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Timeline
of Recent Events |
| 2002 | January 2003 | July 2003 | January 2004 | June 2004 | Article List | Davenport Diocesan Archive |
| 2002 | ||
| December 17 | Files of "a questionable nature" found on diocesan computer used by Fr. Richard Poster | {1} |
| 2003 | ||
| January 19 | Staffing of the diocesan Review Board is reported | {1} |
| Late January | Fr. Richard Poster cited with two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor | {1} |
| March | Fr. Richard Poster indicted by federal grand jury and pleads guilty | {1} {2} |
| April 5 | Email admission sent by Msgr. Drake Shafer to victim (revealed 3/19/04) | {1} |
| May 20 | John Doe suit v. Janssen and diocese is filed | {1} |
| July | John Doe suit v. Shafer, diocese, and St. Mary of the Assumption church is filed | {1} {2} |
| July 16 | Msgr. Drake Shafer asks for confidentiality, then publicly denies accusation | {1} |
| September 16 | James N. Wells suit v. Janssen and diocese is filed | {1} {2} |
| September 25 | John Doe II suit v. Janssen and Bass is filed | {1} {2} |
| October 28 | John Doe III suit v. Janssen, Bass, and Geerts is filed | {1} |
| November 18 | Donald J. Green suit v. Janssen and diocese is filed | {1} {2} |
| November 21 | Report that diocese filed motion to dismiss Wells case | {1} |
| November 24 | Steven Davis suit v. Bass and diocese is filed | {1} {2} |
| November 26 | Judge C.H. Pelton rules that diocese must give up records | {1} {2} {3} |
| December 8 | Default judgment granted against Fr. Theodore A. Geerts | {1} |
| December 14 | Burke family comes forward about abuse suffered by brothers in 1940s (item {1} is a fast download but a faint copy; item {2} is a slow download but a good copy) | {1} {2} |
| December 22 | Diocese appeals Judge C.H. Pelton's 11/26/04 ruling to Iowa Supreme Court | {1} |
| December 30 | John Doe II suit v. Janssen filed in San Diego | {1} {2} |
| December 31 | Judge David Schoenthaler consolidates abuse cases under Judge C.H. Pelton | {1} |
| 2004 | ||
| January 6 | U.S. bishops' audit reports are issued without Davenport audit | {1} {2} {3} {4} |
| By January 14 | John Doe IV and V suits v. Janssen and Janssen & Bass are filed | {1} |
| January 19 | Letter to Bishop Franklin from the parish council of Sts.Philip and James church, Grand Mound | {1} {2} {3} {4} |
| January 22 | Fr. Richard Poster sentenced to a year in prison after plea agreement | {1} |
| January 26 | John Doe VI suit v. Janssen and diocese is filed | {1} {2} |
| January 29 | Diocesan priests' council issues apology | {1} {2} |
| January 31 | Bishop Franklin's response to S.S. Philip and James parish council letter | {1} {2} {3} |
| February 4 | John Doe VII suit v. Bass and diocese is filed | {1} {2} |
| February 9-11 | Iowa Supreme Court denies diocesan request for appeal of Pelton's record order | {1} {2} |
| February 16-20 | House Study Bill 601 to suspend statute of limitations for abuse is filed | {1} |
| February 16-20 | Bass attorney's motion for summary judgment against John Doe III | {1} |
| February 16-24 | Diocese gives plaintiffs' attorney Craig Levien files on Janssen, Bass, and Geerts | {1} {2} |
| February 24 | Ed Thomas testifies on Bass abuse and Janssen response | {1} {2} |
| February 25 | Bishop Franklin apologizes and issues report | {1} {2} {3} {4} |
| March 16 | Hearing sets June 3 as date for hearing on statute of limitations | {1} |
| March 18 | John and Michael Schal and Jerzy Willus suit v. Wiebler and diocese is filed | {1} {2} |
| March 19 | Email by Shafer to victim (see 4/5/02) is made public during hearing | {1} |
| March 29 | Annual meeting of priests' council hears three survivors | {1} |
| March 31 | Jack Doe suit v. Wiebler and diocese is filed | {1} |
| By April 8 | Judge C.H. Pelton rules that names should be reported | {1} |
| By April 28 | Diocese files motion arguing it has no legal duty to inform parishes about abusers | {1} |
| By May 5 | Judge Linn denies motion to dismiss John Doe v. Shafer | {1} {2} |
| May 10 | John G. Schildgen suit v. Janssen and diocese is filed | {1} {2} |
| May 14 | John Doe III and James Wells file statements of disputed facts with diocesan documents | {1} {2} |
| May 25 | Diocese files counterclaim in San Diego suit | {1} {2} {3} {4} {5} {6} {7} |
| June 3 | Hearing on motion to compel includes Fr. Thomas Doyle's testimony | {1} {2} {3} |
| June 3 | Bishop Franklin explains his legal strategy | {1} |
| June 7 | Diocesan attorney Rand Wonio confirms that requests to defrock have not been sent | {1} {2} {3} |
| June 14-18 | Requests sent to defrock Janssen and Poster | {1} {2} |
| June 21 | Request sent to defrock Wiebler and Bass | {1} {2} |
| June 22 | Request sent to defrock Martinez | {1} |
| July 15 | Judge C.H. Pelton rules that Wells and John Doe III suits may go forward | {1} |
| July 30 | Judge C.H. Pelton hears arguments that the diocese must turn over documents, and that negligence claims should be dropped (links A and B are to court filings by the plaintiff and defendant) | {A} {B} {1} {2} |
| August 18 | Diocese suspends priest, later identified as Rev. Paul Deyo | {1} {2} {3} |
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