[? 2000s Tendler] - Judaism. Women.
ABC 7,
http://abclocal. go.com/wabc/ story?section= local&id=395 2502# ,
By Nina Pineda, March 1, 2006
NEW YORK (WABC) -- There's a sex scandal at a local synagogue involving a rabbi allegedly offering and giving "sex therapy" to a congregant looking for a husband.
That rabbi -- from a prominent orthodox family -- is now forced from his job. But now, that rabbi is fighting back, saying he can't be fired.
It's happening at a temple in New Hempstead in Rockland County. Eyewitness News Reporter Nina Pineda has the story.
Nina Pineda: "Can you confirm anything that happened with the allegation against him?"
Rabbi: "No, nobody knows anything about it."
No one would talk about the scandal in which a growing list of women say Rabbi Mordechai Tendler used his position of power to sexually harass them in or in this case, engage in sex with those seeking counsel.
The rabbi's accused of telling a young woman seeking [a] husband, to have sex with him instead so her life would open up and men would come to her.
[Posted by Kathy Shaw at 08:24 PM]
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[1970s, ? 2000s Coonan] - RCC. Sex, violence, intimidation alleged. Women.
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, Mass., USA),
http://'. com/apps/pbcs. dll/article?AID= /20060301/ ALERT01/ 60301007 ,
By Gerard F. Russell, March 01, 2006
DUDLEY (MA) -- The pastor of St. John's Church in Worcester, who was placed on administrative leave in 2002, was arrested Tuesday and arraigned today on charges he assaulted his mother and sister at their Oxford home.
Rev. Joseph A. Coonan, 58, is charged with domestic assault and battery, assault and battery on a person over 65 years of age and one count of intimidating a witness.
A not guilty plea was entered on his behalf in the arraignment before Judge Neil G. Snider. He was released on a bail of $250 and personal recognizance. The case was continued to April 4 for a pretrial conference.
Rev. Coonan was removed from ministry at St. John's Church on Temple Street in August 2002 by then-Bishop Daniel P. Reilly after allegations of sexual misconduct from the 1970s surfaced.
Prior to his removal, 15 men from Oxford told state police that Rev. Coonan did inappropriate things with them when he was a teacher and counselor in Oxford, prior to his entering the seminary. He was a teacher at Oxford High School for eight years.
In 2003, the diocese asked Rev. Coonan to resign his position as pastor.
At the time, a spokesman for Rev. Coonan said the priest had hired a canon lawyer and planned to fight his removal "on canonical grounds."
According to an Oxford Police report filed with the Dudley District Court clerk's office, Rev. Coonan had been drinking at the time of the incident in an apartment he shared with his mother and sister at 3 Hope Avenue.
A police report on file in the court alleges Rev. Coonan attempted to choke his mother and pulled his sister's hair during a family argument.
- Roman Catholic Church (RCC).
[? < 2000-05 McCormack*] - Boys, 5th complaint in 2 weeks.
[? < 2000-06 Chicago Archdiocese] - Nun 'blew whistle' in 2000. RCC permitted police suspect to teach, preach. Hiding truth.
NBC 5,
UPDATED 3:18 pm, CST March 1, 2006
CHICAGO (IL) A Chicago Catholic priest has pleaded not guilty to charges that he sexually abused three boys.
Cook County State's Attorney's Office spokeswoman Marcy Jensen said the Rev. Daniel McCormack entered his plea during a brief court hearing Wednesday. She said he's scheduled to return to court for a status hearing on April 6.
McCormack is accused of four felony counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
- Anglican. Bishop Ross Davies announces.
The Advertiser,
By CRAIG BILDSTIEN, Mar 02, 06
AUSTRALIA -- NATIONAL rules governing the behaviour of priests and lay preachers - introduced by the Anglican Church following controversy over its handling of sexual abuse claims - are not working properly.
South Australian church leaders will develop their own uniform system of professional standards.
The head of the Murray Diocese, Bishop Ross Davies, told The Advertiser the new national protocols - which allow complaints to be investigated independently of the clergy - have produced "a minefield of legal problems".
[? 2000s Tendler] - Judaism. Women.
The Jewish Week,
Staff Report, ~ March 01, 2006
NEW YORK -- Rabbi Mordechai Tendler was suspended Sunday by the boards of his Rockland County synagogue as a result of longstanding allegations about his sexual behavior, but the rabbi has refused to leave.
According to several congregants, the board of directors and the board of trustees of Kehillat New Hempstead acted to cut off the rabbi's salary and prevent him from serving as their spiritual leader, apparently shaken by a lawsuit filed recently by a woman against the rabbi and the synagogue charging him with giving her "sexual therapy" to increase her chances of finding a husband. Some say that board members were shown physical evidence to bolster charges against the rabbi.
Rabbi Tendler has denied all wrongdoing and insisted that he is the victim of an effort to undermine his reputation, though he has refused to speak to the press.
One of the synagogue's six members of the board of trustees told The Jewish Week that Rabbi Tendler was "suspended indefinitely, until his innocence is proven in a court of law." The board member, who asked not to be named, said the rabbi has a life contract with the synagogue and that terminating it would be complicated.
Rabbi Tendler is seeking to take the synagogue to a bet din of his choosing, but the board member said the synagogue would not agree, believing the bet din would be biased in favor of the rabbi.
[Feely (Franciscan)] - RCC. Boy.
The Rock River Times,
By Melissa Wangall, Staff Writer and Brandon Reid, Assistant Editor, ~ March 01, 2006
ROCKFORD (IL) -- Alleging he was sexually abused when he was 14 by Father Theodore Feely, a Conventual Franciscan Friar of the Province of St. Bonaventure assigned to St. Anthony of Padua Church in Rockford in 1969, Rockford resident Donald Bondick filed suit against The Catholic Diocese of Rockford and The Conventual Franciscans Feb. 23.
The five-count lawsuit, filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, alleges "vicarious liability," "negligence," "fraud," "fraud (intentional non-disclosure)," and "negligent and/or intentional spoliation of evidence."
[? 2000s Tendler] - Judaism. Women.
Yahoo! News,
12:24 pm ET, Wednesday March 1, 2006
NEW HEMPSTEAD, New York State / PRNewswire / -- Rabbi Mordecai Tendler filed a Rabbinical Court complaint on February 27, 2006, seeking unspecified damages against several individuals associated with Kehillat New Hempstead. The suit alleges malicious interference with his contractual relations, violation of rabbinical rulings and libel.
The suit names Shlomo Pomerantz, attorney David Graubard, attorney Bruce Minsky, attorney Nathan Losman and Shelly Karben, mother of local assemblyman Ryan Karben, and others. It alleges in part that the defendants conspired to interfere with existing rabbinical rulings and illegally interfered with Rabbi Tendler's contractual relations.
The suit further charges that the defendants, with the intent of libeling Rabbi Tendler, conspired in, and contacted the New York Post and, upon information and belief, provided reporters with information as part of a conspiracy to destroy Rabbi Tendler's career, embarrass his family and injure the continued viability of Kehillat New Hempstead.
The suit will seek to prove that the group has acted in concert so as to force the congregation into bankruptcy with the intent of voiding Rabbi Tendler's contract.
- RCC.
[? < 2000-05 McCormack*] - Boys, 5th complaint in 2 weeks.
[? < 2000-06 Chicago Archdiocese] - Nun 'blew whistle' in 2000.
ABC 7,
March 1, 2006
CHICAGO (IL) -- A Roman Catholic priest charged with sexually abusing three young boys entered a not guilty plea at a court arraignment Wednesday morning.
Prosecutors say Daniel McCormack was molesting the children between 2001 and 2005 when he was working at Saint Agatha's on Chicago's West Side.
His arrest renewed criticism against the Chicago Archdiocese for their handling of priest sex abuse cases. Allegations of McCormack's abuse were brought to the church's attention months before he was charged.
- RCC.
[? < 2000-05 McCormack*] - Boys, 5th complaint in 2 weeks.
[? < 2000-06 Chicago Archdiocese] - Nun 'blew whistle' in 2000.
WBBM ,
Bernie Tafoya Reporting, ~ March 01, 2006
CHICAGO (IL), (WBBM Newsradio 780) -- On this Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, a couple of groups are encouraging Francis Cardinal George to do a better job of handling priest sex abuse cases.
WBBM's Bernie Tafoya reports Voice of the Faithful has sent a letter to the cardinal. The letter commends the cardinal for taking responsibility for the mishandling of the most recent priest predator case, the case of Fr. Daniel McCormack and for meeting with parishioners from McCormack's old parish, St. Agatha on the West Side.
But, the group says the cardinal has not done enough to protect children and may have been responsible for one or two more boys being abused by not taking Fr. McCormack out of ministry sooner than he did.
Voice of the Faithful spokeswoman Sandra Stilling-Seehausen says its almost criminal the way the cardinal mishandled the McCormack case.
[? 2000s Tendler] - Judaism. Women.
New York Post,
EXCLUSIVE, March 1, 2006
NEW YORK -- A prominent New York rabbi has been booted from his shul in the wake of a scandalous sex suit, The Post has learned.
Disgraced Rabbi Mordechai Tendler -- scion of one of the world's most prominent Modern Orthodox families -- was suspended late Sunday by the board of Kehillat New Hempstead, the Rockland County synagogue he founded.
Tendler, claiming a conspiracy to wreck his career and embarrass his family, refuses to acknowledge the suspension and has summoned 10 "insurgent" opponents to a special rabbinical court with the Union of Orthodox Rabbis.
The KNH board has reportedly also frozen Tendler out of a shul bank account -- a charge that Tendler also denies.
The stunning blow comes after a December lawsuit, first reported in The Post, by a former KNH member who alleges Tendler claimed to be the "Messiah" and gave her "sex therapy" to help her find a husband during counseling.
• The priest scandal . . .
- RCC.
[? < 2000-05 McCormack*] - Boys, 5th complaint in 2 weeks.
[? < 2000-06 Chicago Archdiocese] - Nun 'blew whistle' in 2000.
Chicago Sun-Times,
www.suntimes.com/output/sneed/cst-nws-sneed011.html ,
BY MICHAEL SNEED, SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST, March 1, 2006
CHICAGO (IL) -- Dateline: Ash Wednesday -- Watch for two groups of Catholics to get off their kneelers today and take a stand.
*First up: A group of Catholics from St. Francis Xavier Church in LaGrange are conducting a candlelight vigil "to call for a change in the way the Church handles priest sex abuse," said parishioner Lisa Krepps.
"We will petition the cardinal to appoint a lay council for review of all clergy molestation charges and to amend the [U. S. Conference of Bishops] charter so that there's a penalty for any supervisor who fails to remove a credibly accused priest," Krepps told Sneed.
The move is in response to Cardinal Francis George's decision not to follow the advice of his review board to remove the Rev. Daniel McCormack last October. McCormack was charged in January with multiple counts of abuse. [...]
Second up! "We are here. The people in the pews are coming forward for the safety of our children."
Thus wrote the local chapter of the powerful Voice of the Faithful, a lay Catholic watchdog group, in a letter to the cardinal demanding that all guidelines for monitoring and/or removing an accused priest and the criteria used in making such decisions be published on the archdiocese's Web site.
*Why? Revelations of the past week "appear to signal a return to the pre-Dallas pattern of protecting an alleged priest-perpetrator and the institution while endangering children," according to the letter. [...]
[1998-2004 Neathery ] - Baptist. 5 boys.
Fort Worth Star,
By MARTHA DELLER, STAR-' STAFF WRITER, ~ March 1, 2006
(This report contains explicit language.) FORT WORTH (TX) -- For most of his life, a teenager testified Tuesday, Larry Nuell Neathery was a "cool" guy who gave him toys and candy and played football and cowboys and Indians when the teen visited his father, who was Neathery's neighbor and a member of his west Fort Worth church.
But one day in November 2003, when the teenager was 12, he went with Neathery to his church office. Neathery asked the boy to sit on a chair and then massaged the boy's genitals through his clothing. He then told the boy to pull down his pants, the teen testified.
"I was kind of shocked and scared," the teen testified. "I just froze."
The boy, now 15, testified Tuesday at Neathery's trial on sexual assault charges involving five boys over six years.
[1960s Meiring] - RCC. Boy.
Toledo Blade,
By DAVID YONKE, BLADE RELIGION EDITOR, March 1, 2006
TOLEDO (OH) -- A former Toledoan living in Illinois filed a lawsuit yesterday claiming he was sexually abused as a minor by former Toledo Catholic priest Thomas Meiring in the 1960s.
Mr. Meiring, a licensed counselor and clinical supervisor known for his therapy work with transgendered people and youths with gender-identity problems, said yesterday he was "taken aback and astounded" by the allegations and would contact an attorney.
The 52-year-old purported victim filed the lawsuit in Lucas County Common Pleas Court under the name of John Doe. The case was assigned to Judge Charles Doneghy.
Jeff Anderson of St. Paul, Minn., one of John Doe's attorneys, said his client was molested "four or five times" by Mr. Meiring during retreats at St. Mary's Church and rectory in Sandusky.
[1970 Pock] - RCC. Alcohol too. Reported 30 years ago. Boy.
The Herald News,
By Ted Slowik, ~ March 1, 2006
JOLIET (IL)Thirty years ago, George Knotek told Joliet Diocese officials that he was sexually abused by a priest. But his abuser remained in ministry at parishes until 2002.
Knotek is the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday that seeks to force the diocese to release the names of all priests accused of sexually abusing children.
Knotek, 52, says the Rev. Donald Pock gave him alcohol and sexually abused him in 1970 at Divine Savior Church in Downers Grove.
Knotek said he was 16 when he approached the Roman Catholic priest for advice on entering the seminary. About five years later, Knotek said he met with Pock and the late Rev. Raymond Vonesh, an auxiliary bishop, to report the incident.
"(Pock) said: 'If this happened, I'm sorry. I don't remember it, but I do have a problem with drinking,'" Knotek said.
[Mons. Schneider; - NEW*] - RCC.
News-Leader,
~ March 1, 2006
MISSOURI -- Sexual misconduct.
It's both a painfully specific phrase and vague enough to leave lots of unanswered questions.
Monsignor Stephen Schneider, a Catholic priest who served the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau for 34 years, has been removed from his position after an investigation into an allegation of sexual misconduct. The priest will not be prosecuted because his actions violated church policy but did not break the law, said Recy Moore, a spokeswoman for the diocese.
Bishop John Leibrecht's handling of this matter shows the Catholic Church has improved its handling of sexual abuse allegations in the wake of the nationwide scandals that have wounded the church.
They have made it as easy as possible for abuse victims to come forward. The promise of anonymity is an important part of that.
[1970s Joliet Diocese] - RCC. Boy.
Chicago Sun-Times,
BY CATHLEEN FALSANI, Religion Reporter, March 1, 2006
ILLINOIS-- More than 35 years after he says a Roman Catholic priest molested him at a Downers Grove parish, a 52-year-old Minneapolis man has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Diocese of Joliet, saying its bishops "revictimized him" for decades.
Lawyers for George Knotek filed the class-action lawsuit in DuPage County Court in part to try to force Bishop Joseph Imesch, head of the Joliet diocese, to disclose the names of all priests accused of sexually abusing minors.
The lawsuit, which does not seek monetary damages, also asks that the diocese turn over all documents regarding clergy molestation of children for court supervision so the documents cannot be destroyed, hidden or "misplaced."
In late January, the same attorneys filed a similar class-action lawsuit against the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
• Woman says priest story not retracted
[1970-80s Tu (Dominican)*] - RCC. 6 females.
Fort Worth Star,
www.dfw.com/ mld/dfw/news/ 13988979.htm , By DARREN BARBEE, ~ March 1, 2006
FORT WORTH (TX) -- An Arlington woman said Tuesday that she, her sister and her family never backed away from sexual misconduct accusations against a former Arlington priest.
Roman Catholic officials have said that the woman's family confirmed there was no "sexual abuse" involving the Rev. Joseph Tu Ngoc Nguyen.
Based on a separate allegation, Tu was suspended Sunday from his duties at the Houston parish where he has served since 1994, officials said.
Tu has been temporarily removed and is presumed innocent, a spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston said. Tu, who declined comment Tuesday, has been accused by three girls and three women of sexual misconduct in the 1970s and '80s.
It was the second suspension for Tu, a member of the Dominican Order.
The first came in 1993, after the Arlington woman told Fort Worth diocese officials about incidents that she said happened when she was 7 or 8 years old, in the late 1970s.
The woman, who asked not to be identified, said Tu took her and her sister into his office, closed the door, held them both closely and repeatedly kissed them.
[1970s Shorty; 1983-90 Roy] - RCC. Defrocked.
Portland Press Herald,
By TREVOR MAXWELL, March 1, 2006
MAINE -- Patty Castonguay thought stress had pushed the Rev. John Shorty out of the priesthood when he left St. Mary's Church in Augusta.
Like many others in the parish, Castonguay never heard about the allegations against the well-liked priest.
She never knew that Shorty's sabbatical in 1994 was actually a forced removal from the ministry, or that he later received therapy for abuse of a minor, dating back to the late 1970s.
"About four years after he left Augusta, I heard that he had left the priesthood, but we did not know why," Castonguay said of Shorty, who ministered at her sister's wedding. "I assumed it was the stress from renovating the church. I loved him. I thought he was a great priest."
Castonguay was shocked to hear Tuesday that Shorty, 58, was one of two Maine priests permanently removed from the priesthood by the Vatican. The other is 57-year-old Christian E. Roy, who served in six towns between 1975 and 1991.
[1983-90 Roy, 1976-81 Shorty; Audibert] - RCC. 2 lose pensions. Children.
Portland Press Herald,
By GREGORY D. KESICH, March 1, 2006
MAINE -- The Vatican has imposed its strictest penalty against two Roman Catholic priests from Maine who had been accused of sexually abusing children, Bishop Richard Malone of Portland announced Tuesday.
Christian E. Roy, 57, and John Shorty, 58, were permanently relieved of the rights and duties of priesthood, includdg wearing clerical clothing, using the title "Father" or carrying out any religious functions. They also lost the right to any pension or health benefits they would have earned.
Roy served parishes in Lewiston and Rockland from 1983 to 1990, when the abuse allegedly occurred. Shorty is accused of abuse from 1976 through 1981, when he was in Caribou and Portland.
A third priest, the Rev. John Audibert, 65, was permanently removed from ministry by Pope Benedict XVI, Malone said. He is still a priest, but cannot function as one or have unsupervised contact with children. He will retain his health and pension benefits.
[Posted by Kathy Shaw at 06:34 AM]
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• Former pastor sentenced in molestation case
[~ 1991-2000 Domelle] - "Baptist Temple". 2 girls.
Monterey County Herald,
www.monterey herald.com/ mld/monterey herald/news/ 14000845.htm ,
By VIRGINIA HENNESSEY, ~ March 02, 2006
SALINAS (CA) -- The former pastor of a Salinas Church was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison Thursday for molesting two of his young congregation members.
Donald Domelle, 65, apologized to his victims, his family and the Baptist Temple of Salinas before being led away in handcuffs. He will not be eligible to apply for parole for 15 years.
During Thursday's sentencing before Judge Russell Scott, Prosecutor Gary Thelander read an emotional letter from the mother of one of Domelle's victims. Like several of his church members Domelle had served in the role of grandfather to the developmentally delayed girl. According to Thelander, he began molesting the girl when she was 9 and initiated a sexual relationship with her when she was 13.
"I trusted him," said the mother, "and didn't realize that the one person who I needed to protect my children from was the one person who I believed was helping me protect them from others just like him."
[Posted by Kathy Shaw at 02:50 PM]
[? 2000s Tendler] - Judaism. Women.
The Journal News,
By SULAIMAN BEG AND STEVE LIEBERMAN, sbeg@lohud.com , ~ March 02, 2006
NEW HEMPSTEAD (NY) -- A New Hempstead synagogue's attempt to suspend its controversial rabbi is being challenged in one of the country's oldest rabbinical courts, according to documents obtained yesterday by The Journal News.
Board members of Kehillat New Hempstead voted Sunday to suspend Rabbi Mordechai Tendler, the target of a civil lawsuit concerning allegations that he had sex with a woman who had sought marital advice.
Tendler has denied charges of sexual harassment and having sex with the woman.
Tendler, scion of a prominent Orthodox Jewish family and a founder of the synagogue, filed legal action Monday against the synagogue board with the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, which was established in 1901.
The legal action claims the board lacks the legal authority to suspend him as rabbi.
[2006 Singini] - RCC. Married woman.
Nation Online,
by Edwin Nyirongo, March 02, 2006
MALAWI -- A man who is accusing a Catholic priest, Father Michael Singini, of having sex with his wife on Wednesday disowned the summons that was read at the Rumphi Magistrate Court saying it did not reflect what he had told the court clerk.
The summons which was read in court said the complainant, Winrichi Chinula, found the defendant in a bedroom during the night and that he (Chinula) wanted compensation.
Chinula claimed that he told the court clerk that he found the Catholic priest committing adultery in a bedroom and wanted compensation.
[2005 McGrath and another] - RCC. Girl.
Belfast Telegraph,
By Linda McKee, March 02, 2006
NORTHERN IRELAND -- A priest from Northern Ireland was due to appear in court today charged with indecently assaulting and facilitating the rape of a 12-year-old girl.
He will appear alongside another Ulsterman who is accused of abducting and raping the girl.
Father Jeremiah McGrath (62), of The Parochial House, Church Road, Rosslea, Co Fermanagh, allegedly committed the offences in Merseyside and Blackpool between May and November last year.
He was arrested when he voluntarily presented himself at Enniskillen Police Station in December, after being contacted by his superior while he was in America.
McGrath was taken to Liverpool for questioning and later charged in connection with the allegations. The priest, who has been suspended by the Church, was expected to deny the charges when he appears before Liverpool Crown Court.
[Emphasis added.]
[1970s Nunan -NEW*] - RCC. Boy.
Daily Freeman,
By Mary Fairchild, Mar/02/2006
CAIRO (NY) -- A Roman Catholic priest who is the pastor at Sacred Heart Parish in Cairo and Our Lady of Knock Mission in East Durham has taken a leave of absence amid allegations that he sexually abused a male child some 30 years ago, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany announced on Wednesday.
The Rev. Jeremiah Nunan denies the allegations against him and took the leave voluntarily, according to a prepared statement from the diocese. Nunan's parishioners were told about his leave during Masses on Saturday and Sunday, the diocese said.
Diocese spokesman Ken Goldfarb said the complaint of sexual misconduct against Nunan has been referred to the Independent Mediation Assistance Program for investigation. The IMAP was created in 2004 by the Albany diocese to look into allegations of abuse against young people by current or former priests or deacons in the diocese.
[1970-80s Tu (Dominican)*] - RCC. 6 females.
The Dallas Morning News,
By BROOKS EGERTON / Thursday, March 2, 2006
TEXAS -- Four members of a North Texas family told a judge Wednesday that Catholic Church representatives had misinformed him and the public about the church's response to clergy-abuse allegations.
In sworn written statements, two sisters and their parents disputed assertions that the Dominican religious order investigated allegations against the Rev. Joseph Tu long ago and cleared him of sexually abusing the women when they were girls. The Dominicans, the relatives wrote, have never even contacted them.
The two sisters, who are now in their late 30s, and their parents urged Tarrant County state District Judge Len Wade to unseal Father Tu's personnel file, which is the subject of a legal fight between Catholic officials and the region's two major daily newspapers.
"I want the record to be accurate and for Judge Wade to have the complete picture of Father Tu's recurrent misconduct, and of its cover-up by his employers and superiors," one sister's affidavit says.
- RCC.
Albany Times Union,
By CAROL DeMARE, Thursday, March 2, 2006
NEW YORK -- Dennis Poust of the New York State Catholic Conference took issue with comments last week in LawBeat by Mark Furnish of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests [SNAP].
The state Court of Appeals held that the statute of limitations could be used as a defense by Roman Catholic dioceses against attempts by victims of clergy sexual abuse to bring civil claims long after the abuse occurred.
The cases before the high court were from Utica and Brooklyn, but the ruling applied statewide and Furnish said it "effectively closed the courthouse doors" on victims and the only hope was for state lawmakers to provide relief by removing limitations statues.
As co-founder of the regional chapter of SNAP and a member of its national board, Furnish is lobbying the Legislature for legislation similar to bills passed in California and Connecticut.
[1998-2004 Neathery ] - Baptist. 5 boys.
Fort Worth Star,
By MARTHA DELLER, ~ March 02, 2006
FORT WORTH (TX) -- He's barely 13 and slightly built, but on the witness stand Wednesday, he mesmerized a Tarrant County courtroom with his account of how his grandfather, former Baptist preacher Larry Nuell Neathery, sexually assaulted him for years.
Neathery, 56, is on trial on charges involving five boys, including three of his grandsons. The verdict may hinge on whether jurors believe his young accusers or his attorneys' contentions that the boys have falsely accused the former pastor of Westside Victory Baptist Church.
Neathery's grandson acknowledged that he didn't want to talk about the sex acts that the man he called "Pops" forced him to participate in "too many times" to count, starting when he was 5 or 6.
Led by prosecutor Mitch Poe, he quietly detailed for more than three hours how Neathery initially fondled him outside his clothing. Sometimes the abuse occurred in Neathery's locked church office, he said. Other times, it took place in his grandfather's River Oaks home.
[? 2004-06 Osborne* (Marianist)]- RCC. Boy.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
by Robbi Courtaway, Of the Suburban Journals, Kirkwood-Webster Journal, March/01/2006
ST. LOUIS (MO) -- As normal daily activities proceed at St. John Vianney High School, allegations of sexual abuse against the Rev. Robert Osborne hang in the shadows.
At a basketball game Feb. 24 between Vianney and Lindbergh High School, for instance, a Lindbergh student made a crack about the school's president, who has temporarily stepped down in the wake of a "John Doe" lawsuit filed against him Feb. 21.
"There was no retaliation from our side," school senior Jeremy Kuppinger said. "I know there weren't any problems."
Kuppinger described Osborne as an outgoing administrator who says hello to students in the halls.
"He's a really nice guy, and he's really smart," Kuppinger said. "He's always giving us new vocabulary words to look up."
A majority at the school believes Osborne is not guilty of the suit's charges that he "sexually, physically and emotionally" abused a student, said John Brightman, a senior at the school.
[2005 McGrath and another] - RCC. Girl.
U.TV,
~ March 02, 2006
NORTHERN IRELAND -- A Catholic priest will appear in court today charged with indecently assaulting and facilitating the rape of a 12-year-old girl.
Father Jeremiah McGrath, a 62-year-old parish priest in Rosslea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, allegedly committed the offences in England between May and November last year.
[1970s, ? 2000s Coonan] - RCC. Sex, violence, intimidation alleged.
Herald-Tribune,
The Associated Press, March 02, 2006
DUDLEY, Mass. -- The suspended pastor of a Worcester church, who was placed on administrative leave after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced, has been charged with assaulting his mother and sister at the Oxford home the three share.
The Rev. Joseph A. Coonan, 58, is charged with domestic assault and battery, assault and battery on a person over 65 years of age, and one count of intimidating a witness, according to court documents.
An innocent plea was entered on his behalf at his arraignment in Dudley District Court on Wednesday. He was released on bail of $250 and personal recognizance. He is due back in court April 4 for a pretrial conference.
Rev. Coonan was removed from ministry at St. John's Roman Catholic Church in August 2002 by former Worcester Diocese Bishop Daniel P. Reilly after some men came forward with allegations of inappropriate contact in the 1970s.
[1983-90 Roy] - RCC. Unfrocked. Minors.
The Courier-Gazette,
March 01, 2006
PORTLAND, Maine -- A priest who served Roman Catholic churches, including five years at St. Bernard in Rockland, has been removed from his religious position by the Vatican for sexual abuse of minors.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland announced Tuesday that 57-year-old Christian E. Roy has been dismissed from the clerical state and is therefore permanently released from both the rights and obligations of the priesthood. Roy is the first Maine priest to be laicized, or removed from the priesthood.
In 1986, Roy became pastor of the St. Bernard Parish in Rockland and in 1991 he was pastor of St. Francis of Assisi in Belfast. He also served as chaplain of the Maine State Prison and at parishes in Augusta, Biddeford, Sanford and Lewiston. During his tenure, Roy also served as the chaplain of the St. Thomas School in Sanford and the chaplain of the Catholic Committee on Scouting.
In 1993, Roy was accused of abuse of a minor dating from 1983 to 1990. At that time, he was on personal leave from active ministry and once the report was received he was never allowed to function again as a priest, according to a news release from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland. Two other complaints were received after his removal.
[1990s Khul, Price] - RCC. Boy.
TheWBALChannel.com ,
~ March 02, 2006
BALTIMORE (MD) -- Two Catholic school teachers have been accused of sexually abusing a male student at Our Lady of Pompei High School in Baltimore more than a decade ago.
A spokesman for the Archdiocese of Baltimore said teachers Thom Khul and Eric Price have denied the allegations. They were brought forward last month by the former student, who said he was abused over a two-year period in the early to mid-1990s.
Kuhl is now a deacon at Our Lady of Pompeii Church in Highlandtown and a religion teacher at Towson Catholic High School. Price is a teacher at Archbishop Borders School in Highlandtown.
Both have been suspended from their duties while the archdiocese investigates the claim. Neither man had been accused of sexual abuse before.
[2006 Muzzarelli] - Baptist. Boy.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
By Leah Thorsen, Mar/01/2006
GRANITE CITY (IL) -- An associate pastor at Mount Zion General Baptist Church fondled a boy who spent the night at his home, police said.
Madison County prosecutors on Wednesday charged Anthony Muzzarelli, 27, of Granite City, with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Authorities say the incidents occurred over the weekend.
The boy, 13, and Muzzarelli knew each other through Muzzarelli's position at the church, where he was a music director and also had administrative duties, police said.
[2006 Muzzarelli] - Baptist. Boy.
Belleville News-Democrat,
BY BRIAN BRUEGGEMANN, ~ March 02, 2006
GRANITE CITY (IL) -- An associate pastor at a Granite City church was charged Wednesday with sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy who spent the night at his home.
Anthony K. Muzzarelli, 27, of Granite City, is accused of fondling the boy on Saturday night. Granite City Police Major Jeff Connor said the boy and Muzzarelli are acquainted through Muzzarelli's position at Mount Zion Baptist Church.
Connor said the boy told his parents about the fondling after he got home from the sleep-over. The parents went to police on Saturday morning.
"The boy told his parents. We got involved and started an investigation," Connor said. "He was taken into custody Tuesday evening."
Police said the boy was not at Muzzarelli's home for a church event. The 13-year-old boy was the only person spending the night, Connor said.
[1985-87 Rabideau] - RCC. While seminarian. 3 boys.
ABC 12,
By Terry Camp, Mid Michigan, Mar/01/06
BAY CITY (MI) Disturbing testimony came out of a molestation case in Bay City Wednesday. The accused is a former Catholic priest. His accusers are three brothers who are also members of his family.
It was last month when 44-year-old John Rabideau, a former priest, was arrested in Columbia and brought back to Bay City. Wednesday, he was in court to face charges that were initially filed in 1998.
Rabideau, a Midland native, was a seminarian in the Catholic Church when the alleged abuse took place back in 1985 and 1987.
Wednesday, a courtroom was full of family and friends. The accusers are all children of Rabideau's sister. We are not identifying the accusers. The first to take the stand talked about the summer of 1985.
- RCC.
Rocky Mountain News,
By Jean Torkelson, March 2, 2006
COLORADO -- A sex-abuse bill in the legislature was endorsed Wednesday by Colorado's three Catholic bishops.
HB 1088 gained their approval after Rep. Rosemary Marshall, D-Denver, axed a provision that lengthened the statute of limitations for filing civil cases against sexual predators of children and their nonprofit or church employers.
That provision drew passionate testimony in early February from those who argued that it would bring justice to sex offenders. Others said it targeted the Catholic Church.
[2006 Chicago and Boston Archdioceses] - RCC.
Chicago Sun-Times,
BY MICHAEL SNEED, March 2, 2006
CHICAGO (IL) -- The Chicago Archdiocese isn't the only U.S. Catholic entity on the hot seat these days.
Boston, where the clergy abuse scandal broke, is back in the news again.
*To wit: Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly dispatched a letter criticizing the failure of the Boston Archdiocese to devise a system tracking abusive priests. Reilly claims the diocese still hasn't implemented key reforms promised three years ago as part of the diocese's plan to guard against the sexual abuse of children by priests.
[1970-80s Tu (Dominican)*] - RCC. 6 females.
Fort Worth Star,
By DARREN BARBEE, ~ March 2, 2006
FORT WORTH (TX) -- The attorney for a former Arlington priest made "bald faced claims" when he told a judge that two sisters who accused the priest of sexual misconduct wanted the matter to remain private, according to documents filed in state district court Wednesday.
More questions were also raised on Wednesday about the church investigation into the allegations the sisters made decades ago that the Rev. Joseph Tu Ngoc Nguyen inappropriately kissed them. In the court documents, the family challenged courtroom statements made last week by Tu's attorney, H. Allen Pennington Jr. of Fort Worth. Pennington said "these ladies do not want their names in the press or in the courtroom," or to be involved in the case.
Pennington made his remarks while urging state District Judge Len Wade to keep closed the Fort Worth Diocese files concerning Tu. The files were sealed as part of another case, and Wade is deciding how to handle Tu's files.
But the sisters and their parents said that no one in the family had spoken to Pennington, according to the documents filed Wednesday. The documents name the family, but the Star-' is not identifying them because of the nature of the case.
- RCC.
[? < 2000-05 McCormack*] - Boys, 5th complaint in 2 weeks.
[? < 2000-06 Chicago Archdiocese] - Nun 'blew whistle' in 2000.
Chicago Tribune,
By Manya A. Brachear, Tribune staff reporter, (Freelance writer Joseph Ruzich contributed to this report), March 2, 2006
CHICAGO (IL) -- A psychologist chosen by America's Roman Catholic bishops to address them about the clergy sex-abuse crisis when it erupted four years ago sent a scathing letter to Cardinal Francis George this week, suggesting he might be considered "an accessory to soul murder" for letting Rev. Daniel McCormack remain in ministry after being accused of abuse.
Mary Gail Frawley-O'Dea, who spoke at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in Dallas in June 2002, suggested in a letter that George remove his pectoral cross for Lent, which began Wednesday, and replace it with a faux millstone.
"Jesus was so clear--anyone who harmed a child should tie a millstone around his neck and drown himself in the sea," she wrote. "Lake Michigan is rather chilly at this time of year. Surely, however, you could choose symbolically to embrace the Gospel instructions."
"The revelations of the past week ... appear to signal a return to the pre-Dallas pattern of protecting an alleged priest-perpetrator and the institution while endangering children," the letter said. "Only complete openness and transparency can restore your credibility and our confidence."
- RCC.
[? < 2000-05 McCormack*] - Boys, 5th complaint in 2 weeks.
[? < 2000-06 Chicago Archdiocese] - Nun 'blew whistle' in 2000.
Chicago Tribune,
By Jeff Coen, March 2, 2006
CHICAGO (IL) -- A Chicago priest accused of molesting three boys at St. Agatha Catholic Church on the West Side has pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
Rev. Daniel McCormack entered and left the Criminal Courts Building through a swarm of television news cameras Wednesday.
McCormack spent just a few minutes before Cook County Circuit Judge Thomas Sumner as his lawyer entered the plea.
Defense attorney Patrick Reardon told the judge McCormack would plead not guilty in each of the cases. McCormack was arrested Jan. 21 and charged with abusing one boy between September 2001 and January 2005, and another in 2003.
[Posted by Kathy Shaw at 06:09 AM]
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Thu March 02, 2006
Abuse Chronology:
http://www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/ethics/ethcont122.htm
For good teachings to be heeded, a big clean-up is needed. #### Clergy Sex AbuseTracker,
www.ncrnews.org/abuse,
Fri March 03, 2006 edition:
[2000s, 2005 "Bishop" Hornbuckle] - Agape Christian Fellowship. Breached a $US 3.62 m bail bond.
Fort Worth Star,
By CAREN M. PENLAND, SPECIAL TO THE STAR-', ~ March 03, 2006
FORT WORTH (TX) -- In another twist involving drug and sexual assault charges against Bishop Terry Hornbuckle, bail for the Arlington church leader was revoked Friday morning after Hornbuckle violated conditions of his release, court officials said.
It was the sixth time Hornbuckle has been arrested since last March.
Hornbuckle, the founder and leader of Agape Christian Fellowship, posted a $3.62 million bail bond Thursday morning, officials said. He was released from Tarrant County Jail early Friday morning, but was back in jail before noon.
Authorities said a probation officer escorted Hornbuckle to the county's probation department to place an electronic monitoring device on him -- a condition of his release.
Officers ordered Hornbuckle to "stay put" while they completed some paperwork, but he left the building, said Charlotte Crow, an associate clerk for state District Judge Scott Wisch, who is scheduled to preside over Hornbuckle's trial. The case is on the 372nd court's docket for Monday, she said.
"He left without permission before his debriefing and before his electronic leash was installed," Crow said. "So the judge decided to revoke his bond."
[Posted by Kathy Shaw at 08:26 PM]
[2001-05 Nagata, a.k.a. Kin] - Sect unnamed. 7 girls.
Mainichi,
March 03, 2006
JAPAN -- All the prayers in the world were not going to help the religious pastor who called himself Paolo Nagata when the Kyoto District Court handed down its verdict against him, according to Shukan Gendai (3/11).
"These crimes stand alone in the annals of sex crime for their extreme maliciousness," Presiding Judge Takeshi Uegaki said as he convicted Nagata of seven counts of rape and ordered him to serve 20 years in jail.
Nagata, better known by his real name of Tamotsu Kin, was found guilty of repeatedly violating girls at various times starting from around March 2001 until his arrest last year.
"He used his position as leader of his church to tell the girls they would go to Hell if they did not do as he told them, then forced himself upon them. All the seven girls he raped were virgins and at least one of them was still in elementary school," a reporter for a national newspaper tells Shukan Gendai. "He did not say a word of apology to the victims throughout his trial, so it was only natural that he was sent away for as long as prosecutors wanted him behind bars."
[2006 Chakarunoye] - Living Word Gospel Mission. Teenage girl.
Nigerian Tribune,
March 03, 2006
NIGERIA -- A 'pastor' is being remanded in prison custody at Agbor, Delta State, for allegedly raping a teenager.
The 'pastor', one Emmanuel Chakarunoye, of Living Word Gospel Mission, Umunede, was incarcerated on the orders of an Agbor Chief Magistrates' Court for having unlawful sexual intercourse with the 17-year-old girl.
Nigerian Tribune gathered that the girl (name withheld) was sent on an errand to the cleric, who was her former 'pastor', in the evening of February 17, at Emuhu near Agbor when the incident took place.
[2004 Somnath] - Jungle worship place. Prison, fine. Girl.
Chandigarh Newsline,
Express News Service, February 17, 2006
PANCHKULA, India -- ADDITIONAL District and Session Judge Sneh Prashar today sentenced Somnath, a resident of Bhaisa Tibba, Mansa Devi Complex, to five years' imprisonment and charged him with a Rs 12,000 fine in an attempt to rape case.
Somnath, a priest at Gugga Marhi (a religious place) in Bhaisa Tibba, tried to rape a minor girl, who is a resident of MDC, on June 27, 2004, in the forest area near the complex. The girl and her mother Basant Kaur were regular visitors to the place.
According to the complaint, on June 27, Somanth had told the victim's mother that her prayers would be answered if she performed a special puja and that the prayer could only be held in the forest.
[1979-87 Carroll (Benedictine)] - RCC. 11 boys.
Times & Star,
Published on Mar/03/2006
UNITED KINGDOM -- FORMER Workington priest Gregory Carroll, jailed last year for the abuse of boys, may face new charges.
A file has been passed to the Crown Prosecution Service after a former Workington man came forward in January and claimed Carroll had abused him in the town when he was between eight and 10 years old.
Carroll was at Our Lady and St Michael's RC Church in the town between 1987 and 2001.
Carroll was convicted of abusing boys at Ampleforth School in Yorkshire in the late 1970s.
Cumbria police have interviewed the man, who now lives in the Home Counties, and Carroll.
[2005 McGrath and another] - RCC. Girl.
Glasgow Daily Record,
~ March 03, 2006
UNITED KINGDOM -- A CATHOLIC priest appeared in court yesterday charged with indecently assaulting and facilitating the rape of a 12-year-old girl.
Father Jeremiah McGrath, 62, allegedly committed the offences in the north-west of England between May and November last year.
McGrath, a priest in Rosslea, County Fermanagh, was due to enter pleas at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday but the hearing was adjourned until March 27.
• Charity shouldn't extend to assisting in illegal behavior
[2006 Cardinal Mahony] - RCC. Break the law call from pulpit.
Gwinnett Daily Post,
www.gwinnettdailypost.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=36&url_article_id=12378&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2 ;
by Bill O'Reilly, ~ March 03, 2006
LOS ANGELES (CA) -- As an American of Irish descent, Roman Catholicism has been in my family for hundreds of years. I respect the church because I've seen firsthand the good that it can do. Worldwide, no organization does more for the poor and downtrodden than Catholic Charities, in my opinion.
Thus, it was no surprise when Cardinal Roger Mahony spoke from his pulpit in Los Angeles on Ash Wednesday and urged compassion for immigrants. Surely, people seeking a better life in the U.S. legally should get help from the Christian community. But the cardinal's message turned out to include illegal immigrants as well, and then came the crusher: Mahony said he will order his priests not to obey a proposed new federal law that cracks down on people aiding "undocumented aliens." ...
It is somewhat unfair to bring this up, but I must in the interest of full disclosure. Mahony was not proactive in protecting children from predator priests in his diocese. In fact, many believe Mahony is a villain in the matter; stonewalling authorities and not holding some criminal priests accountable.
There is no common ground between the issues of predator priests and illegal aliens, except respect for the law. Urging his priests to violate a proposed new federal immigration law, after handling the priest scandal poorly, puts Mahony in a tough spot both morally and legally.
[COMMENT: Now we can see why the law against child sex seduction has been broken for decades, probably centuries. This chap doesn't know his own religion!
COMMENT ENDS.]
[GUIDELINES: Regarding whether religion is expected to co-operate with the civil power in keeping laws, click: Non-marital, Page 5, or look up the Bible, Romans 13:3-4.
Regarding a balanced view about illegal and legal refugees and immigrants, click: Religion / Religion Chronology # Refugees, or look up Deuteronomy 32:8 and The Acts of the Apostles 17:26.
END.]
- RCC damned if she suspends, and damned if she doesn't!
RTE News
08:54, March 03, 2006
NORTHERN IRELAND -- Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman has criticised Catholic Church authorities for removing priests from their parishes after they have been accused of child sexual abuse.
Nuala O'Loan was speaking at a conference on justice in Croke Park in Dublin organised by the hierarchy.
Ms O'Loan said that in many cases priests against whom no evidence had been found were not allowed to return to their normal lives.
However, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said that serious concerns sometimes continued to surround the accused even though they had not been found guilty of criminal behaviour.
- RCC Rev. Robert Altier's "voice in the desert" muted.
Pioneer Press,
BY STEVE SCOTT, ~ March 03, 2006
ST. PAUL (MN) -- The homilies and presentations of a St. Paul priest can no longer be published on his Web site or broadcast on a Catholic radio network by request of the archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis, according to the priest's Web site.
The Rev. Robert Altier of St. Agnes Church posted a message Thursday that said: "In obedient compliance with the expressed written request of Most Reverend Harry J. Flynn … Father Altier's homilies and spiritual presentations can no longer be published on www.desertvoice.org or broadcast on Relevant Radio."
The archdiocese had no comment about the decision, and Altier could not be reached for comment Thursday.
Altier is a prominent voice in conservative Catholic circles and operates a Web site called A Voice in the Desert. He has spoken out against a sex-abuse prevention program being taught throughout the archdiocese, including to schoolchildren. Such programs were mandated in all dioceses by U.S. bishops as part of their response to the clergy abuse crisis. [...]
Relevant Radio is at 1330-AM in the Twin Cities.
[? 2000s clergyman] - Orthodox. Women.
Cyprus Mail,
~ March 04, 2006
CYPRUS -- A PRIEST has been suspended from his ecclesiastical duties after several women levied charges against him for 'behaving outside of his duties', according to yesterday's Phileleftheros.
After receiving allegations of the misconduct by the priest, the police then forwarded the allegations in writing to the head of the Holy Synod and the active head of the Cyprus Church, Paphos Bishop Chrysostomos. The Paphos Bishop then temporarily withdrew the priest from his duties so that the case could be investigated.
The Bishop of Paphos told the Cyprus Mail yesterday that he could not comment on the case as they had just begun investigating the allegations.
• Bishop Posts $3.62M Bond, Minutes Later Is Rearrested
[2000s, 2005 "Bishop" Hornbuckle] - Agape Christian Fellowship. Breached a $US 3.62 m bail bond.
NBC5i ,
www.nbc5i. com/news/765 4462/detail.html ,
UPDATED 3:55 pm CST, March 3, 2006
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The leader of the Agape Christian Fellowship Church in Arlington spent a brief moment out of the Tarrant County Jail Friday morning before he was rearrested after allegedly leaving without permission.
Bishop Terry Hornbuckle posted a $3.62 million bond Friday and minutes later was rearrested on a violation of bond condition for leaving the probation department prior to a debriefing and without installing an electronic monitor.
He left and returned, and the judge wasn't aware that he had returned until after his bond was revoked.
Hornbuckle was originally arrested after he failed a drug test and posted bail Thursday.
Hornbuckle told NBC 5 Friday morning that he is anxious to get home to his children.
[2000s, 2005 "Bishop" Hornbuckle] - Agape Christian Fellowship. Breached a $US 3.62 m bail bond.
The Dallas Morning News,
By DEBRA DENNIS / 4:21 PM CST, Friday, March 3, 2006
FORT WORTH (TX) -- Embattled Arlington minister Terry Hornbuckle was out of jail for two hours Friday before a judge ordered him re-arrested for failing to stay in custody long enough to get fitted with an electronic monitoring device.
Mr. Hornbuckle, 44, pastor of the Agape Christian Fellowship Church, had posted a $3.62 million bond on Thursday. He was released to the custody of adult probation officers early Friday.
State District Judge Scott Wisch, who is overseeing the minister's trial on drug and sexual abuse charges, issued an arrest warrant before Mr. Hornbuckle could leave downtown, officials said.
According to court documents, Mr. Hornbuckle left the custody of the Community Supervision and Corrections Division without permission and before his debriefing was completed.
[~ 1991-2000 Domelle] - "Baptist Temple". Life imprisonment. 2 girls.
CBS 5,
11:30 PST, Mar/03/06
SALINAS (CA), (BCN) -- A Salinas pastor who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and child molestation of two girls, including his daughter, was sentenced to life in prison Thursday in a Monterey County Superior Court room.
Donald Domelle, 65, admitted in January to forcing a developmentally disabled girl to perform oral sex. He also engaged in "substantial sexual conduct" with his daughter while she was under the age of 14, the Monterey County district attorney reported.
Domelle sexually assaulted his daughter from the age of 10 until she was 19, according to the district attorney. When the daughter spoke of her abuse to others, she was sent to a school in Texas and didn't report her abuse until Dec. 28, 2005, the district attorney reported. She is now 25 years old.
[1998-2004 Neathery ] - Baptist. 5 boys.
Fort Worth Star,
By MARTHA DELLER, March 3, 2006
FORT WORTH (TX) -- For nearly two hours Wednesday, former Baptist preacher Larry Nuell Neathery repeatedly and emphatically denied sexually abusing five boys, accusing each of his young accusers of lying about multiple allegations during his felony trial in Tarrant County Criminal District Court No. 4.
"I promise to God, and I'll put my hand on the Bible," Neathery said, "I did not touch those children or any children in my entire life. To me, it's one of the most heinous crimes a person could do."
Neathery later said a convicted child molester should be put to death, which is not an option in Texas. He could face up to life in prison if convicted of aggravated sexual assault. He also is charged with indecency with a child and sexual performance of a child, which carry lesser prison terms, but is eligible for probation.
Under questioning by his attorney, Leon Haley, the 56-year-old former pastor of Westside Victory Baptist Church, specifically denied committing a variety of sexual acts with each victim, including three of his grandsons and two neighbors. The boys ranged in age from 5 to 14 when the alleged acts occurred between 1998 and 2004.
[~ 1991-2000 Domelle] - "Baptist Temple". Life sentence. 2 girls.
The Mercury News,
Bay City News Service, ~ March 3, 2006
SALINAS (CA) -- A Salinas pastor who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and child molestation of two girls, including his daughter, was sentenced to life in prison Thursday in a Monterey County Superior Court room.
Donald Domelle, 65, admitted in January to forcing a developmentally disabled girl to perform oral sex. He also engaged in "substantial sexual conduct" with his daughter while she was under the age of 14, the Monterey County district attorney reported.
Domelle sexually assaulted his daughter from the age of 10 until she was 19, according to the district attorney. When the daughter spoke of her abuse to others, she was sent to a school in Texas and didn't report her abuse until Dec. 28, 2005, the district attorney reported. She is now 25 years old.
[Mullins, Ross] - RCC. Nine cases now. 3 more boys.
CBS 2,
~ March 3, 2006
JOLIET, Ill., (STNG) -- The Diocese of Joliet was hit with three more lawsuits Thursday, all filed by men alleging they were sexually abused by priests when they were altar boys and students at the Cathedral of St. Raymond. Two of the men allege they were molested by the Rev. Larry Mullins, and the third cites sexual abuse by the Rev. Anthony J. Ross.
The claims bring the number of lawsuits pending against the diocese to at least nine, including one class-action. Each of the new lawsuits seeks more than $50,000 in damages.
One of the new plaintiffs, George Fehrenbacher, alleges Mullins' abuse included an incident at his family's home. The lawsuit stated the parents had asked Mullins there to talk to another son, Christopher, who has also filed a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by Mullins.
[? 1990s Borski] - RCC. Sacred Heart-Griffin. Child.
Springfield Journal-Register,
By CHRIS DETTRO, Friday, March 03, 2006
ILLINOIS -- Former Lanphier High School baseball coach and security guard Jeffrey A. Borski was charged in Sangamon County Thursday with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and two counts of indecent solicitation of a child.
Borski, 36, has arranged through his attorney to surrender to authorities, said Sangamon County State's Attorney John Schmidt. His bond has been set at $50,000, and a date for his first court appearance will be set later, Schmidt said. ...
He also was an assistant baseball coach for three years at Lanphier before being named head coach. He served as an assistant coach at Sacred Heart-Griffin from 1996-98.
- RCC. Rev. Kenneth Lasch speaking out still.
[Hanley] - Past: Sex abuse.
Observer-Tribune,
Mar/02/2006
PATERSON (NJ) -- The diocese of Paterson, including Bishop Arthur Serratelli along with the pastor of St. Joseph Church in Mendham, are systematically trying to discredit and ostracize the Rev. Kenneth Lasch.
Lasch was the pastor for 20 years at St. Joseph Church until he retired two years ago.
There were certainly no tears shed in the diocesan offices when Lasch stepped down.
That's because the priest was among the most vocal supporters of people who had been sexually victimized by priests.
Lasch was instrumental in forming the Survivors Network for people Abused by Priests (SNAP), the nationwide support group for victims of clerical sexual assault.
In large part, Lasch became so involved with the support group because one of his predecessors at St. Joseph Church, former pastor Robert Hanley, was found to have been a notorious sexual abuser. Though he is no longer active with St. Joseph, Lasch has not stopped talking.
In fact, he is as vocal as ever in calling for transparency in the church when it comes to exposing priests who commit sexual offenses.
[2000s, 2005 "Bishop" Hornbuckle] - Agape Christian Fellowship. $US 3.62 m bail bond.
Fort Worth Star,
By CAREN M. PENLAND, ~ March 03, 2006
FORT WORTH (TX) -- Bishop Terry Hornbuckle, leader of the Agape Christian Fellowship in Arlington, is almost out of jail again -- the latest development in a series of arrests related to sexual assault and drug charges pending against him.
He posted $3.62 million bail today through the Orville Person Bail Bond Service company at 11:15 a.m. and is expected to be released from the Tarrant County jail early Friday, a jail sergeant said.
"The bonds have to be processed, and we'll let him go early tomorrow to be released into probation," said Sgt. Don Kraul, who works in the county jail's bond office.
Hornbuckle's attorney, Michael Heiskell, could not immediately be reached for comment.
A clerk at the bond service company declined to give his name or elaborate on who paid the company to post Hornbuckle's bail, except to say that staff members had dealt solely with Heiskell.
Hornbuckle, 43, has been arrested three times on drug violations since March 11, when he was indicted on four of the six sexual assault charges and drug possession charges against him. His most recent arrest was Dec. 29 at his Grapevine home after he failed a drug test.
- ? Judaism.
The Awareness Center,
By Vicki Polin, MA, LCPC, Michael J. Salamon, Ph.D., FICPP, and Na'ama Yehuda, MSC, SLP, TSHH ; ~ March 03, 2006
UNITED STATES -- One topic rarely discussed by survivors of childhood sexual abuse is the issue of going through adulthood without a family. This very difficult reality is one that many survivors feel ashamed of.
There are many reasons why an adult survivor might not have contact with their family of origin. Some grew up in foster-care or were adopted into other families. Others lived with their families during their childhood, but as adults they felt the need to create a separation in order to heal. In other situations survivors may have been cut off by their families following disclosures and/or confrontations. Regardless of the way in which the separation occurred, many Jewish survivors end up feeling alone and confused. Many may not have anyone close enough to turn to, or are too embarrassed to speak about their feelings. This can be especially trying during times of need.
Adult survivors are often overwhelmed by a sense of shame when discussions of Shabbat, Holidays, or plans for other celebrations come up. Younger adults may feel that everyone but them goes "home" for the holidays, and often struggle with feeling inferior to those who have homes to go to. Going home might not be an option for these survivors, either because of potential risk to their personal, emotional, and physical safety, or because they have been disowned by family members and are no longer welcome in their parents, siblings, or other relatives' homes.
[? 2000s Tendler] - Judaism. Women.
Forward,
By Rukhl Schaechter, March 3, 2006
NEW YORK -- Rabbi Mordecai Tendler, who was expelled from the Rabbinical Council of America last year after an internal investigation into allegations of sexual harassment, has been suspended by his congregation in Monsey, N.Y.
According to a letter sent to congregants by the leadership of Kehillat New Hempstead, the synagogue's board of directors spent the past several months attempting to tackle issues that had been plaguing the synagogue since Tendler's removal from the RCA. Tendler has denied the sexual harassment allegations repeatedly.
- "RCC" board unanimous for same-sex couple adoptions!
Los Angeles Times,
By Elizabeth Mehren, March 3, 2006
BOSTON (MA) -- In the latest sign that the Catholic Church is losing its once-powerful hold on this city, seven board members have abruptly resigned from Boston's leading Catholic philanthropy.
The departure of the Catholic Charities board members -- all influential leaders in the city's business and media communities -- followed a policy disagreement with the church over adoptions by same-sex couples. In December, the full 42-member board had unanimously voted support for same-sex adoptions.
The confrontation comes on the heels of an unrelated rebuke of the Boston Archdiocese by the state attorney general's office. Alice Moore, head of Atty. Gen. Tom Reilly's Public Protection Bureau, faulted church leaders for failing to implement changes promised in the aftermath of the clerical sexual abuse scandal.
Both developments, said a historian of Roman Catholicism, Thomas H. O'Connor, signal the diminishing influence of an institution that for generations held a tight grip on this heavily Catholic region. O'Connor said the shift began with the unfolding of the sexual abuse crisis here four years ago, producing a steady erosion in the credibility of the church's leadership.
[SCRIPTURE: Well, for an allegedly Christian board to vote unanimously to support adoption by same-sex couples would seem impossible, but it is obvious that the much-vaunted Catholic school system in the USA has not turned out people who know the New Testament, or at least, standard RC teachings.
What do you think? Click: Religion / Same-sex.
[SCRIPTURE:
It is your fault that the name of God is held in contempt among the pagan nations. (New Testament, Romans 2:24) Jesus replied: If you were blind, you would not be guilty, but since you say, 'We can see,' Your guilt remains. (John 9:41)
(See more at Non-marital, page 4)
ENDS.]
[1998-2004 Neathery ] - Baptist. 5 boys.
Fort Worth Star,
By MARTHA DELLER, ~ March 03, 2006
FORT WORTH (TX) -- Former Baptist pastor Larry Nuell Neathery plans to take the witness stand today to challenge the graphic testimony of five boys who have accused him of sexually assaulting them in his home and church.
Prosecutors rested their case Thursday after calling 10 witnesses to support multicount indictments accusing the 56-year-old Fort Worth man of molesting five boys from 5 to 14 years old between 1998 and 2004.
If convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison on felony charges that include aggravated sexual assault, indecency with a child and sexual performance of a child. He is also eligible for probation.
With the prosecutors' agreement, Judge Mike Thomas acquitted Neathery of one count each involving two boys but denied a defense motion to dismiss the remainder of the charges.
- RCC.
The Tidings,
By Rev. Thomas J. Reese, SJ, Second of two parts; 15th in a series, Myths About the Church, ~ March 03, 2006
UNITED STATES -- Myth: The abuse is a result of the seminary training after the Second Vatican Council (1963-65). Fact: Almost 70 percent of the abusive priests were ordained before 1970, after attending pre-Vatican II seminaries or seminaries that had had little time to adapt to the reforms of Vatican II.
Myth: This problem is unique to the Catholic Church: Fact: The John Jay report notes that in the period 1992-2000, the number of substantiated sexual abuse cases in American society as a whole has been between 89,355 and 149,800 annually. At a minimum, this number for one year is eight times the total number of alleged abuses in the church over a period of 52 years.
Myth: The abuse is still going on at the same rate. Fact: The number of alleged abuses increased in the 1960's, peaked in the 70's, declined in the 80's and by the 90's had returned to the levels of the 1950's.
[COMMENT: The last-quoted claiming the seduction is not "still going on at the same rate" tells us a lot! It's the rate he's cavilling at! The Churches that are supposed to be "without spot or wrinkle, ... holy and without blemish" (Ephesians 5:27) should not have seduction going on AT ALL!
There is no way of knowing if the sex crimes are continuing at the same rate, unless all the criminals come out into the open, and confess publicly as one or two original scriptures suggest. No, logic and the study of statistics on secret crime would show you that DISCLOSURES and DISCOVERIES are about all that can be measured, IF they are reported to competent and interested authorities.
The figures and their resultant graphs for the current years will have to be revised, upwards, because unknown names are coming to the surface now, some of current crimes, some years old. However, some of these sex seduction crimes will never be learnt by the public, or even by the secretive people pretending to be Jesus followers in various sects, because some
victims-survivors preserve their right to be silent.
COMMENT ENDS.]
[1970s Nunan*] - RCC. Boy.
Daily Freeman,
By Ariel Zangla, Mar/03/2006
CAIRO (NY) -- Parishioners at Sacred Heart Parish came to the defense of the Rev. Jeremiah Nunan on Thursday, praising the priest's work and saying they did not believe an allegation that he sexually abused a male child 30 years ago.
Nunan, the pastor at Sacred Heart and at Our Lady of Knock Mission in East Durham, took a voluntary leave of absence from public ministry after the allegation was made. A prepared statement from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany on Wednesday said Nunan denies any wrongdoing.
"He's a great person," said Sacred Heart parishioner Patricia Steinhauer. "He's very well-loved."
Steinhauer said some parishioners cried when Nunan announced his leave of absence during Masses last weekend.
"We all can't wait for him to come back," she said.
- RCC's Rev. Tom Doyle to speak -- on Episcopal premises.
Arizona Daily Star,
By Stephanie Innes, Mar.03.2006
TUCSON (Arizona ) -- The Dominican priest who authored a now-famous warning during the 1980s that the U.S. Catholic Church would face a crisis surrounding the sexual abuse of children by priests will be in Tucson for a public talk this weekend.
The Rev. Thomas P. Doyle, once a canon lawyer for the Vatican Embassy in Washington, D.C., in 1985 authored a confidential report on the church's sex-abuse problem. The report resurfaced in 2002 amid a national crisis over priests sexually abusing children.
Doyle will talk about "What the Clergy Abuse Phenomenon Is Trying to Tell Us" at St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, 602 N. Wilmot Road, near East Fifth Street, on Saturday.
"He was a whistle-blower who was marginalized and he's now the No. 1 advocate for victims and survivors of sexual abuse by clergy," said Frank Douglas of the local chapter of Voice of the Faithful, which is sponsoring the talk.
Voice of the Faithful is a national lay Catholic group that formed in the wake of the national sex-abuse crisis that erupted in the Archdiocese of Boston in 2002.
[Mullins, Ross] - RCC. Nine cases now. 3 more boys.
Daily Southtown,
By Ted Slowik, Friday, March 3, 2006
JOLIET (IL) -- The Diocese of Joliet was hit with three more lawsuits Thursday, all filed by men alleging they were sexually abused by priests when they were altar boys and students at the Cathedral of St. Raymond.
Two of the men allege they were molested by the Rev. Larry Mullins, and the third cites sexual abuse by the Rev. Anthony J. Ross.
This brings the number of lawsuits pending against the diocese to at least nine, including one class-action. At least three other lawsuits were dismissed on statute of limitations grounds before an appellate court ruled that decades-old allegations of abuse could continue when victims didn't fully understand the harm caused until later in life.
One of the three new plaintiffs, George Fehrenbacher, alleges Mullins' abuse included an incident at his family's home. The lawsuit said the parents had asked Mullins there to talk to another son, Christopher, who previously has filed a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by Mullins.
[Posted by Kathy Shaw at 06:09 AM]
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www.ncrnews.org/abuse ,
Fri March 03, 2006
Abuse Chronology:
http://www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/ethics/ethcont122.htm
For good teachings to be heeded, a big clean-up is needed. #### Clergy Sex AbuseTracker,
www.ncrnews.org/abuse,
Sat March 04, 2006 edition:
• Booted clerics regroup
- RCC.
[Society of St John] - Re-forms overseas.
[Ciudad del Este Diocese] - Supposedly hosts rejected group.
The Times-Tribune,
www.thetimes- tribune.com/site/ news.cfm?newsid= 16239878&BRD= 2185&PAG= 461&dept_id= 415898&rfi=6 ;
BY CHRIS BIRK, March/04/2006
SCRANTON (PA) -- The controversial Society of St. John, shut down by the Diocese of Scranton last year, claims to be back in the good graces of a Catholic diocese.
Good enough, in fact, to set up shop as an official organization.
A letter on the group's Web site claims the society has been approved as a public association of the faithful in the Diocese of Ciudad del Este in Paraguay. Bishop Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano, who presides over the diocese's more than 500,000 Catholics, is credited with establishing a spot for the society.
"We are now, once again, officially approved by the church and can operate in an official capacity on behalf of the church," the letter, written by Brother Anthony Myers, reads in part. "The good bishop has a great love for the traditional liturgy, and thinks that the Society of St. John will be a happy influence in his diocese."
Efforts to reach representatives of the diocese in Paraguay and the Society of St. John were unsuccessful.
[Posted by Kathy Shaw at 08:38 PM]
[Emphasis added]
[35 yrs Matron Martin] - Anglicans. Children.
The Sunday Mail,
by Paul Weston, Mar 05, 06
AUSTRALIA -- THIS is the face of the matron who flogged helpless young orphans at a notorious former children's home.
More than 50 years after it was taken, this photograph of Matron Martin still strikes terror in the orphans now suing the Anglican Church in what their lawyers believe could become Australia's biggest child abuse case.
One of those orphans, former Gold Coast photographer Richard "Tommy" Campion, 58, told The Sunday Mail: "She is the most evil and frightening person I've ever met in my life. ...
I've spoken to more than 90 former orphans. The abuse spanned 35 years," Mr Harrison said.
"Apart from the allegations of sexual and psychological assault, we have been told of beatings with pony whips and double leather straps, branches of trees which the children had to select themselves, broom handles and electric cords.
"Most of the assaults were in front of other kids. If the assault was going to be a particularly bad one, the kids were made to sit outside the room and hear the screams.
[~ 1980s Ross] - RCC. Boy.
Chicago Tribune,
By Manya A. Brachear, March 4, 2006
JOLIET (IL) The store-bought valentine was manufactured "For a special boy."
The personal message, penned by Rev. Anthony Ross, was intended for a 17-year-old parishioner he had fondled and molested, according to a lawsuit.
"This was so cute, You were the first special little guy I thought of. With lots of love, Fr. Ross."
That greeting card, a package of bodybuilding shorts and letters requesting nude photographs were mailed in 1983 from a California facility for priests who sexually abused minors, according to one of three lawsuits filed last week in Will County against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet and Bishop Joseph Imesch.
The lawsuits disclose even more sordid details of sexual misconduct in the Joliet diocese by clergy transferred by Imesch to other parishes or different dioceses across the country.
• Priest Assaulted 'Vulnerable' Women
[2002-04 Paterson (Carmelite)] - RCC. Woman.
The Press and Journal,
www.thisis northscotland. co.uk/display Node.jsp?node Id=149235&command= displayContent& sourceNode=149218 &contentPK=1412 0262&moduleName= InternalSearch& formname= sidebarsearch ;
March 03, 2006
SCOTLAND -- A Monk who was convicted of sexually assaulting a "vulnerable" woman in an Aberdeen chaplaincy is to be sentenced later this month.
Father Mark Paterson, a Carmelite friar, was found guilty in January after a lengthy trial at the city's sheriff court and has been placed on the sex offenders register.
The assault happened while Paterson was a chaplain at Aberdeen University. Paterson, 47, was found guilty of indecently assaulting the woman in the Aberdeen University chaplaincy over a period of almost two years. [...]
It happened between August 19, 2002, and May 11, 2004, at the chaplaincy in the High Street, Old Aberdeen. Paterson is to be sentenced on March 17. #
[2006] - Shinto. Video camera. Females.
Mainichi,
March 04, 2006
KOBE, Japan -- A Shinto priest from the prominent Nagata Shrine faces charges after he installed a secret video camera in a changing room used by shrine maidens, police said.
Officers from Nagata Police Station are preparing to send to prosecutors documents accusing the 30-year-old Shintoist of breaking the Minor Offenses Law.
The man, whose name has not been disclosed, has already lost his priest's job and has largely admitted to the allegations against him.
Nagata Shrine Chief Priest Masakatsu Fujiwara said the man's actions were "not behavior befitting a Shinto priest."
Shrine officials said a cleaning lady discovered the camera set up in an otherwise empty locker on the afternoon of Feb. 14.
[~ 2005-06 Atangana] - RCC. Touching, sexual harassment, stalking.
The Monitor,
by James Osborne, March 04,2006
SAN JUAN (TX) -- A woman has named the Catholic Diocese of Brownsville in a lawsuit, in which she essentially accuses a priest of sexual harassment and stalking her.
Amy Garcia, who had been working at the San Juan Pastoral Center, says in her lawsuit that her supervisor, the Rev. Edouard Atangana, touched her inappropriately, conducted surveillance on her home, called her after hours and interfered in her "personal and social life."
Garcia originally brought her allegations to the diocese Jan. 13. The diocese conducted an internal investigation but could not substantiate Garcia's claims, according to a statement the diocese issued Thursday.
Garcia has since been transferred to another office, diocese spokeswoman Brenda Nettles-Riojas said.
- RCC Rev. Robert Altier's "voice in the desert" muted.
Duluth News Tribune,
ASSOCIATED PRESS, ~ March 04, 2006
ST. PAUL (MN) -- The archbishop of Minneapolis and St. Paul has ordered a prominent conservative priest to stop publishing his homilies on the Web and broadcasting them on Catholic radio.
The Rev. Robert Altier of St. Agnes Church has spoken against a sex-abuse prevention program taught throughout the archdiocese, including to schoolchildren.
Such programs were required by U.S. bishops in response to cases of clergy abuse, but some critics have said they are too explicit for children and infringe on parents' role in teaching their kids about sex.
[1980s Rabideau] - RCC. 3 boys.
The Detroit News,
Associated Press, March 04, 2006
BAY CITY, Mich.-- A judge has ruled there is sufficient evidence to try a recently captured Catholic priest accused of having sexual conduct with three boys.
John Steven Rabideau, 44, has been charged with one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.
He was initially charged with six counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. Prosecutors later added four more counts, based on the testimony of the victims, who were between the ages of 6 and 14 when the alleged incidents occurred in Bay County's Williams Township in the mid-1980s.
Each second-degree charge has a maximum penalty of 15 years.
[1980s Ross] - RCC. Lewd letters while being 'treated'. Altar boy.
Daily Herald,
By Marni Pyke, Posted Saturday, March 04, 2006
JOLIET (IL) -- While undergoing psychological treatment, a former Joliet diocese priest kept up a lewd correspondence with a boy he'd previously molested, a lawsuit claims.
The court action is among several filed this week against the besieged Joliet diocese, which has been under fire for withholding information about priest misconduct.
One case involves former priest Anthony Ross, who served at the Cathedral of St. Raymond in Joliet.
The lawsuit submitted Thursday claims Ross sexually abused a young altar boy at the cathedral during the early 1980s. The misconduct continued even after Ross was sent to California for treatment for pedophilia in 1982, attorneys said.
- RCC.
The Denver Post,
~ March 04, 2006
COLORADO -- Colorado's three Catholic bishops on Friday endorsed legislation that would allow criminal charges against perpetrators of child sexual abuse regardless of when the alleged actions took place.
The church initially opposed House Bill 1088 because it also lifted the statute of limitations for civil lawsuits involving child sexual abuse.
[1998 two men] - Baptist. Girls.
WQAD,
~ March 04, 2006
WHEATON, Ill. -- Two former employees of a suburban Chicago church are accused of engaging in sexual activity with underage girls.
DuPage County prosecutors say one of the men was a youth pastor at Marquette Manor Baptist Church in Downers Grove.
Edward Greene now lives in North Carolina. He was indicted today on criminal sexual assault charges.
Prosecutors say he engaged in sex acts with an underage, female parishioner in 1998.
The other man was a coach at Marquette Manor.
[2000s, 2005 "Bishop" Hornbuckle] - Agape Christian Fellowship. Breached a $US 3.62 m bail bond.
The Dallas Morning News,
By DEBRA DENNIS / Saturday, March 4, 2006
FORT WORTH (TX) -- Embattled Arlington minister Terry Hornbuckle was out of jail for two hours Friday before a judge ordered him rearrested for failing to stay in custody long enough to get fitted with an electronic monitoring device.
Mr. Hornbuckle, 44, pastor of the Agape Christian Fellowship Church, had posted a $3.62 million bond on Thursday. He was released to the custody of adult probation officers early Friday.
State District Judge Scott Wisch, who is overseeing the minister's trial on drug and sexual abuse charges, issued an arrest warrant before Mr. Hornbuckle could leave downtown, officials said.
According to court documents, Mr. Hornbuckle left the custody of the Community Supervision and Corrections Division without permission and before his debriefing was completed.
"We don't know what happened," said Terry Grisham, spokesman for the Tarrant County sheriff's office.
"All we can be sure of is he booked out of jail at 8:42," Mr. Grisham said. "I don't recall a situation where someone's been bonded out of jail and rearrested before they leave the downtown campus area."
[? 2000s Puga, Greene] - Baptist. Young females.
The Beacon News,
By Matt Hanley, ~ March 04, 2006
WHEATON (IL) -- The DuPage County State's Attorney's Office Friday announced sexual assault charges against two former employees of a Downers Grove church, including an Aurora man who had worked as an athletic coach.
According to the indictment, Joe Puga, 33, of Aurora, engaged in sexual activity with an underage female who was a student at the Marquette Manor Baptist Church from November 2001 to May 2002. The age of the victim was not released.
Puga was charged with criminal sexual assault as well as aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a felony that carries a penalty of three to seven years in prison.
As of late Friday, Puga had not been arrested, although the state's attorney's office would not elaborate on his status.
A former youth pastor at the church, Edward Greene, 35, now of North Carolina, also was charged Friday with three counts of felony criminal sexual assault, and faces four to 15 years in prison, the state's attorney's office said.
Greene has not been arrested at this point, a spokesman for the office said.
[? 2000s Puga, Greene] - Baptist. Young females.
Chicago Tribune,
March 4, 2006
DOWNERS GROVE (IL) -- Two former employees of the Marquette Manor Baptist Church and school in Downers Grove were indicted for allegedly sexually assaulting underage girls, DuPage County prosecutors said Friday.
Former youth pastor Edward E. Greene, 35, of North Carolina was charged with three counts of criminal sexual assault; and former coach John Puga, 33, of Aurora was charge with one count of criminal sexual assault and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
[1998-2004 Neathery ] - Baptist. 5 boys.
Fort Worth Star,
By MARTHA DELLER, ~ March 04, 2006
FORT WORTH (TX) -- After a Tarrant County jury had heard three days of graphic testimony from his accusers, former Baptist pastor Larry Nuell Neathery took the stand Friday, repeatedly denying the sexual-abuse charges against him and suggesting reasons why each of five boys would falsely implicate him.
"I promise to God, and I'll put my hand on the Bible," Neathery said, "I did not touch those children or any children in my entire life."
Convicted child molesters should be executed for such heinous crimes, he said.
In Texas, the death sentence is not an option in such cases. If convicted, Neathery could be sentenced to life in prison, the maximum penalty for aggravated sexual assault. He is also charged with indecency with a child and sexual performance of a child, which carry maximum 20-year prison terms on conviction. He will also be eligible for probation if convicted.
Case by case, the 56-year-old former pastor of Westside Victory Baptist Church denied committing sexual acts with boys ages 5 to 14 between 1998 and 2004, the time frame of the charges.
[~ 1980s Ross] - RCC. Boy.
Morris Daily Herald,
By Jo Ann Hustis, ~ March 04, 2006
JOLIET (IL) -- A special process server was to serve the Joliet Diocese today in connection with a pedophile lawsuit filed Thursday in Will County Circuit Court.
Attorney Michael Bolos said both Bishop Joseph Imesch and the diocese will be served with separate copies of the complaint.
He said the bishop and diocese have 30 days to answer the complaint. A hearing on the complaint will be conducted in about six weeks, Bolos said.
Bolos identified the plaintiff in the complaint as Adam Doe, a fictitious name.
He said the lawsuit claims -- in response to reports of inappropriate sexual conduct between The Rev. Anthony J. Ross and one or more boys -- that Ross was transferred from the Cathedral of St. Raymond in Joliet to a parish in Itasca, and then to a facility in California, which provided psychological therapy for pedophile priests.
- RCC.
Providence Journal,
March 04, 2006
PROVIDENCE (RI) -- Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) of Greater Providence will present a talk on "The Sexual Abuse Scandal in
