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BAY NEWS (FL): Robert Schaeufele's alleged victims say Thursday’s not-guilty verdict in the Pinellas child sex abuse trial was a serious letdown, but they don't think it will necessarily hurt the criminal cases to follow. A Pasco County man and Chris McCafferty of St. Pete hope their allegations against the former Pinellas Park priest lead to guilty verdicts. McCafferty says anyone who knows anything about Schaeufele’s past should step forward to help prosecutors make their next cases. There are parents who probably have not come forward, said McCafferty. Every little bit helps. -- Bay News 9 Television (Tampa Bay, USA), www.baynews9.com/NewsStory.cfm? storyid=18349 , Saturday, May 17 03 (Posted by Kathy Shaw 8:22:35 AM; Poynteronline, Abuse Tracker, Saturday, May 17, 2003, continued)

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Most newsitems to 31 Dec 03 are from http://www.poynter.org/ subscribe.to.clergy.tracker/ daily reports • Bond reduced in Springs sex case. PASCAGOULA (Mississippi): Bond for an Ocean Springs man accused of 16 total counts of sexual abuse involving three girls has been reduced a second time. District Attorney Keith Miller said Thursday that bond for Anthony Guy, 34, was reduced from $360,000 to $112,000 by a mutual agreement between his office and Guy's attorney, William Martin. Guy, a former youth minister at Northside Assembly of God in St. Martin, was arrested in April on the sex abuse charges in connection with the incidents involving the girls. During Guy's preliminary hearing in late April, Jackson County investigators said he admitted to them that he had a sexual relationship with one of the teen-age girls while he was youth minister, but denied having a relationship with the other two. -- Gulf Live, http://www. gulflive.com/mississippi/ index. ssf?/ xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/105312162393220.xml , By John Surratt, May 16 03
• Evangelist admits to sex abuse. [CURRENT ABUSE] AIKEN (South Carolina): Bath evangelist J. Wesley McCoy by his own admission molested a number of young girls in several counties as he crisscrossed South Carolina spreading the gospel, according to a report filed by Pickens County, S.C., sheriff's investigators. Those who knew Mr. McCoy say his youthful energy, fiery style and studious knowledge of the Bible attracted admiring audiences. Police say he exploited the trust he gained to prey on girls as young as 7. Investigators in three South Carolina jurisdictions said they suspect the molestations occurred in the homes where Mr. McCoy stayed as a guest, in the 15-foot motor home he hitched to his pickup on travels across the state, and on youth retreats sponsored by his McCoy Ministries. On Friday, the number of suspected victims of the 31-year-old evangelist continued to rise, and Pickens County authorities prepared to secure warrants against Mr. McCoy in connection with sexual acts with at least three victims in their early teens, Pickens County sheriff's Capt. Dewey Smith said. -- Augusta Chronicle, "Officers say man admits to sex abuse," http://www.augustachronicle.com/stories/051703/met_082-1154.000.shtml , By Stephen Gurr | South Carolina Bureau, May 17 03
• Judge says church lawyers can have some police files. BOSTON (MA): The Newton police department turned over some documents on Friday about the family of an alleged sexual abuse victim, but a judge ordered more sensitive files withheld after prosecutors said they could compromise the ongoing criminal investigation of the Rev. Paul Shanley. Attorneys for New York Bishop Thomas V. Daily, who is a defendant in Gregory Ford's civil lawsuit against Cardinal Bernard Law and the Archdiocese of Boston over their handling of Shanley, asked for police records about the Ford family, and went to court to ask Judge Constance Sweeney to order the documents' release. Ford alleges Shanley sexually abused him, starting at age 6, at St. Jean's Parish in Newton, and that church officials tried to cover it up. The case is one of about 500 lawsuits filed against Law and the archdiocese involving Shanley and other priests. Shanley also faces Middlesex County criminal charges alleging he raped four boys at St. Jean's from 1979 to 1989, including Ford and Paul Busa, who also has filed a civil lawsuit. -- Boston.com , http://www.boston.com/dailynews/136/region/Judge_says_church_lawyers_can:.shtml , By Theo Emery, Associated Press, May 16 2003
• Archdiocese says drive raised $200m. BOSTON (MA): The Archdiocese of Boston yesterday announced that it has raised $200 million through its capital campaign, a total the church called a remarkable accomplishment given the weak national economy and the clergy sexual abuse crisis. With six weeks to go in its extended campaign, the archdiocese said it is unlikely to raise significantly more money at this point and acknowledged that it will fall short of its $300 million goal. But the church said it is delighted, given the obstacles, to have raised $200 million, which is the second-largest amount ever raised by a diocesan capital campaign. It's a huge success, said Elizabeth Jennings-White, development communications director for the archdiocese. Jennings-White said more than 26,000 people gave to the campaign. Cardinal Bernard F. Law launched the campaign in June 2001 in an effort to help fund church education, social services, and health care. At the time, he said he had already raised 45 percent of the $300 million through pledges and was confident that he could raise the rest by December 2002. -- Boston Globe, http://www.globe.com/dailyglobe2/137/metro/ Archdiocese_says_drive_raised 200mP.shtml , By Michael Paulson, May 17 03
• Auditors Re-examine Church Sex Abuse. WASHINGTON (DC): A board appointed by the nation's Roman Catholic bishops will send independent auditors, including former FBI agents, into every diocese in the country beginning next month to check whether the bishops are complying with their promises to clean up the scandal over child sexual abuse by priests. The National Review Board, a panel of lay Catholics headed by former Oklahoma governor Frank Keating, has contracted with a firm headed by William A. Gavin, a former assistant director of the FBI, to audit all 195 dioceses by the end of the year, a spokesman for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said yesterday. Gavin is the fourth former FBI official named to a key role in the church's response to the scandal. Keating, who is himself a former FBI agent and federal prosecutor, acknowledged that there have been some rumblings of discontent among bishops over the board's approach. -- Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1093-2003May16.html , By Alan Cooperman, Washington Post Staff Writer, Saturday, May 17, 2003; Page A02
• Alleged abuse victim sues former Maui priest. HONOLULI (HI): A Hawaii man whose complaint of sexual misconduct led to the dismissal of a Catholic priest last year is seeking $250,000 in damages from the priest and his religious order. Eugene Saulibio said in the civil suit filed yesterday that the Rev. Joseph Bukoski provided him with drugs and alcohol and sexually assaulted him. The incidents allegedly happened in July 1976 when Saulibio was 15, attending St. Louis School and living at the Kaneohe seminary of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, according to the suit filed by attorney Mark Bernstein. Saulibio also named the Sacred Heart order and Sister Claudia Wong, a psychological therapist, as defendants. He claims that he met with the Rev. Clyde Guerreiro, former Sacred Hearts provincial, last May and described his allegations about Bukoski, who was a religious brother in training to become a priest in 1976. -- Honolulu Star-Bulletin, http://starbulletin.com/2003/05/16/news/story5.html , By Mary Adamski, madamski@starbulletin.com , May 16 03
• Ogden Priest Charged With Enticing Minor on the Net. [2003 Olarte] OGDEN (UT): A 44-year-old Catholic priest who claims he was conducting research during an online sex chat with a police officer posing as a 15-year-old boy was charged Friday with enticing a minor over the Internet. Mario Arbelaez Olarte -- an assistant pastor at Ogden's St. Joseph's Catholic Church -- allegedly posed as a 20-year-old man when he entered a chat room at Gay.com late Wednesday night and met a female sheriff's officer, who was posing as a boy. Officer Janice VanOrden of the Northern Utah Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) and the priest exchanged fictitious ages, then chatted about their sexual preferences, police said. Within minutes, the two agreed to rendezvous several blocks from the church, where Arbelaez Olarte has private living quarters and was operating his computer, police said. Arbelaez Olarte was arrested when he arrived for the meeting at the corner of 25th Street and Adams Avenue. He was booked into the Weber County Jail, then released on his own recognizance. -- Salt Lake Tribune, http://www.sltrib.com/2003/May/05172003/utah/57724.asp , By Stephen Hunt, May 17 03
• Jurors, at guilt's edge, acquitted. [Schaeufele] LARGO (FL): The six jurors thought former Catholic priest Robert Schaeufele had probably molested children, the jury foreman said Friday. But they didn't think prosecutors had proved the case presented to them. Instead, Schaeufele's trial in Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court ended late Thursday with a rare acquittal of an ex-priest charged with sexually abusing children. Every juror in that room felt he was guilty of something, jury foreman Leonard Kaul Jr. said Friday. This guy is sick. He's got a problem. We just didn't have the tools to come back with a guilty verdict. -- St. Petersburg Times, http://www.sptimes.com/2003/05/17/Tampabay/Jurors__at_guilt_s_ed.shtml , By William R. Levesque, Times Staff Writer, May 17 03
• Church used Trojan Horse therapist trick . BOSTON (MA): A Suffolk Superior Court judge said yesterday that she will probably hold a hearing to decide whether church lawyers can question under oath a therapist paid by the Archdiocese of Boston to counsel an alleged victim of priest sexual abuse. Judge Constance M. Sweeney's decision came after a lawyer for the psychiatrist argued that the church tricked alleged victims by offering counseling and using it against them in court. The church created its Office of Healing and Assistance Ministry for alleged victims after the clergy sexual abuse scandal erupted last year. In this case, that office became a Trojan horse that was sent in . . . under the guise of offering healing and help to alleged victims, said attorney Ronald A. Witmer. The issue reaches beyond a single lawsuit, since many alleged victims of sexual assault by priests who are suing the church have also sought treatment by therapists paid for by the archdiocese. A hearing would determine whether the archdiocese had an agreement with the alleged victim that the therapy would remain confidential, Sweeney said. -- Boston Globe, "Hearing is likely on therapist issue," http://www.globe.com/dailyglobe2/137/metro/Hearing_is_likely_on_therapist_issueP.shtml , By Kathleen Burge, May 17 2003
• Woman: Judge pushed her to quash lawsuit. PROVIDENCE (RI): A Burrillville woman says a Superior Court judge tried to pressure her to settle a civil suit against the Diocese of Providence and a late priest convicted of raping her. The woman has asked the state Supreme Court to step into the case and review orders issued by Judge Robert Krause, according to court documents. The high court will consider the requests on May 22. The woman is the only one of 38 alleged victims of sexual abuse in Rhode Island who did not join a $14.25 million settlement with the diocese, announced last September. She turned down a $400,000 offer from the diocese in March to settle her suit. She told Krause then she wanted to continue with her 1995 lawsuit against the diocese and the late Monsignor Louis Ward Dunn. -- Woonsocket Call, http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1712&dept_id=24361&newsid=8041599&PAG=461&rfi=9 , Michael Mello, Associated Press Writer
• Bill gives sex abuse victims more time to report crime. SPRINGFIELD (IL): Victims of sexual assault and abuse gain a longer timeframe to report those crimes under a bill heading to Gov. Rod Blagojevich and pushed by victims of clergy sex abuse. Sponsored by state Rep. James Brosnahan (D-Evergreen Park) and approved unanimously Thursday, the bill allows prosecutors to file charges against abusers up to 20 years after a victim turns 18 years old. Current law stops at 10 years. The bill also allows victims to seek civil damages up to 10 years after turning 18 years old or within five years of discovering the abuse, up from two years in the current law. The change protects victims who repressed memories of abuse, in some cases until middle age, Brosnahan said. Chicago Democrat Jacqueline Collins sponsored the bill in the Senate. The bill cleans up language regarding priests and other religious leaders, keeping laws in place that require them to report cases of sexual assault and abuse to law enforcement officials. -- Daily Southtown, http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsnews/163nd4.htm , By Kristen McQueary
• Letter calls for ending clergy abuse. PENNSYLVANIA: Clergy throughout the Roman Catholic diocese serving Centre County received a letter of demands Thursday concerning clergy sexual-abuse cases, purportedly written by a secret group of 26 diocesan priests. Bishop Joseph Adamec, head of the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese, received a copy of the letter inasmuch as he is a member of the diocesan clergy, said his spokeswoman, Sister Mary Parks. The diocese refused to comment on the letter because the writers were anonymous. We're not going to respond to an anonymous letter, Parks said. The letter called for the bishop to settle sexual misconduct cases out of court to protect the reputation of priests. The three-page letter was postmarked Wednesday in Johnstown and was received Thursday also by newspapers and TV and radio stations throughout the eight-county diocese. -- Centre Daily Times, http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/5875645.htm , By Mike Joseph, mjoseph@centredaily.com
• Three ex-students claim sexual abuse by former principal. [? TO 1985] EL PASO (TX): Three ex-students from Cathedral High School have come forward to claim their principal sexually abused them in school. The former students from Cathedral High School have filed affidavits as another ex-student pursues a civil case against Brother Samuel Martinez, who was principal at Cathedral until 1985. -- KVIA, http://www.kvia.com/global/story.asp?s=1281786&ClientType=Printable
!!!: Priest chased internet boy sex -- stung! Now says it was research! [CURRENT ACCUSATION] OGDEN (Utah) : The Rev. Mario Arbelaez Olarte says he's embarrassed for himself and the Roman Catholic church after being arrested for arranging a visit over the Internet with an officer posing as a 15-year-old boy. Olarte, 44, of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, was arrested at an Ogden street corner Wednesday night and released from jail on his own recognizance. Utah's Roman Catholic diocese issued a statement Friday saying it had placed Olarte on administrative leave and was cooperating with authorities. Olarte's first court appearance is set for Monday on a misdemeanor charge of enticing a child over the Internet, Weber County sheriff's Lt. Clint Anderson said Friday. Olarte said in an interview Thursday night with the Standard-Examiner that he had gone to the Web site Gay.com to research a lesson on the bad things about the Internet. -- Casper Star-Tribune (AP), Priest arrested in Internet sting, http://www.trib.com/AP/wire_detail.php?wire_num=143691 ,
• Child row vicar summoned to new talks. BRITAIN: A vicar has been summoned to fresh talks with church authorities after he had had a five-year-son by a church organist. The Rev Philip Gray, a married father-of-five, has told his congregation at St Mary's Church in Mendlesham, near Stowmarket, he would remain in his post despite evidence he had fathered a child outside marriage. Mr Gray turned down a suggestion from the diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich that he take paid voluntary leave when the East Anglian Daily Times revealed last Saturday he had named as the father of the organist's child. The 61-year-old vicar, who is know as Father Philip in Mendlesham, has now been asked to attend fresh talks with the Bishop of Dunwich, the Rt Rev Clive Young, and the Bishop of Richborough, the Rt Rev Keith Newton. The two bishops issued a statement yesterday saying they remain concerned about the situation and inviting Mr Gray for talks. -- East Anglian Daily Times, http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/news/NewsStory.asp?Brand=EADOnline&Category=News&ItemId=IPED16+May+2003+19%3A40%3A42%3A440 , By Katy Edwards, May 16, 2003 19:40
• Ogden Priest Facing Jail. [CURRENT ACCUSATION] OGDEN (UT): An Ogden Catholic priest could face jailtime for enticing what he thought was a 15-year old boy on the internet. The boy was really an undercover agent. ABC 4's Jill Young has more on this story. After the chat-room conversation, law enforcement agents agreed to meet Father Mario Olarte' only a block from the church where he taught. Agents of northern Utah's 'Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force' say they met up with the 44-year old assistant pastor right near the corner of Ogden's 25th Street and Adams Avenue. On this particular night, the agent was contacted by Mr. Olarte'. He initiated the conversation; he suggested that they set up a meeting and we just followed through with that, says Lt. Rod Layton, Weber County Sheriff's Office. Olarte' was arrested, spent the night in jail and told police why he was chatting online with what he thought was a teenage boy. His indication to us is that it was children, that it's dangerous for children to go online and he was trying to research how big a problem that was and that he was going to teach a class or seminar in several weeks from now, says Layton. -- ABC 4 (United States), http://www.4utah.com/local_news/local_headlines/story.aspx?content_id=846141A7-38DF-49B1-BFBB-555A6C26310F
• Anglican clergy face police checks. MELBOURNE, Australia: The Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Peter Watson, has asked all clergy and certain categories of church workers in the archdiocese to promptly submit to police character checks to confirm their suitability for church work. And he will submit to the police process himself. Recent media attention has focused on transparency and accountability for all of us who undertake pastoral ministry and work with children and young people, the Archbishop says in a letter to clergy and church workers. This must become a normal part of our diocesan protocols. A review last year, Power and Trust in the Church, commissioned by Archbishop Watson, acknowledged more than 153 complaints of inappropriate sexual behaviour by 111 clergy, employees and volunteers in the archdiocese in the past decade. -- The Age, http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/16/1052885401416.html , By Martin Daly, May 17 2003
• Lawyers pessimistic about prospects for settlement. BOSTON (MA): Two lawyers who agreed to halt most clergy sexual abuse litigation and instead discuss settlement during a 90-day stand down said Friday that it appears that the moratorium will end without a settlement. Attorney Jeffrey Newman said that he does not expect to receive a settlement offer by Monday, the end of the moratorium, and said his law firm will continue preparing cases on behalf of his clients. It appears highly likely that come Tuesday, the end of the stand down, we're going to be litigating all 500 of the claims, he said. It now appears highly likely that all this is going to devolve into individual litigation of each and every case. Carmen Durso, who represents about 40 clients whose cases were on hold during the moratorium, said he is also preparing to move forward with his cases. -- Boston.com , http://www.boston.com/dailynews/136/region/Lawyers_pessimistic_about_pros:.shtml , By Theo Emery, Associated Press, May 16 03 18:42
• Sex-abuse suit filed against ex-priest. HONOLULU (HI): A lawsuit charging sexual abuse was filed yesterday in state court against the Rev. Joseph Bukoski III, who was removed from his position as pastor of a Lahaina church last year. Eugene Saulibio's suit is also against Sister Claudia Wong, a Catholic social worker, and The Fathers of The Sacred Hearts. The suit says Bukoski gave Saulibio alcohol and drugs and sexually assaulted him in 1976. At the time, Saulibio was a 15-year-old student at Saint Louis High School in Honolulu, and Bukoski was a priest at The Fathers of the Sacred Hearts center in Kane'ohe. The suit asks for damages to be determined at trial. Bukoski was removed from his position as pastor of Maria Lanakila Church in Lahaina, Maui, last August after allegations of sexual misconduct with two minors more than 20 years ago were made public. In April, Bukoski lost an appeal to Rome, ending any attempt to get his job back as pastor of the church. -- Honolulu Advertiser, http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/May/16/ln/ln07a.html , By Allison Schaefers, May 16 03
• Former Pinellas Park priest victorious in court. FLORIDA: The first court battle for a former Bay area Catholic priest has ended in victory for him. A Pinellas County jury found Robert Schaeufele not guilty of two counts of sexual abuse on Thursday, citing lack of evidence. Many of the charges stemmed from Schaeufele’s tenure at the Sacred Heart Church in Pinellas Park. One of Schaeufele's alleged victims was outraged by the jury's decision. It's wrong, said Chris McCafferty. This man needs justice. We're going to take him down. We've got three more to go. Schaeufele, 54, remains in jail, awaiting his next trial involving alleged sexual abuse of young boys during the last 20 years. Schaeufele is facing similar charges in Pasco County, dating back to the 1980s when he served as a priest at St. Rita’s Catholic Church in Dade City. -- BayNews9, http://www.baynews9.com/NewsStory.cfm?storyid=18299
• For sale: Bishop's summer home. PROVIDENCE (RI): The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence is selling the bishop's summer home to help pay for the $14.25-million settlement reached in three dozen sexual-abuse lawsuits in September. Real-estate agents who handle properties in the prestigious Watch Hill area of Westerly say the diocese is selling its oceanfront mansion for about $7 million. Westerly Tax Assessor Charles Vacca yesterday said that he also heard the sale was for that amount. Diocesan spokeswoman Karen Davis yesterday said the diocese would not comment on the Watch Hill property until after the deal closes. It's likely that more of the nation's 192 dioceses, hit with settlements during a wave of sexual-abuse lawsuits, will sell property to raise cash, Dean Hoge, a sociologist who studies church finances at the Catholic University of America, said yesterday. -- Providence Journal, http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20030515_church15.3ede3.html , By Jennifer Levitz, May 15 2003
• More sex abuse charges filed against Bath evangelist. [CURRENT ACCUSATION] GREENVILLE (South Carolina): An evangelist who holds religious tent revivals throughout the Southeast has been charged with sexually abusing two Aiken girls, authorities said. Arrest warrants charge James Wesley McCoy, 31, of Bath, with three counts criminal sexual conduct with a minor and seven counts of lewd conduct with a minor. McCoy, who heads McCoy Ministries, fondled and sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl in her home on seven different occasions between November 2002 and May 2003, said Aiken Sheriff Michael Hunt. McCoy also committed sex acts with a 14-year-old, Hunt said. -- TheState.com (Associated Press) http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/5871168.htm , (Posted by Kathy Shaw 7:17:47 AM)
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• Hollingworth dismissed minister without notice, yet a year later let a child-abuser continue in ministry. AUSTRALIA: Former Anglican minister Michael Stephenson, now 57, wrote an open letter to Dr Peter Hollingworth, former archbishop of Brisbane who stood aside as Governor-General this week, saying he had been "denied natural justice". (PM John Howard earlier this week said that Dr Hollingworth believed he had been "denied natural justice" by the Anglican inquiry into sex abuse complaints.) Mr Stephenson said Dr Hollingworth had dismissed him from the position of assistant priest at St Paul's Anglican church in Ipswich, Queensland. He had received a letter of dismissal, without prior warning, saying there had been formal complaints about his relationships with people, and a newsagent had asked him not to come back and read their magazines, and he had not been zealous. By contrast, when an Anglican minister named John Elliot had admitted to Dr Hollingworth he was a paedophile, he had been allowed to continue as a minister. The Church inquiry recently declared that Dr Hollingworth's decision to keep Mr Elliot was "untenable." (with picture of Mr Stephenson) -- based on The Weekend Australian, "I was denied justice by G-G," by Ashleigh Wilson, p 2, May 17-18 03
• Who'll be evicted first? AUSTRALIA: Two G-Gs in the one house. Shades of Big Brother. Wonder who will be evicted first? -- The Weekend Australian, letter from George Fishman, Vaucluse, NSW, p 18, May 17-18 03 [NOTE: "Big Brother" is a television series with intrusive camera work where people share a house, and periodically there are votes to evict a resident, until there is only one winner left. NOTE ENDS.] May 17-18 03
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• Church Needs Priest-Parishioner Partnership. LONG ISLAND (NY): If there is a depressing malaise in the Long Island Catholic Church now, it is not because of Bishop William Murphy alone. And if the morale is at a draining new low among its priests, it is not simply because of the bishop of the Rockville Centre Diocese, who probably has moments when he wishes he were back in Boston with his beloved Red Sox. Especially after he received a letter at the end of April from the board of directors of the Long Island Voice of the Faithful telling him, in no uncertain terms, that you are confronted by organized, prayerful resistance . . . we will pray for our Church that she will survive your tenure as our Bishop . . . The letter came this close to asking for his resignation. But, since Murphy is the bishop of the diocese, Catholics must continue to respect him and accept him as their bishop despite all the fallout over the abuse scandal, his new mansion and his ongoing feud with Voice of the Faithful or anyone else who questions him. Supporting him financially, however, is another matter. But, even while respecting both his position and his person, there are a few things that both the priests and the people must do if the church on Long Island is ever to drag itself out of its current morass. -- Newsday, http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vprya153284685may15,0,5814251.story , By Dick Ryan, May 15 03. (Posted by Kathy Shaw 9:23:58 AM)
• Shadow of abuse lingers. DALLAS (TX): Six years after losing a high-stakes courthouse gamble with victims of the Rev. Rudy Kos, the Dallas Catholic Diocese is still besieged with sexual abuse cases. Pending or recently settled claims allege that the diocese covered up for or failed to supervise seven priests, most of whom have served under Bishop Charles Grahmann. One lawsuit stems from abuse by a layman at a parish day-care center. Diocesan attorney Randy Mathis said most of the problems predated Bishop Grahmann. The bishop, he said, is determined to settle the cases - most of which involve child abuse - and to make sure it never happens again. There's no question that the cases are winding down, Mr. Mathis said. The goal is to resolve all the cases in 2003. -- The Dallas Morning News http://www.dallasnews.com/localnews/stories/051803dnprolynch.2974a.html , By Brooks Egerton, May 18 03
• Fighting the Catholic Church. ALBANY (NY): One weekday afternoon, attorney John Aretakis sits at a table without plate or menu at a Bennigan's restaurant in Latham, meeting with clients and reporters, fielding phone calls and rummaging through paperwork. His cellphone rings. He steps away from the table, then reappears moments later, closing the clamshell phone with a snap and announces a new client. Got another Kelly victim, he says, referring to the Rev. James Kelly, a priest who was removed from active ministry in February after allegations surfaced that he sexually abused a boy in the 1970s. Aretakis is a lawyer with a niche. He represents people who say priests sexually abused them. And, for the past seven years -- starting long before a nationwide scandal erupted -- he has battled lawyers for the Roman Catholic Church throughout New York, first quietly and now very publicly. -- Albany Times-Union, http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=135224&category=REGION&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=5/18/2003 , By Andrew Tilghman, Sunday, May 18, 2003
• Nuns celebrate gift, stick with church. SWAMPSCOTT (MA): With their future as directors of religious education at St. John the Evangelist in Swampscott in jeopardy, and rumors swirling that their contract would not be renewed because they supported church reform in the wake of the priest sex abuse scandal, Sister Michelle Sherliza and Sister Christine McManus prayed daily to their beloved friends, Jane and Margaret Bunting, for strength and guidance. They got that, and much more. In her will filed last month, Margaret B. Bunting left her family fortune, estimated at $700,000 to $800,000 after taxes, to the religious education program at St. John's, and the Dominican Sisters of St. Catharine, Ky., the Catholic religious order Sister Sherliza and Sister McManus joined more than 30 years ago. "I started to cry," Sister Sherliza said upon learning of the gift. "This is a gift from two wonderful parishioners. It will ensure that our religious education program will continue ... It's just so wonderful." -- Boston Globe, http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/138/north/Nuns_celebrate_gift_stick_with_church+.shtml , By Kathy McCabe, Globe Staff Correspondent, May 18 2003
• Youth worker accused of abuse. [CURRENT] PORTLAND (OR): A man who has worked with youth as a church volunteer, coach and educational assistant at a Portland public school was arrested at a Little League game Thursday on accusations that he had sexual contact with two teenage girls, Portland police said. Derrick A. Mayberry, 23, of Milwaukie is being held in the Justice Center Jail on numerous sex-related accusations, including 10 counts of third-degree rape, four counts of third-degree sodomy, 10 counts of third-degree sex abuse and one count of first-degree sex abuse. The accusations reflect the age difference between Mayberry and the teenagers, not the use of force. Mayberry is a member and volunteer at New Beginnings Christian Center in Portland. He was arrested about 6:30 p.m. at Brentwood Park in Southeast Portland, about a month after two girls, ages 13 and 15, reported abuse and police started an investigation. Bail was set at $485,000. Sgt. Brian Schmautz, police spokesman, said all of the accusations relate to the two teenagers, whom Mayberry met at church. Police have no evidence that Mayberry had inappropriate contact with children he met through Little League or Whitman Elementary School, where he has worked as an educational assistant since August 2000 and has served as girls basketball coach. Whitman has about 400 students. -- The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1053173459264090.xml , by Robin Franzen
!!!: Catholic school says students responsible for alleged abuse! NASHUA (NH): A Roman Catholic high school says in court documents that the alleged sexual abuse of three former students by a teacher was caused by their own failure to exercise reasonable care. The men are among 10 suing Bishop Guertin High School and the Brothers of the Sacred Heart, the Rhode Island-based religious order that runs the school, saying they failed to protect students from abusive teachers and covered up allegations. In a response filed last week in Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, the school and order denied any liability for the alleged abuse. The injuries suffered by (each) plaintiff, if any, were caused by his own failure to exercise reasonable care, the response said. Such comparative fault defenses have been used in other clergy sexual abuse cases, angering alleged victims and their families. It demonstrates a very unfortunate continuing insensitivity by the defendants and their lawyers to the nature of these cases and to the harm they have caused my clients, the men’s lawyer, Peter Hutchins, said Thursday. -- Portsmouth Herald (U.S.A.), "Catholic school says students responsible for alleged abuse," http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/05162003/news/28874.htm , By Associated Press, May 16 03
• Files show Norwich Diocese told former priest sought out teen boys. NORWICH (Conn.): Personnel files of a priest accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy in the late 1970s show a Toronto bishop had advised the Norwich Diocese that the priest was known to seek out teenage boys, WFSB-TV reported Friday. A Middlesex Superior Court judge last month ordered the personnel files of the former Rev. Bruno Primavera released. The diocese had sought a protective order to keep them from public view. The files included correspondence from an auxiliary bishop in Toronto to Norwich's then-Bishop Daniel Reilly, saying that Primavera displayed a tendency to seek out the companionship of young teenage boys on a one-to-one basis, the television station reported. Auxiliary Bishop Thomas B. Fulton wrote, In one instance, although no public scandal resulted, his conduct was such that it was found advisable to transfer him to another parish. -- Hartford Courant, http://www.ctnow.com/news/local/statewire/hc-16201725.apds.m0181.bc-ct--churmay16.story , Associated Press, May 16 03
• SR Diocese's $16 million 'miracle'. SANTA ROSA (CA): Santa Rosa's Roman Catholic diocese, recovering from a legacy of child-abusing priests and financial mismanagement, has raised more than $16 million in a campaign built on a promise to restore money to parishes and schools that was lost at the height of the scandal. The success of the Santa Rosa capital campaign, the first such broad-based campaign in the diocese's 41-year history, has gained national attention as an example of Catholic faith's overcoming the failings of some priests and bishops. A group consisting of clergy, laity and new Bishop Daniel Walsh devised the $20 million capital campaign two years ago, intent on repaying a $9 million debt to North Coast parishes and parochial schools and underwriting future needs. -- The Press Democrat, http://www.pressdemocrat.com/local/news/17diocese_a1empirea.html , By Guy Kovner, May 17, 2003
• Former Norfolk priest who admitted sex offense reassigned. [CURRENT BEHAVIOUR] RICHMOND (VA): A Norfolk priest who admitted to a misdemeanor sex offense last year has been reassigned, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond announced in its diocesan newspaper. The Rev. Wayne L. Ball, 42, has been reassigned to St. John's Catholic Church in Highland Springs, the Bishop Walter F. Sullivan said in Monday's issue of The Catholic Virginian, a biweekly. The move is effective June 2. Ball, 42, had 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 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. -- WVEC, http://www.wvec.com/news/local/wvec_local_051203_priest_reassigned.f7dd5b1.html , Associated Press, May 12 03
• Retiring Bishop Discusses Sex Scandal and Changes in Church. VIRGINIA: Historic growth, unwavering dedication to peace, and a priest sex scandal all define the legacy of Bishop Walter F. Sullivan. For nearly 30 years, Sullivan's been the bishop of the Richmond Catholic Diocese, making him the longest serving bishop in Virginia history. He retires June 10 on his 75th birthday, but before he does, he sat down with WAVY News 10. Bishop Sullivan's story can't be told without reporting the 18 million dollars he's given to schools from the diocese, or the 35 new parishes, or the doubling of church members during his tenure. But there have been plenty of bumps along the way too. -- WAVY, http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=1282072
!!!: Priest disappears; his replacement fathered a child with a nun, allegedly by rape! DALLAS (TX): Three months ago, Dallas Catholic Bishop Charles Grahmann removed a popular Frisco priest so abruptly that the man was not allowed to say goodbye to the congregation. Instead, the Rev. Armando Beltran was sent packing to his home diocese in Colombia -- and to this day, the Hispanic parishioners he'd served say they still haven't been told why. When their initial questions went unanswered, they began a petition drive and gathered hundreds of signatures. Some boycotted Mass or quit putting money in the collection basket. By March, they had a lawyer write to Bishop Grahmann and Coadjutor Bishop Joseph Galante, expressing concern about Father Beltran's dismissal and other matters. Supporters of the priest said their anger turned to rage this week when they learned about Father Beltran's replacement at St. Francis of Assisi Church: a priest who has been accused of raping a nun and has admitted fathering her child. Why would Bishop Grahmann, knowing he has a wasps' nest in this parish, send us this other guy? asked Jorge Mesta, a leader of the protesters. -- The Dallas Morning News, "Naming of priest enrages Frisco parish," http://www.dallasnews.com/religion/stories/051703dnmetfriscofolo.55dbd.html , By Brooks Egerton, May 17 03
• Woman asks high court to review orders. PROVIDENCE (RI): A Burrillville woman says a Superior Court judge tried to pressure her to settle a civil suit against the Diocese of Providence and a late priest convicted of raping her. Mary Ryan has asked the state Supreme Court to step into the case and review orders issued by Judge Robert Krause, according to court documents. The high court will consider the requests on May 22. Ryan is the only one of 38 alleged victims of sexual abuse in Rhode Island who did not join a $14.25 million settlement with the diocese, announced last September. She turned down a $400,000 offer from the diocese in March to settle her suit. Ryan told Krause then she wanted to continue with her 1995 lawsuit against the diocese and the late Monsignor Louis Ward Dunn. --Boston Globe, http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/137/metro/Woman_asks_high_court_to_review_ordersP.shtml , By Globe Staff and Wires, May 17 2003 (Posted by Kathy Shaw 8:48:03 AM)
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• Raped nun, fathered child, people asked to forgive. FRISCO (TX): Dallas Diocese officials said Sunday that a priest accused of raping a nun 20 years ago and fathering her child will stay at a Frisco church, but officials will continue to monitor whether parishioners accept him. Mary Edlund, chancellor of the Dallas Diocese, said that if parishioners don't accept the Rev. Ernesto C. Villaroya, he won't stay. She acknowledged that the diocese should have told parishioners about their new priest's past. During a nearly two-hour meeting with parishioners Sunday at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Frisco, Ms. Edlund urged hundreds of parishioners to forgive Monsignor Villaroya, who was recently reassigned to the church. "We could have had -- should have had -- a session like this prior to his appointment so you could have known," she said. -- The Dallas Morning News, "Accused priest will remain," http://www.dallasnews.com/localnews/stories/051903dnmetparishprotest.9a96d.html , By Brooks Egerton And Lesley Téllez, (Posted by Kathy Shaw 9:34:42 AM), May 19 03
• Abuse claims $125m more than Catholic diocese offering. BOSTON (MA): One attorney likens it to an exitless freeway "that no one seems to know how to get off." Another compares the current state of the legal battle between the Archdiocese of Boston and hundreds of alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse to two Cold War adversaries rushing toward "mutually assured destruction." With the end of a voluntary moratorium on pretrial preparations looming at the end of today - a moratorium that was supposed to aid settlement talks - lawyers on both sides of the case say privately there are few signs that the two sides can achieve a deal by then. They say the chance for a settlement is now extremely remote, even as both sides publicly say that ending the cases would be a clear win-win that would spare victims and the church more trauma. In fact, the sides are still a staggering $125 million apart on monetary damages, and any air of conciliation is vanishing amid hardening attitudes. There are no settlement talks scheduled, lawyers said. Church officials have reportedly sought a 30-day extension of the discovery moratorium, but none of the victims' lawyers said they will be inclined to agree when the two sides meet in front of Superior Court Judge Constance M. Sweeney tomorrow to discuss the case. -- Boston Globe, "Clergy abuse settlement seen unlikely," http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/139/metro/Clergy_abuse_settlement_seen_unlikelyP.shtml , By Ralph Ranalli, May 19 03
• Ousted pastor urges focus on saving social programs. [CURRENT, MONEY] BOSTON (MA): Back Bay priest who was pulled from his pulpit last week told his parishioners yesterday that despite their swelling resentment toward the bishop who dismissed him for alleged financial improprieties, they should cooperate with church leaders to protect the social programs their parish has worked so hard to create. In an emotional farewell homily, the Rev. Michael F. Groden urged his flock "to work in a most constructive way with the archdiocesan bishop," Richard G. Lennon, who forced him out. Groden, who is credited with reviving St. Cecelia's Parish and effectively leading the diocese office that develops housing for the needy, was forced to resign after it came to light that he had been receiving two salaries and had charged about $20,000 in personal expenses to the housing office. But a dozen churchgoers in one of the city's wealthiest parishes yesterday said they believe the firing was politically motivated. "When you're developing affordable housing in Boston, you have to be persistent, and if you're really going to accomplish something, you have to step on a few toes," said Jackie O'Neill, a parishioner for 15 years and the wife of former lieutenant governor Thomas P. O'Neill III. "You're going to have a few enemies around town, and probably that's been the case with Michael." -- Boston Globe, http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/139/metro/Ousted_pastor_urges_focus_on _ saving_social_programs+.shtml , By Douglas Belkin, May 19 03
!!!: Media produced distorted view, says Monsignor Maniscalo. BROOKLYN (NY): They were there to be honored by the Diocese of Brooklyn, but that did not protect journalists from sharp criticism of the way the media have handled the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal. About 80 reporters and editors sat in stunned silence Friday as Msgr. Francis Maniscalo began his scolding at the diocese's annual World Communications Day luncheon. "To agree the story was real and that the media made a contribution by reporting it does not mean that, overall, the coverage did not also produce a severely distorted view of the bishops and their efforts," said Maniscalo, communications director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Maniscalo, an editor of a diocesan newspaper in the early 1990s, agreed the church scandal needed to be covered intensely by newspapers and television. But the monsignor noted that many journalists covering the scandal are unfamiliar with church law and dogma. "Many reporters seemed to settle for a story about something familiar, a kind of ecclesiastical Enron," he told the reporters, who represented the secular and religious media. -- New York Daily News, "Msgr. scolds media," http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/84680p-77394c.html , By Bill Farrell, Sunday, May 18, 2003
• Illinois extends law limit by 10 years. SPRINGFIELD (Ill.): The Illinois Legislature Thursday gave final approval to measures extending the length of time for filing criminal complaints or civil lawsuits alleging sexual abuse of a child. Lawmakers also approved tougher penalties for methamphetamine-related crimes. The Legislature sent Gov. Rod Blagojevich a measure that would extend by 10 years the statute of limitations for filing criminal charges in sex-abuse cases involving children. Illinois law now permits criminal action against suspects in such cases until the victim reaches the age of 28. The new legislation would extend that limitation, allowing criminal charges until the victim turns 38. -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Illinois passes sex-abuse bill," http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/news/5977141DBB9297E586256D28004C199C?OpenDocument&highlight=2%2Cchild%2Cabuse&headline=Illinois+ passes+sex-abuse+bill , By Kevin McDermott, May 16 03, 08:48 AM
• Asked males to excrete in his presence years ago, not sacked. WORCESTER (MA): The Rev. Joseph A. Coonan, who was removed as pastor of St. John's Church last August by Bishop Daniel P. Reilly, was not among the pastors recently asked to resign, according to lawyer Joseph D. Early Jr. Mr. Early said yesterday some pastors were asked to resign but his client was not among them. Rev. Coonan remains on administrative leave, which is the status he has held since his removal, Mr. Early said. Although Rev. Coonan retains his title as pastor, Monsignor Edmond T. Tinsley is the temporary administrator of St. John's parish on Temple Street. More than 15 men last summer alleged in statements to state police that Rev. Coonan while working at a teenage center asked them to urinate or defecate or masturbate in his presence. The alleged incidents happened before he was ordained a priest. The diocese is asking accused pastors to resign so that permanent replacements can be named and the parishes can "move forward." Bishop Reilly last year removed seven priests, including Rev. Coonan, after allegations of sexual misconduct were made to either the diocese or District Attorney John J. Conte. -- Telegram & Gazette, "Coonan not asked by bishop to resign," http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030517/NEWS/30517033 8/1003/NEWS03 , Kathleen A. Shaw, May 17 03
• Anglican bishop says shocked at how much evil has affected Churches. AUSTRALIA: The outgoing Anglican Bishop of Ballarat David Silk said the diocese had nothing to fear from the truth being established regarding recent allegations of sexual abuse. Allegations of sexual abuse were made against former Ballarat Diocese minister Charles Whitehead, who died in 1984, by the late Rosemarie Jarmyn, the woman at the centre of a rape claim made against Governor-General Peter Hollingworth. During his final Synod Presidential Address and Charge at the weekend, Bishop Silk said there was no behaviour more morally repugnant and abhorrent than the abuse of defenceless and innocent children. "It has been a devastating shock in recent years to discover how far this evil has infected the life of the churches," he said. -- The Courier, "Silk's final Synod," http://www.thecourier.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=228238&y=2003&m=5 , By Andrew Jefferson, Monday, 19 May 2003 (Posted by Kathy Shaw 3:11:39 PM)
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