The Confession
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Lance, Leonard
Lautenberg, Frank
Lawler, Bill
Lawrence, Brad
Leedes, Richard
Lesniak, Ray
death of Joe Suglia and
Levin, Susan Bass
Levinsohn, Paul
Librera, William
Lieberman, Joe
Littell, Bob
Lowy, Allen
Loya, Jennifer
Lynch, Deborah
Lynch, John
Lyons, Rev. Patrick
Maciolek, Gus
Mansue, Amy
Margolis, Jim
Massimino, Joe, Jr.
Matos, Dina. See McGreevey, Dina Matos (second wife)
Matthews, Chris
Maupin, Armistead
mayors
Mazza, Rocco
McAuliffe, Terry
McCabe, Kevin
McCarrick, Theodore, archbishop of Washington, DC
McCarron, Doug
McClure, Sandy
McCormac, Mac
McCormack, John
McEntee, Gerry
McGrath, Richard
McGreevey, Caroline (sister)
McGreevey, Dina Matos (second wife)
effect of JEM’s coming out on
JEM disclosing affair and homosexuality to
McGreevey, Jacqueline (daughter)
McGreevey, James E.
as altar boy
as assemblyman
at Boy Scout camp
breaking leg and
as campaigner
Catholic Church and
childhood of
college years of
at Catholic University of America
at Columbia University
coming out to Dina and
coming to terms with being gay
confronted by Dina and
divorce from Kari and
early conservative political views of
early friends of
early homosexual experiences of
early identity of
early political career of
early sexual encounters
elected governor
elected mayor of Woodbridge
elected representative to state assembly
elementary school and
as executive director of Parole Board
first confession of
first encounter with Golan Cipel
first job at Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office
first kiss with girl
first race for public office of
first run for governorship
first scandal of
fund raising and
Gay Pride Month and
gender identity and
at Georgetown Law School
as governor
accomplishments of
approval ratings
budget issues
as chief executive
development issues
education policies
environmental policies
executive order banning “pay-to-play” system
first budget of
gay domestic partnership initiative
Golan Cipel’s lawsuit
inauguration of
life after resignation speech
life in governor’s mansion
moving out of governor’s mansion
press relations
property taxes and
resignation speech of
stem-cell research initiative by
at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education
high school years of
job at Weiner Lesniak law firm
joining Democratic Party
on joining priesthood
law school years of
as legislative aide in Assembly Majority Office
living with shame
loneliness and
money and
parents and grandparents of
personal life of
politics and
position at Merck
press conference about affair and homosexuality
press relations and
reactions to coming out speech of
recovery process for
second run for governorship
September 11th and
shames of
smear campaigns against
stride of
telling parents of his homosexuality
treatment at The Meadows
trip to Israel
use of word “gay”
work ethic of
McGreevey, James Edward (uncle)
McGreevey, John Patrick “Jack” (father)
McGreevey, Kari Schutz (first wife)
McGreevey, Kim (cousin)
McGreevey, Michael “Mike” (grandfather)
McGreevey, Morag (daughter)
McGreevey, Sharon (sister)
McGreevey, Vernonica Smith “Ronnie” (mother)
as campaigner
McIntire, Rev. Carl
McKenna, Ed
McKeown, Nancy
McLaughlin, Cathy
Meadows, The (trauma and addiction recovery clinic)
Mellody, Pia
Menendez, Bob
Merck & Co.
Meuly, Caroline
Milk, Harvey
millionaire’s tax
Mixner, David
Morrone, Fred
Moses, Abba
Murphy, Marianne Espinosa
Murphy, Michael
Murphy, W. Michael, Jr.
Myers, John
Nathan, Andrew
National Rifle Association (NRA)
Neglia, Janet
New Jersey politics
balanced-budget clause and
boss system in
diners and
part-time legislature
patronage and
“pay-to-play” system
power of governor in
sex and
New Jersey State League of Municipalities conference
Noble, Elaine
Nolan, Sean
Noland, Kevin
Norcross, David
Norcross, George, III
Norcross, Phil
Olden, Charles Smith
O’Sullivan, Terry
Otlowski, George J.
Pallone, Frank
Palmisano, Carl
party chairman (bosses)
Pataki, George
patronage
Patten, Ed
“pay-to-play” system
Pedro, John
Pillets, Jeff
Pious, Richard
politics. See also New Jersey politics
inauthenticity in
winning and
property taxes
Pyne, Agnes
Pyne, Moses Taylor
Rabin, Yitzhak
Reagan, Ronald
Rebeck, Richard
Reilly, Cathy
resignation speech
Rice, Ron
Riley, Clint
Ringwood, Jim
Robert, Joe
Rockoff, Alan
Rodriquez, Idida
Rodriquez, Richard
Rogovsky, Julius
Rollins, Ed
Romero, Oscar, archbishop of El Salvador
Rorem, Ned
Rosa, Myra
Roxy (group leader at The Meadows)
Rubenstein, Howard
Ruff, Charles
Russo, John F.
Sabrin, Murray
Sadofski, Joseph
Saia, Timothy
Samson, David
Santiago, Joseph
Scalia, Antonin
Schilling, Warner
Schoen, Doug
Schrier, Jack
Schundler, Bret
Schutz, Agnes (mother-in-law)
Schutz, Kari. See McGreevey, Kari Schutz (first wife)
Scorza, William
Seidel, Mike
September 11th, 2001
Sevareid, Eric
shame
living with
Shapiro, Peter
Sheinkopf, Hank
Shuffler, Eric
Silvanus, Abba
Simon, Christine
Smith, Herbert (maternal grandfather)
Smith, Mary Theresa Brown (maternal grandmother)
Smith, Rev. Leslie
Sneck, Bill
Sobolewski, Michelle
Sommer, Bob
Spence, Gerry
stem-cell research initiative
Stravinsky, Igor
Suliga, Joe
death of
Sweeney, John
Sweeney, Stephen
Taffet, Gary
Taylor, Charles
Taylor, Telford
The Twelve Steps: A Spritual Journey (A Working Guide for Healing)
Thomas, Bill
Thomas, Regena
Thornberry, BJ
Tietjin, Kenneth
Tishman, Dan
Tittel, Jeff
Todd, Webster
Torricelli, Bob
Trabert, Dick
Treffinger, Jim
Twelve Steps
Twersky, David
Venezia, Deborah
Vitale, Joe
Watley, Rev. William
Wechsler, Nancy
Weinberg, Loretta
Weiner, Paul
West, Calvin
Whille, Tim
Whitman, Christine Todd
Wilentz, David T.
Will, George
Willis, Catherine
Willse, Jim
Wilson, Edmund
winning, politics and
Wnuck, Billy
Woodbridge, NJ
work ethics
Xanadu
Yolles, Stanley F.
Yontef, Robert
Zeiger, Shelley
About the Author
James E. McGreevey was the governor of New Jersey from January 2002 to November 2004. Born in Jersey City, he earned degrees from Columbia, Georgetown, and Harvard before serving three terms as the mayor of Woodbridge, New Jersey. After a narrow defeat in 1997, he was elected to the governor’s seat in 2001. He lives in Plainfield, New Jersey, with his partner, Mark O’Donnell, and daughter Jacqueline; his daughter Morag lives in British Columbia.
www.jamesemcgreevey.com
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Credits
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Copyright
Color insert credits: All photographs are courtesy of the author and the McGreevey family except the following: Photo 15, 19-26, 29: courtesy of the New Jersey State Archives; Photo 17: Mike Derer/AP Wide World Photos; Photo 27: Photo Haven/Getty Images, Photo 28: Daniel Hulshizer/AP Wide World Photos; Photo 30: courtesy of Kean University Archives.
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