james foleys. father james d. foley this father foley and another father foley who was an accused pedophile. they were supposed to release the file of the accused pedophile. this file got released by accident early. this woman died. the day after the story became public, the perrys joined attorney eric mcleash to pour through the documents, to search for answers about their mother s death and try to make sense of the disturbing notion a catholic priest might be father to two of them. here was a priest preying on someone explicitly vulnerable, a woman who was first a parishioner. i think any relationship between a priest and parishioner is an abuse of power, and beyond that a woman mentally ill to the point she had a lobotomy. what was your reaction to this? denial. this can t be us. nowhere in the file did the perrys find their mother s name or explanation of how the relationship began. they can read between the lines. his first assignment in 1960 had been st. bartholomew s