The [annulment] process was dishonest, and it was important to stand up and say that."
Article here.
Meanwhile, as BAM points out, the Boston Herald dug Michael Smith-Foster up and out of the land of the disappeared.
The high-ranking church judge who
granted an annulment to Joseph P. Kennedy II in 1993 became
embroiled in the archdiocese's sex abuse scandal in 2002 and
has since moved to Florida, where he advises couples on
annulments.
Monsignor
Michael Smith Foster, now 52, a trained canonist and one-time
judicial vicar for the archdiocese's Metropolitan Tribunal,
formed Annulment Consultants LLC in Osprey, Fla., on Jan. 26,
according to records kept by the Florida secretary of state.
Foster
left the Archdiocese of Boston not long after he was accused
of sexual abuse by Paul R. Edwards of Winchendon, charges he
vehemently denied. A church review board dismissed the
allegations against Foster but Edwards was awarded settlement
money for accusations against another priest, the late Rev.
William Cummings.
The
Coalition of Catholics & Survivors, an advocacy group for
clergy abuse victims, backed Edwards during the episode,
saying his claims were unfairly dismissed in part because
Foster's supporters launched a media campaign attacking
Edwards' credibility.
Foster
has an unlisted telephone number and could not be reached for
comment. He obtained a real estate broker or sales license
from the Division of Real Estate at the Florida Department of
Business and Professional Regulation on March 10, 2005,
records show. The license, which expires Sept. 30, 2008, is
listed as "inactive."
In
1999, Smith authored "Annulment: The Wedding That Was,"
described in a review by "Library Journal" as a "basic primer
on canon law and the mechanics of the church's court system in
determining the nullity of marriage."
It seems Smith-Foster is an Independent Contractor?
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