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other folders, and it would be a matter of the local
Church’s ability to archive them and make sure that they’re
still there 20, 30 years hence. That would determine
whether or not they go —- they stay in Clearwater or go to
L.A. Otherwise, if there is any legal issues or whatever,
you know, they might be called to L.A. just for —- for
safekeeping as well.

Q.
All right. So it’s my understanding’ then that the
pre-Clear folders are kept indefinitely?

A.
Yes.
Q.
And is that —— does that hold true also for ethics
folders, central file folders, account folders, personnel
folders?

A.
Generally, although more care is taken usually
with the pre-Clear folder because it’s our belief that the
person’s going to need that when they come back. So that
has a record of their auditing, which they’re going to
require in order to progress later.

I haven’t found in my practice that the same sense
of urgency necessarily applies to like a personnel folder or
an ethics folder. ‘

Q.
What does happen with those other folders for a
deceased parishioner? ‘

A.
They’re usually kept by the Church where they were
either a parishioner or a Staff member. Sometimes they’ll

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