MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
By Emily Gurnon
egurnon@pioneerpress.com
POSTED: 04/16/2014
Attorneys for plaintiffs alleging sexual abuse by Catholic priests said Wednesday that the Rev. Kevin McDonough cut short his deposition and refused to answer a vital question.
Jeff Anderson deposed McDonough at the downtown St. Paul office of archdiocese attorney Daniel Haws.
Anderson said late Wednesday that, though a judge had ordered an eight-hour deposition, McDonough and his attorneys argued that it was to be just 6 1/2 hours.
Anderson asked McDonough after several hours, “Do you believe, Father, that I have publicly exaggerated the risk posed to the public by the practices of the archdiocese pertaining to sexual abuse?”
“In some cases,” McDonough answered, according to Anderson.
“What cases?” Anderson continued.
At that point, Haws and McDonough’s own attorney, Andrew Birrell, said the deposition was over, according to Anderson. They instructed McDonough not to answer the question, Anderson said.
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