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The Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester moves for an order enforcing an audit provision contained in a non-prosecution agreement (“agreement”) between the New Hampshire Attorney General (“Attorney General”) and the Diocese of Manchester (“Diocese”). The agreement was approved by this court on December 10, 2002. The Diocese invokes the authority of this court, pursuant to Section 8 of the agreement, to compel the Attorney General to commence and pay for an audit provided for in Section 4. After consideration of parties’ pleadings and the arguments advanced at hearing, the court rules as follows.