himself had written in 1994 acknowledging his tragic involvement with an unknown woman, her death, and the possibility he had fathered children, foley s denials came to an end. i, of course, have to recognize i did. soon, the interview ended, too. this is something very personal, very confidential, very private. i don t think it s an issue for public airing. amazing to watch. this is when we all start to say, this person was there when our mother died and knows firsthand the details of what happened that night, something we all have been searching for. adding to the perrys astonishment is how the boston archdiocese released foley s files in the first place. there was apparently some kind of mix-up in the files, two
the boston archdiocese paid the perrys an undisclosed sum, gave them an unqualified apology and called what father foley did exploitive, harmful, a violation of the sacred vow of celibacy and the trust that parishioners place in their priests. father foley remains on leave from his parish job and declined to speak to dateline. so we turned one more time to that tape recorded conversation of father foley s voice and rita perry s words. your mother had a saying, based on time heals all wounds, time wounds all heels. she thought i was acting like a heel. she said, time will get you, time will wound you. and it turned out to be prophetic. finally this a piece of rita s jewelry recently turned up kept safe since her death by a relative.
and she had james with her, and i felt totally up against the wall at that time. and so i went off with her and we drove to san francisco. what was the intention of that trip? i just thought i was leaving the priesthood and going to get married or something. you thought it was permanent? yeah. no one in rita s family remembers her and jim being away from the home in 1966, but rich and chris say it s possible and that has certainly given them a new understanding of the deep depression their mother suffered later that year. it was following her trip west that she entered this psychiatric hospital and eventually underwent brain surgery. two years later, foley s involvement with that other married woman in calgary led to his transfer back to boston, where he was immediately reassigned. no treatment, no supervision, total disregard for what went on in canada.
emily called the police officer she spoke to a few years earlier to see if any police records were available. this time he wasn t so helpful. he said the records are gone, don t get me involved, leave me out of it. he basically hung up. i felt like it was a slap in the face. if the police offered no help, eric mcleash, the attorney who obtained foley s file, did. jim called him that night. he introduced himself on the phone. he said, there s a ring of familiarity to some of this. i wanted to go over it. i knew after talking to him a couple of minutes, in fact, this was his mother. so suddenly, after all these years of questions, with one television news report, you learn someone was with our mom when she died and left her there. not just someone, a priest, was with our mom when she died and left her to die. hi. father foley? yes. we wondered if we could talk with you. that was just the beginning?
but, i would like to mention that something sneaky and sippive deceptive didn t by the media in the foley case. abc had that information sean: so did rahm emanuel. they held on to it until the day after the republicans could take foley s name off the ballot. i was that close to the election. and of course republicans lost that seat, because mark foley was the only one still on the ballot there. it was the media playing politics. sean: . it is going to be interesting to watch this unfold. how is the book tour going? just fine. sean: congratulations big debut on the new york times list again. i m doing a book signing at heritage foundation tomorrow here in washington 4:30 p.m.. drinks on the roof, no alcoholic drinks you have to bring a flask. sean: will you be bringing