es~ c)iQµts ~ seek r.es.~1~~ ()f ~est inidtors 9r t9 p?O,~(:d .Wi~ illtothei aj)~pri.at~ G~. (£ti4e~ aS \Vi~ Sl1Y, tli~. m ~atteis· Slid~ aS ·fui13 their · ~q.«r;.l)~ .$:1QJs e;xfr~ly c~~d r,~ging ·from anger, t<> :gtiiit, .t.Q Sl$rie Ad"' bao~ to ~ · U,,.-th~ :c~urs~ P.f,:@ny.o~-e.~~'1$sjoti-Mth ~> ·. · · · . . . · ·.· rtwear&-~bJe.tQ ~:oiyc~~,tn~~AOW Qt~ we Wi~ Mve to p~ijpn fu.e;~QOOse to qt (Q P,i~t .t.Ji~ w~ij 6f.c9~scU~·t:tJr·th~~ ~¥~~ {~eybad int~<il'd t0 ~~ a.~uneellor and/or p~~h4tttist from t;4el'.I; o~ $ettltlglcmt ~om~).

~.,.~f ~- ~l~en~s -P:m~ ~~th ln~~ance C~oti ;e~-~ '_~ ~~: ~ ·a .. resµlf pf th~ -~~$e4 idJ¥e~fL~P ~ti'h:aye_.~ggeg1ed f\tr· ~t .sake onettlement .tb.afthC.Y·~~l thO.!Je repaym®ts ~ set.tlement fuii<ts iather· .. fhM llS an. ~la.dd·~":tO their elm if we sottl~ now. V{hi~t· o~ t~~r#~ ~j~~liol~.the~e1V,es ~g~ *1d atO~si>~titc~ .we ~d\iise ~~t a n~bor . <jf'tli~fu.· ~e·rq,.Otfuig SUicidal ~dfiation:io :~~JVes an4 their Giis" ' .

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1.-~.tQ .<>W.#-~s; -~~~ , of tlii, ~~~{$ put ·f:<> ·~ ~s ~at··~-~·na~e o.f tJ,te Dl~eae me·~ ~Hts -~fal mo~es wou14 o~tjije -a 'iY,«ibleni fut: it: j.f t.b.Oi!:edx~~ttors were to seltie fot 41C. ~1.~2 .tni.1AqnJll~lw~.~P9~~ 8.i ~te;t.~Qe.· : ()Qr ~oti.osµffis a·~sµlt:of ~~ .mid volifuteer.~ ~rliiatiQ'n :&.onl cith!7t$, iS: .thaflh.f:i Ofocese cle~ly ::US :the .~~ity''.to .)tieet ·silCh a

- settlehi~t Wi1ho~i·p~JU'Af~:tts ·othereofuiliu.tr~~t11 :~d~1~.· · · ·. ·' · · · ·

As. fl~ ~a.v~ '.nc,~~ -~~ o~~ip&, ~-~~ fat ~eJ?i?~es~ in. ~~~@.lt pE,()~i~ w~nd~ b~ ~- 1-\i~ ~gtO)l c;>f $1QO,(IOQ.!QQ .to Sl.~O,QOQ.PO. Th~m~ •cuil .CO$tS.··thf; J:t1e.diaJr,\V.'.OlVenient and . the oth$" ~ft~ mse:ct h~ 'W!JUld be damagwg to btith our 6ll~ts ·arid the''.Churcb, '-

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·lf.~~ r~ilJJJt bi oik. '?~~~. !ayil)g. c!waf:S ~ a ~cc~sffeli ·.piQs~~~ri ~ plao.e, · t1i~ _we au~~~~~- t~! ·of(~: O.~ ~~~~!S )V.0,Ul.f1h~ ».~ ~~S~.~~ -~1¥. -~e simi)ar fo. that b.~

·nego~~~ as il resq~t of tbe .fi;rSt su9h pros~t,ioX) u,w<:>lvµig :10.~~~B.m·· .

U it is th~. CaSe.'.t{!~t ~e C~.have aitc.l~n1tlllti ag(ee tQ s.ettl~ for ·t4e 'ft¢~t W~.have ptopD!Jed 1aU:ter -~~ ~u8t, ·~~. maj~~~'.we ~owd_.t.eq~e: Yt?.ut ~~ti?n tfu!t'.:f!Us wowd b.e a~~~lc· SQ ~ we ·ca;n ~cak W:.1~ our cl~etl,~. We p~k lositm iJ:i.st;rUQti<ms fu;>~ a:. grl))\'ing .n~P"1' .qf cJlilp,l~t$ ;if :w~ 9a,gbof rc86lv' thi~ matter and -~ various ~iep~J°that t,hey'.tpen. tike Wilt~ a matter for thOni ~tQ~llt adyfoe from this Fi.rlri.. ·

We avtflit yC,w urgent advi~ to ex>.able us to take itJ.stmctions.

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