He cited the years Geoghan had spent studying for the priesthood, and the consequences for Geoghan if the accusations against him were publicized. . Church records obtained by the Globe note that Geoghan was indeed medically cleared for the St. Julias assignment - but not until he had been at the parish for a month. The Archdiocese of Boston had no immediate comment yesterday. Other times, he fondled their genitals or forced them to fondle his - occasionally as he prayed. The few who complained were invariably urged to keep silent. In 1996, Mitchell Garabedian filed suit against Father Geoghan, a foreshadowing of the massive litigation to follow naming hundreds of Catholic priests and dioceses throughout the United States and ultimately the world. He said he was not certain that Geoghan had had boys in his room. He was transferred after seven months there; church records offered no explanation for his reassignment. That is how 12-year-old Patrick McSorley, who lived in a Hyde Park housing project, allegedly became a Geoghan victim in 1986 - two years after Geoghan's assignment to Weston. The legal response by the cardinal, narrowly drawn in response to the lawsuit against him, omits any reference to Geoghan's molestation of children at St. Brendan's in Dorchester. The Boston Globe's coverage of Geoghan's abuse opened the door for public knowledge of the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Boston[2] and Catholic churches nationwide in general. But the appeal was denied last month. He `would touch them while they were sleeping and waken them by playing with their penises. . } The. 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. Victims could now collect, October 2 And he had been removed from at least two parishes for sexual abuse. The priest lived there again after he was defrocked before he went to prison, Loney said. Then he put his hand on my genitals and started masturbating me. And he had been removed from at least two parishes for sexual abuse. When Geoghan dropped a shaken McSorley off at his mothers house, he suggested they keep secret what had taken place. When Geoghan dropped a shaken McSorley off at his mother's house, he suggested they keep secret what had taken place. The files also contain a poignant - and prophetic - August 1982 letter to Laws predecessor, the late Cardinal Humberto Medeiros, from the aunt of Geoghans seven Jamaica Plain victims, expressing incredulity that the church to which she was devoted would give Geoghan another chance at St. Brendans after what he had done to her family. In her hardscrabble neighborhood, she said in an interview, she hoped there was a priest the children could look up to.