Terry Kinney credited as playing...
Ferguson
- Danny Snyder: Did you observe these experiences?
- Ralph Ferguson: Ye, ye, ye, yes.
- Danny Snyder: Did you more than *observe* these experiences?
- Danny Snyder: Mr. Ferguson, was there ever any sexual abuse at the Wilkinson Home for Boys?
- [Ferguson is silent]
- Danny Snyder: Was there ever any sexual abuse at the Wilkinson Home for Boys?
- Ralph Ferguson: Yes, I heard that there was.
- Danny Snyder: I'm not asking you what you heard. I'm asking what you saw.
- Ralph Ferguson: Yes, I saw.
- Danny Snyder: Did you and Sean Nokes ever force yourself on any of the boys? Did you and Sean Nokes ever rape any of the boys at the Wilkinson Home?
- Judge Weisman: Counselors, approach.
- [sidebar, to Michael]
- Judge Weisman: Counselor, what the hell is going on?
- Michael: Guess I called the wrong character witness.
- Ralph Ferguson: [weeping under cross examination] Sean Nokes had experiences with some boys.
- Danny Snyder: Were you there?
- Ralph Ferguson: Yes.
- Danny Snyder: Did you observe these experiences?
- Ralph Ferguson: Yes.
- Danny Snyder: Did you more than observe?
- Ralph Ferguson: I was drinking, and...
- Danny Snyder: Were there any other guards around during these experiences?
- Ralph Ferguson: Yes.
- Danny Snyder: With you and Mr. Nokes?
- Ralph Ferguson: Yes.
- Danny Snyder: [rhetorically] On more than one occasion.
- Ralph Ferguson: Yes. Yeah.
- Danny Snyder: Mr. Ferguson, do you still think that Sean Nokes was a good man?
- Ralph Ferguson: He was my friend!
- [breaks down sobbing]
- Danny Snyder: A friend who raped and abused boys he was paid to look after.
- [walks back to the defense table]
- Danny Snyder: I have no further questions.
- Ralph Ferguson: I want this to be over! I want this to be over.