By Associated Press, 07/09/02

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BOSTON -- Two mediators who helped broker a deal between the Archdiocese of Boston and alleged victims of defrocked priest John Geoghan will have to answer questions under oath, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.

The mediators, Paul A. Finn and Sarah E. Worley, had asked an appeals court judge to overturn a lower court ruling requiring them to submit to questions, saying they were protected by confidentiality laws.

But an appeals court judge ruled Tuesday that Superior Court Judge Constance Sweeney was within her power to order the limited questioning.

The mediators helped the archdiocese and the attorney for 86 alleged victims of Geoghan in March reach a settlement agreement, worth up to $30 million. The archdiocese later backed out of the deal, which had been publicly supported by Cardinal Bernard Law, after its Finance Council said it couldn't meet the terms and pay other victims of pedophile priests.

Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, who represents the alleged Geoghan victims, maintains the deal was binding and should be enforced.

Judge Sweeney has limited the range of questions for the depositions, scheduled for Wednesday. She is allowing only the questions of whether the mediators had been given permission by the archdiocese to speak about the agreement with a reporter from the Brockton Enterprise.

The newspaper in March published a story about the mediators' role in the deal. An attorney for the mediators argued the mediation was still ongoing when the story was published.

Geoghan was convicted in January of molesting a boy and is serving a nine to 10-year sentence. He has been accused of abuse by 130 people.