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Since mid-December, the Globe has been requesting interviews with Law and other Church officials. In a recent interview with the Globe, Benzevich said he does indeed remember Geoghan taking boys to his room. In news reports after accusations against Geoghan surfaced publicly, Benzevich was also quoted as saying church officials threatened to reassign him as a missionary in South America for telling them about Geoghan. According to McSorley, Geoghan, who knew the family from St. Andrew's, learned of his father's suicide and dropped by to offer condolences to his mother, who is schizophrenic.
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Thomas confronted Geoghan with the allegations, and was taken aback when Geoghan casually admitted they were accurate. Comparable homes on the same street have sold recently for $460,000 to. As a result, Geoghan was sent to the Seton Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, for treatment for his pedophilia. He warned that he would seek court-imposed sanctions even if Globe reporters asked questions of clergy involved in the case. image11off.src = "http://cache.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/images/universal/newnav/2002_scandal_off.gif";