Chapter Fourteen
The Inquest
I accompanied Mother Superior to a room in the administrative offices that was used for meetings with church officials. There was a long conference table with Father Joseph seated alone on one side and the security guards standing behind him nearby. The Bishop, the Prefect of the Mission, and a physician named Dr. Doral were seated directly across the table from him. The physician appeared to be taking notes on a yellow legal pad. As soon as Mother Superior and I entered the room, Father Joseph stood up and tried to come toward me.
“Dorothy!”
The guards immediately restrained him and pushed him rather forcefully back into the chair.
“What are they doing? They’re hurting him!” I said, appealing to the church leaders.
“They found out about our plan. I told
