On Oct 22, 2006, at 2:19 PM, Jim Farmelant wrote:
> Responding to Joanna, I don't think that anyone here is saying
> that Bettina's allegations should be dismissed out of hand
> out of hand, but basing such allegations on "recovered memories"
> seems to be frail basis for supporting allegations that at
> best would tarnish a person's reputation, and which at
> worst, if they had been made while Herbert was still alive,
> could have sent him to prison.
Paul Shanley, the Massachusetts priest, was convicted entirely on the basis of recovered memory <http://www.legalaffairs.org/issues/ September-October-2004/feature_wypijewski_sepoct04.msp>.
Doug