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LETTERS
to the Editor
A VOTF member and canon lawyer writes:
Re the article by L. Martin Nussbaum in the May 15,
2006 issue of America Magazine, his arguments are the
same old tired arguments we have been hearing for four
years; sensationalism by the media, unscrupulous attorneys,
anti-Catholicism, SNAP's vendetta against the Church,
false accusations, etc.
It should be noted that L. Martin Nussbaum is the
attorney for the diocese of Colorado Springs and
his firm also represents the Archdiocese of Denver
against which there are several pending cases. He
has also been on the payrolls of the archdioceses
of Los Angeles and Boston as a consulting attorney,
and I would not be surprised to learn that he has
also consulted in Tucson, Portland, and Spokane,
just to name a few.
Nussbaum makes a point of stating that dioceses have
paid out nearly 1 billion dollars to settle cases
but fails to mention how much has been paid out to
opportunistic lawyers like himself, which is probably
at least as much. I know that he does not work for
the Church "pro bono."
So, when one reads his article in America magazine,
it must be kept in mind who pays him.
Another article that may be of interest appears in
Crisis Magazine: “Skakedown: How Catholics
Are Getting Ripped Off in the Name of Justice”.
The argument here seems to be based on the cry of
anti-Catholicism that was Denver Archbishop Chaput's
defense against statute of limitations legislation
recently. Of course, that is no surprise since the
author of the article, Francis X. Maier, is the archdiocesan
chancellor and Archbishop Chaput's spokesperson;
he, too, knows who signs his paycheck. If anyone
wants to read the article, click here.
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