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!!!: [Doyle let priest who had sex with parishioner handle complaints made against priests! Admits publicly lied. Fears plot against his job!] [Doyle, Marists, Green] -- RCC.

   The Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania, "Doyle fears plot on job," www.themercury. news.com.au/common/ story_page/0,5936, 7773795%255E921, 00.html , By Ellen Whinnett, Chief Reporter, November 5, 2003
   HOBART, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA: Archbishop Adrian Doyle believes there is a campaign in the Tasmanian Catholic community to have him removed. The Archbishop spoke out yesterday as more problems emerged with the way the church has handled complaints of sexual misconduct against its clergy.
   In the latest developments: Archbishop Doyle confirmed for the first time that a high-ranking priest had admitted having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a female parishioner. Despite the confession, the priest was allowed to spend another five years on the committee that advised the church on how to handle complaints made against priests.
   Police confirmed they were investigating an allegation that a priest had sexually abused a young male student at Marist Regional College in Burnie more than 30 years ago. The Marist Fathers, a separately administered branch of the Catholic Church, was aware of complaints made to them about inappropriate behaviour at Marist College in the 1970s when it was a boys-only boarding school. [continues]

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Series starts: www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/ethicscontents.htm Visit www.ncrnews.org/abuse    The latest revelations come after a torrid week for Archbishop Doyle, in which he has admitted mishandling complaints made against another senior priest, Philip Green.
   Archbishop Doyle said he would not resign and that he had been inundated with letters of support from the community. He had replied to more than 100 letters so far and still had a folder of correspondence from members of the community supporting him. The second most senior Catholic in Tasmania, Vicar-General Father Peter Nicholls, issued a letter yesterday advising that the church's Council of Priests had met on Tuesday, October 28, and unanimously expressed its confidence in the archbishop.
   Despite this support, Archbishop Doyle said there was a campaign for him to resign. He said the people urging him to go were not taking into account the fact that he and the priests at the centre of the complaints were human and made mistakes. "There is a bit of a view around, I think, that priests are not allowed to make mistakes or be human," Archbishop Doyle said. "There are people out there promoting my departure. But if I go, the issues would still have to be worked through. I am in as good a position as anyone to see these issues through."
   Archbishop Doyle spoke publicly for the first time about a priest who admitted having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a female parishioner and was allowed to remain on the professional standards committee, which advises on how to deal with complaints against clergy. He said he became aware of the situation when the woman phoned a church abuse hotline in 1998.
   He then held the position of Coadjutor Archbishop and approached the priest about the complaints. "He agreed it had happened but he was also at pains to say he believed it was a consensual adult relationship," Archbishop Doyle said. "But it was not the kind of behaviour we want going on." The priest had told him the actions weighed heavily on his mind and he had felt guilty about it, seeking spiritual advice and guidance.
   Archbishop Doyle confirmed he allowed the priest to retain his position on the committee until January this year, when he decided to remove him -- a move he should have taken five years earlier. "It should have happened then [in 1998]," the Archbishop said. "It's clear that I shouldn't have let it go on as it did."
   He said he had not removed the priest from the committee because it would have seemed a particularly harsh punishment for something the priest had already admitted to, and sought guidance for. But he now realised it was "inappropriate for people on the committee to give advice when something had happened in their own lives".
   The Archbishop has already admitted he failed to act quickly enough when complaints were made against Monsignor Green and allowed him to continue in active ministry for five months after he admitted abusing a boy.
   He has also acknowledged making a public statement that no other complaints had been made against Monsignor Green when he already knew he had admitted sexually abusing another boy.
   Burnie CIB detectives confirmed they were investigating allegations that a Marist father had sexually abused a young male student at Marist College in Burnie in the early 1970s.
   Sergeant Kim Steven said police would meet the Director of Public Prosecutions this week to see what direction the inquiry should take. [Emphasis added.]
(By courtesy of: Broken Rites, Australia, and Poynter Abuse Tracker, USA) [November 5, 2003]
• Besieged Tasmanian archbishop speaks out. HOBART: -- Catholic News, www.cathnews.com/ news/311/18.php , Nov 5 03
########## Poynteronline Abuse Tracker, www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=46, Wednesday, November 5, 2003 edition follows:-
• Archdiocese Investigation. CINCINNATI (OH): Laure Quinlivan brings you a three-part series on how the Cincinnati Archdiocese handled recent allegations of past abuse. Part I (http://wcpo.com/wcpo/localshows/iteam/11032003.html) | Part II (http://wcpo.com/wcpo/localshows/iteam/11042003.html) 9News Anchor, on set: "Parents and priests claim they reported former Elder principal Father Tom Kuhn to church leaders, long before he was indicted. They claim the archdiocese didn't listen." 9News Anchor, on set: I-Team reporter Laure Quinlivan is here with the exclusive. Laure, the archbishop is refusing to turn over priest personnel records to the Hamilton County prosecutors, isn't that right? I-Team Reporter, Laure Quinlivan, on set: "That's right and a majority of Catholics disagree with his decision. Our exclusive Survey USA poll asked 'do you think Archbishop Pilarczyk is making the right decision or wrong decision by refusing to turn over records to prosecutors?'" "73 percent said he's making the wrong decision." -- WCPO (http://www.wcpo.com/) (Posted by Kathy Shaw, Poynter Abuse Tracker)
• Redress board hears abuse claim in Britain. IRELAND: A terminally ill man, who says he was physically and sexually abused while in the care of religious, has called on the Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB) to change its rules on hearing evidence outside Ireland. The board travelled to Britain yesterday to hear his story. The man aged 48, who was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer six weeks ago, alleges he was abused while at St Joseph's Industrial School, Co Galway, in the late 1960s. Now living in Coventry, he is too ill to travel to Ireland and had asked the RIRB to hear his testimony at his sickbed in England. The board initially turned down this request, offering instead to pay his air fare and that of his brother to accompany him. However, following a meeting with his brother yesterday, the board agreed to take the unprecedented step of travelling to another jurisdiction to hear an alleged victim's evidence. -- One in Four (http://oneinfour.org/news/news2003/hearred/) By Kitty Holland, in The Irish Times, (http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2003/1105/1012593490HM5ABUSE.html)
• Three clergymen to be indicted for defilements of minors [2003]. VALLETTA, MALTA (di-ve news): November 04 , 2003 -- 1245CET: Magistrate Saviour Demicoli ruled there were enough reasons for three priests charged with defiling 11 minors to be indicted. On Tuesday, the Magistrates' Court continued hearing the compilation of evidence against the three clergymen behind closed doors. The three priests, whose name cannot be published by court order, are pleading not guilty to defiling the 11 minors at St. Joseph Institute, their summer residence in Marfa and at St. Agatha convent. -- Di-ve news, (http://www.di-ve.com/dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=113238) by di-ve news
• Three clergymen to face criminal charges over child abuse [2003]. MALTA: The three clergymen who were indicted in court over alleged child abuse will face criminal charges after the court ruled that there is enough evidence for the three to stand trial. Exactly a week ago the three members of the Missionary Society of St. Paul's appeared in court for the first time to face charges in court of abuse on minors in their custody. The compilation of evidence was held behind closed doors, with a ban on the names of the priests and the witnesses. Despite the ban, issued on request of the defence, the names of the priests are known since they were published widely weeks ago in the local press. The charges refer to abuses allegedly perpetrated against 11 boys in three separate properties of the Missionary Society of St Paul's. They were accused of abuse on minors on July 11 2003 and before in properties of the Society, i.e. St. Joseph Home for orphans, St. Agatha Convent and a house at Marfa. Some of the cases go way back to the early 1990's. On of them alone is facing charges of violent rape. They are pleading not guilty. -- MaltaMedia (http://www.maltamedia.com/cgibin/news03/print.pl?article=3986) written by MM-News - 4 Nov, 2003
• Three clergymen indicted on charges of sexually abusing 11 minors [2003]. MALTA: The court ban on publication of any material related to the alleged sexual abuse of 11 minors by three members of the clergy was lifted briefly yesterday to announce that the court had found enough evidence to indict the accused. The compilation of evidence is being heard in a Court of Criminal Inquiry, presided over by magistrate Saviour Demicoli. He lifted the total ban yesterday to give a decree in open court, announcing that enough prima facie evidence had been put forward by the prosecution to warrant a bill of indictment to be issued against the accused. The three men were accused of sexually abusing 11 minors who were in their care over the past 10 years, up to July 2003. They are also accused of offending public morals, indecent and violent assault and corrupting minors. The eldest of the three is also facing charges of the violent rape of a minor in the summer of 1992. According to Maltese law, the element of violence is taken for granted when an alleged victim is under the age of 18. The priests -- aged 56, 58 and 67 -- who all reside at St Agatha's Convent in Rabat, were accused of sexually abusing 11 minors while they were in their custody at the convent and other places, including the St Joseph Home in Santa Venera and a villa belonging to the Missionary Society of St Paul in Marfa. -- The Malta Independent, (http://www.independent.com.mt/daily/newsview.asp?id=21902) by Michael Carabott
• Baptist pastor hearing set for Dec. ITHACA (NY): A local Baptist pastor appeared in court Monday as lawyers scheduled hearing dates in preparation for a trial to address allegations that he sexually abused a 16-year-old female at his home. Rev. Darius Dixon-Clark, of 203 Winston Drive, has pleaded innocent to charges of third-degree sexual abuse, a class B misdemeanor, forcible touching, a class A misdemeanor, and endangering the welfare of a child, a class A misdemeanor. Ithaca Town Judge Raymond Bordoni said Monday that preliminary hearings will likely be scheduled for the first week of December. William Sullivan, attorney for Dixon-Clark, and assistant district attorney Jevon Garrett are looking to argue motions pertaining to the suppression of the defendant's statements and the suppression of evidence and observations. -- Ithaca Journal, "Dixon-Clark hearing set for Dec," (http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20031105/localnews/582632.html) Nov 5 03
• Bishops say Doyle has full support. AUSTRALIA: Bishops from around the country have rallied to support Archbishop of Hobart, the Most Rev. Adrian Doyle, amid calls for him to resign. A spokesman for Archbishop Doyle said yesterday the Bishops of Australia had officially given their full support. "He receives daily cards, letters, e-mails and phone calls from people wishing him well," the spokesman said. The Archbishop told ABC radio yesterday that he believed among a small group of people there was a campaign to have him resign over his handling of complaints of sexual abuse. But he said he had also received a high level of support. -- Examiner, (http://www.examiner.com.au/story.asp?id=203238) By Maria Rae , Thursday, 6 November 2003
• Archdiocese plans to set up mediation process to handle sexual abuse cases. ST. LOUIS (MO): The Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis has quietly begun talks to resolve sexual abuse suits pending against it because of alleged assaults by priests - even though the church may have no legal liability to pay damages to potential victims. Bishop Joseph Naumann touched briefly on the behind-the-scenes efforts at a news conference Tuesday. Naumann is the archdiocesan administrator until a successor to former Archbishop Justin Rigali is appointed. Naumann said he hoped to have a mediation process in place as early as next month. After the news conference, Bernard Huger, an attorney for the archdiocese, confirmed that preliminary talks about mediation had begun with attorneys Patrick Noaker and Jeffrey Anderson of St. Paul, Minn., and Kenneth Chakes and Susan Carlson locally. -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, www.stltoday.com , By William C. Lhotka, Nov 04 2003
• Church lets Monsignor go on, saved by statute of limitations. HOLLIDAYSBURG, USA: Retired Msgr. Thomas Mabon, who has been on administrative leave since being named in a sex abuse lawsuit, is being reinstated as a priest in good standing. The decision removes a cloud over Mabon, who is in his mid-70s. He retired after serving as pastor of Our Mother of Sorrows church in Westmont. While reinstated to a cleric in good standing, Mabon will not return to full-time priestly duties considering his age. Blair County prosecutors declined to pursue a case against Mabon, saying the statute of limitations had expired. And Bishop Joseph V. Adamec said a diocese investigation did not substantiate allegations of abuse. "Given the results of that investigation, I no longer have reason to continue Msgr. Mabon's administrative leave. He is, therefore, allowed to function publicly, as before," Adamec said in a statement. Mabon was unavailable for comment. -- The Tribune-Democrat, "Priest cleared by church," www.tribune-democrat.com , By Susan Evans
• Carmen Durso: Clergy abuse put him in spotlight. BOSTON (MA): The dainty box of tissues looks out of place on the polished conference table in attorney Carmen Durso's downtown office. But the longtime Weymouth resident says he has relied on it as much as any legal tome for the past two years. "It's for the men," he said. The men are his clients, scores of them from the South Shore, Boston, Worcester, Fall River and Springfield. One after another, they've reached for tissues to dry their eyes as they told Durso about being molested by parish priests decades ago. Many of the lawsuits that grew out of those revelations are nearing an end as part of a record-breaking $85 million settlement between the Archdiocese of Boston and more than 500 plaintiffs. When they're done, the highest-profile chapter of Durso's 38-year legal career will come to a close, too. The clergy sex scandal has made the soft-spoken, 63-year-old Haverhill native something of a celebrity, along with attorneys Roderick MacLeish Jr. and Mitchell Garabedian, who are handling the largest number of cases. Durso has the third-highest number with 82, including 42 from the Archdiocese of Boston and 40 more involving priests in other dioceses and Catholic orders. He's been quoted internationally and interviewed by Geraldo Rivera and Phil Donahue, among others, and last month got an award from the National Crime Victim Bar Association. -- The Patriot Ledger, (http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2003/11/05/news/news03.txt) By Lane Lambert
• Woman says counseling halted in retaliation. MOBILE (AL): Mobile's Catholic archbishop has sent a letter saying the archdiocese will cut off payments for counseling and medication to a Mobile woman who earlier this year publicly accused a priest of sexually abusing her during the 1970s. In April, Honey Weiss held a news conference to say that a priest who once served in Mobile and is now in Brewton had sex with her in her apartment after she sought him out to talk about problems following an unplanned pregnancy. The Rev. Adrian Cook has acknowledged having sex with Weiss, but he objected to calling it "abuse" and said it was consensual. He also confirmed that he fathered a child by another woman. Weiss said she believes the church has stopped paying for the medications and therapy because she told her story in public and because she told the church about other possible cases of sexual abuse, both of minors and adults. Since making her April statement, Weiss has become a local coordinator for The Linkup, a Louisville, Ky.-based support group for clergy sex abuse victims. Weiss said she met with the Rev. James Cink in August to discuss other possible cases of sex abuse, and that Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb called her therapist within days to question bills he had received for her treatment. Lipscomb then notified Weiss in a Sept. 9 letter that the church would stop paying for counseling and medication at the end of the year. -- Mobile Register, www.al.com/news/mobileregister by Steve Myers
• Former James Is. priest faces sex-abuse charge. [1979] CHARLESTON (NC): A priest embroiled in the sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston is expected to surrender to Charleston County investigators Thursday to face charges that he molested a boy at a James Island church 24 years ago. The Rev. James Nyhan, a 58-year-old priest in the Boston area, is accused of committing a lewd act on a 13-year-old in 1979 while Nyhan was an associate pastor at the Church of the Nativity on Folly Road, said Sheriff's Lt. Mikel Benton. Investigators have obtained an arrest warrant for Nyhan, who is scheduled to return to Charleston in time for a bail hearing Thursday morning, Benton said. The victim, who has not been identified, first reported the incident to church officials in the mid-1990s, but it is unclear what, if anything, was done to investigate the matter, authorities said. The Archdiocese of Boston removed Nyhan from active ministry in June 2002 after a man accused Nyhan of repeatedly molesting him in the 1970s, according to a report in The Boston Globe. A previous investigation into a separate allegation against Nyhan was closed after his accuser recanted, the paper stated. -- The Post and Courier, (http://www.charleston.net/stories/110503/loc_05priest.shtml) By Glenn Smith
• Priest passes polygraph in slay probe. [2003] BARNSTABLE (MA): A priest tied to accused killer Paul Nolin was forced by a judge to testify before a grand jury yesterday and has passed a lie detector test, claiming he has no knowledge of the slaying of a popular Falmouth golfer, his lawyer says. "He passed the test," attorney Frank O'Boy said of the Rev. Bernard Kelly's recent polygraph exam. O'Boy said the priest, who has been suspended by the Fall River diocese because of his role in the probe into the Sept. 20 murder of 20-year-old Jonathan Wessner, passed a lie detector test concerning what he knows about the slaying. According to O'Boy, the test found Kelly was truthful when he answered "no" to the question, "Did Paul Nolin ever tell you he murdered Jonathan Wessner?" He also was truthful when he answered "no" to the questions, "Did Paul Nolin ever discuss the death of Jonathan Wessner with you?" and "Did Paul Nolin tell you the location of Jonathan Wessner's body?" O'Boy said. -- Boston Herald, (http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/local_regional/cape11052003.htm) by Dave Wedge Wednesday, November 5, 2003
• Lawyer: Priest's story verified. [2003] BARNSTABLE (MA): A Roman Catholic priest in the middle of the Jonathan Wessner murder investigation passed a polygraph test arranged by his lawyer, the attorney said yesterday. Attorney Francis O'Boy said the results indicate the Rev. Bernard Kelly was told nothing about the murder by accused killer Paul R. Nolin. "He was asked, 'Did Nolin ever tell you he murdered Wessner?' The answer was no," O'Boy said. "He was asked, 'Did Nolin ever discuss Wessner's death with you?' The answer was no," O'Boy said. "He was asked, 'Did Nolin ever discuss the location of Wessner's body with you?' The answer was no," O'Boy said. O'Boy, of Taunton, said he hired a private polygraph expert to administer the test to Kelly, a 70-year-old priest. Kelly has been suspended from his duties at St. Joseph's in Woods Hole. -- Cape Cod Times, (http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/lawyerpriestzxs5.htm) By Karen Jeffrey
• Cape priest took polygraph, lawyer says. [2003] BARNSTABLE (MA): For the first time since he became embroiled in a murder investigation and was forced to leave his church, the Rev. Bernard R. Kelly said yesterday through his lawyer that alleged killer Paul R. Nolin Jr. never spoke with him about the death of Jonathan Wessner. Kelly, the former pastor of St. Joseph's Church in Woods Hole, took a private polygraph exam that supported his contention that Nolin never told him he killed Wessner, nor did he discuss Wessner's death or where Wessner's body was buried, said Kelly's lawyer, Francis O'Boy. Kelly's first attempt to characterize his conversations with Nolin, a convicted child rapist who worked at the church and sometimes socialized with the priest, came after a judge ordered him to testify before a grand jury investigating Wessner's death. Barnstable County Superior Court Judge Richard Connon apparently rejected Kelly's assertion that his conversations with Nolin after the killing were confidential because he was Nolin's pastor. Kelly's appearance before the grand jury was a victory for prosecutors, who last week asked Connon to order Kelly to testify about anything Nolin told him after Wessner's death. The legal dispute hinged on whether conversations with Nolin were confidential under the clergy privilege that protects statements by people seeking spiritual guidance or comfort, or whether they took place outside a religious context. Kelly, 70, has told investigators that he had a sexual relationship with Nolin, a law enforcement source has said. -- Boston Globe, /www.boston.com , By Anne Barnard, Nov 5 2003
• Two more men accuse priest of molestation. [1984-86] ST. LOUIS (MO): Two men sued the Rev. Michael McGrath today, alleging they were sexually abused repeatedly by the priest between 1984 and 1986 while he was assigned to St. Simon the Apostle Catholic Church in Concord Village. The men were 12 and 13 when they say they were abused by McGrath as he drove them around in a van and took them out for ice cream or to ball games. The suits were filed in St. Louis Circuit Court by attorneys Jeffrey Anderson and Patrick Noaker of St. Paul, Minn., and locally by Kenneth Chakes and Susan Carlson. The alleged victims were identified only as John Doe IT and John Doe BB. The petitions bring to 14 the number of civil suits against McGrath, 57, of Richmond Heights. He has never been charged with a crime. He has not functioned as a priest since 1997, when the archdiocese put him on administrative leave. Also named defendants in the suits were the archdiocese and Archbishop Justin Rigali, who now heads the church in Philadelphia.. The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests [SNAP] held a press conference in front of church headquarters on Lindell Boulevard to announce the new suits and to ask the church to include in church bulletins a request that other potential victims of McGrath should come forward. -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, www.stltoday.com , By William C. Lhotka
• Priests In KC, St. Louis Face Lawsuits Over Alleged Sex Abuse. [to 1986] ST. LOUIS (MO): The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests [SNAP] announced separate child sexual abuse lawsuits Tuesday against Roman Catholic priests in St. Louis and Kansas City. Two lawsuits will be filed against the Rev. Michael McGrath of suburban St. Louis alleging abuse of two boys from 1984 to 1986. McGrath already is accused in 12 previous lawsuits. In Kansas City, a family is suing the Rev. Hugh Monahan alleging abuse of two brothers from 1976 to 1981. The suit also accuses Monahan of tearing the family apart by pitting family members against each other. Three previous lawsuits have been filed against Monahan. -- TheKansasCityChannel.com , (http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/print/2610730/detail.html)
• Battle of the Legal Gladiators. LONG ISLAND (NY): The sexual abuse of children by priests of the Diocese of Rockville Centre was for many years what people in the crime world might call a "freebie" - a criminal act for which there was little chance of getting punished.
   Priests lured children to secret places, touched them, raped them, ruined them and warned them, on pain of eternal damnation, never to tell.
   If they were somehow caught, the priests still had nothing to worry about: The Diocese of Rockville Centre, like many dioceses all over the United States, would walk through hell itself rather than tell.
   The diocese wouldn't tell the cops. They wouldn't tell other priests. They wouldn't even tell the parents in the next parish to which their problem priest - a known sexual predator - was being dispatched to pastor a new flock. *** Civil lawsuits against the Diocese of Rockville Centre are scheduled for hearings in State Supreme Court this month. One of the key issues is whether Spota's grand jury report can be used as evidence in the case brought by victims of priests.
   Did Dillon intend to influence the court's decision on that by his comments Sunday?
   "That's reading an awful lot into it," he said yesterday. "I'm not following that case."
   Did Dillon disagree with the findings of the Suffolk grand jury?
   The grand jury report "reflected the evidence," he said. There is no doubt the church let its parishioners down. "I don't disagree with its basic conclusions."
   Then why are we talking about this now?
   Because Spota's grand jury report, Dillon said, "never gave the accused a chance to respond. It gives the bishop less protection under the law than a crooked politician would get."
   So there you have it. I can't explain it. It's one district attorney's opinion against another's - a battle of legal gladiators used to getting the bad guy locked up.
   I can only say I'm glad one of these gladiators is on the side of the kids. -- Newsday, (http://www.newsday.com/mynews/ny-livit043525073nov04,0,2638523.column) by Paul Vitello
• A Diocese in Denial, saying "Satan" is the trouble; dismissed pregnant housekeeper. [2003] SPRINGFIELD (MA): Anonymous writes: While Archbishop Sean O'Malley has moved quickly to settle cases of clergy abuse in the Boston Archdiocese and shown genuine compassion for the victims, it is wishful thinking to believe that the Catholic Church can extricate itself from this ongoing crisis without real systematic and structural change.
   Only ninety miles up the Massachusetts Turnpike, the Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts has become a national poster child for all that is wrong within the hierarchical structure of the Catholic Church.
   Bishop Thomas Dupre, a friend of Archbishop O'Malley, finds himself embroiled in a seemingly unending string of embarrassing revelations and cover-ups.
   The recent case of Rev. Paul Laflamme is emblematic of the convoluted logic, and endemic dishonesty that pervades this institutional dinosaur.
   Briefly, the Rev. Laflamme, St. Mary Mother of the Church parish in Lee MA., is accused of impregnating a parish employee while she was being counseled by him.
   Even more telling, Rev. Laflamme's pastor, the Rev. Gary Dailey, is accused of manipulating the situation, suggesting the victim, Ms. Josephine DiZoglio, "get rid of the problem", and firing her from position as housekeeper to the parish. Rev. Laflamme does indeed admit to the relationship.
   Rev. Dailey tells his parishioners that these problems are a result of Satan's desire "to place anger, judgment, condemnation and disunity amongst this parish". -- Religious News Online, "A Diocese in Denial," www.sweenytod.com (Posted by Kathy Shaw, Poynteronline)
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########## Poynteronline Abuse Tracker, www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=46, Thursday, November 6, 2003 edition follows:-
• Government to launch fast-track plan to settle residential school lawsuits. OTTAWA (CP) CANADA: The federal government's much-delayed and contentious bid to reach out-of-court settlements with more than 12,000 former students at native residential schools, will be launched on Thursday. Ralph Goodale, the minister responsible for resolving the residential schools impasse, is to provide details of the plan at a news conference. A major stumbling block has been Ottawa's refusal to consider claims for loss of language and cultural damages in schools that were created to "Christianize" native children. The government's $1.7-billion plan to fast-track settlements has so far only included compensation for physical and sexual abuse. ... Ottawa's fast-tracking plan would put cases before 32 adjudicators, such as retired judges. Plaintiffs would have to collect 30 per cent of any payout from the Roman Catholic, Anglican, United or Presbyterian churches that ran the schools for much of the last century. Ottawa would cover the rest. Critics say the deal was crafted with little native input. They have also assailed Ottawa's move to award damages using a points system that some have called a "meat chart." -- Canada East, http://canadaeast.com , by Sue Bailey (Posted by Kathy Shaw, Poynteronline)
• Police arrest freelance Baptist minister in sex-act case. [2003] FLORIDA: An Intercession City Baptist minister was arrested on charges of lewd battery on the elderly Tuesday after authorities said he allowed a mentally incompetent woman to perform fellatio on him. Kissimmee police responded to the incident Oct. 26 after a witness at The Palms at Park Place Rehabilitation Center of Kissimmee, 221 Park Place Blvd., said she saw Baptist Minister Marvin R. Vanlaningham, 61, engaged in a sexual act with the 65-year-old female victim. Vanlaningham had been ministering to the elderly at The Palms, a nursing rehabilitation center for about seven years, police reports said. He was listed with an Intercession City address. According to police reports, the witness heard "sounds of kissing" and when she looked over to her adjacent bed area, she saw Vanlaningham standing in front of the victim who was sitting in her wheelchair and kissing his sexual organ. The victim's medical records indicated that she is mentally incompetent, police officials said. Vanlaningham, who has been an ordained minister since 1977, is certified in Oklahoma, but is not affiliated with any local churches. He told police that 40 to 60 people a week attend his services at the Palms. -- Osceola News-Gazette, "Police arrest minister in sex-act case," (http://www.oscnewsgazette.com/index.php?option=news&task=viewarticle&sid=7089) By Brian McBride
• Lawyer says Rev. Ouellette was ordered to visit rapist. [2001-03] WORCESTER (MA): The Rev. Donald C. Ouellette visited convicted child rapist William Lamontagne at Concord State Prison as part of a prison ministry, the priest's lawyer said yesterday. Prosecutors subpoenaed prison financial records related to Mr. Lamontagne last month after the 43-year-old inmate told authorities he received some of the $250,000 Rev. Ouellette is accused of stealing from Immaculate Conception Church in Fitchburg, where he served as pastor. Rev. Ouellette, who has been placed on leave by the Worcester diocese, allegedly stole the money between March 15, 2001, and Jan. 2 of this year. He has pleaded not guilty to related larceny charges and is awaiting trial in Worcester Superior Court. The $250,000 had been raised by parishioners for an elevator at the church. The diocese has since recovered some of the money from its insurer and expects to be fully reimbursed. In seeking court permission to subpoena state Department of Correction records relating to Mr. Lamontagne's prison finances, Assistant District Attorney Richard L. Greco did not disclose how much money the inmate claimed to have received from Rev. Ouellette or what the Rhode Island man said his relationship was with the priest. Rev. Ouellette's lawyer, Michael P. McEvilly, told Judge Elizabeth M. Fahey yesterday that his client was ordered to visit Mr. Lamontagne in prison as part of a prison ministry. When questioned later by reporters, Mr. McEvilly said he was not certain what parish Rev. Ouellette was assigned to at the time of the visits and declined to further comment on Mr. Lamontagne's claims. Mr. Greco told the judge during yesterday's court hearing that he had not yet received the requested records, but that they were being prepared for him by the Department of Correction's legal staff. -- Telegram & Gazette, www.telegram.com , by Gary V. Murray, Nov 6 03
• Avoid scapegoating the Christian Brothers. IRELAND: That some brothers are not being treated fairly is now beyond doubt, writes Patsy McGarry, Religious Affairs Correspondent Rarely in the history of public discourse in this country can 12 sentences have elicited such outraged and voluminous response as did the 135-word statement from the Christian Brothers released on October 22nd. Apparently at the instigation of the group Let Our Voices Emerge (LOVE) - or "pets" as they have been described by less enamoured former residents of institutions run by religious - the brothers pointed out that the vast majority of their members "strenuously refute the allegations made against them and strongly proclaim their innocence". -- One in Four, (http://oneinfour.org/news/news2003/scapecb/) From The Irish Times, (http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/opinion/2003/1105/1278643005OPBROTHERS.html)
• Catholic youth minister fired for sexual misconduct 25 years ago. [1978] WORCESTER, Mass. (AP): Solomon E. Toledo Jr., the head of young adult ministry for the Diocese of Worcester has been fired after a 25-year-old allegation of sexual misconduct on the West Coast surfaced, church officials said. Toledo, 49, who came to Worcester two years ago from Portland, Ore., said he was fired Oct. 16 without being told what the allegation was or who made it. He denied the charge. Toledo told the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester that he wants an investigation to "clear" his name. Raymond L. Delisle, Worcester diocesan spokesman, confirmed that Toledo had been fired by the diocese, but declined to discuss details because diocesan personnel issues are considered confidential. He said it appears that the diocese acted in accordance with its own policy for handling allegations. "I want you to know, as well, that prior to your termination, we consulted with diocesan counsel," Monsignor Thomas J. Sullivan, diocesan chancellor said in an Oct. 30 letter to Toledo. -- Providence Journal, (http://www.projo.com/ap/ma/1068115097.htm) The Associated Press
• Diocese fires youth ministry director over 25-year-old allegation. [1978] WORCESTER (MA): The head of young adult ministry for the Diocese of Worcester has been fired after a 25-year-old allegation of sexual misconduct surfaced. Solomon E. Toledo Jr., 49, who came to the Catholic diocese two years ago from Portland, Ore., said he was fired Oct. 16 without being told what the allegation was or who made it. He denies the allegation, and said he wanted an investigation to "clear" his name, but was told by Monsignor Thomas J. Sullivan, diocesan chancellor, that "99 percent of all allegations are true." Raymond L. Delisle, diocesan spokesman, confirmed that Mr. Toledo had been fired by the diocese, but declined to discuss details because diocesan personnel issues are considered confidential. He said it appears that the diocese acted in accordance with its own policy for handling allegations. Mr. Toledo said Monsignor Sullivan did not know the name of the complainant nor the substance of the allegation when Mr. Toledo was fired. "They went on what they got from the Archdiocese of Portland." Mr. Toledo said he was provided the first name of the complainant in a follow-up telephone call. Bud Bunce, communications director for the Portland archdiocese, said that he was aware of the allegation, but that it had originated in California, not Portland. The archdiocese had not forwarded information to the Worcester diocese. Mr. Toledo worked for the Portland archdiocese in the early and mid-1990s, Mr. Bunce said. He was not sure whether the woman who made the allegation now lives in the Portland area. As assistant youth ministry director, Mr. Toledo was instrumental in organizing the "Theology on Tap" series in the Worcester diocese this year. Adults in their 20s and 30s gathered at the Irish Times downtown to drink a beer or two and hear a talk by a priest or diocesan lay leader. The intent was to provide a meeting place for young Catholics and to involve them more deeply in their religious faith. -- Telegram & Gazette, www.telegram.com , by Kathleen A. Shaw
• Accused ex-Billerica priest faces new charges in S.C. [1979] BILLERICA (MA): A priest removed from his Billerica parish after abuse accusations surfaced last year is scheduled to surrender to Charleston, S.C., authorities today on separate charges of molesting a boy while serving there in 1979. The Rev. W. James Nyhan is charged with committing a lewd act on a 13-year-old while at the Church of the Nativity, authorities said. Nyhan last served as pastor of St. Mary's parish in Billerica, but was removed in June 2002 after Dennis LaCorte of Quincy accused him of abuse 20 years before. A second man later leveled similar allegations. Attorney Roderick MacLeish Jr., who represented LaCorte in the group settlement with the Archdiocese of Boston, said his client was "villainized" by the priest's supporters at first. "This is obviously a form of vindication," he said. -- Boston Herald, (http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/local_regional/prie11062003.htm) by Robin Washington Thursday, November 6, 2003
• Suspended priest to surrender. [1979] CHARLESTON, S.C.: A suspended priest from the Archdiocese of Boston is to surrender in South Carolina on a charge he molested a boy at a James Island church in 1979, authorities said. The Rev. James Nyhan, 58, is accused of committing a lewd act on a 13-year-old while associate pastor at the Church of the Nativity, said Charleston County Sheriff's Lieutenant Mikel Benton. Investigators obtained an arrest warrant and Nyhan is to appear at a bond hearing today, Benton said. The alleged victim reported the abuse to church officials in the mid-1990s, but it is unclear if anything was done to investigate, authorities said. The Archdiocese of Boston removed Nyhan from active ministry in June 2002 after an allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor. An earlier investigation into a separate allegation was closed after Nyhan's accuser recanted, the archdiocese said. The alleged victim in South Carolina was one of the altar boys Nyhan oversaw at the James Island church, said Detective Claire Marana. Maria Aselage, spokeswoman for the Diocese of Charleston, said Nyhan's accuser was provided counseling after reporting the abuse in 1994. -- Boston Globe, (http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/310/metro/Suspended_priest_to_surrender+.shtml) Associated Press, Nov 6 2003
• Pregnant woman says Lee priest had history. [2003] SPRINGFIELD (MA): The former church rectory worker from Lee allegedly impregnated by a Catholic priest says that the bishop of Springfield told her this week that the priest had been disciplined by the diocese over previous allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a married woman. Mark E. Dupont, a spokesman for the Diocese of Springfield, refused to discuss the church's investigation into allegations that the Rev. Paul C. Laflamme II had been involved with a married parishioner, but said that both the woman and Laflamme denied any sexual relationship. He said Laflamme's counselors had pronounced him fit for duty before he was assigned to St. Mary Mother of God Parish in Lee. While not confirming that Laflamme had been disciplined, Dupont said the priest had agreed to take a voluntary leave and to seek counseling after a diocesan commission investigated allegations within the past few years from a parishioner that Laflamme was involved with his wife. Josephine DiZoglio, the woman allegedly impregnated by Laflamme, said yesterday that Bishop Thomas L. Dupre apologized to her Tuesday on behalf of the church, but said he could not do so on behalf of the two priests at the center of the controversy. DiZoglio has charged that emotional abuse inflicted by the pastor of St. Mary Mother of God parish, the Rev. Gary Dailey, left her vulnerable to the sexual advances of Laflamme, who was suspended from priestly duties last month. "He did offer me an apology on behalf of the church, but when I asked for a public apology from both priests, he said he could not force them," DiZoglio said. -- Boston Globe, www.boston.com , By Ralph Ranalli, Nov 6 2003
• Changes seen in sexual abuse mediation. MILWAUKEE (WI): Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan is expected to announce major changes Thursday in the pastoral mediation process the church here uses to help heal victims of sexual abuse by priests and deacons. Officials from the church, the state and a major victims' advocacy group declined to provide specifics Wednesday, but various sources indicated that the changes most likely will include less church control over mediations, more freedom for victims to choose outside mediators and a more formal method of determining how much to pay when monetary restitution is needed. Bishops are autonomous locally and report only to Rome. But the changes might have broader impact as a statewide model because the 10-county Archdiocese of Milwaukee is the largest of Wisconsin's five Catholic dioceses and Dolan is president of the board of bishops that oversees the Wisconsin Catholic Conference, the church's public policy arm. Archdiocesan spokesman Jerry Topczewski said that the mediation process was being adjusted to get more people into it. -- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, (http://www.jsonline.com/lifestyle/religion/nov03/182823.asp) By Tom Heinen, theinen@journalsentinel.com , Last Updated: Nov. 5, 2003
• Sex abuse concealed, suit claims. [1960s] CINCINNATI (OH): The Archdiocese of Cincinnati was accused in a lawsuit Wednesday of concealing the molestation of two Catholic schoolchildren more than 40 years ago. The lawsuit, filed in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, claims church officials knew that the Rev. Albert Schetter was a threat to abuse children but did nothing to stop him. Church officials acknowledged Wednesday that Schetter, who died last year, had admitted to child abuse in the past and had been warned 10 years ago by his supervisors to stay away from children. Archdiocese spokesman Dan Andriacco said church records show that the archdiocese received complaints from the 1960s about Schetter's "odd behavior" around children. At one point, Andriacco said, Schetter was ordered to attend a spiritual retreat because of his behavior. But he said there is no record of a sexual abuse allegation against Schetter until 1992, when a man complained Schetter molested him in the early 1960s when he was in school at Annunciation parish in Cincinnati. -- The Cincinnati Enquirer, (http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/11/06/loc_priest06.html) By Dan Horn
• Priest faces new accusations. [1970s-1980s] MISSOURI: Two brothers sued former Blue Springs priest Hugh Monahan and the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese Tuesday, alleging the priest sexually abused them as boys in the 1970s and the 1980s. The suit includes the fourth set of allegations levied against Monahan this year. Names of the plaintiffs in the case have not been released. "I have done this to let the diocese know they dropped the ball," the mother said in a prepared statement. "They should never have allowed a man like Father Monahan access to my children or any of the other children he had contact with in his years as a priest." -- The Examiner, (http://www.examiner.net/stories/110503/new_110503012.shtml) By Dan Curry
• Spokane Diocese Passes Reviews. SPOKANE (WA): The way the Spokane Diocese of the Catholic Church has dealt with a string of sexual abuse allegations against priests was praised by outside auditors. That's according to Bishop William Skylstad today. The Gavin Group, a team of retired F-B-I agents hired by the Roman Catholic Church, an audit of the Spokane Diocese last week. -- WXLY. (http://www.kxly.com/common/getStory.asp?id=32324)
• Alleged abuse victims rush to file lawsuits by December deadline. [1984-85] LOS ANGELES (CA): Five men who said they were sexually abused decades ago by a now-deceased Roman Catholic priest filed suit Wednesday against the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Lawyers say many more such filings are likely throughout California as a one-year extension of the state's statute of limitations expires Dec. 31. The five men accuse the Rev. Clint Hagenbach of abusing them in their parishes, on trips and sometimes in their homes during periods over a 15-year span. The earliest accusation stretches back to 1968. Francisco Malo, 32, one of the five, says he was raped and molested for two years, beginning in 1984, when he was 14. For more than a decade, Malo said he thought he was the only victim and told no one. To this day he says he can't stand the smell of peanut brittle because it was the priest's favorite candy. "I want the pain to end. I want the truth to come out... so this doesn't happen to my daughter or any other children," Malo said, brushing away tears as he spoke to reporters outside the church's downtown cathedral. -- Herald Tribune (http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031105/APN/311051156) By Laura Wides Associated Press Writer
• At priests' trials, collars are controversial. [1995] ST. LOUIS (MO): When the Rev. Bryan Kuchar wore his Catholic priest's collar and black shirt and slacks during his trials for sexually molesting a teenager, he stirred up some controversy. The first jury that heard the case against Kuchar, who will be sentenced Friday, deadlocked on charges that the priest had sodomized a 14-year-old boy in 1995. After that trial in May, some of the jurors interviewed said that they found it difficult to think ill of a priest. Kuchar had worn his collar to court each day. He wore it again in August, but a second St. Louis County jury convicted him of three counts of sodomy and recommended a year in jail on each count. As more priests go on trial nationwide in the sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Catholic church, the issue of what they wear has become a concern. Richard Waites, a lawyer and psychologist who heads a nationwide jury consulting firm, said that more often than not he recommends that defendant priests wear their collars to court. -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch www.stltoday.com , By Tim Bryant Nov 05 2003
• Lee priest got earlier counseling. [2003] LEE (MA): The Catholic Diocese of Springfield confirmed yesterday that a complaint was filed against the Rev. Paul LaFlamme while he was assigned to Sacred Heart Church in Pittsfield about his relationship with a female parishioner. According to Mark E. Dupont, diocese spokesman, the husband of a married woman complained that LaFlamme and his wife were "too close" and that their relationship was "not a healthy" one. Dupont said both LaFlamme and the woman denied having a sexual relationship, but the diocese and LaFlamme agreed that the priest would receive counseling and take a six-month leave of absence. When the six months ended, the diocese assigned LaFlamme to St. Mary's parish in Lee, where LaFlamme has admitted to having two sexual encounters with Josephine DiZoglio, who worked as a housekeeper at the St. Mary's rectory. Indefinite suspension: LaFlamme was suspended indefinitely from the priesthood Oct. 17, after DiZoglio filed a complaint against him with the Diocesan Misconduct Commission. DiZoglio is seven months pregnant, and claims that LaFlamme is the unborn child's father. The paternity has not been determined yet. -- Berkshire Eagle, (http://www.berkshireeagle.com/Stories/0,1413,101~7514~1748025,00.html) By Stefanie Cohen
• Cardinal Law knew since 1984, and was supposed to review document in 1985. [1984 onwards] BOSTON (MA): The plot is thickening. Last January, Bernard Cardinal Law was named in 25 lawsuits alleging that he could have prevented now-defrocked priest John Geoghan, who is accused of molesting at least 120 children, from committing his crimes -- but didn't.
   Since then, two more damning pieces of information have come to light: Law received a letter in September 1984 outlining allegations of Geoghan's alleged criminal behavior, and in 1985, as a member of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the cardinal was asked to review a groundbreaking report on the widespread problem of clergy sexual abuse within the American Catholic Church. (Court motions in Geoghan's criminal trial will be heard at Suffolk Superior Court on October 9; no date has been set for the civil lawsuits naming Law.)
   It's difficult, if not impossible, to make sense of these new facts. How could Law have been briefed on the extent of clergy sexual abuse throughout the Church, yet choose to ignore a glaring instance of the problem in his own archdiocese? After all, it's not as if sexual abuse had been ignored by society at large.
   By the time Law received notice of Geoghan's alleged abuse, in 1984, child sexual assault had become a felony in all 50 states -- as had the failure to report suspected abuse (though in Massachusetts and 21 other states, members of the clergy are exempt from this requirement). The Church itself had, to some extent, been aware of the problem for generations. But ignoring this unpleasant subject seems to be standard practice.
   (Only now, it seems, has the Church finally learned its lesson. It was reported this week that Law immediately dismissed priest Andrzej Sujka of South Boston's Our Lady of Czestochowa Church after a parishioner disclosed to the archdiocese that Sujka had once molested him.)
   The cardinal, through Boston archdiocese spokesperson John Walsh, did not respond to three phone calls seeking comment, or to a list of seven questions faxed to his office. Law's attorney, Wilson Rogers Jr., did not return a call seeking comment.
   -- Boston Phoenix, "Failure to act," www.bostonphoenix. com/boston/news _features/top/ features/ documents/ 01847 611.htm , By Kristen Lombardi, Issue Date: October 4 - 11, 2001 (Posted by Kathy Shaw, Poynter)
//////////////////// End of www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=46, Thursday, November 6, 2003
• Bishops and wellwishers back Hobart archbishop. AUSTRALIA: Bishops from around the country have rallied to support Hobart's Archbishop Adrian Doyle, amid calls for his resignation.
   A spokesman for the Archbishop said yesterday the Bishops of Australia have officially given their full support.
   "He receives daily cards, letters, emails and phone calls from people wishing him well," the spokesman said.
   The Archbishop told ABC radio yesterday that he believed among a small group of people there was a campaign to have him resign over his handling of complaints of sexual abuse.
   But he said he had also received a high level of support.
   "I think we're all human and we all make some mistakes," he said. "I believe I have very strong support in the wider Catholic community.
   "They know as bishop ... I have tried very hard and worked very hard."
   He also reaffirmed his decision to remain in his position as head of the Archdiocese of Hobart.
   "I intend to see this through," he said. "I know it's difficult but I believe that there are provisions we can take and these issues I would like to be able to address them and be with the Catholic community in this very difficult time."
   Tasmanian Council of Priests secretary Fr Richard Ross said the council had unanimously passed a vote of confidence endorsing Archbishop Doyle's leadership last week.
   "The Archbishop has offered his apology to the victims and their families for the mistakes he has made in dealing with this issue," Fr Ross said.
   SOURCE
Bishops say Doyle has full support (The Examiner)

LINKS
Tasmanian archbishop speaks out (5/11/03)
Marist abuse allegations (The Examiner)
Doyle stands firm amid calls for resignation (3/11/03)
Fury as Doyle digs in (The Mercury)
Archbishop resists pressure to resign (ABC/Yahoo)
Heat on Doyle to step down (The Mercury)
Tasmanian archbishop's remorse for complaints handling (30/10/03)

Hobart Archbishop refuses to quit over abuse cases (ABC)
Archbishop backs inquiry (Catholic Leader)
Christian Brothers say 95% of abuse claims are false (Irish Catholic)
New PR chief signals 'more robust' strategy by Church (Irish Catholic)
Bishop apologises over abuse case (AAP/The Age)
Archdiocese of Hobart
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