Anything but the whole truth, so help me God.

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania--An e-mail submitted into evidence in a sex-abuse lawsuit against the Scranton diocese suggests that diocesan di·oc·e·san
adj.
Of or relating to a diocese.

n.
The bishop of a diocese.

diocesan
Adjective

of or relating to a diocese

Noun 1. attorneys encouraged witnesses to be "less than honest" in their testimony, reports Pennsylvania's Times-Leader

In the e-mail Father Edward Williams There have been several well-known people named Edward Williams, including:

Sir Edward Leader Williams, English engineer
Edward Williams Morley, American scientist
Edward Williams, better known as Iolo Morganwg, (1747-1826), a Welsh antiquarian

alleges that then-Bishop James Timlin was in the "hip pocket" of accused priest Father Albert Liberatore and that three witnesses were told not to make such a statement in their testimony. Liberatore pied pied

a coat color in dogs that consists of uneven patches or spots of color on a white or cream background. guilty to abusing a 14-year-old boy from 1999 to 2002 and received a 10 years of probation.

Williams was Liberatore's associate pastor at Sacred Heart The Sacred Heart is a religious devotion to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of the divine love for humanity

This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic Church and also used in the Anglican Church. Parish, where the abuse occurred. Timlin has denied showing favoritism to Liberatore.

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Title Annotation:	Albert Liberatore on sexual abuse involvement
Author:	Cones, Bryan
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Date:	Sep 1, 2006
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