For the Record

This section contains clarifications/corrections to various media reports.

• January 6, 2003 - Response to “Church to Defrock Clergymen,” The Boston Herald, Jan. 5, 2004
• December 2, 2003 - Response to: “Victim hopes for peace in sex abuse arbitration,” in the Boston Herald, 2 December, 2003 by Robin Washington
• November 21, 2003 - Statement of Fr. Christopher J. Coyne, Spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Boston, in response to 11/21/2003 Channel 4 News segment
• November 7, 2003 - Response to recent "Letters to the Editor" in the Salem News, Salem, MA
• September 23, 2003 - Response to the Boston Herald article of 9/22/03, p. 26, "Questions on therapy arise in sex abuse settlement."
• August 29, 2003 - Response to Margery Egan’s Boston Herald column of Aug. 26, 2003
• July 29, 20033 - Response to the Boston Sunday Globe, July 27, 2003, pp.B10-11, “For roiled parish, uneasy compromise,” by Jack Thomas.
• July 22, 2003 - Response to James Post’s op-ed piece “O’Malley needs to make peace,” in the Boston Globe
• July 11, 2003 - Response to the Boston Herald article p.2 of July 11, 2003, “Cross Exam”
• June 13, 2003 -It was erroneously reported on WBZ TV news June 12, 2003 that the tuition for St. Brigid’s Parish School, South Boston was $5000 per year as opposed to St. Augustine’s School which was only $2200.
• June 12, 2003 - In Response to the Peter Gelzinis column of June 12, 2003, Boston Herald, p. 14.
• June 12, 2003 - Response to 6/12/03 Boston Herald article, “Families learn lessons fighting to save school.” P. 4.
• May 26, 2003 - Letter To the Editor of the Boston Globe on Michael Paulson's front-page article of Sunday 5/25/03, “Church insiders now on outside,”
• May 26, 2003 -Correction to May 23, 2003 AP report that St. John seminary would have "no first year students" in September.
• May 22, 2003 - Response to Globe articles of May 11 and May 12, 2003 on the opinions of Boston-area Catholics.
• May 15, 2003 - Comments on May 15, 2003 Boston Globe Article -Priest who spoke against Law resigns
• May 13, 2003 - Comments on May 11, 2003 Boston Globe Article - Houses of worship become homes of distinction, as churches go up for sale and developers shout 'Bingo!
• April 26, 2003 - Inaccuracies in Boston Herald article "Bishop: Talks are still `active' in clergy sexual abuse cases"
• April 23, 2003 - Letter to the editor Boston Herald on Margery Egan's 4/2/2003 column
• April 23, 2003 - To the Editor of the Boston Globe on Ms. Vennochi's column "Catholic Church still won't listen"

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