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The reporters want leads on Cardinal Law, and Macleish gives them the hard math of abuse cases: the statute of limitations runs out before most victims ever come forward. His advice is to "try these cases in the press," and his read on Garabedian is that he is "grandstanding to cut a better deal."
❝ Monólogo · 7 frases He talks the clock to death
Kids, shame, tough streets: he stacks reasons they stay silent until the law has already closed.
Try These Cases in the Press
At Macleish's conference room, Robinson and Sacha ask about the Geoghan case and the allegations against Cardinal Law. Macleish lays out why the cases are hard: a three-year statute of limitations, victims who stay silent for years, and a Church that fights back. His advice: take the cases to the press.
The scene is a tutorial in how an institution protects itself, delivered politely over small talk about golf. Macleish is not hostile; he is explaining why the story is hard. The details are the argument: "The statute of limitations is only three years, and most of these victims don't come forward until long after that." By naming guilt and shame, and by noting that most of the children came from tough neighborhoods, he shows the obstacles are built into the system rather than any single villain. Then he hands the reporters the practical path — "your best shot is to try these cases in the press" — and quietly undercuts Garabedian, saying he thinks the lawyer is "grandstanding to cut a better deal" and probably has nothing on Law. What lingers is the calm of it: the worst facts are delivered without anger, as if the rules were weather.
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“So, your best shot is to try these cases in the press like I did on Porter.”
If the courts won't move, take the case to the public: a strategy wrapped in advice.
Neutral
“My guess is he doesn't have anything on Law.”
A casual guess that quietly dismantles the other side's leverage.
Informal
“I think he's grandstanding to cut a better deal.”
Strip away the performance and you find a negotiator: this line names the motive.
Informal
“That's right. He has a long road ahead of him.”
A flat statement of distance: whatever the ambition, there is still far to go.
Neutral
Well, they're kids, you know. Guilt, shame. And most of these kids come from tough neighborhoods. Nobody wants to admit this kind of thing. So, you're screwed on the time limit. And, uh, even if you argue your way around that
Siguiente · 04think in centuriesLa escena: Rezendes Meets GarabedianIt sets a three-year deadline for filing, and most victims do not come forward until long after that, so the cases are often too old to pursue.
The deadline runs out, victims stay silent out of guilt and shame, many come from tough neighborhoods, and the Church fights back hard.
He tells them their best shot is to try the cases in the press, as he did in the Porter case, because court and deadline routes are closed.
He believes Garabedian is grandstanding to cut a better deal and probably does not have anything on Cardinal Law.
He is candid about the obstacles and shares strategy, but he also speaks for the Church's side and doubts the victims' lawyer, so his help is limited.
