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3. Ibid.
4. Conference for Pastoral Planning and Council Development, 2003 National Study of Parish Reorganization, www.cppcd.org.
5. David Briggs, “Local Catholic Finances ‘Stretched,’ ” Cleveland Plain Dealer, February 6, 2007.
6. The dialogue is from the transcript. Courtesy Zingerplatz Pictures Inc., Joe Cultrera, producer, Hand of God, 2007.
7. Bishop Richard Lennon, “The Church Going Forward,” City Club of Cleveland, February 16, 2007. Transcript courtesy City Club of Cleveland.
8. Defendant Joseph H. Smith’s Motion to Order Production of Documents, case no. 1:06-CR-00394-AA, U.S. v. Joseph H. Smith and Anton Zgoznik, February 16, 2007. The motion and other documents from the case can be accessed on www.bishopaccountability.org. Hereafter referred to as case no. 1:06-CR-00394-AA.
9. Redacted FBI interview with Zrino E. Jukic, November 17, 2005, case no. 1:06-CR-00394-AA, document 51-6, exhibit E, filed March 15, 2007.
10. Defendant Anton Zgoznik’s Response to Motion of United States to Quash Subpoena to Huntington Bank, case no. 1:06-CR-00394-AA, November 15, 2006.
11. Bill Frogameni, “The Scum Always Rises: An Embezzlement Scandal Closes In on Top Diocesan Officials,” Cleveland Scene, April 4, 2007.
12. Defendant Smith’s Motion Regarding Destruction of Evidence by the Diocese and Request for the Evidentiary Hearing, case no. 1:06-CR-00394-AA, August 1, 2007.
13. Smith’s Motion to Order, case no. 1:06-CR-00394-AA, February 16, 2007.
14. Mike Tobin, “Fund Furnished Diocesan Home, Ex-Workers Say,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, February 25, 2007.
15. James F. McCarty, “Catholic Diocese’s Income Declines, Pilla Cutting Costs, but Church Says It Is Not in Fiscal Crisis,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 5, 2004.
16. Judge Ann Aldrich, Memorandum and Order, case no. 1:06-CR-00394-AA, June 14, 2007. See also Mike Tobin, “Judge Orders Catholic Diocese to Turn Over Financial Records,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 15, 2007.
17. Christopher Maag, “Cleveland Diocese Accused of Impropriety as Embezzlement Trial Nears,” New York Times, August 20, 2007.
18. Trial transcript, testimony of Anton Zgoznik, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, case no. 1:06CR394-02, U.S. v. Anton Zgoznik, September 24, 2007.
19. Trial transcript, testimony of Zrino Jukic, U.S. v. Anton Zgoznik, case no. 1:06CR394-02, August 23, 2007.
20. U.S. v. Anton Zgoznik, case no. 1:06CR394-02, government exhibit 72-1. The U.S. Attorney’s office made available to me the CD-R of the taped conversation, and the transcript that was scrolled for jurors as the tape played during the trial. The transcript per se was admitted only as an aid for the jury. See also James F. McCarty, “Tape Evidence Splits Trials of 2 Charged with Catholic Diocese Kickbacks,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 9, 2007.
21. Trial transcript, John Wright testimony, U.S. v. Anton Zgoznik, case no. 1:06CR394-02, August 27, 2007. All quotations from the proceedings that follow are taken from the transcript, unless otherwise indicated.
22. James F. McCarty, “Juror in Diocesan Kickback Trial Wanted to Hear More from Pilla,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 5, 2007.
23. James F. McCarty, “At Church Kickback Trial, ‘Roman Collar Amnesia,’ ” Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 4, 2007.
24. James F. McCarty, “Jury Now Has Diocese Kickback Case,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 28, 2007.
25. Michael O’Malley, “A Fight for Churches,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, March 2, 2009.
26. Diocesan Finances, 2008–2009, Key Diocesan Realities—a Context for Parish Consolidation, www.dioceseofcleveland.org.
27. Ibid.
28. Ibid.
29. Michael O’Malley and Robert L. Smith, “Parishes Get Bishop’s Decision: 29 Will Close and 41 Will Merge,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, March 15, 2009.
30. Ibid.
31. Diocesan Finances, 2008–2009, Key Diocesan Realities, www.dioceseofcleveland.org.
32. O’Malley, “A Fight for Churches.”
33. Michael Polensek, telephone interview with the author, October 22, 2010.
34. Reverend Robert Begin, letter to Archbishop Pietro Sambi, April 6, 2009.
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