This could be the tipping point for both the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport in Connecticut as well as the entire institution of Roman Catholicism in America and around the world.  0160; The United States Supreme Court  denied the request of the Diocese of Bridgeport, filed on a paid-fee basis by its law firm Mayer Brown, to keep the discovery documents from the settlement of clergy sex abuse cases sealed.  0160; They had been sealed as part of the $40 million settlement the Diocese made in more than 20 lawsuits regarding alleged sex abuse.   0160; 

Today's decision in Connecticut Superior Court by Judge Barry Stevens could mean a major public relations hit to the Roman Catholic Church in America and perhaps the end of Edward Cardinal Egan's career.  Judge Stevens ruled that the CT Diocese of Bridgeport must give the media access to the more than 12,000 pages of discovery documents collected in conjunction with the 23 clergy sex abuse lawsuits.  0160; 0160; They were settled in 2001. 

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But my hunch is that America is going to stick with men who seem to be a mess.  Gartner documented in "The Hypomanic Edge," this nation was started by misfits who couldn't or woundn't fit in elsewhere.  There's something about woundedness, at least when the wound-bearer is male.  0160; Think Jack Malone from "Without a Trace" and the gang at the firehouse in "Rescue Me."

0160; Today, the AP reports that, as a result of a three-year investigation, a 720-page document has been released.  0160; However, those dots may be connected by the media when the more than 12,000 pages of discovery documents are released, by a ruling of CT Waterbury Superior Court, to newspapers such as THE NEW YORK TIMES and THE HARTFORD COURANT.  0160; In the HARTFORD COURANT, the AP stated , "The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport It played out in Watergate:  It's not what was or is.  0160; It's the cover-up. 

Supreme Court, to keep the 12,000 pages of discovery documents related to clergy sex abuse sealed.  0160; The documents will become accessible to the media on or before December 1, 2009.  0160; Newspaper sales will get a nice bump up from covering what is in the discovery documents.  Like many industries, law has had a bad year.  0160; Those BigFoot white shoe law firms are laying off associates, deferring the start date of those promised jobs, cutting salaries, and making partners kick in up to 15% of their pay. 

That brief had been submitted seemingly as a legal tactic by the Diocese to keep sealed more than 12,000 pages of discovery documents from 23 clergy sex-abuse lawsuits.  The allegations of such sustained sex abuse in one parish can reinforce what might be disclosed when the discovery documents are available to the media.  0160; What will happen to the faith of America's Catholics? Since Sunday, American Roman Catholicism has received considerable media attention in the New England area - which quickly went national and global.  0160;

Dilenschneider is in his late 60s, himself successful from his own niche representing captains of industry in corporate America.  0160; Can Dilenschneider understand and enter the hearts and minds of some of the most determined newcomers to America?  Also Dilenschneider is closely aligned  with the Roman Catholic Church in America.  In that space - the dying medium of TV - Lou Dobbs created a high-profile niche for himself.   0160;  His tactics included a strong point of view.

It's come to this: I ask the Public School System in America and other nations [yes, requests come from Canada which has adopted Informed Choices classes versus pounding the 3Rs] to put me out of business.  0160; Meanwhile, the tasks of researching, selecting the strongest data to present a point of view, and keying that into a Word document provide unique satisfaction. I'm a ghostwriter.  0160; Not a bad way to make a living. 

0160; On the long line in Bank of America here in New Haven, Connecticut, I began "interviewing" the tall man in front of me.  0160; He brought the documents for me to sign to the Bank of America branch where we had first met.  "Are you sure?" quot;