Quotes by Martha Coakley

“Women always did all the work anyway, so we might as well get credit for it,”

“The allegations involve situations where the young men are attending a weekly class. Father Shanley is the pastor at the time. He asked for one or more of the students to come to assist him and talk about an instance -- and thats when the victims allege the abuse would occur,”

“The company got notification from the IRS that Michael McDermott had been delinquent on his taxes and in a fairly routine procedure they asked the company to assist with garnishment of his wages, taking a percentage but obviously not all to pay off his back taxes,”

“In the medical-legal community, (among) those people who work with abused kids, this case wasnt really a close call before it got into the courtroom.”

“There was an enormous amount of firepower,”

“The method by which he administered this was through Gatorade,”

“At this time, the motive -- if there is one -- appears to be financial,”

“Im probably one of the few people who is not happy to be here today. Because losing Lynn in our office will be a great disadvantage to us.”

“In the district court, shes got as much experience as anyone who sits there today. The commonwealth will get its moneys worth.”