"Tom, do people who are treated at Southdown carry a criminal record for sex offenses?" Not necessarily. From "How a priest's past was hidden" by David O'Reilly, Philadelphia Inquirer, Apr. 21, 2002: "I thought the system would give us justice," Robert's mother said. But things did not play out as she expected. There was no trial. Months later, she learned that a deal had been struck. ... If he admitted molesting the boy and stayed out of trouble for a year, all record of his arrest would be erased. Father Connor was sent to Southdown Institute, a clinic on 100 acres of farmland near Toronto run by the Canadian Catholic Bishops Conference."
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