asedeees taeda Hes Te7 e098 GREEHMCHRHONHEED is SUPPORTING AFFIDAVIT FOR THE ISSUANCE 3709 OF A BEARCH WARRANT CHESHIRE, BB KEENE DISTRICT COURT Personally appearing before the court on March 10th, 1993 is affiant Detective James F XcLaughlin a sworn police officer with the City of Keene Police Department, Zam currently a detective in the police favestigation division and assigned variovs offenses including child abuse crimes and related offenses. 1, On January 13th, 1993, I interviewed a aale who will be heretofore referred to as MMMM GMM ceportec that he net a rather ein Leo Shea, a Roman Catholic Priest, in Troy, New Bamps! November of 1981, @™MMhad just turned 14 years old. Mi was serving as an altar boy at the catholic church in Troy when he came in contact with Father Shea. A relaticnship quick:y developed with QM spending tine at the rectory in Téoy and going on overnight trips to Father Shea's cottage on Cape Cod. (i states that Father Shea was very Aice to him, cpending time and buying him gifts. MM said that other altar boys were also taken on these trips to Cape Cod. 2, While still 14 years of age the relationship between MM) and Father Shea turned sexual. The first incident that MiB recazis, occurred when he went to the Troy rectory and was hugged by This escalated to Father Shea touching A genitals over his clothing. This occurred during the day and father she while @MBwas sti11 serving as an altar boy. t with rather Shea Subsequent to the first incident, [Bvould in the Trey rectory. Father shea vould have QM come into his second story bedroom where he would have the child remove his clothes and where he removed his clothes as well. Father Shea would have Q™Mbiay down on his bed to receive a full body masturbating @@Puntil he massage. This would include Father shxual act on Father Shea until he ejaculated. (MMB vould be on che bed and rather Shea would cit across (MMB hips and ejaculate onto QJMMe stomach. WiBvouta do the same ther Shea's hips as well. rather Shea wat also described as using lubricant on his finger and inserting his finger into (gi anus while he masturbated him, QM states his sexual contact with t sitting across Father Shea was & weekly event. WBrrs osked to describe what occurred in Massachusetts with Father shea. @™MMFold how he used to go on overnight trips to Father Shea’ cottage which is located in sandwich, Massachusetts. trips, Jestizates that with Father Other altar boys would also go on thi he went to Sandwich, Massachusetts about ten tim Shea. These trips averaged two or three days each, @MMstates he would sleep in the same bed with Father Shea. While in Sandwich GMB states thet rather shea performed oral sex (fellatio) on him, ABB areo ceports thet he performed oral se on Father shea as well, Wbaisc described how rather shea attempted to have anal sex with him, but this proved to uncomforteble. QMMJwas not asked to penetrate rather Shea's anus. WA cect: that Father Shea used to drink alcohol while on th tripe to Massachusetts. He recalle finding a hidden bottle of hard liguor in the bathroom of the cottage. He also resalis rather Shea having bloodshot eyes. QMibrecells rather shea having sex with him, both when he was sober, and after having been drinking, rather shea also purchased beer for who would drink it in Father Shea's presence. No drug use was involved. = 3710wariesys Lines Hews s5/ 277 OKEENMERRMONMEED : 3711 At the time rather Shea never said anything to Mi about not iisclosing their sexual relationship. Qceports that throughout the years he received numerous checks and letters from Father shea. These checks are believed to total in excess of $7,000,00,/i% relationship with Father Shea went from ths time he was age 14 until he reached age 19. They were sexual throughout this period. MR states he did not have any prior sexual experience before meeting Father Shea. (ay caused him & great deal of confusion over his sexual orientation, ates that his contact with Father Shea 3, On January 13th, 1993, T received authorization from the New Hampshire Attorney Generals office (Graf} 0 tape a telephone conversation between Mand rather Shea. the following are excepts from the call (names XXXXX): g Oh yuh, cause remember that letter you wrote to Re am, which ones one was ity Wee Lt say’n in that letter where you were, you had said someth’n about, ahm, what did you say, t, 1 think 4 was someth’n, remeber that, it it was a letter that you wrote to me ahm, where ou, I had written you a letter and you wrote ack to me and said someth’n about what ve, this, when we were having sex, back a while, quite a while ago, and XXXxXx's got that letter. Fs abyh rd Went back when I was I don’t know, like fourteen What, wasa't that how old I was when I, when J first met your rs I think so, yuh. a Yuh, I was what Fs About (unclear) or fifteen, close enough And the following: R I mean, because, I mean there ain’t noth’n I'm gonna be able to do because, I mean, whether I Was willing or not, I was underFs a Fs e Ps Fs @ o0s 357 5855 eRetinemanonnees 3712 That's right... And you're sti12 Gonna get in trouble for it, +o-URM, I don’t know, So, cause qT, I don’t wanna tura you in to the police. I mean, but what I’m curious cf ia what, wh. ask you al T'll have to tell them the truth. Yup. sothing else 1 can do, or they'2) find eut Somehow, and the following: rs a Fs es Fs a Pots he know about us? About that, 1 don’t know. Yeu don't know T never told anybody Yuh, Well REPL wRaE about the church knowing, Didn't you wnieometh’n ~ Fenenber you told ae bach ¢ yhite ago that they made "you go through, ahn, ah, counseling fer that? Yuh, they don’t, they know yea, The church knows about it? Yes, And the following: = = Ps None that, ah, you didn’t have any sex with any Of that, and XxXxx or XxtEN dla yar No, OK ne, No- am fact, nobody in that, except you,es16r9s Lis. 603 357 SOF GREEHNEMAKOMNEED, av 3713 4. On January 18th, 1993, T spoke with the Lancaster, New Hampshire volice Chief and learned that rather Leo Shea i# presently assigned to the catholic church in Lancaster, New mpshire, They have not handled any complaints involving him, 5. Om January 18th, 1993, I contacted DET. Cotta of the Sandwich Police Department and he confirmed that Father Leo Shea did own a summer cottage in their town from 1981 until 1985, This cottage is located at 16 Pimlico Fond Road, Forest Dale, Sandwich, chusetts. 6. On February 10th, 1993, I located = former altar boy at the Troy church. WMMstates he went on one of the overnight trips to Cape Cod with Father Shea. He states he wos not touched sexually by him. @§Bpresently lives in » group home for adults and war older than the other altar boys at the time he served. 7. On February 12th, 1993, 1 spoke with WBwho served as an alter bey at the Troy church from 1977 till 1962. Q@Bscated he had limited contact with Father shea other than Sunday service. He did go on one of the overnight trips to Cape Cod, but nothing out of the ordinary — occurred. 8, On February leth, 1993, 1 spoke with who served am an altar WBarso one of the overnight trips to Cape Cod with Pather Shea (possibly 1981). 4d he went on boy at the Troy church for # couple of yea While on this trip Father Shea entered the bedroom where he was sleeping and got into hie bed. rather Shea then fondled (MMM peats for about a ten minute period. Father Shea then left the bedroom without saying anything. Q@MiMctates he was confused and never told anyone what happened.3714 9. On February 19th, 1993, 1 spoke with MMM who was also involved with assisting da the Sunday masses at the troy churen. Mlrecatis that Pather Shea, who he considers a close friend, left the church under “suspicious circumstances". Father Shea did not say good-bye to anyone and left quickly. recalls one incident where hia buttocks wete touched by Father shea, which he felt was inappropriate, but no further contacts. WJ (older than the other altar boys) was never invited, like the others, to go on the ove:night trips to Cape Cod. 10. On March 3rd, 1993, I received authorisation from the New nampshire Attorney Generals office (Graf) so tape a telephone conversation between end rather Shea. ‘the following are B AXAXX) excerpts from the call (nai and I re WR osu, ah, t’ve been look’n, look’n and looking ain't found noth’n, But, remember what we, talk’n about last time 7 talked to you, about thi police? 'S Yuh WB ower, they finally contacted me about that TS Ahuh WA ove, an, they in - they did an interview ah, they, well, called ae in and had me do an interview with then FS Ahuh And ah, it was quite interesting. They havent contacted ve they? you No Ne. Huh, well they did inter ~ thy interviewed me yuh And, ah, they wanted to know everyshing that was going on. Yuh Cause, like 1 told you, Xxxx had already talked to them. @: @:§: TS) AhuhFS Fs rs vi 4077 oMLENMeRAKDMKEED 1 3715 So, f didn’t have much choice but to tell them, r mean, cause they're gonna question you ahout it anyvay, © inegine eventually, they may, and i don't know 12 they vill or not gonna, 1 don’t know, but ah, they asked at regtfid thes everything that went on, about everything, pag Poy 4£ even st. ...for it first started being in Troy but, oh, they wanted to know about, how you, when we how we used to have sex upsteire in Troy, Yub Fuh, they wanted to know about that, and about 2 don’t know 4£ you remember everything thet ever appened Ehen, but, they ah asked Re about you, ah, porting your finger in ny my rear end, and how you used to Masturbate me. Got quite in ting. I never put my finger up your rear end. Geil: F don’t know, r guess, ah, according to thea, they ah, they said'that aha, there's a - do you know gf & kid named xxxxx that you ever brought down to the Cape? XXXEX (name of person from abov. Some kid named XXxxx, ‘EXEXX...from Troy? I don’t know where he was from. I have no idea, ARXEK it's @ guy they asked me, they wouldn’t, they didn't Say a last name, but they said thir k4d’e a, end he claimed that you had sex with him to *OKX, I don’t know anybody by the name of Xxxxx, Tdon't know. They said his name was XXXxx. Well That‘s what they said. But they wculdn’t give me where they wouldn't where, whoever this person was, where fe wae from or anything, but I guess this supposedly feck place down at the Cape when ycu had your piace. your cottage on the Cape. {dont remamber anybody with that name, the only one that came down was, who was it, ah, but was his nime XRRAX KKK? XXRXX XXXKX, yup Yuh ‘YupFS Fs esr16e 93, 2603 357 S099 GREEMMCNRNONHEED rey 3716 But I never touched him. Yup, that's who it was. You ware there No, I remember XXXxx Yuh I remember the name now, yuh, now I remember it. Ah, that was quite a, see, couse I don’t, the only ones I Oh, a that's his name, oh yuh AXKK XXXXX ‘XXRK So you never did anything with xxxxx No Well, he claims you did. Well, he's lying. I never touched him, Yuh, well, I don’t, 1 still, now I remember him now that you mention the last name, I could...1 didn’t know, they wouldn't say anything to me, so, I don’t know No, but XXXXX, I never touched him. You were the only one. Yup. I don’t know, Well, But, Besides, they were too young anyway Yuh, wasn’t, well tell, remember ah, XxxxX XXXXX, now wasn’t he quite a bit younger than se? ‘Oh yuh do you remember how old, now we - how tong it was, I mean, how old he was? I think he was only about nine or tan Nine or ten? Yuheo = a a a ” a: 3 rs FS g@:2e8 rs 3717 Cause 1, they asked we if 7 knew how much younger he was and I said f really don't know, 7 aid, I’m guessing maybe & couple years, cause I wasn’t £ positive. Bh, and they asked me about you having sex with me. Do you ever remember trying that? Tried - but dt didn’t work. Yuh, that's what I told them, 7 said you tried it but it never worked, That's what I always, that’s what I told them, But, XXXXX XXXXX, his, J never oven Tenembered, I forgot all about, was he an alter boy vhen I was? 1 think so. Yuh, I didn’t remember yuh, cause that whole group, in fact I got pictures of All of everybody, all the alter boys at the time. oh, you got pictures of us? yuh © all taken in the, the chair, the chair behind the alter . Yup, hub And 80, but, I don‘t ah,.that’s & lot of the pases T don’t reneaber Yuh So I don't know, ...(unclear)... 2 didn’t even re member RXXXX, the only ones J remembered was me, XXXXX AXXXAX, and ah XUXKX XXXXX, Cause, he’s still around too. 1 see him every once {na while, but, tne only onea I remembered was those ones because they were asking me, and I.ain’t gonna lie to them, cause it’s just gonna get me in to trouble for lying to them. Yuh da‘t, z adntt gonna lie to them about it, cause ike t told ya kacw, like when t asked you what you were gonna say when they, if they come question you, cause I'm sure they’re gonna now. Un 80, but, I knew one kid you hed anal sex vith Me? Yuh Whe?Fs od 5 4 rs = Fs S @:4@: FS ” a a:8@ ] a esrise95 aise E603 357 5099 GREEWRCRAMONNEED 2 3718 xxxxx, 1 don’t know his last name EREXE tuh One that 1 dia? Yuh, cause 2 got up during the night and you were both on the couch Where wag this? at the Cape = nope, mot that 2 ever remember, only nef aver remember being there when I was with YOU wae XXXXX XXXEX. Wo X9XXX"'s the only one I ever remember being there with you, with us when we went down. 2 don’t ever tenember anybody else being with us down there. We picked him up at a trailer A trailer....oh, 1 know who you’re talking about. XXARX XXX) KXAEX? Yuh oh Yuh, T think, it might, yuh matter of a fact 1 think 4¢ Was XXXXX AXXxX that we had brought down there at that, one time. Cause, I got his picture too. Oh you have a picture of him toc. Yuh, but I didn’t remember his name. All I remembered was XXXXX Yuh, it was xxxxx XXXXK. oh oh ses where he did, but I think he lives i? in Troy now, with his parent's tillaseieepe ttezs mex 59S SREEMMCHRHONKEED. 3419 Oh, oh g ‘ and he's ...Ged, he's my age, but Yuh, hum But, you ain't involved with anybody in Lancaster are ya? I haven't, no, no Asking cause ah, they're genna, gonna question anybody you're around now, Now that they've questioned me, they're genna question anybody Yup Well No, nobody, nobody here not since I’ve come here. 1 haven't touched anybody. Yuh, But, I don't know, I’m sure they/ll be question- ing you about it. Ard the following: @ Ps FS Yuh, but you know, the police coming, if they come and question you about, what are you gonna say to them? Well, I'll have to, ah, admit it was true, I mean, yuh, because © mean, i : ybody’s alvays told me when’ I ea kid, if you, a long, If yo cope and even, cause it's the Keene cops that are doing it oh dad that, you know, it will probably be easter on you in the long run, instead of letting them find cut on ther own, That's right couse, otherwis: they’re gonns really do something about it, Ir don't know what they do, but, but that’s probably the best thing you can do ig be truthful with en ‘Yuh Gea. a That's why I am, cause I don't want to get in co trouble over it. te a oh no and it’s not that it's gonna get me in trouble, but 1 don't want thea to find out that I’m lying to them.Ps Tes, there ah actually happen Huh #088 357 5859 SREEMnenamowweEy have datery: ed, but. But, I don't know 3720 Aewed ard asd that erg Mell, RXXAX’s big mouth thats Yup. You ever fe) guilty about that? No, eause I was doing out of love. Yuh No never, t really never dia. was wrong in rotted, wanted to shoo ny how to do ie, I don’t know, they’re gonna c. eventually. But, I don’t ome Bee you, Oh, I’m sure they will. doing {t, but r mean love, end I didn't know know what, when and if but I’m cure they will They'll come and talk to you. Yuh yon *88iRety I don’t think as for as it being against You. “They want thet the church Yuh Well, that’s wh, knowingly ah, “k, you bea priest to do, rene. had known a; mper how you were saying nd they- Bos 357 3059 GRECuMeMEHOKNEED a 3721 Oh, ahuh So, he wants to do a law suit against the church, ah the Roman Catholic church, oh Pye bey that’s - that’s weird, ya know, that’s one thing rye fTWayE been wondering, how aid the church know about that? I don’t know That's what 1 always wondered, was how, and if it vag going on, how they, how would they know? I don’t know; they didn’t tell No, How long ago did they find out about it? Well, 1 was Was that quite a while aga? Well, ya, when 1 was et41] there You were in Troy? Troy. Oh, hun That was over ten years ago Oh yuh Because they knew I was here, I don’t understand how they Ab, oh about ten years in ganuary yup I’ve been up here Huh. I mean cause I never ever to'd anybody, and that’s why 17 can’t figure out how they would have found Well, I don't know either, How long did they send you to therupy. Ah, T think it was three months, Ah, really, YuhFS - a @: @:6:6 38 FS FS esiers3 tins 603 257 2099 GREEHMenaNONNEED 2 3722 Oh. Now when you, you left troy willingly, right? oh yuh. Did they transfer you because of that going on? Yuh 1 xX think so, yuh. They didn’t tell me, but, jure it wae ¢! Yoh, they didn’t tell you that? No Yuh, that’s probably why they aid. Yuh ah, I don’t know, x imagine they'll talk to you BOOM, Bometine, for sure. When did they talk to you? ah, they talked to me, it was yesterday at I don's know, Twas I think it was like around eleven ofclock that they had gotten in touch with me and wanted to talk to mc, so I came down and that's vhat it was about. on They wanted to know about it, so, cause I never knew anything was ever going to come abcut {t. They just questioned me about it one day, when I was in here for something else, and, it's ended up coming about Bun . So now it’s gonna, but, I don’t knew. I don’t want to tell you to write to me cause if you write to ne at that address I don't know 4f 1/1] get it, cause a I mean, if you wrote last time and 1 didn’t get it, Tmean, (¢'6 - 7 didn’t an Maybe it's best that I don't. What, write to me? Yoh Well, dt doesn’t matter. You can write to me, 1/11 just give you a different address. Ahuh And, I'm, that way I‘know 2/12 get it, Yup.PS esac: rs FS 3723 Some people that 1 know in Keene that will make sure that Taint, mothing’s gonna, that I get my mail ahuh It's a P.O. Box that I use in Keane now, anywi Thi what I been doing. Cause I’r not with no more, with XXXXX in Harlborough, oh, ob yuh. No, we had a little spat, and I air‘t been with her since this last Saturday, but, write to me, ah, Just use ¥.0. Box (deleted) in Keene O.K., in Keene, O.K. Just put my name 0.K. But, you know, you know the Keene rip, right? 1 can look 4t up. It’s 03431 anyway, so you know, Fut, just write to Re. Ahuh And if I get it this time, I’m sure I will this time, cause I get my own mail. Alright But, alrighty yup O.K., 1711 keep in touch with you. Yup dust write to me O.K. I will. Alright Yup Alright, bye bye, end of conversation.menananneeo 3724 41, on March Sth, 1993, I spoke with QM the mother of two boys who were altar boys at the catholic church in Troy under Pather Leo Shea. She reported that both her sons vent on an overnight trip to Cape cod with rather shi When they came back one of their sons reported that he felt uncomfortable wrestling with Father Shi and from other touching that took place. The other son reported that he did not like the fact that he had to sleep in the same bed as rather Shea, and that rather shea fondled his penis. WBreported this inforsstion te rather Connor's, then working at the Newman Center, Keene State College, eens, New Hampshire. she was assured by Father Connor that the matter would be kept confidential and Father Shea would be des}t with. WilMreports that this incident may have occurred in either 1979 of 1980. Wibctetes she confronted Father Sh about this and he denied doing anything to either boy and said they aust have misunderstood his hugging them. = lieves it was about $ or 9 months latar that Father Shea was taken out of the Troy chirch and sent to the Midwest for treatment. WB cecall that this event with her sons occurring in 1979/80 which might be faulty. Father Shea was in Troy as late as 1983 (referred to by suspect dn transcript). An exact date for his leaving Troy has not been established, but he bought his present hone located 4m Danbury, NE in September of 1983, 12, On March Bth, 1993, T spoke with Mond learned that he was fondled by Father Shea on an overnight trip to the cottage on Cape Cod, WBstates this happened when he was young, possibly as young as 8 or 9 years old, He recalls being in his underwear when approached by Father shea who then fondled his penis,ess1e253 Lttse BGO S57 S299 BREENMENRHONNE: 28 3725 Baro r home from the trip. Lls reporting this to his mother when he returned 13, On Maxch 8th, 1993, Merri ck County Deputy Sheriff scott Hilliacd reported that he had located Futher Leo Shea’s residence in Danbury, New Hampshire. This residence was described as located on Bohannon Road. xt is a single family residence, ranch style, thet ds green with yellow shutters. rt also has a wrap around deck and on and exterior chimney is the name “Lion's Den". 14. On March 9th, 1993, I spoke with [who was an altar boy at the Trey catholic church with Father Leo shea, @Jstates when he wae 9 or 10 years old (1979/1980) he went on one of the overnight trips to Cape Cod with Father Shea and other Troy altar boys. while on this trip cata he experienced a jot of unwanted touching from Father Shea. This included Father Shea touching his lag and moving his hand up his leg in an attempt to touch his genitals. @jsaid he had to move Father Shea's hand away from his leg a number of tines. OB ceportes this to his mother when he returned from the trip. 15. On March LOth, 1993, 1 spoke with gy who was an altar boy at the Trey church with Father Leo Shea. @ptates te was an altar boy between 1982 and 1963. (states the proposition to go on the overnight trips to the Cape wore always made but he never did go. QMstates he was never touched inappropriately by Father shea.3726 36, On March 10th, 1993, T spoke with (eho was an altar boy at the Troy church with rather Leo shea, states he was an altar boy between 1980 and 1982. eaid he wont on one of the overnight trips ac did WM} while on this trip he was not touched WB dia ungage dn mutual masturbation inappropriately by Pather Sh with QM. QB naa confirmed earlier to ne that this was the case. it has been my experience and from my tradning that children who are being sexually abused often turn to younger children and act out ia this manner, 17. That probable cause exists for the issuance of a search warrant to search Father Leo Shea's Dantury residence for the property Listed in the attachment. Then personally appeared the above named DET. James F. Mclaughlin and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true, DET James F. Mclaughlin Before me this 10th day of March, 1993