In other words there is information that the Salesians have but they believe that it’s privileged.
So I was asking for at the minimum a privilege log. Show me -- describe the documents in a general sense, what they are, you know, let’s see whether or not attorney client or attorney work product applies.
So those are some of the things I’m looking for in this batch.
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ME: Well what does it matter really when
News Flash: The Salesians have really nothing to do with the Catholic Church.
In Motion in Limine #5 filed earlier this month the Salesians Religious Order ask the judge to “exclude reference at trial (Nov. 5)to The Catholic Church, the Vatican, the Pope, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and/or Cardinal Mahony,” as those entities have nothing at all to do with the Salesians
(Hearing on Motions in Limine October 25 at 8:30 AM with Judge Haley Fromholz in La Superior Court).
They're asking plaintiffs to refrain from referring to the Church, as a whole, the Vatican, the Pope, etc, “as responsible for the alleged unlawful sexual conduct of Fr. Miani, Lorenzoni or Brother Murguia
The Salesians ask that “plaintiffs be instructed not to make any attempt to introduce testimony or evidence pertaining to the liability of the Catholic Church in Rome,” and all the rest of them.
Anything to do with the Catholic Church “has no bearing on the issues in this case.”
Comments by anybody about the church about anything just about -- “will undoubtedly mislead, confuse and distract”
And give jurors the impression “that any verdict in this case would be the responsibility of the C Church as a whole rather than the Salesian Society.”
COINCIDENTALLY
In an interview I did last week with a former Salesian brother for a story coming soon, his first statement was:
I studied for the Catholic priesthood with the Salesians beginning in ---
AND:
So in 1960 maybe there was Catholic high school in Richmond so this now became a Catholic high school run by the Salesians.
AND
“We owe our allegience directly to a person called the Superior General who is in the mother house which is in Turin, Italy.
So I was asking for at the minimum a privilege log. Show me -- describe the documents in a general sense, what they are, you know, let’s see whether or not attorney client or attorney work product applies.
So those are some of the things I’m looking for in this batch.
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ME: Well what does it matter really when
News Flash: The Salesians have really nothing to do with the Catholic Church.
(Hearing on Motions in Limine October 25 at 8:30 AM with Judge Haley Fromholz in La Superior Court).
They're asking plaintiffs to refrain from referring to the Church, as a whole, the Vatican, the Pope, etc, “as responsible for the alleged unlawful sexual conduct of Fr. Miani, Lorenzoni or Brother Murguia
The Salesians ask that “plaintiffs be instructed not to make any attempt to introduce testimony or evidence pertaining to the liability of the Catholic Church in Rome,” and all the rest of them.
Anything to do with the Catholic Church “has no bearing on the issues in this case.”
Comments by anybody about the church about anything just about -- “will undoubtedly mislead, confuse and distract”
And give jurors the impression “that any verdict in this case would be the responsibility of the C Church as a whole rather than the Salesian Society.”
COINCIDENTALLY
In an interview I did last week with a former Salesian brother for a story coming soon, his first statement was:
I studied for the Catholic priesthood with the Salesians beginning in ---
AND:
So in 1960 maybe there was Catholic high school in Richmond so this now became a Catholic high school run by the Salesians.
AND
“We owe our allegience directly to a person called the Superior General who is in the mother house which is in Turin, Italy.
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