Matthew J. Sawyer
33 W 490 Thorncroft Road
P.O. Box 15
Wayne, IL 60184
630-584-5621

July 05, 2000

Rev. Carlos Urrutigoity
Rev. Daniel Fullerton
Society of St. John
702 Route 434
Shohola, PA 18458

Dear Father Urrutigoity and Father Fullerton,

First of all, I can't tell you have relieved I am to be released from the loan responsibility with Penn Bank. I recently received a telephone call from [a man] who expressed grave concern about your stability and your ability to handle money and make mature financial decisions. Of course, I was obliged to tell him of my experience with you. I think that he is now even more concerned than ever about a loan he apparently made to you. I sincerely hope that he is not about to be seriously damaged financially by you. He expressed deep concern about the fate of his money which he is depending on for his future security.

As for my experience with you and the loan I made to you to close the property last September, I feel that you are obliged to at least repay this amount. When you called me just before the closing, you asked for a loan. I made no comment, but did wire the money. Later I told you that I would give you the money and not consider it a loan. As events have since played out and that facts have become known, I think that you were very deceptive in asking for money under false pretenses. Knowing what Father Carlos was spending money on, you should have been truthful with me and others as to the real intended use of our donations. We were told that you were using the contributions for property, a chapel, to build a dormitory for the new seminarians and hopefully a college. Instead you were squandering money on expensive furniture, travel and other non-related items at a staggering and disgraceful rate.

How could you continue to solicit contributions from me and my friends knowing full well how Father Carlos was using the money? Father Fullerton, this verges on outright deception. It is morally wrong, totally against the Church's teachings and may eventually become criminal if not stopped. You cannot ask people for loans that you know can never be repaid and for money that is not being used for the stated purposes. If you continue to use people this way, you and the Society of Saint John are heading for disaster and disgrace for all involved. You must reevaluate what is happening before it is too late.

Sincerely,

Matthew J. Sawyer

Matthew J. Sawyer
33 W 490 Thorncroft Road
P.O. Box 15
Wayne, IL 60184
630-584-5621

July 26, 2000

Diocese of Scranton
Attn: James B. Earley

Dear Mr. Earley

Please find enclosed a copy of a letter I recently sent to the Society of St. John.

If you need any further information, please feel free to call me.

Very Sincerely,

Matthew Sawyer