July 12, 2003
Lawyer subpoenas
Bishop Lennon for deposition
Richard Nangle
TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
WORCESTER- Bishop Richard G. Lennon of Boston has been subpoenaed
for a deposition by Houston lawyer Daniel J. Shea, in connection with a
lawsuit that charges Worcester Auxiliary Bishop George E. Rueger of
rape.
Mr. Shea wants Bishop Lennon to produce seminary records for Bishop
Rueger and a number of other priests who studied at St. John's Seminary
between 1958 and 1968.
He is also seeking records concerning Mary E. Hickey, who was the owner
of the Scituate house where his client, Sime J. Braio of Shrewsbury,
says he was raped in the 1960s, when he was about 13, by Bishop Rueger.
Mr. Shea is also looking for records on other people who owned the
property at 51 Egypt St.
In addition, he is seeking parish records of the former Rev. John J.
Geoghan and his uncle, the late Monsignor Mark Keohane, pertaining to
their residence at 64 Oceanside Drive, Scituate.
Mr. Geoghan, serving a prison sentence on a child rape charge, was sued
by more than 80 men and women who said he molested them when they were
children. The Boston Archdiocese made a $10 million payment to settle
the cases in September.
Mr. Shea scheduled Bishop Lennon's deposition for 10 a.m. Friday at the
law office of Bourgeois, Dresser & White, 4 Dix St.
The Rev. Christopher Coyne, spokesman for the Boston Archdiocese, said
he was unfamiliar with the particulars of Mr. Shea's request, but added
all members of the archdiocese are in the habit of cooperating with the
legal process.
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