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and 1977, when Adamson was at a church in St. Paul Park.
• Throughout the three-and-a-half hour deposition, Carlson repeatedly said he didn't remember details about his investigations.
• Jeff Anderson, an attorney for the plaintiff, said Carlson claimed he didn't remember on 193 occasions. Anderson said he is disturbed by the "purposeful deceit."
• Anderson referred to several church documents to shed light on how cases were handled. In a July 9, 1984, memo to then-Archbishop John Roach, Carlson wrote that Adamson had admitted he abused a boy from 1978 through 1982, and that Adamson said the activity "would probably be first-degree criminal sexual contact."
• "It is my recommendation, given the seriousness of our exposure, that the Archdiocese posture itself in such a way that any publicity will be minimized," Carlson wrote.
• When asked about that recommendation, Carlson said: "Obviously, based on some 25 years later, I would do it differently."
• A home telephone number could not be located for Adamson.
• Anderson asked Carlson whether he was worried about a scandal at the time.
• Carlson said he assumed there was concern about a scandal but he didn't remember fully. He said he doesn't believe there was a cover-up, but at the time, church officials and counselors believed pedophilia could be cured.
• "I think if you go back in history, I think the whole culture did not know what they were dealing with. I think therapists didn't. I don't think we fully understood," Carlson said. "I don't think we realized it was the serious problem it is."
• Carlson left Minnesota in 1994 and served as bishop in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Saginaw, Michigan, before becoming St. Louis archbishop in 2009.
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