BOSTON -- Cardinal Bernard Law was deposed Wednesday in the case of accused priest the Rev. Paul Shanley.

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NewsCenter 5's David Boeri said that the parents of one of Shanley's alleged victims were there to witness the questions and answers.

Law left the deposition in an un-marked sedan, behind tinted windows after undergoing five hours of deposition. He is slated for two or more days of questioning.

Boston Archdiocese spokesman the Rev. Christopher Coyne said that the deposition went well.

"He welcomed the opportunity to explain past policies and actions as well as an opportunity to clarify what he did, and why he did it," Coyne said.

But the parents of one alleged victim had a different view.

"I think he was very long-winded on a lot of questions. I think he tried to avoid a lot of questions at the beginning and then when we started talking about Mississippi, he was really taken off guard. I don't think he was expecting any of this. He at one point referred to our attorney saying, "I can see what you are doing. You are trying to build a case,'" Rodney Ford, an alleged victim's father, said.

"It confirmed today that the pattern of abuse and reappointing priests and reassigning them, even after knowing the facts, goes back to as early as the 1970s," Paula Ford, an alleged victim's mother, said.

The lawyers for both sides agreed not to reveal specifics about the deposition.

Coyne said that Law accepts responsibility, an assertion that is in dispute.

"He delegated decisions and the carrying out of policy, but policy making was always handled at his administrative level," Coyne said.

"When Cardinal Law was climbing the ladder of success to where he's gotten, he blamed everyone above him. When he got to the top of the ladder, he blamed everyone below him," Rodney Ford said.

According to Rodney Ford, the question was raised about allegations of sexual misconduct involving priests in other dioceses that Law led before coming to Boston -- allegations and accusations that Law may not have dealt with.

It is expected that priests from those diocese will also be deposed, Boeri said.