Jenky said Monday that an investigation around 1990 concluded that (his accusor) Burtchaell was guilty of engaging in sexual activities with male graduate students, a violation of his vows as a priest. Jenky was a religious superior of the Holy Cross Order at the time of the investigation and removal of Burtchaell. The bishop laughed at suggestions in the Observer piece that he and McBrien were friendly with Burtchaell. McBrien, Jenky said, is on the opposite end of the theological spectrum from Burtchaell. “To say they were friends strains credulity,” Jenky said.