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• Former Altar Boy Files Sexual Assault Charges [1962 Roach + 2] - Roman Catholic Church.

   KWWL 7 (Iowa), www.kwwl.com/ Global/story. asp?S=1962094 , June 22, 2004
   CEDAR RAPIDS: Another sexual abuse scandal shakes the Catholic Church, this time in Cedar Rapids.
   A former Cedar Rapids altar boy has filed a lawsuit accusing several priests of sexually assaulting him more than 40 years ago. The man, who now lives in Texas, says he was assaulted by Father William Roach and two other priests in 1962.
   The lawsuit also involves the Archdiocese of Dubuque, which had supervision over the priests. [Posted by Kathy Shaw at 09:50 PM] (This is the first of the Clergy Sex Abuse Tracker, www.ncrnews.org/abuse , for Tue June 22, 2004.)

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INCOMPLETE LINKS: Refer back to "References 61" for methods of obtaining the URLs. • $100,000 sex abuse payout [Klep (Salesian)] - RCC. Cost $100,000. Warrant. Transferred to Samoa.

   Herald Sun (Melbourne), http://news. com.au/common/ story_page/0, 4057,99156 14%255E28 62,00.html , by Mark Dunn, June 22, 2004
   AUSTRALIA: The Catholic church has paid up to $100,000 in compensation to sex abuse victims linked to exiled priest Frank Klep.
   In 1998 Victoria Police issued a warrant for the arrest of Father Klep -- who was moved to Samoa by the church's Salesian order after investigations into fresh sex assault allegations began.
   Father Klep is now wanted by police over five charges of indecent assault but the church has refused to say whether it will order his return to Melbourne to face court.
   It is understood at least two other Victorian priests accused of child molestation were also relocated by the church to Samoa and Fiji after their matters were dealt with either in the courts or by the church's internal hearings.
   The Catholic Church's Salesian leader Ian Murdoch yesterday denied Victorian priests had been sent to Pacific island ministries to avoid further prosecution. [...]
   Father Murdoch yesterday denied the church was trying to help priests avoid police charges.
   But he conceded accused or convicted priests were able to continue working for the church.
   One of Father Klep's accusers, "Gerard", told the Herald Sun he was appalled at the church's handling of allegations.
   He claimed other victims had received individual compensation payments of $20,000 and more. # [Bolding added]
• Samoa's pedophile anger [Klep (Salesian)] - RCC. Salesians and Australian Police took no action. Bishop ejects him.
   The Australian, www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9926967%255E2702,00.html , By Claire Harvey, Michael Davis and Natalie O'Brien, June 23, 2004
   AUSTRALIA: Australian Catholic authorities learnt last October that convicted Australian pedophile priest Frank Klep was associating with children in Samoa, but failed to inform the Samoan Catholic Church until yesterday.
   The furious Catholic Archbishop of Samoa, Alapati Mataeliga, is now preparing to send Klep home to Australia "on the first plane", where he faces arrest.
   Victorian police last night could not explain why it had not sought the extradition of Klep under outstanding warrants, despite a Commonwealth agreement that allows extradition for crimes punishable by more than two years jail.
   Commander Terry Purton of Victoria Police Crime Department said there was an "active investigation" against Klep. "If he returns to this state he will be arrested."
   The Australian Federal Police last night also said it had informed Samoan authorities of Klep's convictions as far back as 1998, on advice from Victoria.
   However, chief inspector of Samoa's Criminal Investigations Bureau, Willie Lafaili, said yesterday he had never been asked to investigate Klep by Australian police.
   Archbishop Mataeliga has summoned the Salesian Order to his Apia office this morning to explain its "breach of trust", and ordered it to prevent Klep from delivering Mass or mixing with children.
• Samoa Archbishop reported to be "furious" [Klep (Salesian)] - RCC.
   CathNews, www.cathnews.com/news/406/129.php [See newsitem elsewhere on this webpage.]
• New suit accuses priest of sexual abuse of teen [1984, '87, '98-99 Schoettmer] - RCC.
   The Cincinnati Post, www.kypost.com/2004/06/22/suit062204.html ,
   By Kimball Perry, June-22-2004
   UNITED STATES: Defrocked priest Kenneth Schoettmer sexually molested a LaSalle High male student in 1998 and 1999, acts that could have been prevented had either the Archdiocese of Cincinnati or Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk reported the incident to police, a $10 million suit says.
   A plaintiff identified only as "C.B." filed the suit last week in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.
   The action is similar to most of those filed in Hamilton County over the last two years that have made similar accusations of priest sex abuse. Almost all, though, have been thrown out because the apparent instances of abuse took place years before, and the statute of limitations had expired by the time the suits were filed, the suit says.
   The archdiocese didn't return calls Monday from The Post seeking comment.
   The suit accuses Schoettmer of engaging in a pattern of child molestation, including an offense claimed in a 1994 complaint filed against him with the archdiocese. The suit accuses the archdiocese of failing to report that allegation, as required by law.
   The unnamed accuser notes in the suit he sought spiritual and personal advise from Schoettmer at LaSalle High as well as at Queen of Peace Church in Millvale when Schoettmer was pastor there.
   In June 2003, Schoettmer, who has been suspended as a priest by that time, pleaded guilty to fondling a 17-year-old boy in June 1999 at Clifton's Esquire Theatre and was given probation. The original charges carried a prison sentence of 15 years.
   In a statement to parishioners read by another priest because Schoettmer said he was too ashamed to face his flock, he confessed to sexual encounters with two boys between 1984 and 1987, and a third boy in 1999.
   Pilarczyk and the archdiocese knew Schoettmer and others were molesting children, the suit contends, yet promoted predatory priests and protected them by failing to contact police when accusations against them were made.
   As part of a plea deal, the archdiocese was convicted last year of five counts of failing to report crimes -- priests sexually abusing children.
   The deal required the archdiocese also set up a $3 million victims compensation fund. Those wishing to apply for money from the fund must file claims before Sept. 1.
   To be eligible, accusers have to either drop current lawsuits against the archdiocese or promise not to sue in the future.
   The funds are available even to accusers who have had their claims thrown out of court because the incidents happened too long ago.
• Diocese names an administrator to replace pastor; Barberton parish priest sentenced for growing pot remains on leave [Arko] - RCC.
   Akron Beacon Journal, www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/local/8981904.htm?1c , By Jessica Coomes, jcoomes@thebeaconjournal.com , Tue, Jun. 22, 2004
   UNITED STATES: Prince of Peace Catholic Church soon will have a new administrator to replace pastor Richard Arko, who pleaded guilty in April to growing marijuana in the church rectory.
   The Rev. Robert Jackson will begin his appointment to the Barberton church Aug. 3. Until then, he'll continue serving as the associate pastor of St. Sebastian Catholic Church in Akron.
   Arko was arrested in January, and police seized 35 marijuana plants, which he had insisted were for medical use. In April, he received two years' probation.
   Although he hasn't been involved in Prince of Peace operations since his arrest, Arko hasn't resigned his position as pastor, so the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland technically can't appoint a new pastor, said diocese spokesman Robert Tayek. Instead, Jackson will come to Prince of Peace with the title of administrator.
   "He doesn't have the title, but as administrator, he'll have the same responsibilities," Tayek said. Those responsibilities include maintaining the church building and finances and keeping sacramental responsibilities.
   For the past few months, those day-to-day responsibilities have been taken on by Larry Lauter, a layman, who had been appointed by Bishop Anthony Pilla to be the parish life coordinator.
• Church compounds the sins of the fathers [Klep, Murphy (Salesians)] - RCC.
   The Age (Melbourne), www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/22/1087844932794.html , June 23, 2004
   AUSTRALIA: The Salesian order has failed to ensure priests do not flee police inquiries into sexual abuse.
   How many people would expect when charged with sexually abusing children that their employer would arrange a work transfer to a country conveniently beyond the reach of Australian law?
   If that seems outrageous, consider the case of Catholic priest and convicted pedophile Frank Klep, 60, who has been wanted in Victoria since 1998 on five charges of sexual assault.
   His order and employer, the Salesians of Don Bosco, transferred him to Samoa, where he still has contact with children. Unforgivably, Samoan church leaders were not informed of his record.
   In 1994, Father Klep was convicted of four charges of sexual assault during the 1970s at a school where he later became principal. The five outstanding charges also relate to that time.
   This week, Australian Salesian head Ian Murdoch said priests were not placed overseas to shield them from police inquiries or victims and that the order had co-operated with law enforcement agencies and would continue to do so.
   That assertion is at odds with the findings of an 18-month investigation by The Dallas Morning News, which this week reported that "Catholic leaders have used international transfers to thwart justice" in about 100 cases, with 30 priests still evading criminal inquiries by working for the church in another country.
   In the past, when the church refused to take responsibility for sexual abuse by its priests, it compounded the damage by transferring them to other parishes. Today, their destination is other countries. Samoa and its Pacific neighbour, Fiji, appear to have been destinations of choice for former Melbourne members of the Salesians who either face allegations of pedophilia or share responsibility for the handling of Father Klep's case.
   Another priest who is alleged to have sexually assaulted a student at the same school as Father Klep is in Samoa, as is Father Murdoch's predecessor, Father John Murphy, who oversaw Father Klep's 1998 transfer. Last year, Fiji enacted legislation to expedite extraditions, but the Australian Government needs to ensure Samoa will not continue to be a haven for fugitives, and that the Australian Federal Police have done all they can.
   But for the 1994 convictions, none of the allegations above have been proven in court and every accused priest is entitled to the presumption of innocence. The point to be made, though, is that such allegations should be investigated by police and, should they lay charges, the evidence should be tested in court. The church should in no way frustrate that process.
   Father Murdoch says the Salesians are "deeply sorry for the sexual misconduct of some of our members and for their violation of the young". Members of the order and the church they represent cannot begin truly to repent and atone for that - in the eyes of their public and their God - until their leaders do their moral and legal duty. The order has the power to recall Father Klep to answer the charges, and should, or else stand condemned for complicity. # [Bolding added]
• Author addresses Press Club of Mobile - RCC. Jason Berry speaks. Marcial Maciel case.
   Mobile Register, www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1087913774150890.xml , By HEATHER HENDERSON Staff Reporter,Tuesday, June 22, 2004
   UNITED STATES: Catholic Church officials often blame the fallout from the pedophile priest scandals on the news media instead of addressing internal problems, a noted investigative reporter said Tuesday.
   Jason Berry, a veteran journalist whose 1992 book documenting sexual misconduct among Catholic priests was among the first to expose the scandal to the general public, spoke at the Press Club of Mobile's 25th annual Awards Presentation luncheon, which honored area writers, photographers and commentators.
   "The reality is, where there has been pressure put on the media, it more often comes from the pulpit," Berry said.
   In too many instances, he said, the media has succumbed to that pressure. The idea that the church is going to sue the media has been an unspoken fear in the minds of some editors, he said.
   The scandal, which Berry called the worst crisis for the Catholic Church since the Reformation, most concerned him because of what he views as the church's systemic cover-up. Instead of removing priests who molested children and teens, many bishops adhered to an unspoken vow to protect priests at all costs, said Berry, a lifelong practicing Catholic. [...]
   Berry said the church refused to approve a streamlined process for removing child-molesting priests in the United States because the U.S. bishops, who would oversee such a process, had already been violating canon law on marriage annulments in the eyes of some high-ranking Vatican officials.
   Berry also spoke about the Vatican's refusal to discipline Legion of Christ founder Marcial Maciel despite numerous affidavits from priests that Maciel had molested them repeatedly when they were in the seminary. The Legion of Christ is an obscure Catholic religious order that operates prep schools in more than 20 countries, including the United States, Berry said.
   "Pope John Paul II has yet to acknowledge that the accusations (of sex abuse by Maciel) exist," Berry said. Children of these schools see photos all the time of Maciel and are taught he's a living saint.
   Berry said members of the Legion take a vow to never speak ill of their superiors, like Maciel.
   "Vows of Silence -- The Abuse of Power in the Papacy of John Paul II, a book Berry co-authored, compares the way Doyle and Maciel have been treated by the church hierarchy.
   Berry said the Pope, whom he characterized as one of the church's greatest modern leaders, had been key in the fall of the Iron Curtain and responsible for numerous human rights advances.
   "As brilliant as he is, he is utterly intransigent on questions of internal church reform, Berry said. That's a big part of the problem. "The Vatican has no plan to deal (with the issue)."
   Berry said the church's prohibition against priests marrying has allowed pedophiles to hide in the priesthood. # [Bolding added]
• Priest Pleads Guilty To Sex Abuse, Sentenced To Eight Years [1976 Hargadon; $US 25.7m spent] - RCC.
   Wave 3 (Louisville, Ky), www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=1960155&nav=0RZFO6dJ , June 22nd, 2004
   LOUISVILLE -- A Roman Catholic priest pleaded guilty Tuesday to molesting a boy in the mid-70s and received an eight-year prison sentence.
   The Rev. James Hargadon, of Louisville, admitted to molesting the 14-year-old boy at St. Polycarp School in Pleasure Ridge Park in 1976, where Hargadon was pastor. He pleaded guilty to second-degree sodomy.
   Hargadon, 76, is already serving eight years in prison after being convicted in Grayson County in April of sexually molesting two boys 30 years ago. Hargadon will serve both sentences at the same time.
   Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Carol Cobb said the plea and concurrent sentences will make a difference when Hargadon becomes parole eligible in about two years. [...]
   Two of Hargadon's victims were among more than 240 plaintiffs who filed lawsuits accusing the archdiocese of covering up sexual-abuse cases involving dozens of priests, teachers and others involved with the church. The archdiocese settled the lawsuits for $25.7 million last year. #
• Body of pedophile suspect found -- Anglican [1964-70] -- and an accused cleric remains in post. Late-night leg massages.
   The Advertiser (Adelaide), http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9926311%255E2682,00.html , By MILES KEMP, June 23, 2004
   ADELAIDE, S. Australia: One of nine men reported or charged this month for child sex offences has been found dead at his suburban Adelaide home.
   Police yesterday confirmed the former YMCA member, 67, had committed suicide. They would not confirm where he lived or when he died.
   The man was reported by the Adelaide Child and Family Investigation Unit on June 8 for three counts of indecent assault committed between 1964 and 1970 against three victims aged under 15 years.
   He was among nine men arrested or reported in the past two weeks by the police Pedophile Taskforce.
   His report was the result of a special police phone-in day last October, in which more than 100 people reported alleged sexual offences committed before 1982.
   News of the man's death came as it was revealed an Anglican priest has stayed in his job despite allegations of sexual abuse being raised with acting church head John Collas almost a year ago.
   The priest was only referred for investigation and action by former archbishop Ian George this month, following the release of the church's independent inquiry report into sex abuse. Evidence about the allegations was not given to the inquiry and the priest was not referred to in the report.
   Mr Collas has been critical of Dr George over his handling of sex abuse, but two parishioners of the priest said they first raised the issue with Mr Collas when he was acting for Dr George in the middle of last year and nothing happened.
   The allegations relate to the priest's dealings with five parishioners, outlined in affidavits presented to the church in the middle of last year when Mr Collas was acting in Dr George's absence.
   The women allege the priest forced them to attend his house at night, where he would strip to his underwear and make them massage his legs.
   They allege they were bullied into providing the service, often into the early hours of the morning, and when they complained were harassed and hounded within the church.
   Other problems brought to the attention of the church in the middle of last year when Mr Collas was acting in place of Dr George, included allegations of financial irregularities and drug addiction by the priest involved.
   Mr Collas said through his spokesman David Williams he had told Dr George about problems in the parish. He said Dr George did not act on them. Dr George, who has maintained public silence since he resigned on June 11, would not comment yesterday.
   The priest remains in his position in an Adelaide parish.
   A parishioner of the priest said Dr George was being made a scapegoat for abuse in the church. # [Bolding added]
• Deeper Life Church: Ministry or money machine? [Deeper Life Church]
   San Antonio Express-News, www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA062104.1B.DeeperLife.1f5a2e03.html , by Rachel L. Toalson, Posted: June/21/2004
   SAN ANTONIO, USA: The dirty, melon-colored stone building with white trim sits unmarked, wedged between side streets and dusty East Side houses, its opaque windows offering no hint of life within.
   Few nonmembers ever see inside Deeper Life Church, not even the church's primary financial source — drivers at busy intersections who drop spare change into white buckets held by Deeper Life members.
   Even Child Protective Services workers had a tough time entering the San Antonio location, until they brought the San Antonio police along and threw open the door to show what was happening inside.
   More than a small San Antonio church, the pastor and his congregation of formerly homeless people are part of a larger, troubled national ministry based in Tampa, Fla., that directs more than 38 churches.
   "Deeper Life is one of the worst cases regarding the targeting of disadvantaged people," said Rick Ross, founder of the Ross Institute, a church watchdog group in New Jersey.
   "And that's one of the saddest things I've seen."
   Although it prefers to be called a fund-raising entity, according to an investigative series conducted by the Tampa Tribune in 2003, Deeper Life files with the Internal Revenue Service as a church.
   State and federal law protects churches from disclosing their finances, in keeping with the First Amendment's guarantee of the free exercise of religion. That freedom's vulnerability makes it easy to claim to be a church and then be unaccountable financially.
   Ole Anthony of the Dallas-based Trinity Foundation, a church watchdog, said the public must be careful about spontaneous donations.
   "It may feel good, but you really need to make sure it's a credible ministry," he said.
   Trail of controversy
   Deeper Life attorney Dennis G. Brewer Sr. said the church enlists mostly homeless crack or cocaine addicts "dependent upon the trash or state or federal government for their support."
   The church sends members out of town to solicit money with signs that say: "Help the women and children." At least four members have died in van accidents on these trips.
   Brewer said members are "involved in committing the word of God to memory 24 hours a day except when they are eating and sleeping."
   Women must wear dresses and must be chaperoned when leaving the building. Residents are required to take prayer and Bible classes.
   "(Deeper Life leaders have) always emphasized that it's a program, not a shelter. People have to accept their program to go there," said SAMMinistries manager Marjorie Suggs, who has worked with former Deeper Life members from San Antonio.
   One family was evicted when the parents refused to take their children out of school for the yearly pilgrimage to Florida required of all Deeper Life members, Suggs said.
• Former Reading Pastor Sentenced
   ABC 6 (United States), http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/62204-pastor.html , June 22, 2004
   READING (AP): A 57-year-old former pastor from Reading accused of raping three girls several times, sometimes in a church office, will serve five to 20 years in state prison.
   Cesar Segura, former pastor of Iglesia Luterna Cristo Rendentor, pleaded guilty to rape and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse for having sexual relations with three girls between 9 and 14 during a period from April 1995 to March 2002. He has been held in Berks County Prison without bail.
   Berks County Judge Stephen Lieberman says Segura is a violent sexual predator under Megan's Law and must register his whereabouts with police and undergo counseling for the rest of his life.
   Segura told the judge that he was embarrassed and sorry.
   (Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
• New bail conditions for priest on rape charge

   Newsday, www.newsday.co.tt/stories.php?article_id=18070 , Tuesday 22nd June 2004
   HAITI: Conditions were yesterday added to the bail granted to a Haitian Catholic priest on charges of indecently assaulting and raping a woman. The conditions were requested by attorney Israel Khan, who has been granted "fiat" by DPP Geoffrey Henderson to prosecute in the matter.
   The 38-year-old man of the cloth, who had been granted bail in the sum of $60,000 by a Justice of the Peace on April 30, was ordered by Chief Magistrate Sherman McNicolls to surrender his passport within 48 hours and to report to the Central Police Station on St Vincent Street, Port-of-Spain, every Monday and Friday between 8 am and noon.
   The offences for which the accused was charged allegedly occurred on March 16 and 19 at Frederick Street in Port-of-Spain.
• Rev. Robert Bullock, Critic of Cardinal Law, Dies at 75
   New York Times, www.nytimes.com/2004/06/22/obituaries/22bullock.html?ex=1088481600&en= 69616902d3720be0&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE ; June 21, 2004
   BOSTON, Mass. -- The Rev. Robert Bullock, a parish priest who was one of the earliest and sharpest critics of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston for its slow reaction to the sexual abuse scandal there, died Saturday. He was 75.
   The cause was cancer, his parish, Our Lady of Sorrows, in Sharon, announced.
   Father Bullock was president of the Boston Priests' Forum, a support group for clergy members, and was among the first to criticize priests, including himself, for having failed to detect and end the abuse when it was first uncovered in the archdiocese, the nation's fourth largest.
   He was among the first to call for Cardinal Bernard F. Law to resign as archbishop after it became clear that many bishops had shuffled priests known to have sexually abused young boys from one assignment to the next without stopping the behavior or reporting it to the authorities.
   Cardinal Law resigned in 2002. The Boston archdiocese has paid about $85 million in damages to victims of abuse by members of the clergy.
   Father Bullock's sole survivor is an older brother, the Rev. Myron Bullock, pastor of the Sacred Heart parish in Gloucester, Mass.
• Cleric slipped out of U.S., continues to work in Mexico; 'Everyone knew you had to stay away from Aguilar' [Aguilar, Rivera, Mahony] - RCC.

   The Dallas Morning News, www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/062204propriestpt3.1db08. html ; By BROOKS EGERTON and BRENDAN M. CASE, 10:03 AM CDT, Tuesday, June 22, 2004
   DALLAS (Texas): The Mexican bishop had trouble on his hands. An attacker had nearly killed one of his priests, whose sexual misconduct was well known to the bishop. And now villagers were telling police about a stream of young male visitors to the priest's parish residence.
   The U.S. bishop had a different problem: a lack of Spanish-speaking priests to serve a growing immigrant population.
   And so, in 1987, the Rev. Nicolás Aguilar got a fresh start in Southern California. Just nine months later, he was on the move again, leaving behind one of the largest child sexual abuse cases in Los Angeles Archdiocese history. Again, scandal was contained with the priest hiding abroad.
   Father Aguilar's tale of international flight fits a pattern that Catholic Church leaders have repeated around the world, a yearlong Dallas Morning News investigation has found.
   In this case, the two bishops have become prominent figures in the global Catholic hierarchy. One, the Rev. Norberto Rivera, is now Mexico City's cardinal and one of his country's most powerful men. The other, Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony, leads the largest diocese in the United States.
   Father Aguilar is more than just an old skeleton in their closets. After dodging criminal charges in California, where police said he had molested at least 26 boys, he was charged in a 1997 Mexican abuse case. Church leaders kept him in ministry while the matter was pending and even after his conviction in 2003. Recently, he was spared punishment on a technicality, a Mexican judge said.
   Cardinal Rivera did not respond to The News' written requests for information about the priest. Asked after a recent Mass what had become of Father Aguilar since his return to Mexico, the cardinal said: "I'm absolutely ignorant." He would not elaborate.
   Cardinal Mahony declined to be interviewed. Spokesman Tod Tamberg did not respond to most questions from The News, although he did say that Father Aguilar was accepted in Los Angeles after Cardinal Rivera wrote that his cleric wanted to move there "for reasons of his family and health."
   Father Aguilar, in a brief interview at a courthouse in Tehuacán, 150 miles southeast of Mexico City, denied any wrongdoing.
   "God knows," he said, "that this is all just a slander to destroy me."
   Numerous documents and interviews with former parishioners suggest otherwise. [Emphasis added]
• Abbot who admitted to abuse dies [1971+ Eidenschink] - RCC. Sex with fellow-monks.
   KSTP TV 5 Eyewitness News, www.kstptv5.com/article/stories/S665.html?cat=1 , 10:36:19 AM, June/21/2004
   COLLEGEVILLE (AP) - The Rev. John Eidenschink, a former St. John's abbot who admitted he sexually abused two abbey monks, has died.
   Eidenschink, born in Detroit Lakes, died at the abbey's retirement center on Saturday, abbey spokesman the Rev. William Skudlarek said. He was 89. "He'd been failing for awhile," Skudlarek said.
   Eidenschink admitted he sexually abused one monk before he was elected abbot - the highest-ranking member of the monastic community - in 1971 and another during his eight-year tenure.
   "He expressed his sorrow for the harm he had done, and I'm sure made his peace with God, and, to the degree it was possible, with those he had injured and harmed," Skudlarek said. "He expressed his sorrow, his repentance, his plea for forgiveness."
   The abbey is thankful for the good Eidenschink did during his lifetime, Skudlarek said.
   "He was a very conscientious and dedicated person in the tasks that were given to him," Skudlarek said. "He was certainly much more than the dark side, the negative side that was also there."
   Abbey leaders were told Friday that Eidenschink was dying, Skudlarek said.
   "It's a difficult and painful time," Skudlarek said. "It's a mixture of gratitude for the good he did, and sorrow for the harm he did."
   The abbot directs about 196 monks who sponsor and work at St. John's University, the Preparatory School and The Liturgical Press. St. John's Abbey monks also serve in parishes, hospitals and retirement homes. [Video clip at original webpage]
• Responses to sex abuse suit draw fire [1984 Roberts] - RCC.
   St. Louis Post-Dispatch, www.stltoday. com/stltoday/news/ stories.nsf/News/ St.+Louis+City+% 2F+County/4C5 2E53CE99D12C98 6256EBB00122E90? OpenDocument& Headline=Responses+ to+sex+abuse+ suit+draw+fire ; By Joel Currier jcurrier@post-dispatch.com , June/21/2004
   BELLEVILLE: The Belleville and Dallas dioceses and the St. Louis Archdiocese are playing a game of "hot potato," critics say, each attempting to legally distance itself from a priest accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in Illinois 20 years ago.
   All three are named in a lawsuit filed in November by John Doe. The suit alleges that the Rev. Kenneth Roberts, now retired, sexually abused Doe at St. Mary's Catholic School in Belleville in 1984.
   The St. Louis Archdiocese and the Dallas Diocese have responded by asserting that St. Clair County Court has no jurisdiction over them because they do not do business there. St. Louis also says Roberts was never assigned or employed here, although he was allowed to live in three parishes in Florissant and was permitted to conduct some religious services here.
   For its part, the Belleville Diocese denies that it was responsible for supervising Roberts. He spent a week at St. Mary's in 1984.
   In a statement Monday, the Belleville Diocese maintained that Roberts was a priest of the Dallas Diocese, where he was ordained in 1966.
   Member of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests [SNAP] sent a letter Monday to all three religious entities urging them to stop their "legal maneuvering."
   "Here you have three bishops saying, 'not our problem, not our problem, not our problem,'" David Clohessy, SNAP's director, said at a news conference on Monday.
• Drama uses cardinal's words [Law] - RCC. PLAY.
   The Union Leader, www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=39613 , June 22, 2004
   MANCHESTER, U.S.A. - Using the former Archbishop Bernard Cardinal Law's own words, an actor portrayed Law's role in the Boston priest sexual abuse scandal last night in a jarring play about the scandal. Some 200 people attended "Sin: A Cardinal Deposed," which was performed at the Palace Theatre.
   They booed at the first mention of the name of John B. McCormack, the Catholic Bishop of New Hampshire and Law's former assistant, and sighed and "tsked," at other times.
   The performance was a benefit for the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence.
   Written by Michael Murphy, the play relies on the testimony of Law during pretrial depositions in cases involving sexual assaults by John Geoghan and Paul Shanley. Other material comes from letters or public statements by priests, doctors, victims or their parents.
   The play featured Law trying to explain his actions or inaction, not recalling some statements or letters at times, at other times saying his subordinates would be responsible.
• He hopes his painful role in 'Sin' helps bring healing
   Boston Globe, www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2004/06/22/he_hopes_his_painful_role_in_sin_ helps_bring_healing ; By Catherine Foster, June 22, 2004
   UNITED STATES: Patrick Gannon, the vulnerable-looking actor in "Sin: A Cardinal Deposed," has one of the most emotional roles in Boston theater right now: playing Patrick McSorley.
   McSorley was one of the most quoted victims of priest sexual abuse and commented frequently about Cardinal Bernard F. Law's deposition testimony during hearings in 2001. McSorley died at the age of 29 in February of a drug overdose.
   Both at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, where the show is playing until Sunday, and in Chicago, where the Bailiwick Repertory show originated, Gannon has garnered positive reviews for his understated yet searing portrayal of McSorley. The character is one of several that Gannon plays in "Sin."
   To portray such a prominent figure on his home turf has been a bit daunting for the 32-year-old Gannon, who is Irish Catholic.
   "It's such a huge responsibility to do justice to his story," says Gannon. "Here even more so, because of the people that know him. He's so important to other survivors. During the rehearsal we had survivors come talk to us. The first thing they said was, who's playing Patrick?"
• Survivors group: Dioceses playing 'legal hardball'; Advocates decry series of motions filed in the case of a former priest accused of abuse. [Roberts] -- wrote book Playboy to Priest
   Springfield News-Leader, http://springfield.news-leader.com/news/today/0622-Survivorsg-117295.html , By Betsy Taylor, Associated Press, June 22, 2004
   ST. LOUIS -- An advocacy group on Monday accused three dioceses of refusing to take responsibility in the case of a former Roman Catholic priest being sued for alleged sexual abuse of a minor.
   On Nov. 12, an Illinois man filed a lawsuit in Belleville, Ill., against a once-prominent Roman Catholic priest. The man alleged he was abused two decades ago as an eighth-grader by Kenneth Roberts, the nationally recognized author of a book called Playboy to Priest.
   The suit, filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court, named as defendants Roberts, the Archdiocese of St. Louis, and the dioceses of Belleville and Dallas, which all had some involvement with the former priest.
   Since then, lawyers for St. Louis and Dallas have filed motions objecting to the case being filed in Illinois. "The archdiocese does not do business in Illinois, so it (Illinois) is not the proper venue for this lawsuit," the Archdiocese of St. Louis said in a statement Monday.
   Lawyers for the Belleville diocese filed documents saying that Roberts was employed by the Dallas diocese. Belleville and Dallas representatives did not return phone calls seeking comment.
   The advocacy group, the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, held a news conference Monday in St. Louis to say the dioceses were playing "hot potato" with the case.
   SNAP's national director David Clohessy wrote to the dioceses Monday, "Each of you apparently feels that you are not responsible for any actions of this man." He asked them to stop the "legal hardball" to help Roberts' alleged victim with healing.
   The accuser, who filed the lawsuit as John Doe, alleges he was 13 and attending St. Mary's school in Belleville in early 1984, when Roberts spent a week as a guest priest and speaker.
   The accuser said he approached Roberts for advice about pursuing the priesthood but was molested when the two met privately, the lawsuit alleges.
   Roberts' whereabouts were not clear Monday.
   Roberts also was accused of sexual misconduct in the late 1960s in the Dallas area, where the diocese paid $8,900 in 1994 in therapy fees for a Roberts accuser in St. Louis and $30,000 in 1998 to a former Fort Worth, Texas, altar boy Roberts allegedly molested.
   Over the years, Roberts produced tapes, books and magazine articles and, until he was suspended in 1998, served on America Online's Catholic discussion group staff.
   The Dallas diocese granted Roberts a medical retirement in September 1995 and restricted his duties, though Roberts apparently began ministering online. After Roberts refused church orders to cease his public ministry and contact with young people, he was suspended in 1998 from celebrating Mass, wearing clerical clothing and presenting himself as an active priest.
   Roberts has denied past sex-abuse allegations.
   The St. Louis archdiocese previously said Roberts was a Dallas diocesan priest with permission to serve as a priest here from 1968 until August 1994, when St. Louis barred Roberts from practicing locally after it fielded two complaints of sexual misconduct involving the cleric 15 years earlier.
• Few early filings for compensation
   Cantonrep.com, www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=13&ID= 168382&r=0&external=&newCookie=yes& userID=81292 ; Tuesday, June 22, 2004
   CINCINNATI (AP) - Claims against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati for alleged sexual abuse by priests are expected to pick up as the Sept. 1 filing deadline for compensation nears.
   "We've talked to a number of lawyers who plan to submit claims, but they are waiting to the end to do it," said Robert Stachler, the lawyer who leads the tribunal that will disburse up to $3 million.
   Hamilton County Prosecutor Mike Allen said the number of applicants so far has been lower than expected, although victims can have a chance at some compensation even if their lawsuits have been barred by the statute of limitations.
   Lawyer Matthew Garretson, who was hired to administer the fund, said Monday that "more than two dozen" people have applied for compensation.
   "The number of claims in now is artificially low," Garretson said. "There's no incentive to file early."
   Last November, the archdiocese pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor counts of failing to report allegations of child abuse and was fined $10,000. Prosecutors agreed to end their investigation, and the archdiocese agreed to create a $3 million fund to compensate alleged victims.
   By waiting to file claims, potential applicants give themselves more time to decide whether they are better off suing the archdiocese individually or seeking compensation from the fund.
   The fund's rules require anyone who applies for compensation to drop pending lawsuits against the archdiocese.
   "I'm glad the number is low," said Christy Miller, a leader of the Cincinnati chapter of the Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests. "We don't want victims to be revictimized again, which is what this process does."
   Konrad Kircher, a lawyer who represents 77 people suing the archdiocese, said five of his clients have expressed interest in the fund but have not yet filed claims. He said the other 72 are inclined to keep fighting in court.
• Lawsuit in priest abuse case to move ahead [1970s, 1985 Widera]
   The Post-Crescent (Wisconsin), www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/news/archive/local_16616812.shtml , Posted June 22, 2004
   WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a lawsuit to proceed that accuses the Archdiocese of Milwaukee of transferring a child molester from Wisconsin to work as a Roman Catholic priest in California.
   The justices declined without comment to block a lawsuit involving allegations that the priest, Sigfried Widera, molested an 8-year-old California boy after his move.
   Widera committed suicide in 2003, a year after Eric Paino sued him and the Milwaukee Archdiocese over the alleged 1985 sexual assault.
   Before his death, Widera fled the country to avoid trial on dozens of counts of child molestation in Wisconsin and California.
   He had been convicted of perversion with a boy in Wisconsin in the 1970s before he moved to California.
   Matthew Flynn, the attorney for the Milwaukee Archdiocese, said that California courts should not handle cases involving out-of-state religious institutions.
   The lawyer also said in court papers that Widera decided on his own to move to California to be near family, and that the archdiocese no longer had ties with him in 1985.
   Paino’s attorney, Katherine Freberg, said records show the leader of the Milwaukee Archdiocese arranged the job transfer after repeated complaints about Widera in Wisconsin.
   A California court had said that the archdiocese knew Widera was a serious threat to boys in California churches and could be sued.
   The archdiocese appealed that decision to the Supreme Court.
• Hubbard says he'll stand his ground; Bishop stresses that he has "no intention" of leaving and that he's pleased with conference results
   Times Union, www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=259638 &category=REGIONOTHER&BCCode=HOME&newsdate= 6/22/2004 ; By MICHELE MORGAN BOLTON, mbolton@timesunion.com , Tuesday, June 22, 2004
   UNITED STATES: Bishop Howard Hubbard responded Monday to calls that he step down from leadership of his 400,000-member Roman Catholic diocese, saying he has "no intention of doing that."
   "I intend to stay the course," Hubbard said in a telephone interview Monday evening.
   Hubbard's statements came on the heels of a small demonstration at the Capitol last week by members of the Coalition of Concerned Catholics, who waved signs telling the cleric to go. The Illinois-based Roman Catholic Faithful and the victims group SNAP, or Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, have also said he should resign.
   Hubbard faces allegations of inappropriate homosexual behavior close to 30 years ago, and has been criticized by abuse victims who say he should step down for shielding abusers for years.
   The bishop was fresh from a six-day, closed-door conference in Denver with fellow clerics from around the country. He said he came away pleased that the U.S. Conference of Bishops approved a second audit of church compliance with sexual abuse policies.
   Hubbard, 65, traveled to Colorado for what was supposed to be a private spiritual retreat that comes along once every five years for the national church leaders.
   But much of the first day and a half was devoted to the sex-abuse issue after some bishops, including New York Cardinal Edward Egan, pushed to put off a decision on the audit until the fall.
   That infuriated advocates of victims of clergy sexual abuse as well as the 13-member National Review Board, the lay panel created to investigate reports of sexual abuse in the church. The board had called for a second review this year.
   "It demanded some type of immediate attention," said Hubbard, who serves on the ad-hoc committee addressing the crisis. "Waiting until November would have bypassed the audits for this year. We didn't want to do that."
   Hubbard said he was pleased that the recommendations were adopted: "It reinforces our commitment to public accountability on the issue."
   The bishops' conference voted overwhelmingly for the audit, like the one approved in 2002 in Dallas. That accounting found about 90 percent of dioceses had implemented the reforms, including removal of a priest after a single credible allegation.
   This second audit should be completed by Dec. 31, the bishops' conference said.
   About a third of U.S. dioceses, including Albany, were found to be in compliance with rules adopted by the Dallas conference, but Albany was not one of 129 to receive a commendation.
   Lawyer John Aretakis, who represents dozens who say they are victims of clergy sex abuse, scoffed at the idea of a second audit, saying abusive priests named in the first go-around were undercounted.
   In a separate interview, he said his figures are more in line with diocesan investigator Thomas Martin, who last week said he "had priests coming out of his ears" in investigations of at least 150 local clerics.
   "I think Bishop Hubbard is still being deceptive when he tries to promote a false appearance of being proactive," Aretakis said. "He should step down for mismanaging clergy for 27.5 years under his watch. There are still massive amounts of pedophiles in active ministry." [Posted by Kathy Shaw at 06:44 AM]
////////// End of Clergy Sex Abuse Tracker www.ncrnews.org/abuse , Tue June 22, 2004
Religions' sex abuse Chronology, visit: http://www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/ethics/ethcont86.htm
#### Clergy Sex Abuse Tracker, www.ncrnews.org/abuse, Wed June 23, 2004 edition follows:-
• US Catholic diocese threatens bankruptcy after abuse payouts [1960s, '70s, '80s; 126 accused; ~$US 20m wasted]
   The Guardian (Britain), www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1245908,00.html , by Dan Glaister in Los Angeles, Thursday June 24, 2004
   ARIZONA, USA: A Catholic diocese in Arizona, facing a series of potentially ruinous civil lawsuits that allege sexual abuse by its priests, is preparing to declare itself bankrupt.
   The move would be the first time that a diocese has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US. In an open letter read to parishioners on Sunday, the Bishop of Tucson, Gerald Kicanas, described it as "the only option" available.
   Under the scheme, the diocese would be allowed to continue to operate while reorganising its debt.
   But the move has provoked protests, with critics arguing that it would enable the church to avoid its moral responsibility and that the threat of filing for bankruptcy is a tactic to make the alleged victims of sexual abuse feel guilty.
   "I don't believe that the church has to or will file for bankruptcy," said Barbara Blaine, the president of Snap, the Survivors' Network of those Abused by Priests.
   "The only way for anyone to know the truth is for the church to open up its books. It's common for the bishops to threaten to file bankruptcy, but no one has yet, and the Vatican would not allow anyone to do so because it would mean handing over control of its assets to a civil court.
   "It is a tactic to instil fear and force victims to withdraw their claims by making them feel guilty."
   In February the Tucson diocese said 126 of its priests faced allegations of sexual abuse by 100 people.
   It is facing 19 civil lawsuits alleging sexual abuse. These come in the wake of several large settlements by the diocese that have led to it paying out close to $20m.
   In January 2002 an out-of-court settlement was reached with 10 men who alleged they had been abused by four priests during the 60s, 70s and 80s. Although the amount of the settlement was secret, it is thought to have been $16m.
   Last August the church paid out a reported $1.8m to the families of five girls alleging abuse by a teacher at a Catholic school in Yuma on the Arizona-Mexico border.
   The next month, facing a further 14 lawsuits, the diocese sold its Tucson headquarters. It now says it faces a long-term debt of $4.7m and a budget deficit of $7m for the year. [Posted by Kathy Shaw at 10:16 PM]
• Samoa Acts to Deport Priest in Abuse Case [Klep] -- Salesian

   New York Times, www.nytimes.com/2004/06/24/national/24abuse.html ,June 23 for June 24, 2004
   DALLAS, (AP) - The Samoan government said on Wednesday that it would deport a Roman Catholic priest because he did not disclose his conviction for child molesting when he entered the country in 1998.
   The announcement that the Rev. Frank Klep would be deported came three days after The Dallas Morning News reported that the Salesians of Don Bosco, an order of Catholic priests, transferred members of the clergy overseas to start new lives after the men were accused of sexual abuse. The order has disputed the newspaper's report.
• Judge Says Priest's Records Are Open To Lawyers' Review [1997-2000 Ensey, Urrutigoity] -- Society of St John
   The Scranton Times, www.scrantontimes.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11989297&BRD=2185 &PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=8 ; BY DAVID SINGLETON, June/17/2004
   UNITED STATES: A federal judge won't reverse his decision to allow attorneys for a man who contends he was molested by two Roman Catholic priests to review one of the clergymen's psychological records.
   However, in an unusual move, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III agreed to let the Rev. Eric Ensey and the Rev. Carlos Urrutigoity immediately appeal his order to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
   A civil complaint filed in 2002 accused the priests, both members of the Society of St. John, of molesting a former St. Gregory's Academy student identified in court papers as John Doe between 1997 and 2000.
• Sharing evaluations of accused priests upheld
   Times Leader (Pennsylvania), www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/8949994.htm , By MARK GUYDISH, Tel. 829-71611, Posted on Fri, Jun. 18, 2004
   SCRANTON - In refusing to reverse his own ruling, a federal judge took some polite but pointed jabs at two priests accused of sexual misconduct in the Diocese of Scranton.
   The rebuke came Tuesday in a ruling on what might be a critical point in the civil lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District by a man identified only as John Doe. Doe claims he was molested as a juvenile by the Revs. Eric Ensey and Carlos Urrutigoity, two leading figures at the Society of St. John in Shohola, Pike County.
   When the allegations emerged, the priests went for evaluations two separate times in two separate places. Ordinarily, such evaluations would be considered private under doctor-patient privilege, but U.S. District Judge John E. Jones ruled in March that no privilege existed because the results were shared with diocese officials. He ordered that the results be shared with John Doe's attorneys, but be restricted them from the public.
   On April 1, the priests' attorneys tried to get Jones to reverse that decision. On Tuesday, Jones rejected their request, and in his written response chose to "utilize this opportunity to make several necessary points."
   Jones wrote that he didn't buy the argument that then-Bishop James Timlin was never supposed to see the evaluation results:
   The priests "were quite obviously evaluated at the behest of Bishop Timlin, in accordance with the standard operating procedures of the diocese in matters of this type, and with every expectation that the results ultimately would be placed in the hands of the diocese."
   Jones also dismissed claims that the evaluation reports were intended solely for the attorney of the two priests, saying that it was "clear" the lawyer "intercepted" the psychological reports "in a creative attempt to cloak them with yet another privilege (attorney-client) and thus prevent their disclosure in this litigation."
   Jones did give the priests an out, agreeing with their attorney that they have the right to appeal the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
• Samoa moves to deport fugitive priest [Klep]
   The Dallas Morning News, http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/062304dnprodlep. 28de9ddab.html ; By REESE DUNKLIN, Wednesday, June 23, 2004
   The Samoan government, prompted by a Dallas Morning News investigation, is moving to deport a fugitive Catholic priest because he failed to disclose his conviction in a previous child molestation case when entering the country.
   The priest's superiors in the Salesians of Don Bosco religious order also face an immigration inquiry because they, too, failed to make the same disclosures, said Auseuga Poloma Komiti, the senior adviser to Samoa's prime minister and Cabinet.
   Samoan authorities will serve the Rev. Frank Klep a deportation order Wednesday afternoon Dallas time that gives him three days to leave voluntarily or seek an appeal, said Mr. Komiti.
• Vatican's opinions about the sex abuse crisis irritating; conservatives waking up to handover of powers to UN

   National Catholic Reporter, www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word , "Conservative critique of the Vatican," Part of "The Word From Rome," By Vatican correspondent JOHN L. ALLEN JR., June 18, 2004
   Catholic conservatives historically have tended to exempt the Vatican from their normal antipathy towards bureaucracies. The Holy See, after all, is vested with the authority of the pope, which gives it a moral standing that the U.S. Postal Service certainly can’t claim. Moreover, conservatives are accustomed to thinking that the Vatican is more likely to be on their wavelength than, say, big government or the academy.
   In recent months, however, a conservative critique of the Vatican has been gathering strength, especially in the United States. It emerged with the sex abuse crisis, when many Americans were disappointed that the Holy See did not act more aggressively. That disillusionment metastasized into anger when a couple of Vatican officials suggested the American crisis was the product of a hostile press and a litigious culture. (These things didn’t irritate just conservatives, but that’s another story).
   Resentment was compounded by perceptions of anti-American bias during the build-up to the war in Iraq. With Vatican Radio suggesting that the Bush administration wanted to expand American oil interests, and even the secretary of state, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, asking out loud if the Americans had "learned anything from Vietnam," some conservatives began to see the Vatican as just another European talk shop.
   The result is a new form of the classic distinction between the Holy Father and the men around him.
   As this critical reflection deepens in conservative circles, one issue where I suspect it will increasingly focus is the Vatican’s attitude towards the United Nations. Although the Holy See has waged battles against elements within the United Nations on the family and population control, the Vatican remains one of the United Nations’s most enthusiastic cheerleaders on international relations and war and peace.
   Conservatives devoted to the principle of subsidiarity increasingly wonder why the Vatican is gung-ho about handing over chunks of national sovereignty to an international authority they see as unaccountable and occasionally hostile to religious values.
   The June 2004 issue of Catholic World Report, widely read in conservative Catholic circles, offered a special dossier critiquing what it called this "strange alliance."
   "The U.N. shows very little respect for the Catholic faith, or for the public positions taken by the Holy See on crucial matters of international policy," an opening editorial said. "Although the Vatican apparently views the U.N. as an ally, many important actors at the U.N. clearly look upon the church as an enemy."
   This reticence feeds what has become a standard conservative critique of John Paul – that he’s a magnificent evangelizer and visionary, but a so-so governor. He has worked around rather than through the Vatican, according to this reading, leaving "the system" largely intact.
   On international questions, this approach has meant a heavily European sociology and cultural formation still shapes Vatican thinking. The clergy who graduate from the Vatican’s school for diplomats, the Accademia, tend to come from the same social and intellectual milieu as the politicians who end up running foreign ministries in France, Italy and Germany. Hence the center of gravity in the Vatican is, like the EU, instinctively -- and some would say, uncritically -- pro-U.N.
   Given these perceptions, important elements of the church’s conservative wing are likely to push for a successor to John Paul who will take the reins of governance into his own hands, and who will challenge some of the customary patterns of doing business within the Roman Curia.
   Expect the United Nations, and the whole question of the international legal order, to be high on their list -- especially among Americans.
   * * *
   A fascinating window onto this conservative critique of international law was opened by a June 13 and 14 Rome conference on "International Law, Democratic Accountability, and Moral Diversity."
   Sponsors of the event included some of the most prominent figures in conservative Anglo-American Catholic thought and activism: the Federalist Society, Ave Maria Law School, the Culture of Life Foundation, the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, and The National Interest.
   Some of the most prominent names in those circles were in attendance, including Judge Robert Bork, nominated for the U.S. Supreme Court under President Ronald Reagan but not confirmed for his strict constructionist views about constitutional interpretation; William Cash, perhaps England’s most prominent Euro-skeptic; John O’Sullivan of The National Interest and a former advisor to Margaret Thatcher; and John O. McGinnis of the Northwestern University School of Law.
   In different ways, speakers sounded alarms about the use of international law to impose policies through judicial fiat, especially concerning abortion, marriage and human sexuality, that could not prevail in an open democratic vote.
   William Saunders of the Family Research Council, for example, cited remarks by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor to the effect that American courts should look more to decisions of European and other international tribunals. Saunders said this is indicative of a growing tendency to "smuggle" the decisions of international courts into U.S. law through a judicial backdoor.
   Bork delivered the event’s keynote address during a June 13 dinner at the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See. Other sessions took place at Rome’s Santa Croce University.
   In his speech, Bork warned against what he called a caste of "Olympians," self-appointed experts who know better than everyone else how life ought to be ordered. Since it is difficult for such people to win elections, Bork suggested, they tend to prefer to work through the judiciary, especially at the international level where few checks and balances exist. Bork therefore described himself as "pessimistic" about the possibility of building democratic accountability into any international legal system.
   Bork challenged the Vatican’s insistence that the U.S.-led war in Iraq should have had the support of the United Nations. He called the idea that the morality of the conflict was somehow dependent upon a majority vote in the General Assembly or a unanimous vote in the Security Council a "doctrinal innovation."
   (In fairness, it should be noted that this was not quite what Vatican diplomats were saying. Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, now the Vatican librarian but then the foreign minister of the Holy See, said repeatedly that there were both legal and moral objections to the conflict. The question of United Nations authorization pertained to legality. The war’s morality, however, depended upon traditional just war tests. Nevertheless, one can understand the confusion, given the tendency of some Vatican spokespersons to invest the United Nations with moral significance).
   During question time, I asked Bork how he explains Vatican support for the United Nations. He replied that the only answer he can give is the European influence.
   McGinnis argued that trade agreements such as the World Trade Organization that promote open markets are democratically defensible, but international instruments on matters such as the environment, human rights, criminal justice or world peace should be viewed with deep skepticism.
   McGinnis argued that treaties are to be preferred to customary international law, meaning interpretations of law based on how states really act, which he said is a form of rule by "a secular priestly caste -- this time in the form of nongovernmental organizations and law professors."
   Bruce Anderson, a conservative columnist for the Independent, shared the fear that a narrow cast of extremists could manipulate international tribunals and conventions.
   "International law as practiced by the left is an oxymoron," Anderson said. "It is not between nations, and it’s not law. We must repudiate it and fight it whenever we can."
   Alternate views were represented.
   Italian scholar Natalino Ronzitti took on McGinnis, saying that the World Trade Organization "can’t substitute for the broader world order." He defended the International Criminal Court, saying it operates on the principle of complementarity, meaning that it asserts jurisdiction only when a national court is unwilling or unable to prosecute a crime.
   Austin Ruse of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute argued that even when international agreements on matters such as human rights are unobjectionable in themselves, they spawn interpretive bodies that "go out completely on their own." He cited the example of Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, whose implementation committee, Ruse charged, "directed China to legalize prostitution."
   "It’s hard to see how multilateral agreements are always democratic," he said.
   In the end, O’Sullivan and Cash seemed to articulate one of the overriding concerns of this group: how to assert the supremacy of the democratic process, the "power of the people," over that of judges and activists.
   "This is the debate of the day," Cash said. "Subsuming into domestic courts of international principles is attacking the right of the people to review. … The whole question of democracy and accountability is put at risk."
   Though no one quite said so out loud, it was clear the Catholics in the group worry that the Holy See has uncritically embraced the evolving international system of jurisprudence. Their message is certain to reach the Vatican, since one of the participants in the conference was Jesuit Fr. Robert Arujo, who works for the Holy See’s observer mission at the United Nations. Arujo was careful not to identity himself with one or another position, but as a lawyer and an astute listener, he will have gotten the point.
• State prepares plea to extradite priest
   The Age, www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/23/1087845007466.html , June 23, 2004
   AUSTRALIA: The Federal Government had not acted to extradite a convicted pedophile priest from Samoa, where he was posted by a Catholic order after being charged with sexual abuse, because it had not received a formal request from Victoria, federal Justice Minister Chris Ellison said yesterday.
   Senator Ellison said the Australian Federal Police had been aware of Father Frank Klep and provided information to Samoan authorities in 1998 when he was moved there by his order, the Salesians of Del [? Don] Brosco.
• Church and State under pressure over Father Klep
   Australian Broadcasting Corporation, www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2004/s1138887.htm ,
   [Can't be found - 19 Jul 04]
• Second priest in secret payout [Ayers, Klep] -- RCC. Rupertswood College
   Herald Sun (Victoria, Australia), http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9934859%255E2862,00.html , by Mark Dunn, June 24, 2004
   MELBOURNE: A second Catholic priest exiled in Samoa was named in a $45,000 payout to a man who claimed he was sexually abused over two years.
   The Catholic church moved Father Jack Ayers to Samoa with Father Frank Klep in 1998, when both were the subject of sexual assault complaints by men who as children attended the Salesian order's Rupertswood College in Sunbury during the 1970s.
   A document obtained by the Herald Sun shows Father Ian Murdoch, the Salesians' Melbourne leader, in 2000 arranged a $45,000 payout to an alleged victim of Father Ayers on the condition the victim stop public complaints.
   The document says the church refuses to accept the allegations were true. The alleged victim yesterday said he was told telling police would be useless because extradition from Samoa was impossible.
   Several of Father Klep's victims have also received confidential church payouts of $20,000 or more. [...]
   Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner (crime) Simon Overland said moves were in progress to extradite Father Klep, six years after the most recent charges were laid.
   Father Murdoch refused to take calls on the issue yesterday.
• Diocese asked for advocate -- -- RCC. 500 lawsuits settled last year
   Massachusetts Live, www.masslive.com/hampfrank/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-7/1087977048308770.xml , By BILL ZAJAC, wzajac@repub.com , Wednesday, June 23, 2004
   SPRINGFIELD, USA - Martin P. Bono of Chicopee knows suicides, financial woes and job problems plagued many clergy sexual abuse victims in the Archdiocese of Boston after 500 or so lawsuits were settled last year.
   In an effort to avoid those problems from plaguing victims in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Bono wants the diocese to provide a grant to fund a survivor advocate who can link victims with needed services.
   "Someone may be in need of family counseling or transitional assistance or job training. They may need to be pointed in the right direction. Maybe they will need help with an addiction," said Bono, one of about 60 people seeking clergy sexual-abuse settlements in the Springfield diocese.
   If a survivor advocate had been in place in Boston, many problems encountered by clergy abuse victims could have been avoided, according to Bono. He has been developing the idea for the advocate through discussions with several clergy abuse victims from Boston.
   "The day after the settlements here, victims are still going to have the same problems they had before the settlement, except they will need advice in handling money," said Bono. He said many victims in Boston have spent their settlements in less than a year.
   "I don't want to see that happen here," Bono said. "Money is not going to solve anyone's problems."
• Bridgeport Diocese To Do Sex Abuse Audit - RCC.
   NBC 30, www.nbc30.com/news/3450466/detail.html , POSTED 8:03 am EDT June 23, 2004
   BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport will again open up its records to auditors for allegations of sexual abuse. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted at its Denver conference last week in favor of a second round of audits.
   Bridgeport Bishop William Lori said that the diocese has nothing to hide. Lori is a member of the bishops' conference Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Abuse.
   Lori said that for the past year the Bridgeport diocese has had n aggressive and comprehensive program to maintain and enhance a safe environment in the parishes.
   A spokesman for the diocese said that about half of the 20,000 church employees, contractors and volunteers in 87 parishes have completed the Bridgeport diocese's Safe Environments Program. The program includes a four-hour training course that teaches participants how to detect signs of abuse and how to report it to church and secular authorities.
   Auditors will review records to ensure the dioceses are reaching out to victims and make sure they do not have child molesters in active ministry.
   The last round of audits completed last fall found that 90 percent of the 191 dioceses audited nationwide, including Bridgeport, were in compliance with the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.
• Samoan archbishop raises concerns about Australian priest with history of sexual abuse
   Australian Broadcasting Corporation, www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2004/s1138513.htm [Can't find 19 Jul 04]
• Bishop keeping the faith, but knows much work lies ahead - RCC.
   Troy Record, www.troyrecord.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12060050&BRD=1170&PAG=461&dept_id=7021&rfi=6 , By: Robert Cristo , June/23/2004
   ALBANY (NY) USA - Even with the recent approval of a second round of accountability audits into the Roman Catholic Church's compliance with sexual abuse policies, Albany Bishop Howard J. Hubbard concedes it is going to take a long time to alleviate the anger, suspicion and disillusionment among many parishioners.
   "Obviously there's a severe breach of trust on the part of a number of priests and bishops that's very jarring and upsetting," said Hubbard in a telephone interview.
   "If we are faithful to our promise we can hopefully help restore trust and credibility, but there's no magic wand solution. ... It's a long, hard process," added the bishop, who is facing allegations of homosexual behavior (with an adult) that he vehemently denies.
   Following last week's six-day conference in Denver with clerics from across the country, Hubbard said he was pleased that the U.S. Conference of Bishops approved a second annual analysis of how dioceses are responding to reforms adopted in the wake of the clergy sex abuse scandal that started in the Boston Archdiocese.
   Bishops voted 207-15 for the accountability audits, which were adopted in Dallas - with Hubbard's support - two years ago.
   New York Cardinal Edward Egan was one of the few who wanted to put off last week's decision on the audits until the fall, which upset advocates for alleged clergy abuse victims.
• Ex-priest pleads guilty to abuse; Hargadon receives second 8-year term in a month's time [1974, 1976 Hargadon] - RCC.
   The Courier-Journal, www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2004/06/23ky/B5-priest06230-4963.html , By JASON RILEY, jriley@courier-journal.com , June 23, 2004
   JEFFERSON: A retired priest, shackled at the wrists and ankles, shuffled into a Jefferson Circuit courtroom yesterday morning and acknowledged to a judge that he orally sodomized a 14-year-old boy nearly three decades ago.
   Under a plea agreement, the Rev. James Hargadon, who had worked in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, pleaded guilty to sodomizing Todd D. Robertson in 1976 in a church rectory and was sentenced to eight years in prison.
   It was the second time in a month that Hargadon, 76, received an eight-year sentence on sexual abuse charges.
   In April, a Grayson Circuit Court jury convicted him of sexually molesting Lawrence Thompson and John Kaelin at a camp on Rough River during a summer 30 years ago when the boys were working in a garden at St. Polycarp Church in Pleasure Ridge Park, where Hargadon was pastor. He was sentenced in that case in May.
   Hargadon will serve the sentences concurrently and could be eligible for parole in about a year and a half. If he had been found guilty at a jury trial in Jefferson County, Hargadon could have been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
   As part of his plea agreement, Hargadon will not ask for probation.
• Cincinnati sexual abuse claims slow coming in - RCC.
   The Plain Dealer, www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1087983251244413.xml , Associated Press, Wednesday, June 23, 2004
   CINCINNATI - Claims against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati for alleged sexual abuse by priests are expected to pick up as the Sept. 1 filing deadline for compensation nears.
   "We've talked to a number of lawyers who plan to submit claims, but they are waiting to the end to do it," said Robert Stachler, the lawyer who leads the tribunal that will disburse up to $3 million.
   Hamilton County Prosecutor Mike Allen said the number of applicants so far has been lower than expected, although victims can have a chance at some compensation even if their lawsuits have been barred by the statute of limitations.
   Lawyer Matthew Garretson, who was hired to administer the fund, said Monday that "more than two dozen" people have applied for compensation.
   "The number of claims in now is artificially low," Garretson said. "There's no incentive to file early."
• 'Anomaly' allows priest accused of sex abuse to stay -- Anglican

   ABC News Online, www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200406/s1138935.htm , Last Update: 9:23pm (AEST), Wednesday, June 23, 2004
   ADELAIDE (S. Australia): The Anglican Church in Adelaide says a priest at the centre of allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct has declined to stand aside and the Administrator has no authority to suspend or dismiss him.
   The anomaly in the Church's law has come to light following media reports that the Church Administrator, Archdeacon John Collas had failed to investigate allegations against the priest.
   The Church says complaints about the priest were made to the Archbishop, not Archdeacon Collas.
   The Archbishop referred the complaints to the Professional Standards Director, who then initiated an investigation in October 2003.
   The Church says earlier this month the Professional Standards Committee told the Archbishop it was recommending further action be taken on the matter.
   The Church says within 24 hours the Archbishop acted on that recommendation, and the process of dealing with its findings is now underway. But the process is facing problems.
   The Administrator, John Collas, today asked the priest to stand aside but the request was declined and at this stage Archdeacon Collas does not have the authority to suspend or dismiss the priest.
• Did diocese hide priest's sex abuse?
   Daily Herald, www.dailyherald.com/news_story.asp?intid=38161325 , [Can't find - 19 Jul 04]
• Priest in grand jury probe critical of media
   The Providence Journal, www.projo.com/ap/ne/1087992606.htm , [Can't find - 19 Jul 04]
• Court Of Appeals Upholds Dismissal Of St. John's Prep Abuse Case [1981 Moorse] - RCC. Time limit expired.
   WCCO TV 4 (Minneapolis), http://wcco.com/localnews/local_story_175082304.html , 7:20 am US/Central, Jun 23, 2004
   ST. PAUL (AP): The state Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court's decision to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former St. John's Preparatory School student who accused a St. John's Abbey priest of sexual abuse.
   The appeals court affirmed the lower court's ruling that Bill Quenroe filed his lawsuit against the Rev. Dunstan Moorse after the statute of limitations had expired.
   The three-judge appeals panel issued its opinion last week, and the Court of Appeals posted it on its Web site Tuesday. Quenroe's lawyer, Jeff Anderson, said he is considering another appeal.
   Quenroe accused Moorse of sexually abusing him in 1981 when Quenroe was a student at St. John's Prep and Moorse was a teacher and spiritual adviser there.
   Quenroe signed a statement in 1992 outlining the alleged abuse and met with then-Abbot Timothy Kelly in 1995 to discuss financial assistance for the injuries Quenroe said he sustained. That shows Quenroe understood then that the alleged abuse had caused him harm, defense attorneys argued.
   Therefore, defense attorneys argued, Quenroe had to file the lawsuit by the end of 1998, and no later than 2001, for it to fall within the statute of limitations. The lawsuit was filed in June 2002.
   Anderson argued Quenroe had developed coping mechanisms that made him incapable of realizing the resulting damages from Moorse's conduct until recently. He also argued the abbey and Moorse fraudulently concealed their conduct, thereby delaying when the clock should start running on the statute of limitations.
• Guest Opinion: Vatican has compassion for cardinal, not victims [Law, John Paul II] - RCC.

   Tucson Citizen, www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=opinion&story_id=062304b5_guestchurch , By RENEE SCHAFER HORTON, Wednesday, June 23, 2004
   TUCSON: If there were ever a doubt that Rome is out of touch with U.S. Catholics, that doubt was removed May 27.
   With the appointment of Cardinal Bernard Law as pastor of Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major, no one can argue that the Vatican has the best interests of the greater church in mind when decisions are made. Unless, of course, Rome defines the church as the hierarchy and not, as the Second Vatican Council proclaimed, the people of God.
   The man whose name is synonymous with the words "clergy sex scandal" has been rewarded for his complicity in moving priest molesters from parish to unsuspecting parish by getting an assignment at one of the four most important basilicas in the Eternal City.
   He will live in a palatial apartment and receive a monthly stipend of about $5,000, Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls told the National Catholic Reporter recently.
   With more than 50 Boston parishes closed last month to pay for the scandal he helped create, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson announcing that Chapter 11 bankruptcy is being explored to pay for clergy sexual abuse claims, it seems sinful that money that could be used to help dioceses instead will go toward sending Law to Rome.
   If Law, 72, were a cleric of spotless reputation, the decision might make sense. But it was under his watch that the most notorious priest pedophiles were allowed to serve. And it was he who, when victims came forward, helped construct settlements that bound them to silence. Most damning, when all this came to light, Law denied he had done anything wrong.
   When Law resigned in December 2002, Catholics across the county breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, they thought, someone in the episcopate was forced to take responsibility for the scandals. Finally Rome was paying attention to the real crisis in the church: episcopal authority without accountability.
   But with this appointment, Catholics are led to conclude they were wrong. Rome isn't paying attention to what the laity wants. The Vatican, well aware of U.S. concerns, apparently doesn't care.
   Rome has compassion for Law but not for the victims. And worse, with no public outcry from bishops, they don't appear to care, either. Surely many bishops know their silence is a slap in the face to clergy abuse victims, not to mention every Catholic who puts money in the collection plate. [Emphasis added]
• Teachers busted in Internet sex sting
   Newsday (New York), www.nynewsday.com/news/education/nyc- sting0623,0,2845621.story?coll=nyc-homepage-headlines [Can't find - 19 July 04]
• Church aid, legal lapses leave cleric free to roam; 'That's when your hair stands on end and your blood boils' [Dominic a.k.a. Yousuf]

   The Dallas Morning News, www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/religion/stories/062304dnprodominic.1de2b. html , By BROOKS EGERTON and REESE DUNKLIN, 12:45 PM CDT, Wednesday, June 23, 2004
   ALBISSOLA MARINA, Italy - Inside a 16th-century Catholic church by the Mediterranean Sea, the priest dresses as a man of God and preaches about the Holy Spirit. Outside, he tells lies.
   "I'm not a functioning priest," he says, until he realizes a reporter has just seen him celebrate Sunday evening Mass. ... Italy, it turns out, is at least the third country in which he has worked in parishes since denying child molestation charges in England seven years ago and fleeing, before he could be tried. The Dallas Morning News tracked him down after Scotland Yard failed. [Read whole article below] [Bolding added]

Church aid, legal lapses leave cleric free to roam; 'That's when your hair stands on end and your blood boils'    The Dallas Morning News, www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/religion/stories/062304dnprodominic.1de2b. html , By BROOKS EGERTON and REESE DUNKLIN, 12:45 PM CDT, Wednesday, June 23, 2004
   ALBISSOLA MARINA, Italy - Inside a 16th-century Catholic church by the Mediterranean Sea, the priest dresses as a man of God and preaches about the Holy Spirit. Outside, he tells lies.
   "I'm not a functioning priest," he says, until he realizes a reporter has just seen him celebrate Sunday evening Mass. Then he says he only "occasionally" leads a service and isn't in active ministry. "Ministry means one has to be in a parish," he says.
   In fact, the Pakistani has been serving here since last fall as associate pastor of Nostra Signora della Concordia. He has also been leading a smaller congregation in the nearby village of Ellera.
   Italy, it turns out, is at least the third country in which he has worked in parishes since denying child molestation charges in England seven years ago and fleeing, before he could be tried. The Dallas Morning News tracked him down after Scotland Yard failed.
   Church aid and law enforcement lapses have made the sojourn possible, as they have in many other cases that The News reviewed in its yearlong investigation of accused priests' international movements.
   British church leaders bailed the priest out of jail, and bishops in Pakistan knew he was a fugitive and let him work anyway. And he has recently served in the United States, apparently without undergoing a background check.
   Such is the tangle of this priest's life that even his name and age are unclear. He is the 54-year-old Rev. Yusaf Dominic in the Archdiocese of Lahore, Pakistan, where he was ordained and technically remains based. But here in the Italian Diocese of Savona-Noli -- whose leader said he knew nothing of the abuse case -- he is known as the 48-year-old Rev. Dominic Yousuf.
   On Concordia's steps, Father Dominic offered no explanation for the confusion. "I don't have anything in my mind" about it, he said during a rambling interview in which he frequently contradicted himself.
   In the Archdiocese of Newark, N.J., where Father Dominic worked at St. Francis of Assisi Church in 2002, queries about the priest's name brought a chuckle from the associate pastor.
   "That was a question that was always under debate," said the Rev. Eugene Field.
   One of Father Dominic's accusers in London expressed outrage at the priest's continuing parish assignments, which keep him in the presence of children.
   "That's when your hair stands on end and your blood boils," said the young man, who spoke on the condition he not be identified. "This guy's got to be stopped."
Fitness always in doubt
   Father Dominic's globetrotting began in the 1970s, long before he was arrested in London -- but well after he was first identified as a poor prospect for ministry.
   "He was not a very good student," said Lahore Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha, who taught him at a junior seminary and has been a diocesan boss since 2001. "He's not coordinated in his thinking, not logical. His mind is not very clear."
   Asked how such a young man could be deemed fit for the priesthood, the archbishop replied: "That's a good question. It was not in my hands."
   A few years after he was ordained in 1974, Father Dominic began visiting London periodically and working temporarily in parishes of its Westminster Archdiocese. He studied in Rome in the mid-1980s, sometimes spending summers as a substitute priest in the New York City area.
   Father Dominic was arrested in late 1996 while at St. Bernard Parish in London, accused of molesting two boys in the 1980s. After leaving jail, he was sent to a clergy treatment center in rural England run by the Servants of the Paraclete religious order, which became notorious in the United States for its past practice of helping return abusers to parish work.
   In early 1997, Father Dominic disappeared and flew home to Pakistan. He told The News that he fled after treatment center officials forced him to sign an admission of abuse.
   Father Dominic said that he did not abuse the boys and that they made allegations in retaliation for his efforts to collect a debt from an accuser's father. "That's B.S.," said the one accuser The News reached, who is unrelated to the other alleged victim.
   A current treatment center leader, the Rev. Liam Hoare, declined to comment and would not provide contact information for the predecessor who oversaw Father Dominic's treatment. The News could not locate that priest, whom Father Hoare said had been transferred to the Philippines.
   Father Dominic said British authorities returned his passport when he left jail; authorities would not confirm that.
   Westminster Archdiocese records show no information about how Father Dominic got out of England, spokesman Timothy Livesey said. But he acknowledged that church representatives erred in arranging Father Dominic's bail.
   The Rev. Tony Brunning agreed to be liable for the bail, which was a "mistake," said Mr. Livesey. Father Brunning, a longtime friend of the suspect, declined to comment.
   After Father Dominic absconded, Mr. Livesey said, "the diocese wrongly paid" the approximately $3,600 that Father Brunning owed. He identified the person who authorized this indemnification as the Rev. Ralph Brown, who was the diocese's vicar general at the time. Monsignor Brown did not respond to an interview request.
   It is a crime in Britain even to agree to indemnify someone who is liable for a bail payment, and Mr. Livesey acknowledged that the archdiocese came under criminal investigation because of Monsignor Brown's action. The archdiocese was not prosecuted.
   Monsignor Brown "did not realize there was anything wrong" in what he was doing and has apologized, Mr. Livesey said
   The original investigator on the case, Detective Constable Keith Olivant, said that what happened was "an absolute offense where ignorance is no excuse." He said he did not know why the archdiocese was not prosecuted.
   "It's something they ought to be prosecuted for," the detective said.
   A spokeswoman for the Crown Prosecution Service declined to comment on anything related to the case because it remains open.
Legal standstill
   Britain and Pakistan have no extradition treaty, and London police apparently quit working the case.
   The accuser interviewed by The News said he has never heard from the current investigator on the case, Detective Sgt. Caer Taylor. The detective told The News she didn't know whether the case was still pending and, when told that a reporter had located the priest, she didn't ask for his address.
   Instead of staying beyond the reach of the law, Father Dominic moved to countries where extradition would have been routine -- first the United States and later Italy.
   He left Pakistan after Lahore Archdiocese leaders barred him from ministry, Archbishop Saldanha said. By 1999, he was living in the New York City area and trying to get American dioceses to hire him. Los Angeles and Brooklyn were among those that refused, citing vaguely negative reports from Lahore.
   The Rev. John J. Brown, Brooklyn's clergy personnel director, said the Lahore Archdiocese did not reveal that there was a criminal case in London. Lahore church leaders knew of its existence, according to a British church official's letter to one of Father Dominic's accusers.
   Monsignor Brown said Father Dominic did mention the case but said it had been dismissed and he had been exonerated. He said he did not check the priest's claims with authorities.
   Hearing details this week about Father Dominic's case was "disturbing," Monsignor Brown said. He said the U.S. church must rely on foreign bishops to be open and honest about their priests who come to this country to work.
   After striking out in the United States, Father Dominic returned to his native Pakistan. Archbishop Saldanha said he worked at a Muslim school in Lahore and then found a Catholic leader who would take him in another part of Pakistan: Bishop Andrew Francis, leader of the Multan Diocese.
   The priest became pastor of the Multan cathedral, "not with our permission," Archbishop Saldanha said. But after a while, Bishop Francis sent the priest back to Lahore.
   "There was some personal animosity," said the archbishop, who added that he knew no details. Bishop Francis could not be reached for comment.
   Next Father Dominic tried his luck in America again. And this time, he succeeded: The Newark Archdiocese put him to work in summer 2002, shortly after U.S. bishops passed a "zero tolerance" sexual abuse policy during their annual meeting in Dallas.
   He was stationed at St. Francis of Assisi in Ridgefield Park on instructions from archdiocese headquarters, said Father Field, the priest who worked with him. He said he did not know who gave the instructions.
   But the Newark archdiocesan office that oversees visiting priests said it had no record of Father Dominic. The Rev. William Fadrowski, who was executive director of clergy personnel in 2002, said he had never heard of the priest and didn't understand how he could have been allowed to work at St. Francis.
   "It's very, very abnormal," Monsignor Fadrowski said.
   Newark Archbishop John Myers said he, too, did not recognize Father Dominic's name and called his presence in a parish "odd."
   "It certainly is not according to our policies and expectations," he said.
   Archbishop Saldanha, head of the priest's home diocese in Pakistan, initially said he thought Father Dominic was living at the New Jersey church "on a private visit" and was not exercising his ministry.
   Archbishop Myers did not ask whether the priest should be allowed to function, Archbishop Saldanha said. In a later interview, however, he said he had received a background check form from Newark but did not complete and return it.
   Archbishop Saldanha also said that Father Dominic had occasionally said Mass while at St. Francis but that he was "not doing any pastoral work ... not dealing with people."
   Father Dominic left St. Francis after about two months, according to Father Field, who said he thought the priest had returned to his home country because of problems with his religious worker's visa.
A friend of the bishop
   It isn't clear where Father Dominic went after Newark. But by last October, he was living along northern Italy's Riviera, working in the quaint beach town of Albissola Marina and up in the hills at Ellera.
   In announcing the priest's appointment, the Savona-Noli Diocese newsletter described him as a friend of the bishop, the Rev. Domenico Calcagno.
   The bishop told The News he had met Father Dominic when he traveled to Pakistan in the early 1990s, before assuming his current post. At the time, Bishop Calcagno said, he was a priest working at the Vatican's foreign missions office and Father Dominic was teaching in a Lahore seminary.
   The bishop said Father Dominic came to his diocese last fall after the head of the Lahore Archdiocese requested a temporary placement for the priest while he worked on a book.
   Bishop Calcagno turned pale when told by a reporter about the London criminal case and that church leaders in Pakistan were familiar with it.
   "I am absolutely not aware of this," the bishop said. "This is very strange. I received a written fax from the bishop. He was asking me to help Father Dominic with his studies. To me there was no reason to suspect anything about it."
   Archbishop Saldanha initially told The News that he didn't know where Father Dominic was and hadn't communicated with any Italian dioceses. But when he learned that the newspaper had located the priest and interviewed Bishop Calcagno, the archbishop acknowledged that he had given Father Dominic permission to "study theology and do some work in an old-age home, not work in a parish" in Italy.
   Bishop Calcagno said he planned to keep Father Dominic on duty, "putting a close eye on him from now on." Archbishop Saldanha said he would ask Father Dominic "what he's really doing."
   The priest continues to profess his innocence. Father Dominic said he sometimes cries out to God, asking why he has suffered so.
   "They have really devastated all my priesthood," he said. "I'm just a helpless person."
   Staff writer Brooks Egerton reported from Dallas, and staff writer Reese Dunklin reported from Albissola Marina. Freelance journalist Mark Williams-Thomas contributed from London.
The human toll
   What the priest did to him was bad enough, the young man says. What came later, when he reported it to church officials, was worse.
   The story starts late one night in December 1984, he says, when the Rev. Yusaf Dominic abused him. He was 9 years old and had a part in the Nativity play at his family's London church. His parents had asked the visiting Pakistani cleric to spend the night.
   Twelve years later, in 1996, the traumatized child had become a college kid who could contain the memory no longer -- especially when he found out that Father Dominic had returned from Pakistan to work in another parish in the Westminster Archdiocese.
   He went there and told his story to the head priest, who said, "These things happen," the young man recalls.
   "He offered to arrange a meeting" at which Father Dominic would apologize "and we could all have a cup of tea together."
   Father Dominic -- who has since denied wrongdoing -- stayed on duty. The young man and his family appealed to a bishop, who suggested that the priest might merely have been engaged in "horseplay," or that a counselor might have implanted a false memory.
   "But I hadn't been to a counselor," the man says.
   The bishop also dispensed some advice: "You don't want to go to the police." He ignored that advice and found someone who took him seriously.
   "All the church personnel I spoke to minimized what happened," the young man says. "It's the secondary victimization that hurts people most."
   -- Brooks Egerton
   COMING IN SUNDAY READER: Commentators from across the spectrum of American Catholicism react to The Dallas Morning News' four-part series, "Runaway Priests." Also, The News' editorial board calls for reform. [Emphasis added] The Dallas Morning News, "Church aid, legal lapses leave cleric free to roam; 'That's when your hair stands on end and your blood boils'," By BROOKS EGERTON and REESE DUNKLIN, Wednesday, June 23, 2004
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/religion/stories/062304dnprodominic.1de2b. html
Also see: www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/ethics/ethcont86.htm#dominic

• Six Months Later, Phoenix Bishop Says He Feels at Home
   KPHO News 5 (Arizona), www.kpho.com/Global/story.asp?S=1962213
   PHOENIX-AP) -- It's been six months since Bishop Thomas Olmsted took over the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix.
   In an interview with reporters this morning, he says things have gone relatively smooth and that he feels at home.
   The bishop says that while the Tucson diocese may be on the verge of bankruptcy because of large sexual abuse settlements, he didn't believe the Phoenix diocese was on a similar road.
   Olmsted says he's met with several victims of sexual abuse by priests and in all but one instance, was able to pray with them.
   He also says he'd love to have a Catholic university in Arizona to expand religious teachings.
• Appeals court upholds dismissal of St. John's Prep sex abuse suit [Moorse]
   Duluth News Tribune, www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/politics/8987896.htm , Associated Press, Posted on Tue, Jun. 22, 2004
   ST. PAUL - The state Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court's decision to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former St. John's Preparatory School student who accused a St. John's Abbey priest of sexual abuse.
   The appeals court affirmed the lower court's ruling that Bill Quenroe filed his lawsuit against the Rev. Dunstan Moorse after the statute of limitations had expired.
   The three-judge appeals panel issued its opinion last week, and the Court of Appeals posted it on its Web site Tuesday. Quenroe's lawyer, Jeff Anderson, said he is considering another appeal. [and similar to previous newsitem]
• Catholic order denies report it moved accused priests -- RCC. Salesians
   Anchorage Daily News, www.adn.com/24hour/nation/story/1451481p-8830833c.html , The Associated Press, 6:57 pm ADT, June 22, 2004
   DALLAS (Texas): Leaders of an order of Roman Catholic priests denied on Tuesday allegations that they moved priests accused of sexual abuse from country to country to avoid law enforcement.
   The Dallas Morning News reported Sunday that the Salesians of Don Bosco transferred priests accused of abuse, allowing them to start new lives in unsuspecting communities and continue working in church ministries.
   In a statement posted on its Web site Tuesday, the order said it "categorically denies such behavior and condemns every kind of abuse of minors."
   The newspaper, which has been investigating the international movement of abusive Roman Catholic priests for more than a year, stood by its reporting, saying it had documented several instances in which the Salesians moved accused priests across international borders.
   "Our team spent months interviewing and gathering documents for our stories on the Salesians," said Robert W. Mong, the Morning News' president and editor. "We attempted to interview international and regional leaders of the order, but they declined. We remain confident of our reporting."
   The newspaper said the Salesians' statement did not address several specific cases described in its Sunday report.
   The Salesians, a large order founded in 19th century Italy, work mainly with poor children.
• Former altar boy accuses Cedar Rapids Roman Catholic priests of sexual abuse [1962 Roach] - RCC.
   Quad City Times, www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1029884&t=Iowa+%2F+Illinois&c=24,1029884 , Associated Press, Last Updated: 12:09 am, Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004
   IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A former altar boy at a Roman Catholic church in Cedar Rapids has filed a federal lawsuit accusing several priests of sexual assaulting him 42 years ago.
   The victim, now living in Dallas, Texas, says in the lawsuit he was sexually assaulted on two occasions during the summer of 1962 by the Rev. William Roach and at two other priests.
   The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids, also names the Archdiocese of Dubuque, which had supervision over Roach and the other priests.
   A diocese spokesman and attorney said they had not been notified of the lawsuit and declined comment.
• The Catholic gun didn't go off: Silence greets Dallas News series - RCC.
   Get Religion, http://getreligion.typepad.com/getreligion/2004/06/the_gun_didnt_g.html , by Terry Mattingly, Tuesday June 22 2004
   Once there was a man who lived in a lighthouse on the foggy Atlantic.
   That's the start of a very, very old sermon illustration. I thought of it this past weekend as I read the first chunks of the sprawling Dallas Morning News reports on the globalization of the clergy sex-abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church. I've been on the road for several days and I leave the country for a week tomorrow, so I am reading and typing fast.
   Back to the sermon illustration. As the story goes, this lighthouse had a gun that sounded a warning every hour. The keeper tended the beacon and kept enough shells in the gun so it could keep firing. After decades, he could sleep right through the now-routine blasts. Then the inevitable happened. He forgot to load extra shells and, in the dead of night, the gun did not fire.
   This rare silence awoke the keeper, who leapt from bed shouting, "What was that sound?"
   What does this have to do with the Dallas series? That's simple. The series seems to be breaking new ground but the mainstream press, and even the always lively world of Catholic bloggers, seem to be greeting it with silence. Chilly silence? Can't really tell yet.
   For those who are not following the action, here is the opening of today's story by reporters Brooks Egerton and Brendan M. Case. They have been working on this investigation for 18 months.

The Mexican bishop had trouble on his hands. An attacker had nearly killed one of his priests, whose sexual misconduct was well known to the bishop. And now villagers were telling police about a stream of young male visitors to the priest's parish residence.
The U.S. bishop had a different problem: a lack of Spanish-speaking priests to serve a growing immigrant population. And so, in 1987, the Rev. Nicolás Aguilar got a fresh start in Southern California. Just nine months later, he was on the move again, leaving behind one of the largest child sexual abuse cases in Los Angeles Archdiocese history. Again, scandal was contained with the priest hiding abroad.
Father Aguilar's tale of international flight fits a pattern that Catholic Church leaders have repeated around the world, a yearlong Dallas Morning News investigation has found.

The other names in this story are huge -- Cardinal Norberto Rivera of Mexico City and Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony, the leader of largest U.S. diocese. And Father Aguilar did not slip away quietly, according to the Dallas News series. It continues:

After dodging criminal charges in California, where police said he had molested at least 26 boys, he was charged in a 1997 Mexican abuse case. Church leaders kept him in ministry while the matter was pending and even after his conviction in 2003. Recently, he was spared punishment on a technicality, a Mexican judge said.

   Cardinal Rivera did not respond to written requests for information. Cardinal Mahony declined to be interviewed. The reporters did not stop there and you can read the results of their pursuit for yourself.
   So what is going on here? Let me say out loud what a cynic might say.
   This is not a sexy story anymore. And the Boston Globe owned the old story, two years ago. The Globe has the Brand Name nailed down.
   The U.S. bishops have done something and discussing whether they did the right things gets complicated. We are headed into an election year and the sacramental status of Sen. John Kerry is getting the Catholic ink. People are tired of the story and it does not sell newspapers, magazines or books. The Catholic left has reasons to be silent and so does the Catholic right. We don't have sexy art, yet.
   There's more, I am sure. And I missing something? [Posted by Kathy Shaw at 12:29 AM]
   [COMMENT: This article seems to be another example of a Denier (i.e., a blind apologist) and Pubianity* spokesperson denying the obvious. Did the Salesian leaders and the author really think that a major city newspaper spent more than a year investigating, and found NOTHING at all? Isn't it more likely that they found, just as The Boston Globe and before it Jason Berry and others did, a sink of corruption? They and others found Churches "in denial". The sad thing is that the latest facts are true, and they took photographs to prove it. Therefore, the Church leaders ought to have just apologised, and amended their bad ways.
   The Salesian denial has been blown out of the water by the Provincial of their Order in Australia, Father Ian Murdoch, who also seems to be in denial. He was reported on July 19, 2004, as saying there was no "ring of pedophiles" in the Order. In the same newsitem he stated that since the year 2000 he had dealt with 15 priests and brothers accused credibly of sex abuse, and had to pay out possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars, and 10 to 12 other cases had been dealt with by the Order before he took over. -- see The Age (Melbourne), page 1, July 19, 2004, www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/18/1090089040217.html?oneclick=true ). Now, if the Order has 25 offenders that the Order itself realises are sex abusers, pray what is Father Provincial's definition of a "ring of pedophiles"? -- Faith Purification Programme, 21 July 2004.
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* "Pubianity" -- a made-up word signifying Church spokespeople whose prohibitions and studies are very loud about the pubic region of the human body, but who seem to have swallowed every error on this subject that crept into Christianity from paganism, and who deny the obvious. It was the same sort of mentality that enforced ridiculously severe fasts as penances for sins, during centuries when most people had enough "penance" from severe longterm pain or risked painful deaths from maladies that these days are easily relieved or cured, and many parents had the repeated agony of seeing their babies and infants die. Similar narrow-mindedness suppressed Galileo and burnt reformers and Joan of Arc, and is now bringing religion into disrepute in the United States by quarrelling over whether condoms will save people from AIDS, other STDs and some unwanted teenage pregnancies, to insist that United Nations agencies trying to uplift the downtrodden do not distribute condoms, and whether to give Holy Communion to certain political candidates who are contradicting long-held RC doctrines. COMMENT ENDS.]
////////// End of Clergy Sex Abuse Tracker www.ncrnews.org/abuse , Wed June 23, 2004
Religions' sex abuse Chronology, visit: http://www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/ethics/ethcont86.htm
• Samoa Archbishop reported to be 'furious'. [Klep has cost $100,000]

   CathNews, http://www.cathnews.com/news/406/129.php , June 23, 2004
   SAMOA: There is more coverage of the Salesian story in the Australian press this morning. The Archbishop of Samoa, Alapati Mataeliga, is reported to be "furious" by The Australian. He is now preparing to send Fr Klep home to Australia "on the first plane".
   Much of the reportage concerns inaction by police as well as actions taken by the Salesians. The Australian says Archbishop Mataeliga has summoned the Salesian Order to his Apia office this morning to explain its "breach of trust", "and ordered it to prevent Klep from delivering Mass or mixing with children".
   "We are not prepared to be involved in sheltering or hiding Father Klep in any way," the Archbishop's spokesman, Puletini Tuala, said yesterday.
   "As soon as the police inform us that he is wanted for arrest, we will say yes, take him, he is out of here on the first plane."
   In an editorial The Age says:
   But for the 1994 convictions, none of the allegations above have been proven in court and every accused priest is entitled to the presumption of innocence. The point to be made, though, is that such allegations should be investigated by police and, should they lay charges, the evidence should be tested in court. The church should in no way frustrate that process.
   Father Murdoch [Congregational Leader] says the Salesians are "deeply sorry for the sexual misconduct of some of our members and for their violation of the young".
   Members of the order and the church they represent cannot begin truly to repent and atone for that - in the eyes of their public and their God - until their leaders do their moral and legal duty.
   The order has the power to recall Father Klep to answer the charges, and should, or else stand condemned for complicity.
   In a further article being carried by Murdoch newspapers it is claimed "the Catholic church has paid up to $100,000 in compensation to sex abuse victims linked to exiled priest Frank Klep.
SOURCES - FULL STORIES: The Australian - Samoa's pedophile anger, http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9926967%5E2702,00.html
The Age - Editorial: Church compounds the sins of the fathers, http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/22/1087844932794.html target="_blank" 0,4057,9915614%5E2862,00.html? story_page common news.com.aunews.com.au - $100,000 sex abuse payout
EARLIER LINKS: Dallas Morning News - Convicted sexual abuser and fugitive works with kids under his religious order's wing, http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/longterm/stories/062004dnproklep.275b904e1.html
Dallas Morning News - Multi-media interactive presentation, http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/spe/2004/runawaypriests/
The Age - Pedophile priest stays out of reach, http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/21/1087669915702.html
ABC Radio PM - Priest with paedophilia conviction relocated to Samoa, http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2004/s1136980.htm
ABC Radio PM - Alleged sex abuse victim speaks out, http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2004/s1137010.htm
LA Times - Vatican Aware of Abuse for Centuries, Study Says, http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-priests20jun20,1,3735853,print.story?coll= la-headlines-california
Salesian Australian website, http://www.donbosco.asn.au/auxilium/ [23 Jun 2004]
#### Clergy Sex Abuse Tracker, www.ncrnews.org/abuse, Thu June 24, 2004 edition follows:-
• Independent Investigation into Sexual Abuse Allegations [Hubbard] - RCC.
   WIVB-TV 4, www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=1967661&nav=0RapOBSP , June 24, 2004
   ALBANY, NY -- An independent investigation into allegations of sexual abuse found a Catholic bishop in New York did not act inappropriately. Former Federal Prosecutor Mary Jo White conducted the investigation into Albany Bishop Howard Hubbard.
   She announced Thursday that the investigation found no evidence of sexual misconduct. Hubbard was accused of having sexual relations with a man in 1978, who later killed himself. Hubbard has always maintained his innocence. [Posted by Kathy Shaw at 08:19 PM]
• Reaction to Report on Bishop Hubbard - RCC.
   WXXA -TV Fox 23 (Albany, NY), www.fox23news.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=A5D37966- 008E-4069-AE52-35F99A36CD3A ; ~ June 24, 2004
   UNITED STATES: John Aretakis, the attorney representing over 100 people alleging clergy abuse in the Albany Diocese, says, "I believe that today's story should be that Bishop Howard Hubbard paid somewhere probably between one million and two million or possibly three million dollars by a person he hired to try and clear him."
   Aretakis discounted the report's multiple polygraph results that indicated Hubbard's innocence. Aretakis said if those interviewed confessed to their lying ahead of time, they might have somehow been able to fool the polygraph.
   Some critics say though there should be less concern with what this report found about Bishop Hubbard's personal life, and more paid to what he might have done professionally to shelter abusive priests.
   "To prove that he didn't go to gay bars in the 70's and didn't have sex with gay men, that wasn't his crime," Mark Furnish of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests says of Hubbard. "His real crime was that he covered up the sexual abuse of minors by his priests in his diocese. And that's not going to go unchallenged or forgotten."
• Church Probe Clears New York Bishop in Sex Case [Hubbard] - RCC.
   Reuters, www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=5508844 , By Holly McKenna, 04:41 PM ET, Thu Jun 24, 2004
   ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) - An investigation found that there was no credible evidence to support allegations that Bishop Howard Hubbard of Albany, New York, was involved in any homosexual relationships, a former prosecutor said on Thursday.
   Mary Jo White, best known for prosecuting terrorism cases as U.S. attorney in Manhattan from 1993 to 2002, said her four-month long probe found Hubbard, 65, was a victim of "false and unfounded rumors" and may have been misidentified.
• Catholic Bishops Slam HBO 'Celibacy' Documentary - RCC.
   Beliefnet, www.beliefnet.com/story/148/story_14827_1.html , By Daniel Burke Religion News Service, ~ June 24, 2004
   ENGLAND: A new documentary to be broadcast on HBO on June 28 raises provocative questions about the role of clerical celibacy in the Catholic sexual abuse crisis. It is drawing fire from outraged Catholic bishops who say the film uses a "stacked-deck approach" to "assault" the church's sexual ethos.
   In an interview from his home in England, the filmmaker, Antony Thomas, said his interest in celibacy was spurred by a desire to go beyond the daily media coverage of the church's abuse scandal. [And on, giving his views]
   A review by the bishops' Office of Film and Broadcasting say the film fails "to take seriously that following the example of the celibate Christ is a motive for priestly celibacy. Primacy is always given to motives other than spiritual." Moreover, the film's arguments are "full of unsubstantiated, anecdotal assertions ... presented in a largely imbalanced way, with fact deferring to mere opinion in many cases," wrote staff critic David DiCerto. Among the details that the film fails to notice, the bishops' review says, are the "wealth of vocations to the priesthood and religious life outside Western Europe and North America, and the secular polls which demonstrate that most priests are happy with their lives." According to the bishops' review, the biggest error in the film is that it reduces "man to a ball of biological urges." And it neglects the words of Pope Paul VI, who said that "Man, created in God's image and likeness, is not just flesh and blood, the sexual instinct is not all that he has; man also has, and pre-eminently, understanding, choice, freedom." #
• Judge Says Priest's Records Are Open To Lawyers' Review - RCC. [1997-2000 Ensey, Urrutigoity]
   Scranton Times Tribune, www.scrantontimes.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11989297&BRD= 2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=8 ; BY DAVID SINGLETON, THE SCRANTON TIMES, June/17/2004
   UNITED STATES: A federal judge won't reverse his decision to allow attorneys for a man who contends he was molested by two Roman Catholic priests to review one of the clergymen's psychological records.
   However, in an unusual move, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III agreed to let the Rev. Eric Ensey and the Rev. Carlos Urrutigoity immediately appeal his order to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
   A civil complaint filed in 2002 accused the priests, both members of the Society of St. John, of molesting a former St. Gregory's Academy student identified in court papers as John Doe between 1997 and 2000.
   On March 23, Judge Jones ruled the former student's legal counsel could review a psychological evaluation of the Rev. Urrutigoity performed at the request of the Diocese of Scranton.
   Although he deferred a decision on a similar evaluation of the Rev. Ensey because it was unavailable for his review, Judge Jones concluded the records were not protected by the psychotherapist-patient privilege or the attorney-client privilege.
• Bishop apologises for priest's child sex abuse [McNamara] - RCC.

   One in Four movement, http://oneinfour.org/news/news2004/apology , by Gordon Deegan - Irish Times , ~ June 24, 2004
   IRELAND: A senior bishop issued a public apology from the pulpit at the weekend for the sexual abuse of children by a deceased parish priest.
   The Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, addressed parishioners on Saturday and Sunday in the east Clare parish of Mountshannon and Whitegate over the sexual abuse perpetrated by the late Father Tom McNamara on a number of children in the area.
   Father McNamara served as parish priest for the Mountshannon area during the 1970s and 1980s, and Dr Walsh asked Mass-goers for forgiveness for the church over the abuse.
• Ahern for child abuse inquiry next month
   One in Four camaign, http://oneinfour.org/news/news2004/ahern , by Patsy McGarry, Religious Affairs Correspondent Irish Times , ~ June 24, 2004
   IRELAND: The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, will give evidence next month before the investigation committee of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse concerning his May 1999 apology to people who were in residential institutions as children.
   The Minister for Health and Children, Mr Martin, is due to give evidence to the committee tomorrow, when it will deal with his role in preparing legislation setting up the commission and other matters following the Taoiseach's apology. Mr Martin was minister for education and science at the time.
   His successor in that office, Dr Michael Woods, will be before the committee on Thursday, as will senior officials from that Department, including Mr John Dennehy, its secretary general, and Mr Tom Boland, now chief executive officer of the Higher Education Authority. It is likely also that the current Minister for Education, Mr Dempsey, will be called before the Committee.
   Yesterday's hearing dealt with the historical background to residential institutions in Ireland, with Dr Eoin O'Sullivan of the Social Studies Department at Trinity College Dublin tracing their evolution from 1750. These were regulated under the Reformatories Act of 1858 and the Industrial Schools Act of 1868. Under the former, 10 such schools for young offenders were set up in Ireland, five for Catholics and five for Protestants.
   By the foundation of the State in 1922 there were just three reformatories in the Free State area, all for Catholics - two for boys (at Daingean and Glencree, both run by the Oblate congregation) and one school for girls deemed to have "immoral knowledge", run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Limerick.
   By 1885 there were 51 industrial schools in Ireland. The great majority were run by religious congregations, of which 30 were run by the Sisters of Mercy. By the end of the 19th century there were 70 such schools in Ireland, involving 9,000 children, the majority girls. The last industrial school for Protestant children, at Merrion in Dublin, closed in 1917.
   Detailed reports on the schools were conducted prior to independence, after which such reports/and commentary were scant up to the 1960s, Dr O'Sullivan said. Between 1911 and 1960, 43,500 children had been in such institutions in Ireland (26-county area). Reflecting on the comparatively high number of Irish people institutionalised since Independence, he quoted from the 1956 census for the Republic.
   It showed that while there were 574 in prison, there were 5,385 children in industrial schools, 103 unmarried mothers institutionalised for having a first baby, as "first offenders", and a further 517 "repeat offender" unmarried mothers in other institutions. In both latter cases the women served two years "penance"- the practice but not the law - before release, Dr O'Sullivan said. There were also 950 women in Magdalen homes.
   Meanwhile 19,000 people were "involuntarily detained" in psychiatric hospitals, with a further 2,025 detained as "mental defectives". He said 30,000 people in the State were institutionalised in 1956, or more than one person in every 100 of the population at the time (2.88 million). That year also a further 41,000 emigrated.
   Dr O'Sullivan recalled the visit to Ireland of Father Flanagan, of Boystown, Nebraska, in 1946 and his description of the residential institutions for children as "Ireland's concentration camps".
   He spoke of the work of Frank Duff of the Legion of Mary in setting up alternative homes for women and of a request by religious congregations in the 1960s that judges use the Probation Act less frequently as it meant fewer children were being sent to the institutions. It was refused.
   He detailed the growing dissatisfaction with the institutions through to the Kennedy report of 1970 which recommended immediate closure for some and a shift to foster care for children. He said no records of the Kennedy committee's work were available now. #
   Contact: Telephone 01 662 4070, fax 01 611 4650, email info@oneinfour.org , address 2 Holles Street, Dublin
   Run for and by people who have experienced sexual abuse.
• Martin testifies on residential abuse -- RCC. Cattle better fostered than the boys
   One in Four organisation, http://oneinfour.org/news/news2004/martin
   IRELAND: by Patsy McGarry, Religious Affairs Correspondent - Irish Times, ~ June 24, 2004
   A 1955 memo from an official at the Department of Education, concerning a residential institution for children, said "the wonderful conditions in which the cattle are kept in marked contrast to the care and feeding of the boys."
   The then assistant secretary at the Department was refuting complaints about lack of funding by the religious congregation which ran the institution.
   The Minister for Health and Children, Mr Martin, said yesterday he had seen the memo when he was Minister for Education and Science, between June 1997 and January 2000.
   He was giving evidence to the investigation committee of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse in Dublin, explaining the background to the Taoiseach's May 1999 apology to people who had spent their childhood in such institutions. The official, whose memo he spoke of, and the institution concerned were not named. Both will emerge in proceedings.
   Details of abuse in institutions emerged mainly through the media and the RTÉ States of Fear programme (April 1999) in particular, he said. He remarked that one of the strongest influences on him in dealing with the issue had been a meeting with survivors in early 1999. They looked him in the eye and he was asked "Minister do you believe us? Say you believe us".
   By early 1998 he had become aware of abuse allegations in the institutions, due to an increase both in litigation by survivors and in Freedom of Information requests concerning the institutions. He said the 1996 RTÉ Dear Daughter programme dealing with Goldenbridge Orphanage, seemed to have encouraged survivors to speak out.
   He confirmed to Mr Frank Clarke SC, for the committee, that the matter of abuse was first raised at a Cabinet meeting on March 31st, 1998, when he gave a briefing about the increase in litigation relating to the institutions. A Cabinet sub-committee was set up to establish how best to deal with the issue, as was an inter-departmental working group.
   The latter reported back to the Cabinet sub-committee in April 1999, recommending an apology by the Taoiseach on behalf of the State and the setting up of a child abuse commission.
   He said his own views would not have differed from those of the Department of Education secretary general Mr John Dennehy, of the working group that, whereas particular allegations were not proven in a court of law, "the generality of the cases were true."
   He had spoken to the Taoiseach and Cabinet colleagues about his meeting with survivors. At the time false memory syndrome was becoming a focus of attention. The survivors felt isolated and that people genuinely didn't believe them.
   On May 10th he recommended the apology to Cabinet as well as the setting up of a commission on child abuse, adjusting the Statute of Limitations to avoid court actions by survivors being frustrated, and the setting up of a national counselling service. #
• Abuse report in autumn
   Wexford Echo, www.unison.ie/wexford_echo/stories.php3?ca=38&si=1204372&issue_id=11051 ,
   IRELAND: [Can't obtain. Difficulties "registering"]
• Bishop's house sold
   Wexford Echo, www.unison.ie/wexford_echo/stories.php3?ca=38&si=1204392&issue_id=11051 ,
   IRELAND: [Difficulties "registering"]
• Pastor makes time for community - RCC.
   Bucks County Courier Times, www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-06242004-321302.html , By Winslow Mason Jr., 215-949-4170 or wmason@phillyBurbs.com wmason@phillyBurbs.com , June 24, 2004
   BRISTOL TOWNSHIP, USA - The pastor at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School in Bristol Township stands in the vestibule of the church rectory, guiding a teacher in one direction and a maintenance worker in the other. School is out now, but the Rev. Lawrence Crehan is busy preparing for next year.
   Father Larry, as students and teachers call him, dashes off to answer a ringing telephone. He politely puts the first caller on hold to answer another incoming call. He sighs after he hangs up. Another crisis solved. [...]
   Crehan recently celebrated 30 years in the priesthood, and the 57-year-old plans to stay in the profession until retirement calls. Recent sexual abuse scandals rocking the religious foundations of the Catholic Church haven't shaken him, he said.
   In fact, he said he envisions that within the next few years the religious community will rise above politics, moral transgressions and legal challenges and return to its true calling - to heal the sick, help the weak and provide direction on how God's people are to live on earth.
• Investigator Finds No Proof Against Bishop
   Newsday, www.nynewsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-brf-church-abuse- albany,0,738520.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines , ~ June 24, 2004 [Can't find]
• 'Homophobia' Blamed for Priests' Abuse; Meanwhile, Investigation Finds Accused Priests Still Active Around the World [4392 offending RC clergy]

   Agape Press, http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/6/242004e.asp , By Ed Vitagliano and Sherrie Black, June 24, 2004
   UNITED STATES: (AgapePress) - In the wake of the report issued by the Catholic Church on the priest sex abuse scandal, a new book lays the blame for the abuse in a surprising place.
   The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recently released the results of a two-year investigation into the allegations that a significant number of priests had sexually abused children and teens over a period of more than 50 years. The study found that 4,392 Catholic priests had allegedly abused more than 10,000 victims in that time span.
   The report also found that most of the perpetrators were homosexual priests, a revelation that angered homosexual-rights groups. However, openly homosexual author David France admits in his new book, Our Fathers: The Secret Life of the Catholic Church in an Age of Scandal, that the offenders were, in fact, homosexual.
   "[W]e now know from talking to these priests [who molested teenagers]: they're gay," France told The Advocate, a magazine targeted to the homosexual community, adding, "And if they were gay men, we should ask ourselves why that was happening. What caused it?"
   What is France's explanation in Our Fathers? "What I argue is that these guys represent homosexuality in pure and total repression," he said. "This is what successful repression looks like: men so alienated from their own sense of self that their sexual expressions come out in explosive ways."
   That explanation is rejected by pro-family groups. "So France's solution would be for the Catholic Church to embrace homosexuality and allow practicing homosexuals to serve as priests? And then the abuse would stop?" asked Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association.
   "That's a ridiculous fantasy denied by history and the undercurrents within gay culture. The real solution is to make sure that homosexuals aren't in the priesthood."
Hiding in Plain Sight
   Meanwhile, a Texas newspaper has found that Roman Catholic priests accused of sexually abusing children are living abroad and still working in church ministries.
   An 18-month investigation by The Dallas Morning News finds that these runaway priests are hiding in plain sight -- and with the help of the church, have begun new lives in unsuspecting communities around the globe.
   For example, the investigation found that a prominent Honduran candidate to succeed Pope John Paul II sheltered an admitted child-molesting priest who is now an international fugitive. And a former Australian priest convicted of child molestation is now helping lead mass at a Samoan church, where none of the parishioners are aware of his past.
   The Dallas Morning News says the Samoan government wants to deport Rev. Frank Klep for failing to disclose his child molestation conviction when he arrived on the South Pacific island, and is giving him three days to leave voluntarily or seek an appeal. Klep could be deported to Australia, where he was convicted in 1994 and has been charged with additional sex offenses.
   The newspaper says one Catholic order, the Salesians of Don Bosco, is known for moving priests accused of sexual abuse from country to country -- away from victims, law enforcement, and prosecution. Leaders of the religious order deny that Klep is with that religious order. #
   [COMMENT: The first paragraph speaks of David France's "new book". This book is referred to on January 18, 2004 and Mar 6 2004 on this website at Books about carnal child abuse ... COMMENT ENDS.]
• Abuse victim disillusioned over church ruling - RCC. Nun accused.
   www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2004/06/24/news/top_news/1bac08ceafaa5d6e86256ebd0042cffc .txt , By PAT KINNEY, Assistant City Editor, June 24, 2004
   HUDSON -- The Hudson-based co-founder of a local clergy child sex abuse survivors' network said Wednesday he's "disillusioned" at an inconclusive ruling on his case by a panel of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque.
   An archdiocesan review board said there was insufficient evidence to prove or disprove allegations that Steve Theisen of Hudson was abused by a Roman Catholic nun while attending grade school in Dubuque in the early 1960s. "They didn't take very courageous action," Theisen said of the board and archdiocesan officials.
   Officially, the board ruled the case as "not sustained" due to insufficient evidence, as opposed an "unfounded" or false allegation, or one which is "exonerated" because the action was deemed "not unlawful or inappropriate."
   The board also had the option of concluding the allegation was "sustained" or likely to have occurred, which may have resulted in further action.
   The review board reached its conclusion even though a diocesan-retained private investigator formerly employed by the Dubuque County Sheriff's Office found Theisen's allegations to be "credible" after interviewing principals in the case, including his alleged abuser.
   "I don't consider this a loss or defeat," said Theisen, a former Dubuque police officer and co-founder of the Northeast Iowa chapter of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP.
   "I consider this a loss to the people in the pews that want the bishop to do the right thing. I think it's a loss for the children. "At least they don't believe my abuse to be 'unfounded,' nor did they exonerate my abuser," said Theisen, now a self-employed safety consultant living in Hudson.
   Theisen had asked Dubuque Archbishop Jerome Hanus for a list of the dates and locations where his alleged abuser taught, and whether she had received any mental health treatment.
   In June 3 letter to Theisen, Hanus said the archdiocese does not have records of clergy who are members of religious orders, as opposed to archdiocesan-employed priests or other archdiocesan personnel.
   Hanus said he, as archbishop, did not have the right to demand those records from religious orders, which answer directly to the Vatican and the pope.
   "The archbishop's claim of 'default' to the Vatican indicated the archbishop is unwilling to protect children from pedophiles who rape and molest children within religious men and women organizations that operate within the Archdiocese of Dubuque and with the archbishop's blessings," Theisen wrote in a prepared statement.
   "Reporting to the Vatican is not going to protect children," Theisen said. "There's at least an ocean between us, several time zones and a language barrier. That's like someone in the public schools reporting their abuse to the Rome Police Department."
• Church accused of hiding pedophile priest - RCC.
   Sydney Morning Herald, www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/24/1088046224669.html?oneclick=true , By Craig Skehan, June 25, 2004 [Can't obtain]
• Report clears Hubbard
   Times Union, www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=260415&category=&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=6/24/2004 ; Staff reports, Thursday, June 24, 2004
   UNITED STATES: A former federal prosecutor who spent four months investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against Bishop Howard Hubbard said there was no evidence to substantiate the allegations against the bishop. Mary Jo White announced her findings at a news conference at Albany Law School. She said a copy of the report has been given to the Sexual Misconduct Review Board of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany.
   The 11-member panel hired White in late February to look into allegations raised on Feb. 4 by Andrew Zalay, of California, who released his brother's 1978 suicide notes, one of which claimed a homosexual affair with a bishop named Howard.
   Thomas Zalay died after setting himself ablaze in his parents' Myrtle Avenue home.
   Two days later, 40-year-old Anthony Bonneau of Schenectady said at another news conference arranged by attorney John Aretakis that Hubbard paid him for sex while he was a teenage runaway living in Washington Park in the 1970s.
• Samoa to deport priest in sex case [1973+ Klep] - RCC.

   The Courier Mail (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,9942398% 255E953,00.html ; Jun 25 2004
   SAMOA: Samoa yesterday moved to deport a fugitive Australian Catholic priest because he failed to disclose his conviction in a child molestation case when he entered the country.
   Frank Klep could be forced back to Australia, where he is the subject of a nationwide arrest warrant on five indecent assault charges alleging offences against boys dating to 1973.
   Samoan officials said they would co-ordinate Klep's return with Australian authorities.
   Klep's superiors in the Salesians of Don Bosco religious order also face an immigration inquiry because they failed to make the same disclosures about Klep, said Auseuga Poloma Komiti, the senior adviser to Samoa's Prime Minister and Cabinet.
   Authorities on the South Pacific island planned to serve Klep with a deportation order this afternoon, giving him three days to leave voluntarily or seek an appeal, Mr Komiti said in a story posted on The Dallas Morning News's website.
• Bishop Hubbard cleared - RCC.
   Capital News 9 (Albany, USA), www.capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=80846 , By Capital News 9 web staff, 11:30 AM, June/24/2004
   ALBANY, USA: "The facts did not substantiate any of the allegations against Bishop Hubbard." That was just one statement from independent investigator Mary Jo White during her news conference at Albany Law School.
   White was retained by the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese Sexual Misconduct Review Board in February to investigate allegations against Bishop Howard Hubbard. It was alleged that Bishop Hubbard engaged in homosexual activity in the 1970s.
   White said more than 300 interviews were conducted throughout the investigation -- including dozens of interviews with past and present Hubbard colleagues, and Albany police. Nine lie detector tests were completed -- including one by Bishop Howard Hubbard.
• White to release report
   Capital News 9, www.capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/?ArID=80761&SecID=33 , By Capital News 9 web staff, Updated 8:29 PM, June/23/2004
   UNITED STATES: The findings of an independent investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by Albany Bishop Howard Hubbard are to be released Thursday. ...
• Attorneys want access to records of church abuse investigation
   Lexington Herald-Leader, www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/8997863.htm , Associated Press, Thu, Jun. 24, 2004
   JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. - Attorneys for 23 people who claim they were molested by a Roman Catholic priest want a judge to force the Archdiocese of Indianapolis to release records related to an internal investigation of alleged sexual abuse.
   The plaintiffs' attorneys say some of the documents may already have been destroyed, The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky., reported Thursday.
   Church officials say that allegation is based on a misunderstanding and the information still exists. But they want Circuit Judge Daniel Donahue to grant an order allowing them to withhold some of the data, saying the plaintiffs' requests for information are too broad.
   A hearing on the issue is scheduled for Tuesday in Clark County Circuit Court.
   The plaintiffs claim in a lawsuit that the Rev. Albert Deery, who died in 1972, molested them as students at St. Augustine Catholic Elementary School in Jeffersonville during the 1950s and 1960s.
   The suit contends that the archdiocese failed to discipline Deery and to warn students, their parents and others about the alleged molestations.
   The plaintiffs, including Clark County Superior Court Judge Steven Fleece, want to know if Deery was one of 20 Indiana priests whom a church investigation found had been credibly accused of sexually abusing minors since 1950.
   Archbishop Daniel Buechlein divulged the finding to Indiana church members in February. The finding resulted from the sweeping investigation ordered in the wake of the churchwide scandal.
   "They won't tell me where they got that number. They won't tell me who those people are. They will not give me any information," said Karl Truman, an attorney for the plaintiffs.
   The Courier-Journal reported that archdiocese spokeswoman Susan Borcherts confirmed in an interview last week that Deery was one of the 20 priests.
   But Borcherts told The Courier-Journal that the church had been instructed by researchers not to keep copies of the completed surveys on which the report was based.
   However, she said, "all source records used to answer the survey are still here."
   The information from the surveys also is contained in a computer database generated as part of the study, said Karen Terry, the principal researcher at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
   The archdiocese, however, contends that some of the plaintiffs' requests for information are "irrelevant, overly broad, unduly burdensome ... and not sufficiently defined," Borcherts said.
   The archdiocese also argues that claims can be brought only within two years of the alleged abuse or within two years after a victim's 18th birthday, both of which have long since expired.
   Truman argued that archdiocese officials were aware of the alleged abuse and "covered it up."
   That kept the time limit from going into effect until the plaintiffs found out about the alleged cover-up, he said.
   Information from: The Courier-Journal, http://www.courier-journal.com
• Accused priest leaves trail of sex abuse scandals
   Houston Chronicle, www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2644954 , ~ June 24, 2004 [Not displayed 24 Jul 04]
• 4 sex abuse suits against Sioux City Diocese dismissed
   Sioux City Journal, www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2004/06/24/news/local/e0c2322382bd2a2186256ebd 00159784.txt ~ June 24, 2004 [Not displayed 24 Jul 04]
• Priest pleads in abuse:Ex-Elder principal faces up to 18 months. [Kuhn] -- RCC
   The Enquirer, www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/06/24/loc_loc1achu.html , By Dan Horn, Thursday, June 24, 2004
   DAYTON - Former Elder High School principal Thomas Kuhn faces up to 18 months in prison after his conviction Wednesday on charges of buying alcohol for minors and performing a sex act in front of a child.
   The 63-year-old priest pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charges in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, ending a two-year investigation into his involvement with children at his home in suburban Dayton.
   Prosecutors also had investigated dozens of explicit images found on Kuhn's church computers, but they were unable to identify the young men in those images and could not determine whether the material violated child-porn laws. [...]
   Church spokesman Dan Andriacco ... said the archdiocese may investigate the case further, even though Heck said his office is unlikely to file additional charges against Kuhn unless new evidence is found. Andriacco said the images on the computers are "a considerable source of concern" for the archdiocese. Victims' advocates have said church officials let Kuhn remain in ministry despite complaints about his behavior. "This is not the first time there have been allegations," said Mike Knellinger, co-chairman of Voice of the Faithful in Dayton. "Yet Kuhn was allowed to remain active." Andriacco said the church received complaints about the amount of time Kuhn spent with children, but he said no one ever made a specific claim of abuse.
• Abuse victims group aims to penalize Salesians by a donations boycott. [Klep, Vasquez] - RCC.

   The Journal News (Westchester, Rockland and Putnam Counties), www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/062404/b0124salesians.html , By GARY STERN, June 24, 2004
   UNITED STATES: A prominent advocacy group for victims of sexual abuse by priests is asking Catholics to withhold donations to the Salesian order, citing a report that several Salesian priests have been allowed to travel abroad to avoid accusations of abuse. At a news conference yesterday outside St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests [SNAP] charged that the Salesians of Don Bosco, whose eastern U.S. province is headquartered in New Rochelle, could bring the accused priests to justice. "The Salesians have the power to recall them," said David Cerulli, a SNAP leader in New York. "If they don't, they are complicit in the crimes. Withholding contributions may be the best way to get them to do the right thing." The Dallas Morning News, in an extensive series published this week, charged that about 200 priests accused of abuse are hiding abroad and working in ministries. Two of the priests identified, the Rev. Frank Klep and the Rev. Enrique Vasquez, are Salesians. The News also accused Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez of Honduras, a Salesian who is widely considered a candidate for pope, of sheltering Vasquez.
   The Salesians' eastern U.S. province apologized in 2002 for allowing several members who had committed sexual abuse to continue serving in ministries. But in a statement this week, the Salesians' U.S. leaders said any implication that the order has systematically moved abusive priests from country to country is untrue. "While one can find a few instances of failure in this regard among a Congregation numbering over 16,000 members, such a general characterization of the Salesians of Don Bosco is patently false and misleading," said the statement, signed by the Rev. James Heuser, provincial of the eastern province, and the Rev. David Purdy, provincial of the western province, based in San Francisco. The statement said each Salesian province is autonomous, like dioceses, and allegations of abuse are handled by the province to which an accused priest or brother belongs.
   According to the newspaper series, Vasquez fled criminal accusations in Costa Rica in 1998 before briefly serving in New York, Hartford, Conn., and Mexico. Then Rodriguez allowed Vasquez to serve in two Honduran parishes before he disappeared again, only days before police showed up to find him, according to the account. Klep is wanted by police in his native Australia, but is being allowed by Salesians to live in Samoa with no active ministry, according to the News. He was allowed to study at Fordham University in 1987, even though he was accused of abuse as far back as the 1970s, when he served at a boarding school in Australia, the report said.
   Cerulli said SNAP is asking law enforcement authorities to pursue the two priests. The group also is requesting that the Archdiocese of New York call for any victims of either priest to come forward for counseling and assistance. The Salesians are the third-largest Catholic order in the world. They work in more than 120 countries, with many of their ministries focused on education.
• Abuse-suit plaintiffs say church digging in: Indianapolis official disputes allegation. [1950s-60s Deery]
   www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2004/06/24in/A1-cath0624-9415.html , By HAROLD J. ADAMS, hjadams@courier-journal.com , Thursday, June 24, 2004
   UNITED STATES: Attorneys for 23 people who claim in a lawsuit that they were sexually abused by a Jeffersonville, Ind., priest say the Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis is refusing to answer questions and provide documents to which they are entitled. Among other things, the plaintiffs' attorneys contend in a motion, the archdiocese has admitted that documents used to compile a recent report on abusive priests have been destroyed. A spokeswoman for the archdiocese says the church is being as cooperative as possible but objects to some of the requests made by the plaintiffs as overly broad. Its attorneys say the allegation that evidence was destroyed is false and is based on a misunderstanding.
   The suit, filed in September 2002 in Clark Circuit Court, says the late Father Albert Deery abused the plaintiffs and many others while he was assigned to St. Augustine Parish and they were students at the parish school in the 1950s and 1960s. It accuses the archdiocese of covering up Deery's actions and failing to warn students and parents, even as the abuse continued. Deery died in 1972.
   The plaintiffs say they have been unable to find out whether Deery was among the 20 priests against whom the archdiocese, in a year-long investigation, found sufficient evidence to support allegations of abuse. However, Susan Borcherts, a spokeswoman for the archdiocese, confirmed in an interview with The Courier-Journal last week that Deery was, in fact, among the 20. That confirmation could be at odds with answers filed in court papers by the archdiocese last summer. The church was asked, in separate questions for each of 11 plaintiffs who were part of the case at the time, to admit that "Father Albert Deery did commit child molesting" with the named plaintiff. In each case the one-word response was, "Denied." Albany bishop inquiry complete: Investigator to release results of sex misconduct probe today
   Times Union, www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=260340 &category=REGIONOTHER&BCCode= HOME&newsdate=6/24/2004 ; By MICHELE MORGAN BOLTON, mbolton@timesunion.com , Thur, June 24, 2004
   ALBANY, USA: A former federal prosecutor who has spent four months investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against Bishop Howard Hubbard has completed her probe and plans to release the results today.
• Catholic laity group draws 100 at suburban meeting
   Online Pioneer Press, www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/localnews/current/gv/06-24-04-326519.html [Not displayed 24 Jul 04]
• People shocked by Anglican Archbishop's letter [Mountford] -- allowed to escape overseas.
   The Church of England Newspaper (established 1828), "Australians shocked by Archbishop's letter," www.churchnewspaper.com/? go=news&read=on&number_key=5723&title=Australians%20shocked%20by%20Archbishop's% 20letter ; June 24, 2004
   ADELAIDE, S. Australia Anglicans in Adelaide, still reeling from the shock resignation of Archbishop Ian George, were delivered a further blow when details of a correspondence between the former Archbishop and a paedophile priest were released. Copies of the correspondence, leaked to journalists, between college chaplain John Mountford and the Archbishop allegedly reveal the extent to which he was protected by the Church. Mr Mountford was sacked from St Peter's College in 1992 after allegations of molesting a student came to light and until recently worked in St Stephen's school in Bangkok, but is now believed to have fled to Cambodia. In the correspondence, Archbishop George writes: “I am glad you were not subjected to the pain, the humiliation and the public spectacle which the media would have relished in your case.”
   In a letter after Mr Mountford had fled, the Archbishop wrote: “You will see that I have done everything I can both to support you and preserve your reputation." Furthermore, Dr George writes: "There is every likelihood that you would have been charged with an offence," had he stayed in Australia.
   The Archbishop has denied claims that he advised the chaplain to leave the country or police would be called, but has admitted that he failed to inform police at the time of the offence, claiming that he believed it was the school headmaster's responsibility. A letter of apology to the survivors of sexual abuse was read in all Anglican churches in Adelaide last Sunday. Archdeacon John Collas who has taken charge of the diocese following the resignation of the Archbishop, said that the Church would confront its role in failing to put the suffering of victims first. [Posted by Kathy Shaw at 07:21 AM]
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#### Clergy Sex Abuse Tracker, www.ncrnews.org/abuse, Fri June 25, 2004 edition follows:-
• Film argues against religious celibacy
   The Dallas Morning News, www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/religion/arts/stories/062604dnrelartmatters Celibacy.b737e.html ; By MARY A. JACOBS, Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News, Friday, June 25, 2004
   UNITED STATES: For a show about not having sex, the new HBO documentary Celibacy offers enough racy content to keep it on the premium network.
   Producer-director Antony Thomas includes plenty to evoke prurient interest: close-ups of a Hindu guru mortifying his genitals, bloody images of flagellation and a crucifixion ritual in the Philippines, graphic descriptions of sexual abuse in an Irish Catholic orphanage.
   These will strike some as gratuitous, but over all, Mr. Thomas offers a thoughtful analysis of celibacy as a religious practice.
   The documentary looks at celibacy in other religions, but the Catholic sex abuse scandals were the impetus.
   "No one was asking the 'Why?' question," Mr. Thomas said in a recent phone interview. "I wanted to ask, 'Is there any connection between this and enforced celibacy?' "
   Clearly, he concluded "yes," and pedophilia, he says, is "only the tip of the iceberg."
   Backed by interviews with psychologists, including a former Benedictine monk, Celibacy asserts that sex is an undeniable human drive that, if repressed, is likely to resurface in the form of physical self-punishment, violence against others or ecstatic religious experience.
   A sex therapist likens religious obedience to sexual masochism; to prove the point, interviews show nuns speaking of God in terms that seem erotically charged. [Posted by Kathy Shaw at 10:59 PM]
• Polish priest convicted of sexually abusing six girls [1991-2001 Moskwa]

   New Mexican, www.santafenewmexican.com/news/1170.html , Associated Press, June 25, 2004
   WARSAW, Poland - A Polish court on Friday convicted a Roman Catholic village priest of sexually abusing six young girls, handing down a suspended two-year prison term in the nation's first public trial of a clergyman on abuse charges.
   The regional court in the southern town of Krosno also barred Michal Moskwa, 64, from teaching jobs for eight years. The prison term was suspended for five years.
   Accusations against Moskwa, who was the priest in the nearby village of Tylawa for 38 years and taught religion classes, first surfaced three years ago. His trial opened in October.
   Moskwa acknowledged that he fondled and kissed the children, aged under 15, between 1991 and 2001 -- but denied that he acted for sexual pleasure. Presiding Judge Piotr Wojtowicz, however, said that witnesses had confirmed the charges.
   "The testimony of the victims is coherent, and was confirmed by experts," Wojtowicz said.
• Church Doesn't Condone Sexual Abuse -- Church didn't understand [Woodcock]

   XTRAMSN, http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,3882-3466923,00.html , NewstalkZB, 11:24 AM, 26/June/2004
   NEW ZEALAND: The Catholic Church has hit back at criticism it has received following the sentencing of a former priest.
   Alan Woodcock has been given seven years in jail for 21 counts of sexually abusing boys.
   One of his victims, Terry Carter, has called for an independent inquiry into whether the Church is still harbouring abusers.
   Church spokeswoman Lyndsay Freer says thing have changed since the time of Woodcock's offending.
   She concedes the Church should have acted more strongly over the case and, if it had known in the past what it does today, it would definitely have acted differently.
   But Lyndsay Freer points out that there are now systems in place to properly deal with claims of abuse, and the Church will not cover anything up or allow abuse to occur.
   [COMMENT: A Church that claims to be guided into all truth by the Holy Spirit (John's Gospel 16:13) has a spokesperson who says that the RCC would have acted differently "if it had known" in the past what it does today. This is a favourite excuse by most of the religions caught out by the modern fashion of exposing sexual crimes by the clergy, instead of being embarrassed or wanting to save the religion from shame. The excuse, as even a person without historical knowledge can guess, is a complete lie. From the earliest ages the followers of Jesus treated sex with children as an almost unforgivable sin, for which separation from communion, wearing special clothes during worship, and serious other punishments went on for months or years.
   The early leaders did not need degrees in psychiatry or psychology, because the early practice was to treat the child-sex devotees as virtually incurable. To say that the Church has only found out about sex-abuse is untrue, and only convinces non-believers that the Churches are all merely organisations founded by humanity, not by a divine being. These apologists, in their own way, disgrace the name of Christianity. -- Faith Purification Programme, 21 July 04, revised 01 Aug 04. COMMENT ENDS.]
• International Law Decides Fate [1970s-80s Woodcock, 1976 Senior]
   XTRAMSN http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,3762-3463966,00.html , NewstalkZB, 10:38 AM, 26/June/2004
   NEW ZEALAND: International law decided the fate of two men sentenced for historic crimes today.
   Former Catholic priest, fifty-six-year-old Alan Woodcock, has been sentenced to seven years in jail for sexually abusing boys in the 1970s and 1980s.
   Jules Mikus Senior received six years for the 1976 rape of a 20-year-old school teacher.
   Criminal lawyer Marie Dyhrberg says it is a principle of law for any justice system that a person can not be given a harsher penalty than they would have faced at the time the crime was committed.
   She says that is based on the fact that when someone commits a crime they do it knowing the possible penalties. [COMMENT: Very unlikely!]
• Sex abuse victim wants inquiry [Woodcock]
   NZ City, http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=40718 , 26 June 2004
   NEW ZEALAND: A call for an official investigation into child sex abuse by members of the Catholic clergy.
   It comes as former priest Alan Woodcock begins a seven-year jail sentence relating to 21 charges of sexual offending, to which he had earlier pleaded guilty.
   One of Woodcock's victims, Terry Carter, has waived his right to name suppression.
   He wants an independent inquiry to look into whether or not the Church is still 'harbouring' abusers.
   He says Woodcock's abuse totally devastated him and his fight for recognition of what happened has left him exhausted.
   The Church denies any suggestion it covers up abuse. [COMMENT: For rebuttal, search this Website for Vatican policy Crimen Sollicitationis]
• Police may go after the clergymen who hid abuse [1978-87 Woodcock] -- moved from place to place, and continued offending.
   The New Zealand Herald, www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID= 3574937&thesection=news&thesubsection=general ; By JAMES GARDINER, 26.June.2004
   NEW ZEALAND: Police are considering charges against Catholic priests involved in hiding Alan Woodcock's nine years of sexual abuse against schoolboys and young men.
   Woodcock, 56, a former Marist priest, teacher and counsellor, was yesterday sent to jail for seven years for 21 sex offences committed between 1978 and 1987.
   Judge Bridget Mackintosh, sitting in the Wellington District Court, noted that Woodcock would have faced a much stiffer sentence than the 10-year maximum available had the crimes occurred under present law.
   The court had heard the details of how Woodcock was moved from school to school, and to other church facilities, after complaints against him.
   But with each shift the abuse continued, sometimes against earlier victims.
• LA judge won't dismiss molestation charges against former priest
   San Luis Obispo Tribune, www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/politics/9016215.htm , Associated Press
   LOS ANGELES (CA): A judge on Friday rejected a defense request to dismiss molestation charges against retired Roman Catholic priest Michael Wempe.
   Superior Court Judge Samuel Mayerson ordered Wempe, charged with molesting a boy during a five-year period in the 1990s, to return to court Aug. 2. Trial is expected to begin later that month.
   Wempe, 64, is being held on $500,000 bail. He has pleaded not guilty.
   Defense attorney Donald Steier argued in court filings that the five sexual abuse counts should be dismissed because "a law enacted after commission of the offense cannot be applied retroactively to prosecute him."
   Deputy District Attorney Todd Hicks replied in court documents that despite the statute of limitations, the "crimes were still actionable in a court of law."
• Podex Maximus; Stop the madness [Fenton]
   CALIFORNIA: Orange County Weekly, www.ocweekly.com/ink/04/42/news-arellano2.php , by Gustavo Arellano
   Your Holiness,
   As outlined by Pope Pius IX in his 1869 papal bull, Apostolicæ Sedis Moderationi, priests eligible for excommunication are those "who fight duels, those who challenge or accept challenge thereunto, all accomplices, all who help or countenance such combats, all who designedly assist thereat, finally all who permit dueling or who do not prevent it in so far as lies in their power, no matter what their rank or dignity, be it royal or imperial."
   Diocese of Orange spokesperson Father Joseph Fenton deserves excommunication. He is dueling against the media and fellow Catholics here in Orange County like a gladiator in the Coliseum [Colosseum]. Father Fenton takes this approach despite the promises of Most Reverend Bishop Tod D. Brown to make his see more open to inquiry.
   Father Fenton is what you would refer to in Latin as a podex maximus -- a major asshole. And if that's not excommunicable per the Apostolicæ Sedis Moderationi, then it should be. [Posted by Kathy Shaw at 11:25 AM]
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#### Clergy Sex Abuse Tracker, www.ncrnews.org/abuse, Sat June 26, 2004 edition follows:-
• Albany bishop speaks out after an investigation cleared him [Hubbard]
   Newsday, www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--churchabuse-alban0626jun26,0,2325041.story? coll=ny-ap-regional-wire ; June 26, 2004
   ALBANY, N.Y. -- Speaking out for the first time Saturday after outside investigators found no proof to support accusations of sexual misconduct against him, Albany Bishop Howard Hubbard described the past four months as a "profoundly painful and disillusioning experience."
   Hubbard, 65, who had maintained that he kept his vow of celibacy, said he knew his name would be cleared. He went on to say that those who accused him of having a homosexual relationship probably took their frustration out on him because of the way the church handled past clergy sexual abuse complaints of minors. "My suffering, as painful as it has been, in no way compares to the pain and anguish of true victims of clergy sexual abuse," he said. "For four months, their cause, unfortunately, has been obscured by the false accusations against me."
   This week, a probe led by former federal prosecutor Mary Jo White, who was hired by a church review board to investigate charges that Hubbard had homosexual relationships with two men, found "no credible evidence" to support the claims. [Posted by Kathy Shaw at 06:11 PM]
• L.A. judge won't dismiss molestation charges against former priest [1990s Wempe]
   Union-Tribune, www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20040625-1959-ca-calchurchabuse.html , June 25, 2004
   LOS ANGELES (CA): A judge on Friday rejected a defense request to dismiss molestation charges against retired Roman Catholic priest Michael Wempe.
   Superior Court Judge Samuel Mayerson ordered Wempe, charged with molesting a boy during a five-year period in the 1990s, to return to court Aug. 2. Trial is expected to begin later that month.
   Wempe, 64, is being held on $500,000 bail. He has pleaded not guilty.
   Defense attorney Donald Steier argued in court filings that the five sexual abuse counts should be dismissed because "a law enacted after commission of the offense cannot be applied retroactively to prosecute him."
   Deputy District Attorney Todd Hicks replied in court documents that despite the statute of limitations, the "crimes were still actionable in a court of law."
• Bishop Hubbard Speaks
   Fox 23, www.fox23news.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=444DDB75- C0A0-49F7-BFB2-8D68F2EE5F67
   ALBANY (NY): "I knew I was innocent, but at times I was plagued by the fear that, with so many falsehoods being spread, the truth might not be found," said Bishop Hubbard.
   Bishop Howard Hubbard says the greatest trial of his adult life has actually made him stronger -- and more understanding of those who were sexually abused by priests. "My suffering in no way compares to the pain of true victims of clergy sex abuse," said Hubbard.
   Hubbard says he is grateful to have been cleared of the allegations of sexual misconduct and is recommitting himself to making things better for victims. Hubbard also insists Mary Jo White's investigation was worth every penny -- and won't take away any financial assistance from people who need it.
   "I want to sit down with each of them one on one and say I am sorry for the pain and anguish you have suffered," said Hubbard.
   While Hubbard spoke -- a handful of protestors gathered outside to call for his resignation -- vowing not to stop. "He has covered for pedophile priests and misled the diocese and he should resign, have the good grace to resign. That report changes nothing," said Philip Kiernan of the Coalition of Concerned Catholics of the Albany Diocese.
• 6 clergy abuse lawsuits allowed
   Philadelphia Inquirer, www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/9016346.htm?1c , By David O'Reilly
   ALLENTOWN (PA): A three-judge panel in Lehigh County has ruled that alleged victims of clergy sex abuse may sue the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown on the ground that it concealed the abusive histories of some priests.
   The diocese had argued that six lawsuits filed in recent months had no merit because the statute of limitations in the cases expired decades ago. The panel's opinion, issued Thursday, allows those lawsuits to proceed.
   The suits, brought by Berks County lawyer Jay Abramowitch, are almost identical to 15 suits he has filed since December against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Arnold New is to hear preliminary arguments July 8 on whether those lawsuits can proceed.
   Attorneys for the Philadelphia archdiocese have asked New to dismiss the cases because the statute of limitations has passed.
• More charges possible for Delray pastor convicted of sexual abuse -- Lutheran [1991 onwards Jean Edouane]
   Boca Raton News, www.bocaratonnews.com/index.php?src=news&category=LOCAL%20NEWS&prid=8752 , by Leslie Jones McCloud, Published Saturday, June 26, 2004
   DELRAY BEACH (FL): Jean Edouane is a free man - sort of. Boynton Beach Police said Friday they are investigating allegations that the former Lutheran pastor sexually abused his daughter 13 years ago, while living in Boynton.
   The 51-year-old former Delray Beach Lutheran minister pled guilty to one count of capital sexual abuse on Thursday and was sentenced to five years probation. He was also ordered to attend counseling for sex abusers.
   But since the Delray charges have been answered, Boynton police said they can investigate their end of it based on statements made by the victim last year.
   Police chief Marshall Gage said Friday that, "they were going to look into it."
   "It looks like to me something that needs to be addressed and we have an investigator looking in on it right now," he said.
   The victim, now 19, told investigators last May that her father began to abuse her in 1991 at the age of six, while living in Boynton.
• Ex-Pastor Admits To Molesting Child [Edouane Jean]
   The Ledger, www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040626/NEWS/406260421/1004 , The Associated Press, June 26 2004
   DELRAY BEACH (FL): The former pastor of a Delray Beach church pleaded guilty to a single child molestation charge and was sentenced to five years of probation.
   Edouane Jean, 50, pleaded guilty to lewd assault Thursday and must also enroll in a sexual offender treatment program.
   Jean, a former pastor at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, was accused of molesting a young girl for nine years, when she was between the ages of 6 and 15. He resigned May 31 and was arrested the following day.
   He was charged with 200 various counts of sexual abuse that took place when the girl was between the ages of 9 and 15. Some acts allegedly took place in the offices of the church, according to court documents.
• Grapevine teacher accused of sexual assault -- woman teacher [Reiser]
   WFAA, www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/062604dnmetteacher.7412f.html , By DEBRA DENNIS, The Dallas Morning News, 11:24 PM CDT, Friday, June 25, 2004
   GRAPEVINE (TX): A seventh-grade teacher at Holy Trinity Catholic School in Grapevine faces charges of aggravated sexual assault and indecency with a child, authorities said Friday.
   Dawn Reiser, 28, of Euless was arraigned late Thursday and released from a Colleyville jail on $150,000 bail. She could not be reached for comment Friday and did not have an attorney present when she was charged.
   Colleyville police received an allegation of possible sexual abuse of a child June 18, Detective Hillary Wreay said. A police investigation found "one offense in Colleyville and one in Euless," she said.
• Jail sex abuse claims spark condemnation -- Anglican [Hawkins]

   NEWS.com.au ; http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9958624%255E3462,00.html , By GAVIN LOWER, June 26, 2004
   AUSTRALIA: Young and vulnerable inmates at Risdon Prison had to shower with convicted sex offenders, the Opposition said yesterday.
   Liberals justice spokesman Michael Hodgman said it was unacceptable and an "outrage" that young vulnerable inmates had been locked up with pedophiles.
   The Liberals, Greens and Prison Action Reform group condemned the Government yesterday over revelations a convicted pedophile was seen sexually abusing a young inmate.
   On Thursday a former inmate revealed he had seen former Anglican priest Garth Stephen Hawkins put his hands down the pants of a young inmate about seven months ago. It has been alleged that Hawkins has sexually assaulted up to five inmates.
   It was also revealed that in 2001 the head of the Justice Department, Richard Bingham, said in a letter it was not appropriate to accommodate vulnerable young offenders in protection areas with sex offenders and that he had asked the Director of Prisons to review all prisoner placements.
• Man charged in priest's death found competent to stand trial [Russell]
   LEXINGTON (KY): Herald-Leader, www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleader/news/9017782.htm , By Art Jester
   A man charged with the murder of a Catholic priest has been found competent to stand trial, but the defendant's lawyer wants another psychiatric evaluation.
   Acting Fayette Circuit Judge Lewis Paisley agreed to a second analysis of Jason Anthony Russell, 27.
   Russell's public defender, Herb West, requested the additional evaluation yesterday during a status hearing in Fayette Circuit Court.
   The first psychiatric review occurred at the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center in La Grange. The judge scheduled the next hearing for July 30.
• Facts about the bishop [Hubbard]
   The Journal News, www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/062604/edhubbard.html , (Original publication: June 26, 2004)
   ALBANY (NY): "The facts did not substantiate any of the allegations."
   The speaker was Mary Jo White, former federal prosecutor. The allegations were about Albany Bishop Howard Hubbard, accused of having homosexual relationships with two men and at least four priests over the last three decades.
   White's findings were shared this week after a four-month probe in Albany that included 300 interviews and nine lie-detector tests, including one of Hubbard.
   As one of the more high-profile Catholic clergy to be accused of sexual improprieties - most scandalously over the abuse of children - Hubbard showed both wisdom and practicality as he launched a defense.
   He did not only vehemently deny the charges and publicly insist that he had kept his vow of celibacy. Hubbard requested a church review board to hire an independent investigator into the charges.
   They came to a head after the brother of a man who committed suicide said he had found a note identifying Hubbard as someone sexually involved with his brother in 1978. [Posted by Kathy Shaw at 08:57 AM]
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• Catholic priest gets jail for child sex. [1978-87 Woodcock 11 boys]

   The West Australian, Agence France-Presse, p 37, Saturday June 26 2004
   WELLINGTON, New Zealand: A former Catholic priest in New Zealand was jailed for seven years yesterday after he pleaded guilty to child sex offences.
   Alan Woodcock was extradited from Britain last year.
   He had pleaded guilty to 21 charges over abuse of 11 boys between 1978 and 1987 when he was teaching at Catholic high schools and retreat centres.
   High Court Justice Bridget Mackintosh said his action was an appalling breach of trust, given he was a priest, teacher and counsellor.
   Court documents showed Woodcock made friends with boys, offered cigarettes and enticed them to his bedroom, where he performed indecent acts.
   Justice Macintosh said aggravating factors were the number of victims, their ages, the fact that Woodcock groomed his victims for abuse, the repetitive nature of the offending and the long period involved.
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• Former monk admits to cover-up in Garza murder [1960]
   Brownsville Herald, www.brownsvilleherald.com/ts_more.php?id=59934_0_10_0_M , By Sarah Ovaska, The Monitor, June 27, 2004
   McALLEN (TX): A 75-year-old former monk told police that during the 1960s, John B. Feit, who had been a priest in McAllen area, discussed details of Irene Garza's death with him.
   The former monk, Dale Tacheny, who did not contact police until after leaving the priesthood himself, became a key witness in the reopened investigation into Garza's 1960 death, said Victor Rodriguez, McAllen's police chief.
   "We did discover him in the past two years and had debriefed him on the case," Rodriguez said. "We consider him to be a viable witness."
   Garza, 25, a second-grade teacher, was killed by a blow to the head and was found floating in a McAllen canal April 21, 1960. She had been missing since several days earlier, having failed to return home following confession at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in downtown McAllen. Feit had been at the church that night, helping hear confessions. [Posted by Kathy Shaw at 10:46 AM]
• Another accused pedophile to testify in Gregory trial -- Apostolic Faith Church
   The Journal Times, www.journaltimes.com/articles/2004/06/27/local/iq_2957783.txt , By Jeff Wilford, June 27, 2004
   RACINE (WI): When Timothy Patrick Gregory's trial for molesting two sisters starts Monday, jurors will not hear allegations that the pastor of the church Gregory and the girls attended counseled the girls' parents not turn Gregory in for the abuse, to give him a second chance.
   Nor will jurors hear defense allegations that the charges against Gregory were the result of conflict within the Apostolic Faith Church; that the girls' parents had them fabricate the allegations to bolster their own effort to remove the church's pastor.
   Racine County Circuit Court Judge Allan Torhorst ruled last week they were not relevant, and therefore not admissible.
   Jurors will hear, however, from another accused pedophile, who will testify that Gregory talked to him about the crimes while they were in the Racine County Jail.
• Church sites top $310 million
   Republican, www.masslive.com/hampfrank/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-1/108832246639590.xml , By BILL ZAJAC, wzajac@repub.com , Sunday, June 27, 2004
   SPRINGFIELD (MA): As the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield looks for surplus properties it can sell to help finance a potential settlement of clergy sexual abuse suits, The Republican has learned that the diocese and its parishes own properties that have an assessed value of $310 million.
   Public records researched by The Republican indicate 562 properties owned by the diocese have an assessed value of $309,133,470. Most of the properties are in active church use and therefore would not be available for sale, but at least one lawyer says some of the holdings could easily be sold.
   Most of the properties list the owner as a variation of "Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield, corporation sole," the special Legislature-created designation for the non-taxed Catholic church property in the state. About 100 of the properties are listed as owned by parishes.
   Some real estate experts say the assessed total may be low.
   "Often times the information city assessors use is old and outdated, therefore the figures tend to be on the low side," said Thomas J. Kane, owner of Kane Appraisers Inc. of East Longmeadow.
• Catholic bishops reach consensus on pedophile crisis, politicians
   Post-Tribune, www.post-trib.com/cgi-bin/pto-story/news/z1/06-27-04_z1_news_14.html , By Mary Fox, Post-Tribune correspondent, June 27, 2004
   GARY (IN): Diocese of Gary Bishop Dale Melczek participated with other Catholic Church leaders in coming to a consensus on the pedophile crisis and Catholic politicians who show public support for abortion.
   Earlier this month, Melczek attended a weeklong bishops' retreat in Denver where members of the U.S. Conference on Catholic Bishops voted that outside firms will conduct audits of dioceses' procedures and policies concerning child sexual abuse by the end of the year.
   And, they agreed that bishops should decide individually how to deal with Catholic politicians who show public support for abortion.
   Although some bishops' opposition to another audit had drawn media attention in the weeks preceding the meeting, the vote was 207-14 with one abstention.
   "I think the audit is important for our credibility," Melczek said.
• Catholics about Catholics
   The Dallas Morning News, www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/062704 dnedipriestvoices.975e2.html ; Sunday, June 27, 2004
   DALLAS (TX): We asked commentators from across the spectrum of American Catholicism for their reaction to The Dallas Morning News' recent series detailing how prominent international churchmen are helping runaway priests escape justice in child molestation cases.
   In addition to the voices published below, The News invited church officials at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington and the Conference of Major Superiors of Men in Maryland to contribute commentary. Officials with both organizations declined.
   William Donohue, Head of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
   The Dallas Morning News deserves credit for exposing the transfer of molesting priests overseas. Molesters, be they priests or plumbers, deserve to be punished, and not put on a plane.
   But the series is not something most Catholics are prepared to hyperventilate about, and for good reason: The stories are mostly anecdotal and the timeline is mostly pre-scandal.
   [COMMENT: It's stale, so it's unimportant! Can't you see the wheels going around in the minds of the apologists, desperately trying to explain how Churches, which nearly all recite a creed including belief in "One, Holy, ... Church", have such unholy leaders? COMMENT ENDS.]
• Hubbard speaks out
   Troy Record, www.troyrecord.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12114791&BRD=1170&PAG=461&dept_id=7021&rfi=6 , By: Shawn Charniga , The Record 06/27/2004
   ALBANY (NY): Bishop Howard Hubbard spoke out Saturday, summarizing his thoughts in the wake of an investigation that cleared him of allegations that he had sexual relations with a male prostitute and priests.
   Hubbard made a statement to the media from the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese pastoral center on North Main Avenue. The press turnout was significantly smaller, perhaps one fourth the size, than the mass of journalists who assembled in the same room Feb. 5 to hear Hubbard, 65, deny allegations he had had sex with at least two men before he assumed the position of bishop 27 years ago or at other times during his 40-year career.
   "Four months ago, I came before you to say that I have honored my commitment to celibacy, that I have never abused anyone in any way, and that I have told the truth," Hubbard said, reading from a prepared statement.
   "But this afternoon I am different from the man who stood here on Feb. 5. It has been a profoundly painful and disillusioning experience to see and hear those falsehoods repeated over and over again, hundreds of times, in the media. I knew that I was innocent, but at times, I was plagued by the fear that, with so many falsehoods being spread, the truth might not be found," the bishop continued.
• Bishop says faith a balm
   Albany Times Union, www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=261231 &category=REGION&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=6/27/2004 ; By MICHELE MORGAN BOLTON, Sunday, June 27, 2004
   ALBANY (NY): Calling the ordeal the "greatest trial of my adult life" Bishop Howard Hubbard said the power of prayer and the goodness of people helped him cope with the exhaustive and often-times embarrassing investigation that eventually cleared him of sexual misconduct allegations.
   "Four months ago I came before you to say that I have honored my commitment to celibacy, that I have never abused anyone in any way, and that I have told the truth," Hubbard said Saturday in his first public remarks since he was cleared on Thursday by Mary Jo White, a former federal prosecutor hired to look into the charges. "But this afternoon I am different from the man who stood here on Feb. 5." Appearing emotionally drained, the 65-year-old Troy native's voice trembled as he reflected on the past four months that shook the 400,000-member Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany. [Continues similar to above newsitem.]
• Former G-G suffered depression [Hollingworth] -- Anglican

   The Courier-Mail, www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,9971614%255E1702,00.html , Jun 27 04
   AUSTRALIA: Former governor-general Peter Hollingworth has revealed he took medication for clinical depression as his stormy tenure at Yarralumla came to a close.
   In an interview on Radio National tonight, Dr Hollingworth spoke candidly about the mistakes he made in office and the toll the pressure took on him and his wife.
   Dr Hollingworth stood down on as Governor-General on May 25 last year after sustained criticism of his handling of child abuse allegations during his time as the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane.
   The crisis deepened when he was accused of showing a lack of compassion for victims of sexual abuse and peaked when a 57-year-old woman launched a civil case accusing him of sexually assaulting her in the 1960s.
   He denied ever meeting the woman, who died before the matter reached the courts, but the damage was done and he submitted to calls for his resignation. [Posted by Kathy Shaw at 06:06 AM]
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#### Clergy Sex Abuse Tracker, www.ncrnews.org/abuse, Mon June 28, 2004 edition follows:-
• Victims of Sex Abuse Leaflet Churches
   Los Angeles Times, www.latimes.com/news/local/state/la-me- church28jun28,1,6680282.story?coll=la-news-state ; By Daniel Hernandez, June 28, 2004
   LOS ANGELES (CA): Forty-six-year-old Carlos Lopez has talked about the clergy sex abuse scandal countless times with other lifelong Catholics. But before Sunday, he had never discussed the controversy with an abuse victim.
   Lopez has attended the St. Vincent de Paul parish on West Adams Boulevard since he was a child. As he left the 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday, Eric Barragan handed him a flier that said in English and Spanish: "We are clergy sex abuse victims trying to recover from our trauma and protect kids and vulnerable people in the church."
   As other parishioners ignored the small group of abuse victims passing out fliers and holding signs just steps from the church's ornamented doors, Lopez and Barragan began chatting.
   Barragan of Ventura told Lopez about his abuse and ensuing alcohol and drug problems. He told him about the years of living in shame and fear.
   "My perpetrator was ordained in this church by Cardinal Mahony," said 29-year-old Barragan, referring to Roger M. Mahony, head of the Los Angeles archdiocese. [Posted by Kathy Shaw at 08:21 AM]
• Cleared Bishop Presides Over Mass
   Fox 23, www.fox23news.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id= 67704A8E-961F-4586-A41F-EF303CE4F2FC
   NEW YORK: It was a warm welcome for Bishop Howard Hubbard. Hand shakes and congrats at Saint Margaret's Church in Rotterdam Junction.
   Parishioner Gloria Hart said, "In his voice, in his face, in his eyes, you could feel it."
   The Bishop was cleared of all allegations of sexual misconduct on Thursday by independent investigator Mary Jo White. Today was his first service since the four month investigation concluded. Those who look up to him say this is a day they knew would come.
   Parishioner Rosie Alexander said, "He seemed like his glorious self -- he always puts through a beautiful homily, he just inspires you and he's never lost that."
   Parishioners here at St. Margaret's say they are thrilled to see the Bishop back and say it seems like a weight has been lifted off his shoulders.
   Jack Pudney said, "He had a special light in his eyes. A lot of people have been praying for him and supporting him, it's incredible."
• Accused priest dismissed by diocese [Byrns]
   Newsday, www.nynewsday.com/news/local/queens/nycpriest,0,372777.story?coll=nyc-manheadlines-queens ; By Stephanie Saul and Loretta Chao, Staff Writers
   NEW YORK CITY: Nearly seven years after two brothers alleged they were childhood sexual abuse victims of their Douglaston priest, the Roman Catholic Church has permanently barred the priest from ministry.
   The removal of the longtime Queens and Brooklyn priest, the Rev. Joseph Byrns, was announced during weekend Masses at two of the parishes where Byrns served, St. Anastasia in Douglaston and St. Rose of Lima in Brooklyn's Parkville section.
   In a letter addressed to the congregation at St. Anastasia, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn said Byrns, who has been on administrative leave, was dismissed from active ministry after the Queens district attorney's office and Diocesan Review Board concluded that complaints against him were credible.
   "I accepted the board's report and met with Father Byrns, advising him that he would not be permitted to return to active priestly ministry," DiMarzio wrote.
• Nothing says hypocrisy like Catholic Church leadership
   The Union Leader, www.theunionleader.com/articles_showfast.html?article=39904 , By Dr. PETER SOMSSICH, Guest Commentary
   NEW HAMPSHIRE: I have great respect for all Catholics who live according to their religious beliefs. However, that does not apply when it comes to the church leadership. For more than 50 years my family practiced Catholicism. In fact, as a young man I had briefly considered going into the priesthood. Listening to the recent pronouncements coming from both the Vatican and the American Catholic Church leadership reminded me why I had decided against the priesthood.
   Already as a 16-year-old who took his religion seriously, I noticed a different set of rules for influential Catholics and church leaders than for other lay Catholics. I remember the feeling of betrayal and anger about that unfairness. This feeling returned in recent months.
   While growing up I discovered many wonderful and inspirational people in the Catholic Church who were doing God's work on earth, motivated by their spiritual convictions: Mother Theresa in India, Bishop Dom Helder Camara in Brazil, but also numerous orders of sisters and nuns doing the difficult jobs of educating children, caring for the sick and elderly without complaining or asking for recognition. Add to this the ordinary but caring work of most parish priests, whether they are straight or gay. The Catholic Church is truly blessed to have such people, but you would not know it to listen to church leaders.
   When charges of clergy sexual abuse of children surfaced, did they act forcefully? When they were asked to address anti-women attitudes about rights, birth control and abortion, they were quick to condemn, but were they willing to listen? When issues of gay rights, including gay priests and cases of AIDS among priests, were brought to their attention, did they want to talk about it? When parishes were threatened with closure for financial reasons (probably due to settlements), did they discuss the whys and hows with church members? When convents in Boston were closed and nuns asked to go on welfare, did they have a good explanation? No, they did not.
• A riveting look at celibacy and the Catholic Church
   The Seattle Times, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2001965816_kay28.html , by Kay McFadden / Times staff columnist
   UNITED STATES: Eyebrows were raised last week when President Bush for the first time publicly endorsed using condoms. Clearly, the rubber had met the road to the White House.
   But Bush's acknowledgment of human behavior has a bigger context. The conservative Republican leader of the West's most religious nation, a man backed by millions of evangelical Christians, now can say he stands to the left of something - the Roman Catholic Church.
   That position seems secure. As we learn in HBO's terrific documentary "Celibacy: The Devil and the Flesh," airing at 10 tonight, the official Church's rigid perception of sexuality is rooted in a fascinating history of denial and coercion.
   The catalyst for filmmaker Anthony Thomas' work was the recent global wave of crimes involving priests who have sexually abused children. He uses this topic to launch an exploration into the psychological and theological origins of the crisis, and it is an incredibly information-packed hour and 15 minutes.
• "Celibacy" sexes up debate
Denver Post, www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~78~2237093,00.html , By Joanne Ostrow, Denver Post TV critic
   UNITED STATES: An intriguing - maybe even kinky - documentary-style film airing tonight is billed as a tour of the socio-religious roots of the practice of sexual abstinence.
   In fact, it's an unsubtle knock on the Catholic Church spiced with a peep at some of the world's more peculiar self-abuse practices performed in the name of religion.
   "Celibacy," at 8 p.m. on HBO, clearly takes a dim view of its subject.
   Filmmaker Antony Thomas ("Death of a Princess") is a controversial, award-winning British writer-producer-director. Here, he makes his point by allowing therapists and scientists to warn that repressing the primal human sex drive can have dangerous consequences.
   Not that we expected a how-to program. The goal here is not to encourage abstinence but to cite "enforced celibacy" as a root cause of pedophilia.
• TV Review: Celibacy
   Reuters, www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=reviewsNews&storyID=5526940 , By Irv Letofsky
   LOS ANGELES (CA) (Hollywood Reporter) - Seems that the concept of "celibacy" ought to be easy enough, right? No sex.
   But it can be (and is) one of the most difficult and potentially nastiest human contrivances as chronicled in "Celibacy," a quite-powerful documentary in another of HBO's fervent "America Undercover" films. This one is produced, directed, written and narrated by Antony Thomas, a veteran British filmmaker. He brings a muckraking edge to his queries -- like wondering if sexual repression can ever be a good thing.
   There's no mistaking that celibacy is composed of a lot of chaotic elements -- such as religious fervor, homo- and heterosexuality, tortured logic, pornography, pedophilia, castration and sadism, all wrapped up in wild denial. Thomas gives an overview of the current blizzard of priestly child abuses in the Roman Catholic Church, but his focus is more historic.
   He covers a "de-feminization" rite of a young girl in Tibet and a wrestling ritual in which Hindu youths sublimate sex drives into bodily energy.
• Abuse victims pass leaflets in South Amboy [1990-91 Palathingal, Pecore]
   Home News Tribune, www.thnt.com/thnt/story/0,21282,991305,00.html?sec=main?=centraljersey , THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
   MILWAUKEE (WI): Advocates for clergy sexual abuse victims leafleted yesterday outside Roman Catholic parishes in two states where an alleged abuser priest worked.
   Last week, a New Jersey judge revoked bail for the Rev. Simon Palathingal, who is accused of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old Milwaukee boy in 1990 and 1991.
   The bail was revoked because of concerns about an investigation in Louisiana and rumors that the priest's family in India might be able to post the $1.25 million bail before he could be extradited to Wisconsin.
   Palathingal, 62, faces four charges of first-degree sexual assault of a child in Milwaukee County Circuit Court. He has been in jail awaiting a hearing since his arrest outside his church rectory in South Amboy, N.J., on June 3.
   A criminal complaint said Nick Janovsky's uncle, the Rev. Dennis Pecore, introduced Janovsky as a boy to Palathingal at the priests' residence at Jordan House in Milwaukee, where Pecore was serving as coordinator for elderly priests and brothers.
   Janovsky said Pecore already was sexually abusing him at the time and Palathingal also began abusing him, without his uncle's knowledge.
   Pecore was convicted in 1987 of second-degree sexual assault for having sexual relations with a 15-year-old boy in 1984 and 1985. He was given one year of jail time, five years' probation and ordered not to have unsupervised contact with young males.
   He was convicted again in 1994 on two counts of sexually assaulting Janovsky from 1989 to 1992, while he was on probation.
• Church condemns HBO celibacy film
   BBC, news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3846387.stm
   UNITED STATES: The Catholic Church has condemned a documentary linking celibacy to child abuse scandals within the clergy.
   The programme, to air on HBO on Monday, was made by British film-maker Antony Thomas, who interviewed abuse victims, historians and psychologists.
   A review from the Catholic News Service, written by David DiCerto, called the film "a polemic against the Catholic Church's entire sexual ethos".
   Thomas said he wanted to examine the spate of abuse cases within the church.
   "Why celibacy? Why do people accept it? What are its effects?" said Thomas.
   "I felt I had to make this film for my own education."
   The documentary was filmed in 10 countries, featuring interviews with current and former priests, including one who underwent castration because he could not control his sexual urges on entering the priesthood.
• Worcester Bishop Robert J. McManus words ring empty in first five months.
   Worcester Voice, http://worcestervoice.com/mcmanus_words_ring_empty.htm
   WORCESTER (MA): Bishop McManus just before noon on March 1 received a voice mail from the secretary of the papal nuncio in Washington, D.C., informing him of his appointment as to fifth Bishop of Worcester. This announcement was greeted with relief and joy by many area Catholics who had high hopes for the new bishop. He was coming into a diocese that had miserably failed to deal with the sexual abuse crisis among some of its priests and church workers.
   Friday, May 7, 2004 the bishop-elect of the Worcester Diocese said he wanted to make certain every priest, parishioner, and Catholic politician in the county understood precisely what it means to be a Catholic.
   He said he consulted with Monsignor Thomas Sullivan on the progress of clergy abuse cases in the diocese, but added he must continue to gather information after his installation as Worcester bishop.
   "I want to know exactly what the situation is and what needs to be done," he said.
   What it means to be Catholic to Bishop McManus has been projecting false imagines for the sake of diocesan reputation. Like so many Catholic bishops before him.
• HBO asks if clerical celibacy is realistic [$US 1 billion]
   The Courier-Journal, www.courier-journal.com/features/2004/06/28/dorsey.html , By TOM DORSEY, tdorsey@courier-journal.com , June 28 2004
   LOUISVILLE (KY): The sex-abuse scandal that rocked the Catholic Church in this country resulted in a financial bill for the church that is now estimated to be more than $1billion.
   No one will ever be able to put a price on the human toll in terms of suffering.
   How did all this happen?
   HBO's "America Undercover" goes looking for answers in a report at 10 tonight that asks whether compulsory celibacy for priests and unrealistic attitudes about sexual urges are the answer.
   "Celibacy" points out that clerical celibacy is encouraged and revered in many religions around the globe. Only the Catholic Church, however, requires its spiritual leaders to suppress what experts say is the most powerful drive in human beings, especially males.
• Legal rulings favor plaintiffs in church sex-abuse lawsuits
   Pocono Record, www.poconorecord.com/local/tjd88134.htm
   PHILADELPHIA (PA) (AP) - A statute of limitations many legal experts had expected would protect the Roman Catholic Church from lawsuits by people abused decades ago by priests is looking like less of a shield after a series of recent court decisions.
   Employing an unusual legal strategy, lawyers for alleged abuse victims have sought to skirt Pennsylvania's two-year time limit on personal injury lawsuits by claiming the church engaged in a decades-long conspiracy to conceal sexual abuse against minors.
   The extent of the cover up, the suits claim, did not become apparent until 2002, when a firestorm of publicity over the church's role in protecting abusive priests prompted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to publicly acknowledge the problem for the first time.
   A three-judge panel in Lehigh County gave a preliminary nod to that strategy last week when it refused to throw out six lawsuits filed against the Diocese of Allentown by people who claimed to have been molested by priests between 1965 and 1982.
   The ruling followed a similar decision by a Westmoreland County judge that cleared the way for a lawsuit against the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown.
• 'Celibacy' hits where it hurts
   The Kansas City Star, www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/entertainment/9015041.htm?1c , By AARON BARNHART
   UNITED STATES: Roman Catholicism is not the only religious faith that extols the virtues of celibacy. But as Antony Thomas points out in his eye-opening documentary "Celibacy," no other branch of any major world religion compels its clergy to abstain from sex.
   The effect [???] has been cataclysmic: 500,000 nuns and priests have left their orders since the 1960s, Thomas says. What's more, legal actions involving thousands of children abused by priests have been filed in 10 countries.
   Both these crises have been provoked, Thomas charges, by an official policy of sexual denial. In "Celibacy," airing at 9 tonight on HBO, he builds a convincing case that the church is in denial about the self-inflicted harm of its doctrine.
   Thomas, a veteran British filmmaker whose last HBO documentary was the brilliant expose of faith healing, "A Question of Miracles," thinks the church is in error. He thinks it's as gravely wrong-headed now on sexual matters as it was on scientific matters when it condemned Galileo.
• Judge to decide on time issue in priest-abuse suits
   Sun News, www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/sunnews/news/opinion/9029241.htm , By RON GOLDWYN, goldwyr@phillynews.com
   PHILADELPHIA (PA): The courtroom fireworks finally begin late next week for two dozen men who have sued the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, claiming that as minors they were sexually abused by Catholic priests.
   Common Pleas Judge Arnold L. New will hear arguments July 8 on a crucial threshhold issue that could determine whether the men ultimately get a day in court:
   Were the suits filed too late because of the statute of limitations, or can victims argue that a continuing coverup means they are still being harmed?
   "This will be a big day for a lot of people," said Jay Abramowitch, a Berks County lawyer who has 18 suits before New.
   Last week, a three-judge panel in Lehigh County accepted Abramowitch's legal theory in similar cases.
   The judges rejected arguments by the Diocese of Allentown to dismiss six suits because the statute of limitations had expired on long-ago abuse. But they said the diocese can raise the point later on.
• Jonathan Storm | Tempted to watch 'Celibacy'? You'd be wise to resist
   UNITED STATES: Philadelphia Inquirer, www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/television/9027913.htm?ERIGHTS= 5772589134314154142philly::kashaw@peoplepc.com&KRD_RM= 1impqpknppohhhhhhhhhholjmp|Kathleen|Y ; By Jonathan Storm, Inquirer Columnist
   Beware of religious celibacy, warns HBO's America Undercover documentary, "Celibacy."
   Viewers seeking reasonable insight into the issue and its effects on the Catholic Church should beware of "Celibacy."
   The sordid, not particularly informative, film, debuting at 10 tonight, mixes anti-church propaganda with a degrading tour of weird religious practices around the world.
   A Hindu ascetic, known as a Sadhu, performs feats with his genitalia to demonstrate his freedom from the bonds of sexuality. A Filipino zealot gets nails pounded through his hands as part of a mock crucifixion. Someone else is flayed until his back is completely soaked in blood. The narration twists almost as much as the Sadhu to make this ugly imagery seem appropriate to the topic.
   And when "Celibacy" gets around to celibacy and the Catholic Church, there are few surprises, just extremes: testimony from Irish orphans subjected to awful abuse by nuns and priests, a woman who had two children with a priest, a priest who had himself castrated.
   The 75-minute film stops in Camden County, where Jonathan Norton and his mother, Kathy, discuss how he was abused by a priest. It doesn't mention that the Camden Diocese paid the family more than $600,000 after a lawsuit and that the alleged perpetrator was defrocked in 1995. [Posted by Kathy Shaw at 07:45 AM]
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#### Clergy Sex Abuse Tracker, www.ncrnews.org/abuse, Tue June 29, 2004 edition follows:-
• Runaway Priests: Church pays horrific price for clerical indifference
   The Dallas Morning News, www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/062704dnedi runaway priest.6ad29.html ; Sunday, June 27, 2004
   DALLAS (TX): It is suicidal folly for the hierarchy to think ordinary Catholics will trust the church indefinitely when its leaders are revealed time and time again to coddle clerical child molesters. Catholic leaders are courting a disaster of historical proportions. They have got to understand that, even if Pope John Paul II does not.
   Last week's four-part Dallas Morning News series revealing the existence of an international church-run ratline that helps accused and even convicted priest sex abusers escape justice struck a devastating blow to the façade of normality that church leaders like to project. It showed that for some powerful churchmen, nothing - not the safety of Catholic children, not the law, not fear of divine justice, not even the survival of the institution they lead - is more important than protecting their brother priests.
   Price for persistent folly
   Historian Barbara Tuchman, explaining in her book how the misgovernance and corruption of the Renaissance church provoked the Reformation, described the mind-set of church leaders thus: "Their view of the interests of the institution they were appointed to govern was so shortsighted as to amount almost to perversity." History records what happened next: nothing less than the cleaving of Western Christendom. There is a price to be paid for persistent folly. [Posted by Kathy Shaw at 09:02 PM]
• Accused priest led Mass in Arlington [1990s Clay]
   The Dallas Morning News, www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/tarrant/stories/063004dnmetpriest.99ec8. html ; By SUSAN HOGAN/ALBACH, Tuesday, June 29, 2004
   ARLINGTON (TX): Catholic priest removed from ministry in Pennsylvania because of sexual abuse allegations has been living in Dallas and leading Mass at an Arlington parish for at least a year.
   Officials at the Diocese of Fort Worth, which encompasses Arlington, said they didn't know about the Rev. Christopher Clay's activities at St. Mary the Virgin Catholic Church until contacted this week by The Dallas Morning News. On Tuesday the diocese's chancellor, the Rev. Robert Wilson, banned Father Clay from further ministry.
   "He did this without our knowledge or approval," Father Wilson said.
   Father Clay didn't respond to an interview request. No one answered the door of his Oak Cliff apartment.
   The priest has not been accused of wrongdoing in Texas. The Diocese of Scranton, Pa., said he remains under investigation there. He was placed on leave two years ago after an allegation of abuse was made by a man in his early 20s who said he'd been molested as a teen.
• Tucson diocese considers bankruptcy
   National Catholic Reporter, http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2004c/070204/070204k.htm , By RENEE SCHAFER HORTON
   TUCSON (AZ): The financial cost of the clergy sexual abuse scandal may force the Tucson diocese into bankruptcy, Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas said in a letter read in parishes here June 19 and 20. Bankruptcy, he said, "appears to be the only option."
   The diocese hopes Chapter 11 bankruptcy will protect parish assets while also allowing "for a more just response to [victims of sexual abuse by clergy] than would be possible in the current situation."
   Currently, 19 suits for sexual abuse are pending against the diocese, and Kicanas told NCR June 22 that efforts to mediate these cases have been unsuccessful.
   Attorneys for victims and representatives from the Tucson chapter of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests -- SNAP -- said the announcement by Kicanas was a ploy to gain sympathy.
   Kim Williamson, a lawyer for victims in the 19 pending cases, said she thinks the diocese is "crying poor" to keep future victims from coming forward.
• Catholic abuse case settled
   KVIA, www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=1978441&nav=AbC0OIcX
   EL PASO (TX): A lawsuit accusing a former principal at Cathedral High School of molesting students will not be heard by a jury. A settlement has been reached between the former student, the El Paso Catholic Diocese and Brother Sam Martinez.
   The suit blamed the Diocese of El Paso for the sexual abuse, a former student allegedly endured, at Cathedral High School. The suit claimed the Diocese allowed Brother Sam Martinez to become Principal after he had been accused of sexual abuse at a school in another state. Brother Sam Martinez was the former Principal of Cathedral High School for 13 years in the 70's and 80's.
   State Judge Richard Roman signed off on the settlement on Tuesday. Both parties had previously been in mediation. This settlement comes months after attorneys for the alleged victim pushed the Diocese to disclose more information on how many cases of molestation the Diocese knew about and allegedly covered up.
• Samoa considers deporting priests [1973-86 Klep; Murphy, Ayers]

   The Age (Australia), www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/29/1088487965660.html?oneclick=true , By Martin Daly, June 30, 2004
   SAMOA: Samoan authorities will decide within 48 hours whether to deport two more Salesian priests to Australia following the deportation last week of convicted pedophile Father Frank Klep.
   Klep was arrested on his return to Melbourne and remanded on five charges of indecent assault at the Salesian boarding school Rupertswood, in Sunbury, between 1973 and 1976.
   In 1994, he was convicted in Melbourne on four counts relating to the indecent assault of two boys at Rupertswood and sentenced to nine months' community service.
   Samoan authorities declared Klep a permanently prohibited immigrant and are investigating whether to deport the former head of the Salesian order in Australia, Father John Murphy, who allegedly witnessed Klep's "false declaration" that he had never been convicted of a criminal offence. They are also investigating Father John Ayers, who worked in Victoria and who is at the Salesian Order of Don Bosco in Samoa.
• HBO Special On "Celibacy" Maligns Church
   Catholic League, www.catholicleague.org/04press_releases/quarter2/040629_hbo.htm
   UNITED STATES: The HBO series "America Undercover" aired a special documentary, "Celibacy," on June 28. It purports to be an examination of celibacy as it is practiced in the world's religions. After a cursory glance at celibacy in eastern religions, it focuses almost exclusively on Roman Catholicism. The overall theme is voiced at the outset: "The worldwide crisis in the Catholic Church begs many questions: Is sexual denial healthy? Or can it become something dangerous? Is there any link between enforced celibacy and an apparent epidemic of child abuse by the clergy?"
   Here is what Catholic League president William Donohue said about it today:
   "It is not for nothing that the term 'enforced celibacy' or 'imposed' is repeated constantly. By doing so, the message of coercion is made explicit. For example, we learn that the Catholic Church formally invoked the discipline of celibacy in 1139 as 'a powerful tool for controlling its army.' Similarly, we discover that 'The need to suppress the most powerful drive on this planet is the key to understanding many Catholic practices and rituals.' To drive the point home, a bloody video of self-flagellating Filipinos on Good Friday is shown.
• HBO documentary casts critical eye on celibacy
   National Catholic Reporter, http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2004c/070204/070204s.htm
   UNITED STATES: When a documentary called Celibacy superimposes its title card over the image of a pile of skulls, you can assume that its writer-director, Antony Thomas, is not going to find much good to say about the subject. The skulls in question are at the Orthodox monastery of St. Catherine's in Egypt, where one finds, narrator Thomas says, "the remains of thousands of unwarmed and nameless men who passed through life without family bonds or the experience of human love."
   The HBO documentary touches on celibacy in the Orthodox tradition, as well as in Buddhism and Hinduism, but its real target is the Roman Catholic church, making the case -- unconvincingly -- that celibacy is much worse there than in any other faith tradition. It does this by making some shaky selective comparisons: for example, matching up the entirety of Buddhism with one Christian denomination, and implying that celibacy for Buddhist monks and nuns is the exception rather than the norm.
• Priests said to cross borders to escape abuse charges
   National Catholic Reporter, http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2004c/070204/070204l.htm , By NCR STAFF
   DALLAS (TX): A yearlong investigation into 200 cases of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy by The Dallas Morning News found that nearly half involved clergy that tried to elude law enforcement by crossing international borders, often with assistance from their superiors, and many of these remained in active ministry.
   "About 30 remain free in one country while facing ongoing criminal inquiries, arrest warrants or convictions in another," the Dallas paper said in the introduction to a multipart series of articles that began running June 20.
   "Most runaway priests remain in the church, the world's largest organization, so they should be easier to locate than other fugitives.
   "Instead, Catholic leaders have used international transfers to thwart justice, a practice that poses far greater challenges to law enforcement than the domestic moves exposed in the 2002 scandal," the introduction said.
• A shepherd's trials
   The Christian Science Monitor, www.csmonitor.com/2004/0630/p15s01-lire.html , By Jane Lampman, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
   BOSTON (MA): He joined the religious order as a teenager because he wanted to become a missionary. Sent off to Easter Island during theological training, he worked happily among the Rapa Nui people and indulged his passion for learning languages. It seemed a fulfilling start to a life already committed, in the model of St. Francis of Assisi, to living simply and building a spiritual community.
   But it wasn't to be. Sean Patrick O'Malley never got his dream posting in Papua New Guinea, and today he holds the biggest job in the troubled US Roman Catholic Church - at perhaps the most critical moment in its history. By all accounts, he's still the humble friar with a thirst for prayer and a clear sense of mission, but after several jobs bearing increased responsibility, he's been thrust into a demanding role played out under a merciless spotlight.
   "Being Archbishop of Boston," he recently wrote in the diocesan newspaper, The Pilot, "is like living in a fishbowl made out of magnifying glass."
   When the pope named O'Malley archbishop a year ago, Boston's Catholic community was dispirited and alienated by the sexual-abuse scandal that had dragged on for 1-1/2 years without sign of progress. Addressing that crisis, which had undermined the moral authority of the American church, was O'Malley's urgent priority.
• S.J. woman sexually abused by nun in '50s to get $120,000 [1950s Schweich]
   Mercury News, www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/9024309.htm?1c , Associated Press
   WASHINGTON: A woman who was abused by a Roman Catholic nun 50 years ago at a boarding school will receive about $120,000 in a settlement and an apology from the nun.
   Sister Ramona Schweich, now 81, admitted she had sexual relations with Betty Davis when Davis was a 16-year-old student in the early 1950s. The Colton, Wash., school was operated by Schweich's order, Mankato, Minn.-based School Sisters of Notre Dame.
   Under the settlement reached Wednesday, the order also will pay for ongoing counseling for Davis, who now lives in San Jose.
   Davis sued Schweich and School Sisters of Notre Dame last year.
   Schweich admitted in sworn depositions that she had sexual contact with Davis on a couple of occasions but asserted that it was not abuse because Davis did not resist.
• Pastor deserved jail for shredding diary [1996 Ensbey] -- Baptist
   Ninemsn, http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=11427 , 17:58 AEST, Tue Jun 29 2004
   AUSTRALIA: Baptist Church pastor Douglas Roy Ensbey, 53, was given a six-month wholly-suspended sentence when he was convicted by a District Court jury in Brisbane earlier this year of destroying evidence.
   In 1996 Ensbey shredded the diary of a teenage girl which detailed the sex abuse she suffered at the hands of one of his parishioners.
   Lawyers for Queensland Attorney-General Rod Welford on Tuesday appealed the leniency of Ensbey's suspended sentence, saying the pastor should have been jailed.
   The court was told a deterrent sentence should have been imposed because the charge struck at the heart of the criminal justice system.
   The defence lodged an appeal against the conviction, arguing Ensbey had only been acting out of concern for the girl, rather than trying to protect her abuser or the image of the church.
• Court observer jostles Brisbane reporters [Ensbey] -- Baptist
   ABC, www.abc.net.au/brisbane/news/200406/s1143157.htm , Tuesday, 29 June 2004
   AUSTRALIA: Reporters covering the Court of Appeal proceedings of a Baptist pastor who shredded diary notes of a sexual abuse victim have been jostled and abused by an observer in the public gallery.
   Maleny pastor Douglas Roy Ensbey was appealing against his conviction for destroying evidence.
   He was found guilty earlier this year and sentenced to a suspended six-month jail sentence.
   He had shredded the diary notes of a young girl, which detailed her sexual abuse at the hand of another member of his church.
   His lawyers argued he shredded the notes to protect the girl, not the man who molested her or the church.
• Larchmont priest named bishop
   The Journal News, www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/062904/b01p29bishop , By GARY STERN, June 29, 2004
   LARCHMONT (NY): Pope John Paul II yesterday named two new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of New York, including a respected Larchmont priest who has taken on large responsibilities for Cardinal Edward Egan in recent years.
   Bishop-elect Dennis Sullivan, who became pastor a year ago at the Church of Sts. John and Paul in Larchmont, said he was told of the appointment last week. He and Bishop-elect Gerald Walsh, pastor of St. Elizabeth Church in Manhattan, were introduced by Egan at St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday, hours after the Vatican officially announced their appointments. ...
   Sullivan also has served for the past two years as the only priest on an archdiocesan review board that studies sexual abuse allegations against priests and makes recommendations to Egan. The board has considered more than a dozen difficult cases since 2002.
   "It's been a humbling experience," Sullivan said. "It has been a tragic page in church history, but I think everyone should applaud the church's recent efforts to protect children. Children are not just abused by priests, although that has happened, but by teachers, family members and others. But I don't see anyone else stepping up to the plate like the church has to deal with this."
• Parishes fail to run notice on ex-priest's alleged abuse
   Toledo Blade, www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040629/NEWS10/406290301/-1/NEWS , By ROBIN ERB, June 29, 2004
   TOLEDO (OH): At least five parishes in the Toledo Catholic Diocese have not yet been informed of allegations of sexual misconduct by a former priest, as required by a court settlement.
   Under the terms of the settlement with brothers who charge that the Rev. Bernard Kokocinski abused them years ago, the parishes were expected Sunday to run a notice in their weekly bulletins about him, the "credible" charges against him, and his removal from the ministry.
   However, a review of several bulletins by a local victims' group showed that a number of parishes, including St. Joseph's Parish in Fremont where the priest worked at the time of the alleged abuses, did not run the notice this week.
   Claudia Vercellotti, local leader of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, was angered by the news. The case was settled about two months ago, she said.
   "They're still making excuses. It's pathetic," she said yesterday.
• Man charging sex abuse sues oft-transferred priest [1960s O'Donoghue]
   Telegram & Gazette, www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040629/NEWS/406290415/1006/ NEWS LETTERS07 ; By Kathleen A. Shaw, T&G STAFF, kshaw@telegram.com , June 29, 2004
   WORCESTER (MA): Daniel W. Cronin, now a resident of Los Angeles, filed suit in Worcester Superior Court alleging he was sexually abused by the Rev. Brendan E. O'Donoghue when he was an 8-year-old altar boy at St. Peter Church.
   The suit, which was filed May 13, also names the late Cardinal John J. Wright, first Worcester bishop, and the estate of the late Bishop Bernard J. Flanagan for failing to properly supervise Rev. O'Donoghue.
   Auxiliary Bishop George E. Rueger is also named in the suit, but only in his capacity as executor of Bishop Flanagan's estate; there are no allegations of wrongdoing on his part.
   James Gavin Reardon Jr., lawyer for the Catholic Diocese of Worcester, said yesterday the diocese has not been served and he has not seen the suit. Should the diocese get notice of the suit, an appropriate response will be made.
   Mr. Reardon said that, based on the naming of Cardinal Wright and Bishop Flanagan, it looks like the allegations are "historic" and go back many years.
   Mr. Cronin, represented by lawyer John J. St. Andre of Framingham, said in court documents he was molested by Rev. O'Donoghue at the altar of St. Peter Church in Worcester, and at the home of Rev. O'Donoghue's mother in Worcester.
   Mr. Cronin says in the suit that he had trusted Rev. O'Donoghue "as a priest and friend."
   The suit says as a result of this molestation he has suffered emotionally for more than 40 years and has depression, difficulties with trust and intimacy, difficulty in developing relationships with women, and difficulty with substance abuse and religion.
   Rev. O'Donoghue, who was ordained here in 1950 by then-Bishop Wright, grew up in Worcester, son of Mr. and Mrs. William O'Donoghue. Bishop Wright served here until 1959 when he transferred to Pittsburgh. He later was assigned to Rome and died there in 1979 as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Clergy. Bishop Flanagan became Worcester's second bishop in 1959 and served until retiring in 1983. He died here in 1998.
• Law allowing priest-abuse cases challenged
   Union-Tribune, www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20040627-9999-1m27clergy.html , By Greg Moran, June 27, 2004
   CALIFORNIA: In a move with possibly far-reaching implications, a broad assault on the California law that allowed hundreds of lawsuits alleging decades-old sexual abuse by priests has been quietly filed in federal court here.
   Lawyers for the Diocese of Davenport in Iowa contend in court papers that the law violates the church's religious freedom protections, due process rights and other constitutional rights.
   If successful, the challenge could derail hundreds of lawsuits filed across the state in 2003, including nearly 100 against the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego and Imperial counties.
   While attorneys representing the church around the state have said they would consider challenging the law, none has yet to do so while settlement negotiations aimed at resolving the huge number of claims continue.
   The lawyer for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles said those sessions will continue, but said the Davenport claim was an interesting development.
   "This is the first case I've heard of that is this articulate in raising the appropriate arguments," said attorney J. Michael Hennigan. "We are interested in it, but it does not alter our strategy" of trying to reach a settlement with all the plaintiffs.
• Law to Rome faithful - Catholics must atone for contradictions

   Boston Herald, http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=33692 , By Eric Convey, Monday, June 28, 2004
   ROME - Bernard Cardinal Law, in one of his first public appearances since resigning as archbishop of Boston 18 months ago, called on Catholics yesterday to atone in public if they've contradicted Catholic teaching in public.
   "In some way, we must publicly repair the scandal of our infidelity," he said during his homily at Santa Susannna, a church in Rome that's home to many North American Catholics.
   Without making any specific reference to his own difficulties during the clergy molestation scandal that tarnished his career, Law also told the congregation of about 100 that they should expect difficult times if they pursue their faith.
   "(Jesus) tells us that if we are to follow him, we are to take up our cross," Law said. "If we are to follow him, we have to go to Jerusalem. Jerusalem is His betrayal, His suffering, His death."
• Grand jury beating up on Bevilacqua
   Philadelphia Daily News, www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/9036458.htm , By RON GOLDWYN & JOSEPH R. DAUGHEN, daughej@phillynews.com
   PHILADELPHIA (PA): Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua, apparently worn down by a two-year grand jury investigation of alleged sexual abuse of minors by priests, has become reclusive and is in frail health, sources who know him say.
   During the probe, the sources said, Bevilacqua has appeared before the grand jury on multiple occasions and has been subjected to intense confrontational questioning.
   The questioning did not suggest the cardinal was involved in abusing anyone, said the sources, but concerned his handling of complaints of abuse.
   The many appearances before the grand jury have so drained the 81-year-old Bevilacqua that he has been left dispirited and in declining health, the sources said.
• Salesians 'knew of Klep allegations' [Klep]
   The Age (Melbourne), www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/28/1088392600281.html?oneclick=true , By Barney Zwartz, Religion Editor, June 29, 2004
   AUSTRALIA: Parents of former students allegedly sexually abused at Salesian College in Sunbury are getting together to discuss action as the scandal widened yesterday.
   According to one alleged victim, at least 12 parents plan to write to the Salesian order and to other church leaders demanding an explanation and an end to the cover-up.
   Their discussions may lead to further complaints to police.
   Yesterday, a former Salesian contradicted a statement by the order's Australian head that the Salesians did not know of allegations against convicted child abuser Frank Klep until last week.
   Meanwhile, The Age is aware of abuse allegations against four other present and past Salesians.
   Alleged victim "Daniel" said yesterday that publicity last week about the order and Friday's arrest of Klep "has resurrected the old wounds and the old anger".
   Klep was deported from Samoa and arrested at Melbourne Airport on Friday morning. He was remanded on five charges of indecent assault.
• Sex accused teacher leaves home [1992] -- Anglican

   Sunday Times (W. Australia), www.sundaytimes.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,9982293%255E421,00.html , By Kimina Lyall in Bangkok, Jun 29 04
   BANGKOK, Thailand: An accused pedophile teacher has left his Bangkok home, frustrating South Australian police plans to extradite the Anglican priest for alleged child sex abuse in Adelaide in 1992.
   The 48-year-old teacher flew from Bangkok to London last Wednesday morning, The Australian has learned, two days before the anti-pedophile taskforce issued a warrant for his arrest on eight counts of sex abuse against a teenage boy.
   His ticket included a return leg to Bangkok tentatively booked for May 2005 and his Thai partner remains in their Bangkok home.
   The teacher has known for four weeks that South Australian police were preparing charges against him of sex abuse allegedly committed at an exclusive Adelaide boys school in 1992. When asked this month to respond to calls for his extradition, the teacher said they were "a bit of a bombshell".
   The police pedophile taskforce 10 days ago rounded up nine other pedophile suspects with links to the Anglican Church in South Australia and other organisations and did not file an arrest warrant against the teacher until it gathered more evidence. Police did not confirm the man's Bangkok address until last week.
• Lawyer Decries Diocese Effort To Avoid Lawsuits
   KYW, http://kyw.com/Local%20News/local_story_180222133.html , 10:19 pm US/Eastern, Jun 28, 2004
   MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP): A lawyer for 25 people who charge they suffered sexual abuse as children decried an effort by the Diocese of Paterson to dismiss a lawsuit on grounds that it was filed too late.
   "This action by the Paterson Diocese is expected, though not Christian-like," lawyer Gregory Gianforcaro said Monday.
   The motion by the diocese contends the plaintiffs should have filed the lawsuit within two years of when they turned 18, he said.
   A spokeswoman for the diocese, Marianna Thompson, said the motion was filed Monday, but declined to address the lawyer's statement.
   "That would be Mr. Gianforcaro's assessment of the matter," she said. "This being a legal matter, we have no further comment. It's being handled in the way that was planned."
• Priest of Indian origin faces sexual abuse charges in US [1990-91 Palathingal]

   Newindpress.com , www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?ID=IE820040628233910&Title=NRIs&Topic=0& ; Tuesday June 29 2004
   WASHINGTON (DC): A Roman Catholic priest of Indian origin faces four charges of sexual assault of a child in Milwaukee County Circuit Court.
   Rev Simon Palathingal (62) has been in jail, awaiting a hearing, since his arrest outside his church rectory in South Amboy, New Jersey, on June 3, the 'Times-Picayune of New Orleans' reports.
   Advocates for clergy sexual abuse victims distributed leaflets on Monday outside Roman Catholic parishes in two states where Palathingal worked.
   Last week, a New Jersey judge revoked bail for Palathingal, who is accused of sexually assaulting a nine-year old Milwaukee boy in 1990 and 1991, because of concerns about an investigation in Lake Charles, Louisiana and rumours that the priest's family in India might be able to post $1.25 million bail before he could be extradited to Wisconsin.
   A criminal complaint said Nick Janovsky's uncle, the Rev. Dennis Pecore; introduced him as a boy to Palathingal at the priests' residence in Milwaukee, where Pecore was serving as coordinator for elderly priests and brothers.
• Altoona-Johnstown diocese dismisses two more priests
   Centre Daily Times, www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/politics/9036077.htm , Associated Press
   HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. - The Altoona-Johnstown Catholic Diocese has removed two more priests accused of sexual abuse, a diocesan publication reported.
   Bernard V. Grattan, who was transferred from hospital ministry in Johnstown to medical leave status, was dismissed from the priesthood, according to the June 28 edition of The Catholic Register.
   Martin D. McCamley, who was suspended from all priestly duties last year, retired without any rights to present himself as a priest, the publication said.
   The two priests had been named in 13 lawsuits alleging sex abuse. The diocese recently agreed to a $3.7-million settlement of those lawsuits, doubling payments in such cases since 1994 to nearly $7 million.
   "Grattan, as a former priest of the diocese, has not been allowed to function for the past several years. This dismissal allows him to live as a nonordained lay person of the church," according to the announcement. [Posted by Kathy Shaw at 01:57am]
////////// End of Clergy Sex Abuse Tracker www.ncrnews.org/abuse , Tue June 29, 2004
Abuse Chronology: http://www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/ethics/ethcont86.htm
• State ministers to debate paedophile register. [2002-03 Tynas] -- Apex Clubs.
   The West Australian, "Ministers to debate paedophile register," p 7, Tuesday, June 29, 2004
   ADELAIDE, S. Australia: A national register to keep track of convicted paedophiles and people charged with other offences against children will be considered by police ministers this week.
   Anyone convicted of violent or sexual offences against children will have to provide full details to police as part of the proposed national child offender register to be discussed in Hobart tomorrow.
   South Australian Police Minister Kevin Foley said it was to keep track of people who offended against children so police could monitor them.
   How much of that information would be made public had to be debated. "This is to protect our kids and we have to make sure we focus on that," he said.
   Mr Foley said offenders would report to police on an annual basis or within 14 days of a change of circumstances.
   The offender must give details of any children who generally lived with them [sic] or had regular unsupervised contact with them [sic].
   A former Apex volunteer, Bernard Anthony Stuart Tynas, 39, of Dianella, has been accused of fondling boys during two trips to the Snowy Mountains in 2002 and 2003.
   Mr Tynas was convicted of similar offences in the United States more than a decade ago, but this was not picked up when he joined Apex.
   He was able to keep his past a secret because he was responsible for checking the criminal history of other volunteers.
(PICTURE -- High-powered: Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan with Police Minister Michelle Roberts and Premier Geoff Gallop at the conference. Picture: Greg Burke) # [Jun 29, 04]
Abuse Chronology: http://www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/ethics/ethcont86.htm
#### Clergy Sex Abuse Tracker, www.ncrnews.org/abuse, Wed June 30, 2004 edition follows:-
• Judge asked to hold L.A. cardinal in contempt [1980s O'Grady $US 7m wasted, Mahony]
   Union-Tribune, www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20040630-1731-ca-mahony- contemptfiling.html ; By Gillian Flaccus, ASSOCIATED PRESS, 5:31 p.m. June 30, 2004
   LOS ANGELES (CA): Attorneys for alleged clergy sex abuse victims have asked a judge to consider holding Cardinal Roger Mahony in contempt of court for resisting depositions in cases that date to his years as bishop of Stockton.
   Mahony now heads the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the largest in the nation. The contempt motion targeting him was filed late Tuesday in Alameda County Superior Court.
   Attorneys want to question Mahony because he led the Diocese of Stockton from 1980 to 1985 and supervised Father Oliver O'Grady, who was later convicted of child molestation.
   The Stockton diocese previously paid two brothers $7 million in damages after a jury found it didn't do enough to prevent the abuse by O'Grady.
   Attorneys want to depose Mahony in six other civil lawsuits because they believe he knew O'Grady was a pedophile but still transferred and promoted him.
   "We think Cardinal Mahony has a tremendous amount of knowledge about the Stockton diocese. He was the bishop there for five years and he put Oliver O'Grady in parishes with schools," attorney John Manly said. [Posted by Kathy Shaw at 09:20 PM]
• Interim head of review board sees more cooperation with bishops
   Catholic News Service, www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0403629.htm , By Agostino Bono
   WASHINGTON (DC) CNS -- The outgoing interim chairwoman of the bishops' National Review Board said that she expects more collaboration between the lay board and the bishops now that the board has demonstrated its independence.
   Another aid to cooperation is that the board has shown the high quality of its work in helping the bishops implement policies to prevent clergy sex abuse of minors, said Justice Anne M. Burke.
   Increased collaboration should overcome antagonisms with some bishops, she said.
   "These animosities shouldn't have happened. We are trying to overcome that now," she said.
   Burke, an Illinois Appellate Court judge, spoke to Catholic News Service June 29 by telephone from her Chicago office after the review board met June 27-28 to plan future activities.
• Former principal, pastor pleads 'no contest' to 11 charges [2001-02 Kuhn] -- indecency and liquor
   Catholic Telegraph www.catholiccincinnati.org/tct/july0204/070204principal.html , By Lenore Christopher, for July 2, 2004
   DAYTON DEANERY, OHIO - Thomas Kuhn, the former pastor of St. Henry Church in Dayton, pleaded "no contest" to and was found guilty of 11 misdemeanor criminal charges filed against him before Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Mary Katherine Huffman June 23 in Dayton.
   Sentencing has been set for July 21 at 2 p.m. Kuhn could be fined a total of $10,250 on all counts and face up to 18 months in jail.
   The charges involve one count of public indecency, which is a fourth-degree misdemeanor; six counts of furnishing beer or intoxicating liquor to an underage person, all unclassified misdemeanors; and four counts of allowing an underage person to possess or consume beer or an intoxicating liquor on his premises, all first-degree misdemeanors.
   The crimes took place at Kuhn's residence between November 2001 and January 2002 and involved five victims, all 18 years of age or younger.
• Kicanas to decide Tucson Diocese bankruptcy by fall
   Tucson Citizen, www.tucsoncitizen.com/breaking/063004_kicanas.html , By SHERYL KORNMAN, June 30, 2004
   TUCSON (AZ): Bishop Gerald Kicanas said Wednesday he expects to decide by mid-September whether the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson will seek bankruptcy protection.
   Kicanas said a civil lawsuit seeking damages from for alleged sexual abuse by a now-jailed priest is set for Sept. 15.
   "That deadline is looming," he said. "I don't know that we will want to go into that trial without knowing the overall picture."
• Diocese: Priest who embezzled accused of abuse [1979, 1983 Joffe]
   Rockford Register Star, www.rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040630/NEWS/40630022 , June 30, 2004
   ROCKFORD (IL): The Catholic Diocese of Rockford announced today that it received two new allegations of sexual misconduct against a priest who made headlines 13 years ago for embezzlement.
   In March 2004, two adult males made separate allegations that William Joffe had "engaged in sexual misconduct" with them while he was pastor at St. Mary Parish in Woodstock. One incident allegedly happened in 1979, the other in 1983.
   The diocese has twice before received allegations against the same priest, in 2002 and 1993.
   Joffe, who was dismissed from priestly duties in 1993 by then-Bishop Arthur J. O'Neill, served a year in prison for taking more than $265,000 in church funds.
• Bishop: Decision on diocese bankruptcy filing likely by Sept. 15 [19 suits pending]
   The Arizona Republic, www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0630az-diocese30-ON.html , Associated Press, Jun. 30, 2004
   TUCSON (AZ): A decision on whether the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson will file for bankruptcy protection will likely be made before a scheduled Sept. 15 sexual abuse trial, Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas said Wednesday.
   "That is looming on the horizon," Kicanas said of the trial scheduled in Yuma County Superior Court. "I don't know that we would want to go into that trial without some sense of where we're going in the overall picture."
   During a meeting with the Tucson Citizen editorial board, Kicanas said bankruptcy protection is looking more like the best and only option, given lack of progress in mediating a settlement of 19 pending clergy sexual abuse lawsuits and the prospect of more.
   Negotiations between the diocese and plaintiffs in the pending lawsuits stalled earlier in June, which Kicanas called extremely discouraging. He said at that time that he was considering filing for bankruptcy.
• Abuse priest assaults his fellow prisoners [1970s-80s, 2004 Hawkins ] -- Anglican
   The Mercury (Hobart, Tasmania, Australia), www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,10004691%255E3462,00.html , By GAVIN LOWER, for July 01 2004
   AUSTRALIA: Jailed pedophile priest Garth Hawkins is being punished for "low level" sexual assaults against fellow prisoners.
   Attorney-General Judy Jackson said yesterday Hawkins was not suitable to be in the Risdon Prison population and had been moved to administered segregation. "He is no longer there. He was creating a disturbance," she said.
   She said Hawkins had sexually assaulted a young person and other prisoners aged in their 30s and 40s. "They were sexual assaults. They were a low level of assault of a touching nature," she said.
   "I'm not condoning it at all, and of course it's very unpleasant for that person."
   Allegations were made last week that Hawkins had been sexually assaulting fellow prisoners, including a teenager.
   One former prisoner said he saw Hawkins put his hands down the pants of a young inmate in the jail library about seven months ago.
   Another source has told of Hawkins fondling an inmate's genitals in the shower about four months ago. Hawkins, a former Anglican priest, is serving a 7 1/2-year sentence after pleading guilty to abusing seven boys in the 1970s and 1980s.
• Vatican pace on abuse worries O'Malley
   Boston Globe, www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/06/30/vatican_pace_on_abuse_ worries_omalley ; By Michael Paulson, June 30, 2004
   VATICAN CITY -- In an unusual public display of unhappiness with his own church, Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley of Boston yesterday said he is frustrated at the slow pace with which the Vatican is resolving the cases of about two dozen local priests who have been in limbo for two years or more after being accused of sexual abuse of minors.
   In the cases from Boston, like those from many dioceses around the country, American church officials are asking the Vatican whether they can permanently remove from ministry -- and in some cases defrock -- individual priests accused of abuse. The priests have been suspended, but cannot be permanently ousted without Vatican permission. In some cases, if the Vatican determines the allegations have no credibility, priests could be restored to ministry.
   O'Malley, like other American bishops and priests, has become increasingly concerned that the Vatican's slow pace of processing the flood of allegations lodged over the last 2 years is unfair to the accused priests and to their alleged victims.
   The archbishop said he will meet with Vatican officials this week to convey his concern and urge the Vatican to allow American church lawyers to come to Rome to assist Vatican lawyers in processing the backlog.
• Imam arrested for sexual harassment [2004 Hanif ] -- Muslim

   Daily Times, www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_1-7-2004_pg7_27 ,
   MULTAN, PAKISTAN: An elderly imam named Hafiz Muhammad Hanif was caught assaulting a ten-year-old student, Samina, and was taken into police custody on Tuesday. "We have registered a case against Hafiz Muhammad Hanif under the Islamic law," said DPO Vehari Muhammad Mukhtar.
   "The medical report has confirmed that Samina was sexually assaulted." The DPO said that Hafiz Hanif was an imam-cum-teacher at the religious seminary in Aminpur near Karampur, Mailsi, where Samina had been studying the holy Quran for the last two years. When Samina did not return home on Tuesday, her father went to the Imam's house and caught him sexually assaulting his daughter.
• Are Sex Abuse Guidelines Working? [Mayersohn] -- Judaism
   The Jewish Journal, www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=12436 , by Joe Berkofsky, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
   CALIFORNIA: A lengthy battle over how the Reform movement should handle a charge of sexual misconduct against a California rabbi is coming to a head.
   On June 20, the board of trustees of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), the movement's rabbinical arm, is expected to decide whether to uphold its earlier reprimand of Rabbi Michael Mayersohn or to censure him, a more serious step, which the conference's Committee on Ethics and Appeals initially had recommended.
   The issue stems from a May 2002 complaint by Chavah Hogue of Huntington Beach, who alleged that Mayersohn tried to seduce her during a closed-door marital counseling session while he was the rabbi at Temple Beth David in Westminster.
   Mayersohn, who has since left his congregation and now is a full-time pastoral counselor, vehemently denies the charge.
   The California case returns the spotlight to rabbinic ethics policies in the wake of several high-profile cases of sexual abuse in the Jewish community, as well as the well-publicized scandals of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy.
• Chandigarh, Priest booked for attempt to rape -- possibly non-Christian religion

   Express India, http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=89356 , June 27, 2004
   PANCHKULA, India:The Panchkula police today registered a case of attempt to rape against 40-year-old Somnath who worked as a priest at Bhaisa Tibba village near here. He reportedly tried to molest the 12-year-old daughter of a woman devotee from Sarnag village who used to visit the Goga Mani shrine in the village.
   He took the girl to a nearby forest on the pretext of a ritual and tried to rape her. The girl raised a hue and cry, bit the priest's hand, hit him with a stone and escaped. She then related the incident to her mother.
• Former Priest Wants to Crack 44-Year Old Murder Case
   Newschannel 5, www.krgv.net/cgi-bin/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid1088482193,62614,
   TEXAS: A former priest says tells NEWSCHANNEL 5 he has information that could crack the 44-year-old unsolved murder case of Irene Garza. Dale Tacheny says he met a man who confessed to killing Garza.
   Tacheny, a former priest, says he counseled former priest John Feit in 1963, three years after Garza's Easter weekend rape and murder. Feit is the only person ever considered to be a possible suspect in the slaying.
   Tacheny claims Feit revealed to him how Garza died. However, Tacheny did not contact police investigators until 2002.
• L.A. Archdiocese seeks to challenge church abuse law [500 cases]
   Union-Tribune, www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20040629-1749-ca- calchurchabuse.html , By Gillian Flaccus, ASSOCIATED PRESS, 5:49 p.m., June 29, 2004
   LOS ANGELES (CA): Attorneys for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles will request permission to join a constitutional challenge to a California law that has enabled hundreds of alleged victims of clergy abuse to file suit against the church.
   The law, passed in 2002, temporarily rolled back the state's statute of limitations in civil cases, allowing the alleged victims to file claims against the archdiocese by a Dec. 31, 2003 deadline. In some cases, the alleged abuse occurred 70 years ago.
   The archdiocese has been trying to settle the more than 500 cases made possible by the law for nearly two years. It will continue to negotiate with those plaintiffs even as it challenges the law's constitutionality in federal court, said J. Michael Hennigan, archdiocese attorney.
   But challenging the law will give the archdiocese another option if settlement negotiations fall through and the cases go to trial, he said.
   The original challenge was filed in federal court by the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, which faces a claim in Southern California because an Iowa priest allegedly abused a parishioner while on vacation in San Diego.
• Priest admits skimming cash [1997 LaPore]
   Herald News, www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/top/j30priest.htm , CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
   CHICAGO (IL): A Joliet Catholic priest admitted Tuesday he took thousands of dollars from spaghetti dinners and weekly collections and used more than $12,500 in church money to install hardwood floors in his Oak Brook home, according to a federal plea agreement.
   Appearing in federal court Tuesday, the Rev. Arthur LaPore, pastor of St. Anthony's Church in Joliet, pleaded guilty to one count of making a false income tax return in 1997.
   In the plea agreement, LaPore, who had exclusive control over the church finances, admitted he skimmed $100 weekly from church collections and $300 from nine spaghetti dinners.
   LaPore, who apologized to the parish through his attorney Tuesday, spent more than $46,000 of the church's money on personal expenses from 1995 to 1998 and misappropriated thousands more, according to the agreement.
   Joliet Diocese Bishop Joseph Imesch demanded on Tuesday that LaPore repay the parish, said John Cullen, spokesman for the Diocese of Joliet. Cullen said LaPore is on administrative leave until further notice. He will continue receiving a small stipend and if needed, food and shelter, Cullen said.
   "That has to happen no matter what he does," Cullen said.
• Amendments to Book of Order; apology for Congo inaction
   Worldwide Faith News, "Church Polity," www.wfn.org/2004/06/msg00254.html , by Bill Lancaster, June 29, 2004
   RICHMOND (VA): The Committee on Church Polity dealt with a long series of proposed amendments to the Book of Order and the General Assembly standing rules, considering 19 amendments, one of which had 11 parts.
   The 11-part measure was proposed by the Independent Committee of Inquiry (ICI) that investigated sexual abuse by a former PC(USA) missionary in Congo.
   It proposes changes in the church's disciplinary process to ensure that any such incidents in the future are handled appropriately and with dispatch. Ten of the 11 proposed changes were approved.
   The one that was not would have removed the word "honorably" from "honorably retired" in references to clergy members convicted of sexual abuse.
   The committee added a long comment to one item, an apology for the church's handling of the Congo cases.
• 2nd jury stuck on sex abuse charges -- Salvation Army [Owen]
   The Gazette, www.gazette.com/display.php?sid=1060385 , By BILL HETHCOCK
   COLORADO SPRINGS (CO): A former Salvation Army director accused of fondling a teenage boy escaped a possible lengthy prison sentence when jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict Tuesday.
   Stephen Owen's first trial in October also ended in a hung jury.
   Owen, 52, is charged with sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust and with a pattern of sexually abusing a child. Both are felonies that carry potential life imprisonment.
   The jury split 8-4 for convicting Owen on the first charge, jurors said Tuesday. The jurors didn't vote on the pattern-of-abuse charge because they didn't unanimously agree sexual assaults occurred.
   Prosecutor Will Bain said the 4th Judicial District Attorney's Office will decide by July 15 whether to try Owen a third time.
• Church finalizes property sale to Boston College [$US 99.4m to pay known liability of $US 85m]
   BOSTON (MA): Boston Herald, "Church finalizes property sale to BC," news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=33859 , By Marie Szaniszlo, Wednesday, June 30, 2004
   The Archdiocese of Boston yesterday finalized the sale of most of its headquarters to Boston College for $99.4 million.
   The Catholic college closed on 43 of the archdiocese's 64 acres, including the mansion that had been home to Bernard Cardinal Law before he stepped down in December 2002 because of the clergy sexual-abuse scandal that ultimately forced yesterday's sale.
   "While change is always difficult, the knowledge that the property will benefit another Catholic institution is reassuring," said Cullen Buckland, an archdiocesan spokesman.
   Law's successor, Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley, announced in April he had agreed to the sale to finance an $85 million settlement with clergy sexual-abuse victims.
• Priest process plods: O'Malley cites reluctant accusers
   Boston Herald, http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=33858 , By Eric Convey, Wednesday, June 30, 2004
   ROME - Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley said yesterday that reluctance by alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse to share their allegations with church investigators and a logjam at the Vatican are slowing the process of removing accused molesters from the priesthood.
   "The process has been very slow and I'm very frustrated by that," O'Malley said. "We're trying desperately to arrange" meetings between church investigators and accusers.
   But Boston attorney Mitchell Garabedian, who represents many alleged victims - some of whom have settled with the church - said, "Some can do this and some can't. Some victims just don't trust investigators for the church or any other church official, but I believe there are many who would speak to investigators."
   Attorney Carmen Durso, who has represented many victims of the church scandal, said, "Some of these people are in a very delicate emotional condition."
• Two priests removed [Grattan McCamley 13 lawsuits $US 3.7m]
   Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, www.post-gazette.com/pg/04182/339754.stm , Wednesday, June 30, 2004
   PENNSYLVANIA: The Altoona-Johnstown Catholic Diocese has removed two more priests accused of sexual abuse, a diocesan publication has reported.
   Bernard V. Grattan, who was transferred from hospital ministry in Johnstown to medical leave status, was dismissed from the priesthood, according to the June 28 edition of The Catholic Register.
   Martin D. McCamley, who was suspended from all priestly duties last year, retired without any rights to present himself as a priest, the publication said.
   The two priests had been named in 13 lawsuits alleging sex abuse. The diocese recently agreed to a $3.7-million settlement of those lawsuits, doubling payments in such cases since 1994 to nearly $7 million.
• O'Malley expresses frustration with Vatican's pace
   Telegram & Gazette, www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040630/APN/406300573 , The Associated Press, June 30, 2004
   BOSTON (MA): Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley expressed frustration with the Vatican's pace in resolving the cases of about two dozen Boston-area priests accused of sexual abuse, saying the logjam is unfair to the priests and to abuse victims.
   Priests can be suspended by local church officials, but cannot be removed from the priesthood without Vatican permission. O'Malley is among priests who have grown concerned with how long Vatican officials are taking to look at the cases of abusive priests.
   "The process has been very slow, and I'm very frustrated by that. The resources here are inadequate to be able to expedite the cases with the facility that we'd like to see," he said.
   O'Malley made the comments Tuesday while in Rome to receive a pallium - a woolen band bestowed on archbishops - from Pope John Paul II on Tuesday, the archbishop's 60th birthday. He said he planned to meet with Vatican officials to express his worries, and urge the Vatican to allow American canon lawyers to help.
   O'Malley said the process also has been hindered by a lack of cooperation from some alleged victims and their attorneys.
   "My frustration, too, is sometimes getting the cooperation that we need from the victims, from those who are accusing, to be able to testify in cases," he said. "That's something we're trying desperately to arrange."
• Priest charged with sex crimes dies [MacDonald 15 complainants]

   The Halifax Herald Limited, www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2004/06/30/f184.raw.html , By TERA CAMUS / Cape Breton Bureau, June 30, 2004
   SYDNEY, CANADA: A Roman Catholic priest charged with sexually assaulting more than 15 children has died.
   Rev. Hugh Vincent MacDonald, 82, died Sunday at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto after his health took a turn for the worse about two weeks ago due to an undisclosed ailment.
   Crown attorney Ron MacDonald said the more than two dozen charges will be formally withdrawn after consultation with the alleged victims, men and women who are all now in their 40s or older.
   "This means the matter won't be tried in court," Mr. MacDonald said from his office in Antigonish. [Posted by Kathy Shawat 06:07 AM]
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