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petitioner continued to interview with other prospective
employers.
Dinesh D'Souza (D'Souza) is an officer with The Brownson
Institute (the Institute) and a long-time friend of petitioner.
At times during their friendship, D'Souza lent funds to
petitioner that he had repaid. D'Souza also served as a
guarantor on a loan petitioner received from a financial
institution. At the time of the trial petitioner was repaying
that loan.
The Institute publishes "Crisis", a magazine dealing with
religious issues; however, the Institute does not engage in any
other type of publishing activity. Petitioner had previously
submitted, and been paid for, articles published in "Crisis".
D'Souza also was aware of petitioner's aspiration to write a
book, tentatively titled The Questioning Catholic, while pursuing
his seminary studies.
In 1990 D'Souza agreed to help petitioner finance the
continuation of his theology studies. Rather than directly
lending money to petitioner, D'Souza had the Institute transfer
$10,000 to petitioner from its account. There were no notes or
other documents executed to show that a bona fide debt was
created between petitioner and the Institute, no security was
given, and no interest was required from petitioner. D'Souza did
not discuss the transfer with other officers of the Institute.
Apparently D'Souza expected repayment to come from royalties that
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