Saturday, January 10, 2004

Dear Friends,

If you do not read the attached reply brief for yourself, you will have difficulty believing the short summary below of the latest bombshell in the federal lawsuit against Fr. Eric Ensey, Fr. Carlos Urrutigoity, the Society of St. John, Bishop Timlin, the Fraternity of St. Peter, and St. Gregory's Academy. (The attached brief was downloaded from the PACER web site, which posts all documents filed in federal lawsuits. For ease of reading, you may want to print out the entire brief and all exhibits.)

Here are the highlights:

(1) Eric Ensey has tried to suborn a key witness and former friend. This witness previously testified in 1999 that Carlos Urrutigoity had homosexually molested him. In the present lawsuit, this witness testified in his recent deposition that Ensey had tried to persuade him either to leave the country (in order to avoid his deposition) or to lie. When Ensey failed to convince him to flee or to lie, Ensey then threatened this witness by telling him that his (Ensey's) attorney has "strong ties to the Mafia." (See Exhibit M to the attached brief.)

(2) This same witness has testified that Ensey attempted to excuse Urrutigoity's groping by claiming Urrutigoity has the power to diagnose illness by grabbing a man's penis. (See Exhibit M.)

(3) This witness has also testified to other peculiar perverted sexual practices of Urrutigoity, such as requesting that a rectal suppository be inserted in his presence as an act of humility. (See Exhibit M.)

(4) Two former St. Gregory's Academy students, Stephen Fitzpatrick and Patrick McLaughlin, have testified in their depositions that Urrutigoity has shared his bed with boys. While this is no surprise to anyone who has followed the SSJ scandal, it is deeply damaging to the credibility of Urrutigoity because their sworn testimony directly contradicts Urrutigoity's own sworn testimony that he does not sleep with boys. Since Stephen Fitzpatrick and Patrick McLaughlin are devoted followers of Urrutigoity and the SSJ, it is now manifest to all that Urrutigoity has perjured himself. (See Exhibits I, J and K.)

As one deposition after another continues to produce a mountain of damaging testimony against these pervert priests and those who have covered up their crimes, their attorneys are scrambling for ways to keep this testimony out of the courtroom. (See the attached brief for details.) As the May 2004 court date for the federal lawsuit approaches, you can expect to see a lot more smoke and mirrors.

Pax vobiscum,