to yet another affair after rita's death. in 1994, the boston archdiocese recommended father foley resign as pastor, enter a treatment program, and later face his civil and moral responsibility toward his children. in this letter to a church official, father foley complained about the recommendations. though he acknowledged the affair, the suicide and the questions about paternity, he argued it could all remain concealed, as it had been for decades. >> i will regret to my dying day the circumstances, but i cannot turn back the clock nor bring back the dead. how can the church suffer scandal from an episode that will never possibly be revealed. who will reveal it? the cardinal? myself? a family member? the concern here is -- >> scandal. >> publicity. negative publicity. >> they went right to that and the key was trying to demonstrate the fact there's no chance this is going to be a