Father Curran was censured by the Vatican after a seven-year investigation of his views on birth control, homosexuality, divorce and other issues.

A seven-year long investigation followed.

Mrs. Clinton, who is running for the Senate in New York, complained again that the seven-year investigation was a partisan-inspired waste of money.

The action came after a seven-year investigation of the priest and his views on birth control, divorce, homosexuality and other matters.

The counsels' expenditures ranged from under $100,000 to the nearly $50 million spent by Lawrence E. Walsh on the seven-year Iran-contra investigation.

The 237-page report is essentially the view of what happened from the perspective of Mr. Ray and the many prosecutors who conducted the seven-year investigation.

A seven-year investigation in New York showed that the Cali organization operated more than a half-dozen safe houses in the metropolitan area.

Other investigators worked for a contractor set up by the police as part of the seven-year investigation.

The seven-year investigation was officially closed on April 13, 2005.

After the company's bankruptcy on 23 June, the police undertook a seven-year investigation of the company.