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CLEVELAND (OH): Thomas Byrne is troubled by the silence plaguing faithful Catholics when it comes to discussing the clergy sex abuse scandal that has rocked his church for more than a year. "People that I've known since parochial Catholic school have been deeply hurt by what has happened," said Byrne, a parishioner at St. Basil the Great in Brecksville. "They are angry in a very sensitive way. They need to know there is a safe place where they can express themselves." So Byrne is helping to coordinate a local chapter of a movement called Voice of the Faithful to give the 800,000 Catholics in the eight-county Cleveland Diocese a forum for discussing the crisis and building bridges for healing. Voice of the Faithful began in January 2002 in the basement of a parish school in an upscale suburb of Boston, which became the focal point of outrage after it was revealed that some Catholic bishops had for decades covered up the sexual abuse of minors by priests. -- Beacon Journal (Ohio), http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/5841005.htm , By Colette M. Jenkins, Beacon Journal religion writer, Posted on Mon, May 12, 2003.

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Most newsitems are from http://www.poynter.org/ subscribe.to.clergy.tracker/ daily reports • Priest Who Pleaded Guilty to Misdemeanor Assigned to Highland Springs. [CURRENT BEHAVIOUR] NORFOLK (VA): The Rev. Wayne L. Ball, a Norfolk priest who pleaded guilty late last year to a misdemeanor sex offense, has been reassigned to St. John's Catholic Church in Highland Springs, according to The Catholic Virginian, a biweekly diocesan newspaper. The move is effective June 2. Ball, 42, has served as pastor of Norfolk's Holy Trinity Catholic Church since 2000. The current pastor at St. John's, the Rev. David V. McGuire, will replace Ball at Holy Trinity. In December, Ball pleaded guilty in Norfolk General District Court to the misdemeanor charge of frequenting a bawdy place. Norfolk police arrested Ball and a 41-year-old Richmond man on the night before Thanksgiving in a parked car in a Norfolk park. The judge continued Ball's case until July 8 and will dismiss the charge if the priest has no further criminal problems and completes 80 hours of community service by June 3. The man in the car with Ball received a similar deal. -- Richmond Times Dispatch, http://www.timesdispatch.com/+2003news/localupdates/MGB6G6YTLFD.html , 22:25:35 EDT, Sun, May 11 2003
• Love-child Church of England minister vows to carry on. BRITAIN: A Suffolk priest who had a child with a church organist and then denied he was the father said he would not stand down from his parish duties. Father Philip Gray, priest at St Mary's Church, Mendlesham, near Stowmarket, claimed in a statement he read to his congregation that he had the backing of the diocese and provincial bishops and he would stay. -- Evening Star, "Love-child priest vows to carry on ," http://www. eveningstar. co.uk/Content/news/story.asp?datetime=12+May+2003+ 06%3A52&tbrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&category=News&brand=ESTOnline&item id=IPED12+May+2003+06%3A52%3A53%3A610 , May 12, 2003
• Married priest gives Mass. FRAMINGHAM (MA): Catholics looking for more spirituality, unity, love and compassion turned to the Elks Club yesterday. After a Mass said by the Rev. Ronald Ingalls, a married priest from Ashland, many in the 50-person congregation said they found what they had been seeking. "The Mass was beautiful and meaningful. It's so nice to be in a community that welcomes everyone," said Leah O'Leary of Norwood, married to the Rev. Paul Plato who will say Mass next week. Rose Bradley of Upton was equally touched by the service. "I thought the Mass was very spiritual. It moved me, especially when I saw tears in Father Ingalls' eyes at the end of the Mass," said Bradley, a former Sister of Notre Dame. -- The Daily News Transcript, http://www.neponset valley dailynews.com/news/local_regional/fram_ married priest 0512 2003. htm , By Kathy Uek, Monday, May 12, 2003. Poynter Institute: http://www.poynter.org/ subscribe.to.clergy.tracker/ for worldwide reports
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References at: www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/ethicscontents.htm • Priest gets 8yrs for child abuse, porn [CURRENT]. AUSTRALIA: A 61-year-old Catholic priest has been sentenced to eight years jail for indecently dealing with five children under 13 years of age. Adrian Richard van Klooster, a former parish priest at Australind near Bunbury, 180km south of Perth, pleaded guilty in January to indecently dealing with the children, from two families, at his church house. The offences happened on consecutive weekends in February 2002. Dutch-born van Klooster, who had previously worked in NSW, also was charged with 12 counts of indecently dealing with a child under 13, four of indecently recording a child under 13 and one of possessing child pornography. -- News.com.au, http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page /0, 4057, 6422043%255E1702,00.html , May 12, 2003.
• Hollingworth still under fire. AUSTRALIA: Australia's Governor-General, Peter Hollingworth, is still facing demands to fully resign, despite having stepped aside temporarily from his post. On Sunday Mr Hollingworth became the first governor-general in Australian history to suspend himself from his duties, while he fights to clear his name of a rape claim that dates back 40 years, and which he firmly denies. But the calls for his head continued on Monday, with opposition politicians insisting that his mishandling of sex abuse cases within the Church in the 1990s - when Mr Hollingworth was working as an archbishop -- were enough to warrant his permanent resignation. -- BBC, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3019479.stm .
• Lipscomb testified in '95 about sex abuse allegations. MOBILE (AL): Though Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb has been tight-lipped recently about whether cases of child sex abuse committed in the Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile extend beyond what has been made public, he did testify in 1995 that the church received such allegations before 1987. However, Lipscomb said at the time, he probably could count on one hand the number of times he had dealt with such matters. Lipscomb testified in a 1995 deposition for a lawsuit over an allegation of abuse made against a guidance counselor at McGill-Toolen High School, the late Monsignor Cordell Lang. Timothy Bolden, a former student, unsuccessfully sued Lang and the church, claiming he was molested between 1988 and 1991. -- Mobile Register, http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index. ssf?/ xml/ story. ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/105273109563860.xml , By Steve Myers.
• Catholic Poll: Cardinal Should Be Prosecuted. BOSTON (MA): A poll of Boston-area Roman Catholics found that a majority have an unfavorable view of Cardinal Bernard F. Law, and think the former archbishop should face prosecution for failing to remove sexually abusive priests from the ministry. A majority surveyed also want the church to settle the more than 500 claims brought by alleged clergy sexual abuse victims, and to deal with money problems in the church by selling chancery property. The Boston Globe poll of 400 Catholics, conducted May 4-6 by KRC/Communications Research, found that 75 percent now have an unfavorable view of Law -- compared to only 15 percent in a 1992 Globe poll, taken after the first highly publicized clergy abuse case. The survey, published Monday, also found that 57 percent believe Law should be prosecuted for his handling of the sex abuse scandal. -- TheBostonChannel.com , http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/ 2196315/ detail. html .
• Blackwell case viable but difficult, experts say. BALTIMORE (MD): When the strange tale of a Baltimore priest and the man he is accused of raping goes to court this year, it will be boiled down to its essence -- the word of the Rev. Maurice J. Blackwell vs. former parishioner Dontee D. Stokes. By all accounts, experts say, it is a viable case, though a difficult one to prove in court. There were no eyewitnesses to the alleged abuse, said to have occurred more than a decade ago in the rectory of St. Edward Roman Catholic Church in West Baltimore, and there is no evidence from the scene. In addition, Stokes -- who on May 13 last year shot his former priest three times on a West Baltimore street -- has significantly changed his account over the past decade of what happened during the alleged abuse. -- Baltimore Sun, http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/crime/bal-md. blackwell 12may12,0,1614510story?coll=bal-local-headlines , By Allison Klein, May 12, 2003.
• Ex-priest on sex charges, allegedly arranged abortion. [1978-1980] FULLERTON (CA): A former Roman Catholic priest accused of having unlawful sex with a teenage girl is scheduled for arraignment today in Fullerton. John Peter Lenihan, 57, free on $100,000 bail, faces up to nine years in prison if convicted. He was arrested March 12. Authorities withheld the name of the alleged victim, but attorney Kathy Freberg confirmed the victim is her client, Lori Haigh, 37, of San Francisco. Freberg represented Haigh in a lawsuit that ended last year when she accepted a $1.2 million settlement from the Los Angeles and Orange County dioceses. Orange County was part of the Los Angeles archdiocese when the alleged molestation occurred, from 1978 to 1980. Haigh told reporters in April 2002 that Lenihan impregnated her when she was 16, then paid for her to have an abortion. -- Orange County Register, "Ex-priest will face sex charges," http://www2.ocregister. com/ ocrweb/ocr/article.do?id=38854§ion=LOCAL& subsection= CRIME_ COURTS &year=2003&month= 5&day=12 .
• Drunk Polish bishop faces prison for drink driving [CURRENT, DRUNK]. POLAND: A Polish bishop faces two years in prison for drink driving, according to police in Elblag, the northern Poland town where his diocese is located. The bishop, Monsignor Andrzej Sliwinski, caused an accident while driving in a drunken state, with 0.8 grams of alcohol in his blood, and now "risks two years in prison", police spokeswoman Alina Zajac told AFP. He is due to be questioned today, she said. -- ABC (Australia), http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s852138.htm , Sunday, May 11, 2003 The Needle periodically, and books: pbpress@iinet.net.au W. Australia
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Buy Fidelity magazine: www.j23.com.au • Disgraced Hollingworth unlikely to return to post of Australian Governor General. AUSTRALIA: Peter Hollingworth's predecessor as Australian Governor General was the widely admired Sir William Deane, a decent, self-effacing man who spoke up for the alienated and the dispossessed. He was a hard act to follow, but no one imagined that his successor would step aside in disgrace less than two years into his term of office. The choice of Dr Hollingworth, the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane, was controversial. The Prime Minister, John Howard, was criticised for appointing a religious leader to an office that is supposed to represent all Australians. The fact that Dr Hollingworth was a close friend of Mr Howard and his wife, Janette, both keen Anglican churchgoers, did not escape notice. Ironically, it was events in his church background that came back to haunt him and plunged the vice-regal office into one of the most serious controversies of its 102-year history. Just eight months after Dr Hollingworth was sworn in, he was accused of covering up a string of incidents of child sexual abuse in the Brisbane diocese. Somehow, he managed to ride out the storm. Then, 10 days ago, the report of an inquiry into the affair was published. It was scathing about his decision to allow a priest who serially molested a schoolboy to remain in the ministry, and not to report him to police. -- Independent News, http:// news. independent.co. uk/world/australasia/story.jsp?story=405429 , By Kathy Marks, Australasia Correspondent, May 12 2003.
• Data vendors help unmask child molesters. UNITED STATES: A background investigation on the volunteer at the Jackson, Miss., Boys & Girls Club turned up an ugly past: a prison record for molesting a child. The club fired the man as part of a new policy of criminal records checks that employs a for-pay Web site to review records from courts, motor vehicle bureaus and credit agencies. "It allowed us to find this guy before he could do anything," said Billy Redd, the club's president, who did not disclose the man's name for privacy reasons. "We're not going to have anyone here with a criminal background." With pedophile scandals rocking churches and youth groups across the United States, background searches are becoming common -- sometimes mandatory -- for clergy, employees and adult volunteers who work with children. -- Oakland Tribune, http://www.oakland tribune. com/ Stories/ 0,1413,82~10834~1384617,00.html , By Jim Krane, Associated Press.
• Vermont priest misconduct investigation continues. VERMONT: The Vermont Attorney General's office is still investigating charges of misconduct against eight recently practicing priests. Attorney General William Sorrell said investigators hope to complete their work by the end of May or early June on the priests who were active in ministry. Last year, Vermont's Catholic Diocese handed over files concerning alleged misconduct. Sorrell doesn't anticipate charging anyone criminally because he said the claims found credible are too old to prosecute. -- Capital News, http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/?ArID=25729&SecID=33 , By: Capital News 9 web staff, May 11 03 11:46 AM.
• Anglican Bishop in Darwin remains silent about Hollingworth cover-up. AUSTRALIA: The only man who may know whether Governor-General Peter Hollingworth is telling the truth about a pedophile scandal is in Darwin - and he may take his secret to the grave. Anglican church Bishop Clyde Wood, 67, arrived in Darwin late last week to provide relief ministry to the St James Church parish at Sanderson. His first service was held yesterday. Bishop Wood has been implicated by former Archbishop Hollingworth in the 1993 decision to let known pedophile John Elliot remain a priest. Elliot was jailed last year after pleading guilty to 10 counts of child abuse from 1978-81. Dr Hollingworth claimed the decision was made with the consultation and support of Bishop Wood and Brisbane Bishop John Noble. -- Sunday Times, Perth, Western Australia, "Bishop in Darwin remains silent," http://www.sundaytimes.news.com.au/ common/ story_ page/0,7034,6419953%255 E421,00. html , By Rajiv Maharaj, May 12 03.
• Minister's son denies his father abused Jarmyn. AUSTRALIA: The son of Anglican minister Charles Whitehead last night rejected allegations that his late father repeatedly sexually abused Rosemarie Jarmyn as a child. But he supported another claim by Mrs Jarmyn - that her adopted father, Raymond Goodie, was interested in her sexually. Jon Whitehead said Mrs Jarmyn's adopted family split when Mr Goodie, Reverend Whitehead's brother-in-law, tried to divorce his wife so he could marry Mrs Jarmyn. Mrs Jarmyn claimed in her affidavit to the Supreme Court in Melbourne that the Reverend Whitehead and Mr Goodie sexually assaulted her. -- Sydney Morning Herald, http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/11/ 1052591 678402.html , By Martin Daly, May 12 2003.
• Hollingworth to fight rape claim, then decide future. AUSTRALIA: Peter Hollingworth will stand aside indefinitely from the post of governor-general while he fights rape allegations in court, but he remains under growing pressure to quit the job even if he is cleared. The Prime Minister, John Howard, yesterday maintained there was no case for him to sack Dr Hollingworth, but also refused to give his full support for his continuing in the job. The decision to step aside will enable Dr Hollingworth and the Government to fend off the mounting calls for his resignation for an estimated four to six weeks while the case is heard. -- Sydney Morning Herald, http://www.smh.com.au/ articles/2003/05/11/1052591678298.html , By Mike Seccombe and Stephen Gibbs, May 12 2003. Poynter Institute: http://www.poynter.org/ subscribe.to.clergy.tracker/ for worldwide reports
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References at: www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/ethicscontents.htm • GG stands aside over rape allegations. AUSTRALIA: Australian Governor-General Peter Hollingworth will step aside following a crisis meeting with Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday. The two met in Sydney today to discuss a recent accusation of rape against Dr Hollingworth. The rape accusation followed an Anglican Church report critical of Dr Hollingworth's handling of child sex abuse incidents while he was Archbishop of Brisbane. In a statement issued after his meeting with Mr Howard at Admiralty House in Sydney, Dr Hollingworth said he was happy to stand aside until the accusation by Annie Jarmyn, who committed suicide last month, had been dealt with. -- Australian Financial Review, AAP, http://afr.com/australia/2003/05/12/ FFXGX 9GXJFD. html , May 12 2003. (Posted by Kathy Shaw 8:31:10 AM)
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• Came from Wollongong, slid naked around floor [CURRENT]. WOLLONGONG, NSW, Australia: A former Wollongong Catholic priest was yesterday jailed for eight years for 17 child sex offences in Western Australia. Adrian Richard van Klooster pleaded guilty in January to indecently dealing with five children, from two families, at his church house. Van Klooster served in the Wollongong diocese in the 1980s and early 1990s, including as Berkeley parish priest. The abuse included the taking of pornographic images, using a digital camera and photocopier. The West Australian District Court, sitting in Bunbury, was told the priest, now 61, had slid around on the floor naked with the children, in olive oil and shampoo. The offences happened on consecutive weekends in February 2002 when the victims were aged between six and 12, and staying overnight at his residence. Judge Mary Ann Yeats sentenced van Klooster to a total of 31 years but reduced this to eight years. He was made eligible for parole, but no minimum period was specified. Judge Yeats said van Klooster was an alcoholic whose quest for intimacy had not been, and could not have been, fulfilled in the priesthood. The priest of 37 years was an intelligent man and should have known, with his sexual issues and drinking problems, to refrain from drinking alcohol when he was looking after children, Judge Yeats said. He had been drinking heavily before the incidents. Judge Yeats said his actions were a gross breach of trust but accepted he was a generous and compassionate man. "It's a tragedy for all involved ... the children and their families, the Catholic Church and van Klooster himself," she said. The sentence was described as fair by the mother of two of his victims. The woman, who cannot be identified, was in court to see the man she once described as one of the best people she had ever known jailed for 17 offences. At one stage during yesterday's sentencing he looked at her stony faced. She returned his gaze with a big smile. "Now I feel we can try to put this behind us, to rebuild our lives to what they once were," she said. "I am so relieved it is over. It is a great feeling to have this over and done with." Van Klooster went to Western Australia in the mid-1990s when he was "loaned" to the Bunbury parish. Wollongong Bishop Peter Ingham has previously said there was nothing suspicious about the transfer. His review of the records, and inquiries, had not indicated that van Klooster had been involved in any "sexual misconduct" during his time in Wollongong, Bishop Ingham said. -- Illawarra Mercury, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, "Former Berkeley priest jailed," http://www.illawarra mercury. com.au/ articles/2003/05/13/105259 1765099. html , By Lisa Carty and AAP, May 13, 2003. (From Broken Rites May 13 03) May 13 03
• Bishop O'Brien target of new suit. PHOENIX (AZ): Bishop Thomas O'Brien was accused in a lawsuit filed Monday of conspiring to cover up sexual misconduct by priests in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix. The suit was filed by Mark Kennedy, a former altar boy at Holy Spirit church in Tempe, who said he was molested repeatedly more than two decades ago by the Rev. Patrick Colleary. O'Brien was vicar general of the Phoenix diocese at the time and represented Bishop James Rausch when allegations of sexual misconduct were brought against priests. His spokeswoman did not respond to telephone and e-mail requests for comment. According to the suit, O'Brien and the pastor of Holy Spirit in 1979, Michael O'Grady, both "knew or should have known of Father Colleary's sexual propensities making him dangerous to minors before Father Colleary sexually molested Mark." -- The Arizona Republic, http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0513 priest13. html , by Joseph A. Reaves, May 13, 2003 12:00 AM. (Poynteronline webpage) May 13 03
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• Qld Anglican schools head quits over abuse report. AUSTRALIA: The executive director of Queensland's Anglican Schools Office has resigned, following a report into the handling of sexual abuse allegations within the Anglican Church. Gilbert Case was the former headmaster at Brisbane's Saint Pauls private school. In the Anglican Church's report, he is heavily criticised for dismissing student complaints against paedophile Kevin Lynch who was a teacher at the time. A board of inquiry found he did not act fairly, reasonably and appropriately. In a statement to the media, Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane Dr Philip Aspinall said a separation agreement had been reached and he would not be commenting on the details. -- ABC (Australia), http://www. abc. net.au/queensland/news/200305/ s849261.htm , Wednesday, 7 May 2003.
• Bishop understands calls for G-G to resign. AUSTRALIA: A bishop in southern New South Wales with a close relationship to the Governor-General says he cannot understand Dr Peter Hollingworth's lack of compassion for a Wagga Wagga victim of sexual abuse. The Anglican Bishop of Canberra, Goulburn and Wagga Wagga, George Browning, says in his experience Dr Hollingworth is a compassionate man. The bishop says he understands the calls for the Governor-General's resignation. "He has to consider it in terms of his representation of Her Majesty the Queen, he's got to think about it in terms of the church, he's also got to, as has been pointed out, he doesn't want to give credence to a fairly strident political push, is maybe one way of putting it, of people who have agendas that are not really related to the issue," he said. -- ABC (Australia), http://www.abc. net. au/act/ news/200305/s849041.htm , Wednesday, 7 May 2003.
• Archbishop seems to blame 14-year-old boy. MOBILE (AL): Brian Pierre is the man who first came forward to the archbishop about Father Alex Sherlock. "I was having multiple problems as a teenager and I went to him to talk about those problems, and wound up with alcohol, drugs and sex" Pierre tells NBC 15. He says it started in the mid 70's when he was a student at McGill Toolen. "Turned into a mutated sick relationship. You don't have a normal sexual relationship with a grown man and a 15-16 year old boy. Because we had hard times doesn't make it okay to abuse us." He is referring to an article in Monday's Mobile Register. As part of a 1995 court deposition, obtained by the paper, the archbishop gave his opinion about what kind of emotional or psychological damage would occur to a 14 year old victim of sex abuse. In it he said, "I would want to know something of what the 14 year old brought to the situation prior to that. Is he totally innocent, unspoiled, and pure, or is he somebody who in his own way may have invited or even initiated these kind of -- I would not know those things until I knew more of the characteristics." Brian was appalled by what he read. "To say that I'm less important of a human being because I had troubles. That's not right. It validated everybody's belief instilled in me that I wasn't a good person." -- WPMI, "Sex abuse victim wants archbishop to step down," http://www.wpmi.com/global/story.asp?s=1275311& Client Type=Printable .
• Church pastor fined for not reporting case. DANIELSON (CT) A Putnam pastor received a $500 fine after pleading guilty May 9 of failure to report suspected abuse as a mandated reporter in Danielson Superior Court. Felix Chivandire, 29, of Putnam, failed to report claims of a sexual relationship between an 11-year-old church group member and the 24-year-old youth pastor, according to an arrest warrant affidavit in the case -- Norwich Bulletin, http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/stories/20030513/ localnews/ 290235.html .
• Archdiocese will cut 34 jobs, budget. LOUISVILLE (KY): Citing the expected financial impact of settling nearly 250 lawsuits alleging abuse by priests, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville announced yesterday that it is cutting 12 percent of its work force and slashing its budget by about $2million. Thirty-four jobs in the church's headquarters, Catholic Charities and 18 other agencies will be cut through layoffs, early retirement and attrition, reducing its work force to about 236, according to Brian Reynolds, the archdiocese's chancellor and chief administrative officer. The archdiocese also is freezing salaries, reducing local church television programming and eliminating two supplements in its weekly newspaper, The Record. "This is a difficult time for those of us who work for the church," Reynolds said. "The impact of the sexual abuse crisis is widespread, not just in the lives of victims of abuse but also of those who have dedicated their lives to serving the church who have done nothing wrong and are now being impacted by this litigation." -- The Courier-Journal, http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2003/05/13ky/met-front-arch0513-8595.html , By Peter Smith.
• Govt seeks to gag questions on G-G controversy. AUSTRALIA: The Government has tried to gag the Opposition from asking questions in Parliament about the controversy surrounding the Governor-General. Labor leader Simon Crean has opened Question Time by asking the Prime Minister if Peter Hollingworth is an appropriate person for the job. Mr Crean has pointed to criticism of Dr Hollingworth in a report about his handling of child sexual abuse cases when he was the Archbishop of Brisbane. Mr Howard says Mr Crean is selectively quoting from the report. "I'm not going to set myself up as an independent arbiter but I just want to make the point that a suggestion, Mr Speaker, that in some way that the board found he had falsely declared is not justified by the board's findings and is therefore untrue and should not be the subject of the leader of the Opposition's questions." -- ABC (Australia), http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat- 13may 2003-49.htm .
• 5 men, 1 woman sue, allege abuse by S.J. priest. SAN JOSE (CA): More than a year after they publicly told their story of being sexually molested by a San Jose priest, several former students at a local parochial school have gone to court saying that Roman Catholic Church officials could have prevented the abuse. The latest in a wave of lawsuits was filed Friday by attorneys for five men and a woman who say they were molested in the 1970s by the Rev. Joseph Pritchard, a popular and respected pastor at St. Martin of Tours parish in San Jose. In recent months, attorneys for eight other former students at the St. Martin school have filed similar suits alleging abuse by Pritchard. The group bringing the latest suit includes John Salberg and Mark Trillo, who were among the first alleged St. Martin victims to identify themselves publicly when they told their stories to the Mercury News last spring. The other four are identified in court papers as John Doe or Jane Doe; the latter is the first woman to allege that Pritchard molested her. -- Mercury News, http://www.bayarea.com/mld/ mercury news/ news/local/5848871.htm , By Brandon Bailey.
• 'Lighthouse' a safe haven for victims of priest sex abuse. BOSTON (MA): After more than a year of protesting the Catholic Church over the clergy sexual abuse scandal, Taunton's Phil de Albuquerque has taken his activism indoors. The venue, however, is not the Cathedral of the Holy Cross or other churches where he continues to demonstrate, but a small East Boston storefront he hopes will offer rescue and comfort for victims of clergy abuse. "It actually came to me in a dream. I woke up one morning and said to my wife, 'I know what we need to do'," he said. That vision has been realized as The Lighthouse, a nondenominational resource center that opened its doors last week and is the nation's only drop-in center for victims of clergy sexual abuse. -- Boston Herald, http://www2. boston herald. com/news/local_regional/chur05132003.htm , by Robin Washington, Tuesday, May 13, 2003.
• Lawyer asks to force therapist's testimony. BOSTON (MA): A lawyer for Bishop Thomas V. Daily, a former Boston Archdiocese official accused of negligence in the Rev. Paul R. Shanley civil case, has filed an emergency motion to compel an alleged victim's therapist to testify. -- Boston Herald, http://www2. bostonherald. com/news/ local_ regional/lnib 3051 32003.htm , Local briefs, Tuesday, May 13, 2003.
• SNAP leader sees progress in church's abuse response, but not enough. WASHINGTON (DC): David Clohessy, executive director of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, acknowledged definite progress over the past 16 months in the U.S. bishops' response to the clergy sexual abuse crisis, but said much more still needs to be done. One of the most difficult things SNAP faces in dealing with issues of church policy and practice, he said, is finding the "fine line" between recognizing a positive action when it occurs and at the same time insisting that it is not enough. -- Catholic News Service, http://www.catholicnews.com/data/ briefs/ cns/ 20030512.htm .
• Long road to travel before faith is restored. AUSTRALIA: When an archbishop is forced to resign over his mishandling of allegations of serious criminal abusive behaviour on the part of clergy or others in his charge, damage cannot be avoided to the reputation of the church he represents as its visible symbol of unity and integrity. When a church's reputation is so damaged, by degrees, so too is its members' confidence in its claim to teach with authority, perhaps even in the very faith it seeks to nurture and encourage. A recent example was the effective sacking by Pope John Paul II in October 2001 of the Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff, John Aloysius Ward. Ward was removed after failing to step down of his own accord in the face of widespread outrage that he ignored warnings about the behaviour of two priests in his archdiocese -- including his own press officer and a man he ordained in 1998 against the advice of a fellow bishop. -- Sydney Morning Herald, http://www. smh. com. au/articles/2003/05/12/1052591734551.html , By Chris McGillion, May 13 2003.
• Silence on child abuse victims is ending, loudly. AUSTRALIA: Finally, our nation's shameful secret is out where it can be tackled openly, writes Trish Bolton. Australians are learning that there's been something terribly amiss in their society, a something so inconceivable, so awful, that it has lain hidden from view for decades; and, like the most shameful family secret, we have conspired to prevent it ever being revealed. It turns out that men of the cloth have been sexually abusing our most precious commodity, our children, our future, and what's more, they have been getting away with it. And whether atheist, agnostic or of the flock, we reel in horror that men of God have betrayed our children in way that even a Judas could not have contemplated. But sexual crime, for that is what we are confronting, is not confined to religious power; it is a reflection of a dreadful and unaddressed malaise in our society. -- The Age, Melbourne, www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/12/ 1052591 733193.html , by Trish Bolton, May 13 2003
• Hollingworth knew of years of abuse. AUSTRALIA: Governor-General Peter Hollingworth was told in writing as long ago as 1995 that abuse by pedophile priest John Litton Elliot had been repeated over years. In recent correspondence to the Anglican sex-abuse inquiry, Dr Hollingworth's solicitors last month said that in August 1993, when he met Elliot's victim "FG", Dr Hollingworth was adamant that the abuse was isolated – in spite of a then draft board finding that he did not. But correspondence shows that whatever Dr Hollingworth believed in 1993, by 1995 the then archbishop knew that FG's family had claimed the abuse was repeated, but Dr Hollingworth was still adamant Elliot remain in the ministry. A letter from FG's brother dated September 8, 1995, to Dr Hollingworth said: "I know that you know of John Elliot's activities and of my brother's case." -- The Courier-Mail, http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0, 5936, 6424 294% 255 E953,00.html , by Chris Griffith, 13 May 03.
• Seeing 'grace at work,' priests hopeful of future. UNITED STATES: On Holy Thursday, at Boston's Cathedral of the Holy Cross, apostolic administrator Bishop Richard G. Lennon presided at Eucharistic Adoration. On hand were several protesters -- who stood up and turned their back on the bishop when he spoke -- along with the religion editor for the Boston Globe, ripe with its 2003 Pulitzer Prize for public service for its reporting on the Church scandals. "We are a little skittish," said one Boston priest who wished not to be identified. The press, he added, has been relentless in its opportunism amid the year's focus on a crisis over the sexual abuse of minors by clergy in New England and elsewhere. With the already stressful reality of a priest shortage making for tough clerical challenges nationwide, priests in two major archdioceses -- Boston and Los Angeles -- expressed sincere hope for the future despite the public scrutiny and sometimes scorn cast over the priesthood due to recent sex-abuse revelations. The Church in Boston was left reeling last year after a court-ordered release of documents suggested Church officials protected abusive priests over several decades. So disturbing was the ongoing news that historian James O'Toole of Boston College, who has written extensively about Boston's cardinals, declared to a Midwestern newspaper recently: "It was like getting punched in the stomach every morning for a year when I opened the [Boston] Globe." -- Our Sunday Visitor, http://www.osv. com/ periodicals/show-article.asp? pid= 802 , By Tom Tracy, May 11 2003. (Posted by Kathy Shaw 3:13:56 PM)
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• Silence on child abuse victims is ending, loudly. Sexual crime is not confined to religious power; it is a reflection of a dreadful and unaddressed malaise in our society:
   MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia: Finally, our nation's shameful secret is out where it can be tackled openly, writes Trish Bolton in The Age:
   Australians are learning that there's been something terribly amiss in their society, a something so inconceivable, so awful, that it has lain hidden from view for decades; and, like the most shameful family secret, we have conspired to prevent it ever being revealed.
   It turns out that men of the cloth have been sexually abusing our most precious commodity, our children, our future, and what's more, they have been getting away with it.
   And whether atheist, agnostic or of the flock, we reel in horror that men of God have betrayed our children in way that even a Judas could not have contemplated. But sexual crime, for that is what we are confronting, is not confined to religious power; it is a reflection of a dreadful and unaddressed malaise in our society.
   Although I do not seek to protect or defend priestly men who have violated positions of trust, it is important that those judged guilty are not seen as aberrations who can be explained away by anachronistic expectations of celibacy, or of committing abhorrent acts against children because some religions decreed sex an obscenity unless for procreation; they were (and are) an indication of a much wider problem.
   Talk to any woman over 40 and most can recall two or three experiences of sexual abuse that occurred before the age of consent: touched by relatives to begin with, assaulted by teachers, and then, at the tender age of 16, virginal innocence was often exploited by a boss or two. It was easier to resign than make a fuss. Girls, and boys too, discovered that it was better to hold their tongues than complain about something they were told men had no control over.
   Abstinence and sexual repression cannot excuse members of the clergy for their sins but nor does sexual drive or the primitive urge to procreate justify the predatory sexual behaviour of some men in our community.
   I couldn't have been older than seven or so, and already an avid Enid Blyton reader, when I was invited on an adventure that even the Secret Seven would have envied. My neighbour asked me to come to his house at twilight to find a secret treasure the fairies had put beneath the tree in his back garden. My friend, older by 18 months, came too.
   As light began to fade, we ran full of excitement to the house two doors down. When we arrived our neighbour was naked - his wife and sons nowhere to be seen. To find the hidden treasure we had first to follow him into his bedroom. My friend fled but I did not.
   There is nothing beyond that memory and I still wonder what happened to that little girl.
   Before I had finished my primary years I had been accosted a number of times walking to and from school; my parents called in the police once they realised a man had urinated on their young daughter, and later, all grown-up at 11, I remember trying to protect my younger charges from a man who was exposing himself.
   At high school a teacher who was notorious for fondling young female students was transferred to a school a few kilometres away after my mother complained of his improper conduct towards me.
   Most women have similar tales to tell; a friend for many years did not confess her secret until we were in our 30s. She had been seeing a boy after school for romantic but fairly innocent liaisons, when one afternoon a man threatened to tell her strict parents about her sexual activity. He wanted sex in return for silence. Terrified, she gave in to his demands. She was only 14.
   Another friend put up with advances from her father's friends, so as not to hurt his feelings, and 30 years later is angry and confused that her father made no attempt to protect her.
   And so the stories go: a betrayal that took place in homes, schools, public spaces and the workplace.
   The men who commit these crimes are our husbands, fathers, sons, lovers, brothers, uncles and even grandfathers. Some of them hold positions of power in the church, in schools, in public and private institutions, while others are ordinary blokes who work in offices and factories.
   While it is true that most men celebrate the innocence of children rather than seek to destroy it, recent history indicates the endemic nature of sexual abuse in our society. Abuses ignored, if not condoned, from Governor-General down to parish priest, by Anglicans and Catholics alike, and relatives, friends, neighbourhoods and communities.
   The conspiracy of silence that abandoned victims and gave succour to perpetrators is at last coming to an end. The meek might well inherit the earth but victims of sexual abuse are realising they can't wait that long.
   Trish Bolton tutors in media and communications at Swinburne University, Hawthorn.
   -- The Age, Melbourne, "Silence on child abuse victims is ending, loudly," www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/12/1052591733193.html , by Trish Bolton, May 13, 2003    [COMMENT: This thoughtful important discussion article was found with AltaVista on Dec 18 03, and put on WWW that day. COMMENT ENDS.] May 13, 2003
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• Whistleblower who reported dead priest's pornography has to sue to get satisfaction. NEW HAMPSHIRE: The Rev. James A. MacCormack sued the Diocese of Manchester, McCormack and other church officials last July, saying they smeared his reputation and derailed his career to avoid a scandal. Church officials responded by accusing MacCormack of exploiting the death of a fellow priest for financial gain. The settlement was confidential, but MacCormack's lawyer, Robert McDaniel, described the financial award as satisfactory to both sides. Patrick McGee, spokesman for the diocese, said that as part of the agreement, MacCormack had asked for a formal leave of absence from the priesthood and it had been granted. -- Foster's Daily Democrat, "Priest settles case; said diocese covered up dead priest's pornography," http://www4. fosters. com/News2003/May2003/May_14/News/reg_pr_0514a.asp , By Katharine Webster, Associated Press Writer, (Posted by Kathy Shaw 8:45:32 AM) May 14 03
•Jaffrey priest settles suit against diocese. JAFFREY (NH): A priest who claimed he was forcibly removed from his Jaffrey parish because he spoke out about a "clandestine sexual subculture" in the church has settled his lawsuit against the Manchester Diocese. The terms of the settlement, made final yesterday, are confidential. The Rev. James A. "Seamus" MacCormack's lawsuit hit the headlines last July with allegations about a frantic effort by a diocesan cleanup crew to remove homosexual pornography and paraphernalia from a Manchester rectory in 1999 after a priest died suddenly. No one involved in the case would talk yesterday about the church's settlement with the 43-year-old priest. "We agreed we wouldn't disclose the details of the agreement," said MacCormack's lawyer, Robert McDaniel of Concord. "The resolution was satisfactory to both parties." -- The Union Leader, http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_show.html?article=21200 , By Nancy Meersman.
•Top monitor: Church reform effort can work. LITTLE FALLS (NJ): Even if the Catholic Church- sponsored study of priests' sexual abuse of children fails to uncover every crime, the comprehensive monitoring of bishops can lead to positive change in the church, Kathleen McChesney told Voice of the Faithful at a packed church hall in Little Falls last night. McChesney, a former FBI official hired by U.S. bishops to assess reform efforts after last year's sex abuse scandal, told the crowd of 230 at Our Lady of Holy Angels Church that her office does not yet know the exact scope of the scandal. "Many people have been victims, but the truth is, we don't really know (how many), not yet," she said. "What we have really are estimates" -- 350 priests nationwide who have resigned, 1,400 who have been accused, and more than 4,000 victims. -- The Star-Ledger, http:// www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1052892839295920.xml , By Jeff Diamant.
•Archdiocese: Man's sex-abuse claim was filed too late. PHILADELPHIA (PA): The Archdiocese of Philadelphia contends it can't be held liable for a priest abusing a 13- or 14-year-old boy if the victim doesn't complain before turning 20. One purported victim, Louis Aquilino, the only person currently suing the archdiocese for alleged sexual abuse, waited far too long to file his complaint, lawyers for the archdiocese argued this week. The archdiocese has asked U.S. District Judge Petrese B. Tucker to dismiss Aquilino's lawsuit. All of Aquilino's claims are "time-barred," its lawyers told the judge in a motion filed Monday to dismiss the case. Aquilino claims to have been sexually abused by the Rev. Michael D'Onofrio at St. Thomas Aquinas parish in South Philadelphia in 1982 and 1983, when he was a teenager. -- Philadelphia Daily News http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/5855990.htm , By Jim Smith.
•Petitions call for archbishop to resign. LOUISVILLE (KY): About 700 people have signed petitions calling on Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly to resign, according to advocates for victims of sexual abuse who brought the petitions yesterday to the headquarters of the Archdiocese of Louisville. The organizers of the petition drive --who include plaintiffs suing the archdiocese over alleged sexual abuse and their supporters -- have been gathering signatures over the past month, faulting Kelly for his handling of allegedly sexually abusive priests. The number of signers equals less than 1 percent of the 200,000 Catholics in 24 counties in the archdiocese. Michael Turner, one of 250 plaintiffs suing the archdiocese over alleged sexual abuse by priests and others, said organizers got signatures from acquaintances and by going door to door. -- The Courier-Journal, http://www. courier- journal.com/localnews/2003/05/14ky/met-5-link05140-3078.html , By Peter Smith, May 14, 2003
•Suit alleges '90 abuse by priest. [1990] LOUISVILLE (KY): A Louisville woman has filed suit against the Archdiocese of Louisville, alleging she was molested by the Rev. Louis E. Miller at a Christmas party in 1990, after the Archdiocese of Louisville allegedly knew of Miller's past abuse and took steps to restrict his ministry. Charlene Moyers, 28, is the youngest person to sue the Archdiocese of Louisville over alleged sexual abuse by Miller, and the lawsuit represents the first time someone has accused Miller of molesting as recently as 1990. A second lawsuit was filed yesterday against a religious order of brothers who operate St. Xavier High School, alleging abuse by a brother at that school in the 1960s. The archdiocese is not named in that lawsuit. In her lawsuit, Moyers said that when she was 15 she attended a Christmas party held by the Knights of Columbus' Bishop Spalding Council and was introduced to "Father Miller," she said. -- The Courier-Journal, http://www. courier- journal.com/localnews/2003/05/14ky/met-front-abus05140-6242.html , By Peter Smith.
•Priest Cupped my Breast, Court Told. [1990s] NORTHERN IRELAND: A Catholic priest denied indecently assaulting a Dungannon schoolgirl when he appeared at the Crown Court, sitting in Enniskillen, yesterday. Crown prosecutor Philip Mateer told the jury not to let any particular views about the clergy, strong feelings about sexual abuse, sympathy or prejudice influence or dictate their verdict. The alleged victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons and who is now 25, told the court that she was assaulted when she was 17 and in upper-sixth form. -- IC Northern Ireland, http://icnorthernireland.icnetwork.co.uk/news/local/page.cfm?objectid =12955686 &method= full&siteid=91603&headline=Priest%20Cupped%20my%20Breast%2C%2 0Court%20Told .
•Portland archdiocese sponsors priest abuse support group. PORTLAND (OR): The Archdiocese of Portland is sponsoring a 10-week support group for people who were sexually abused as children by Catholic priests. The free sessions will be led by Doctor Jonathan Beamer, a Portland psychiatrist who has worked with abuse victims for 15 years. Beamer, who is not Catholic, says it's unclear how many people might take part. And he says he realizes that some who have been abused by priests might be reluctant to seek help from archdiocese-sponsored therapy. But he says he has no connection to the archdiocese, and just wants to help people move on. -- KATU 2 http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=57481 .
•Evangelist Jailed On Child Sex Charge. [2001] WESTMINSTER (SC): Investigators say that a traveling evangelist based in the Upstate is behind bars, charged with the sexual abuse of a child. James Wesley McCoy of Bath, 31, is jailed at the Oconee County Detention Center on charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor. Investigators said that a 13-year-old Westminster girl told investigators a few weeks ago about the abuse, which she said happened two years ago at locations in Oconee and Pickens counties. McCoy faces a charge of second-degree criminal sexual conduct in Pickens County for another incident with the same girl. "I'm not sure what the relationship was," Pickens County Assistant Sheriff Tim Morgan told News 4. "The child was staying with her grandparents at the time. (McCoy) would stay there also when he was in town. That's how they were at the same location at the same time." -- TheCarolinaChannel.com http://www.thecarolinachannel.com/news/ 2200025/ detail. html .
•House Passes Pared Down Version Of Sexual Abuse Bill. ST PAUL (MN): The House approved a bill 126-4 Tuesday that would give victims of childhood sexual abuse slightly more time to sue their abusers. The issue has taken on new urgency in recent years as clergy abuse scandals unfold across the country. But this is the first time such legislation has made it through the House and Senate. The House proposal would allow people who report such abuse to police as children up to nine years after turning 18 to file a civil lawsuit. People who report childhood abuse after turning 18 would have five years to sue. No one over the age of 27 would be able to seek monetary damages unless DNA evidence in the case had been collected and preserved, in which case, there would be no time limit to sue. The proposal now must be reconciled with a Senate bill that would give victims up to six years to sue from whenever they became aware of an injury from the abuse -- no matter what their age. -- WCCO (AP), http://wcco.com/localnews/local_story_133175821.html .
•Former teacher blamed in 1960s molestation. BERKELEY (CA): A former math teacher at Napa's St. Apollinaris Catholic School has been accused of molesting a student more than 30 years ago at a Berkeley school. Brother Francis Verngren is accused of molesting a student from 1966-70 in a civil lawsuit filed last week. The former student, Gene Reedy, sued Verngren under a California law that temporarily revokes the statute of limitations for sex abuse crimes. Verngren was principal and head dorm resident at St. Mary's Preparatory Grammar School in Berkeley at the time of the allegations. Reedy was allegedly molested beginning when he was 11 years old, according to the suit. The suit seeks damages, lost wages, cost of therapy and attorney fees. Verngren couldn't be reached for comment. St. Apollinaris' pastor, Msgr. Joseph Alzugaray, said Verngren was a math tutor at the school but hasn't worked there for more than a year. Verngren is well into his 80s and now retired, Alzugaray said. -- Napa Valley Register, http://www.napanews.com/templates/ index. cfm? template =story_full&id=47B5547B-E4B8-4C0B-BB7F-668207F82DFD , By Nathan Crabbe.
•Bishop letting priest work. DALLAS (TX): Dallas Catholic Bishop Charles Grahmann has reinstated a priest who admitted fathering a child by a nun he was accused of raping and who disobeyed another bishop's orders not to exercise his ministry. Diocesan officials explained the move by citing the dismissal of a lawsuit against the Rev. Ernesto C. Villaroya and U.S. church officials, who were accused of harboring the Filipino in California and Texas. A California judge ruled that the accuser had waited too long to sue, ending the case before evidence could be heard. The defendants denied wrongdoing. The Dallas Diocese had suspended Monsignor Villaroya from his Ennis parish after Sylvia Abano Martinez Arambulo filed suit last summer. At the time, diocesan officials said he acknowledged having sex with her 20 years ago in the Philippines. -- The Dallas Morning News, http://www.dallasnews.com/localnews/stories/051403dnmetpriest.15348.html , By Brooks Egerton, May 14 03.
•Diocese Settles Lawsuit Filed By Priest. CONCORD (NH): A Roman Catholic priest who sued the Manchester Diocese has settled his lawsuit. The Rev. James MacCormack said Bishop John McCormack derailed his career to keep him quiet about a dead priest's pornography collection. Church officials said the priest was exploiting the situation for financial gain. The terms of the settlement were not revealed. MacCormack said in his lawsuit he was among a group of priests asked to search the home of the Rev. Richard Connors after he died. The search uncovered an extensive collection of pornographic videos and pictures that later were destroyed. -- TheWMURChannel, http://www.thewmurchannel.com/news/2201069/detail.html .
•Christian Brothers begin High Court action. IRELAND: The Christian Brothers Congregation has begun High Court proceedings to prevent the Commission investigating child abuse from naming deceased members of the order. Some 700 allegations are pending against present, former or deceased members of the congregation. -- RTE , http://www.rte.ie/news/2003/0513/laffoy.html , May 13, 2003.
• Howard turns attack to church inquiry. AUSTRALIA: Prime Minister John Howard has refused to hold a royal commission into child abuse and yesterday continued to attack the integrity of the private church inquiry that condemned Governor-General Peter Hollingworth. The controversy surrounding the beleaguered Governor-General dominated Federal Parliament ahead of last night's Budget, in the first sitting since the church's Aspinall report was issued earlier this month. Dr Hollingworth faced an extraordinary Senate motion calling on him to resign from his position. In the House of Representatives, Mr Howard repeatedly refused, under questioning, to say that the man he chose to be Governor-General was still fit to hold the job. But he continued to attack the way the Anglican church inquiry dealt with Dr Hollingworth. -- The Courier-Mail, http://www. thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,6429826%255E953,00.html , by Malcolm Cole , national political correspondent, May 14 03.
•Two New Lawsuits Filed. LOUISVILLE (KY): Two new lawsuits claiming sexual abuse at the hands of priests were filed in Jefferson Circuit court today. One of the lawsuits is against Xaverian Brothers USA, which manages and operates several Catholic schools in Louisville, including St. Xavier High School. The plaintiff claims in the 1960's, a teacher at St. X known only as Brother Ernin, sexually abused her in a park across the street from the school. The other lawsuit was filed against the Archdiocese. -- Fox 41, http://www.fox41. com/ news/ news_detail.asp?id=8336§ion=2 . FOR GOOD TEACHINGS TO BE HEEDED, A BIG CLEAN-UP IS NEEDED Poynter Institute: http://www.poynter.org/ subscribe.to.clergy.tracker/ for daily reports
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