The fundamental premise of the affidavit is that because a piece of information discovered in an entirely independent police investigation is not in the dioceses files, the diocese must have hidden or concealed that information and is continuing to hide or conceal that information, so that it warrants a raid of religious offices.

Edward J. Burns

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... But in reality, the diocese cannot turn over what it does not... by Edward J. Burns

... But in reality, the diocese cannot turn over what it does not have.

Edward J. Burns

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It is truly disheartening to see that despite our many efforts, spending countless hours trying to address this issue, that the police, whom we need most in helping us to combat abuse, write this document and participate in this search.

Edward J. Burns

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This was supposed to be a cooperative process, not an adversarial one, but the abrupt cutting off of this process through this raid was a direct affront to this necessary notion of cooperation.

Edward J. Burns

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