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• Crime knocks at parish door. [CURRENT]  United States of America flag; Mooney's MiniFlags  FALMOUTH (MA): When the Rev. Bernard R. Kelly took the helm of St. Joseph's Church in Woods Hole in 1998, some parishioners found him too remote: They wanted him to be a neighborhood figure in this gray-shingled village, but he shared little of his life, spending much of his time tending thoroughbred horses at a family farm farther out on Cape Cod.
   But Kelly, 70, had one friend few parishioners knew about, another newcomer to the area. Paul R. Nolin Jr., 39, was a friendly, "sharp-looking guy," recalled a clerk at John's Liquors in downtown Falmouth. Nolin came in often enough for bottles of Smirnoff vodka that the store kept them on ice for him.
   Neither the young people Nolin partied with nor Falmouth police knew that he had served 18 years in prison for raping a 10-year-old boy in 1982. But one person who did know was the Rev. Donald A. Turlick, who had counseled Nolin in prison and was a close friend of Kelly's since their seminary days. Turlick says he helped Nolin find jobs in Falmouth and introduced him to Kelly, who invited the younger man to dinner parties, welcomed him to the church, and gave him work there as a handyman.
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   In the past month, parishioners have learned more about Kelly's private life in a way they probably never imagined. Kelly and Turlick may face questioning before a grand jury that convenes tomorrow to investigate Nolin, who is accused of killing Jonathan Wessner, 20. The Fall River Diocese has suspended Kelly, who was questioned by investigators about his relationship with the ex-convict.
   And churchgoers who until now had felt untouched by the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis are struggling to deal with the intrusion of a scandal involving sex and murder in their small-town parish. -- Boston Globe, www.boston.com , By Anne Barnard, Oct 27 2003 (Posted by Kathy Shaw, Poynter Abuse Tracker) (This is the first of the Poynteronline Abuse Tracker edition for Monday, October 27, 2003.)
• Catholic body reveals 150 sexual abuse claims in England and Wales. BRITAIN: The Catholic Church is investigating scores of new cases of alleged sexual abuse in England and Wales, according to a report to be published today.
   The first report of the Catholic Office for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (COPCA) spells out at least 150 cases, ranging from allegations of inappropriate behaviour to cases considered serious enough to be reported to the authorities.
   COPCA does not investigate allegations in Scotland and no equivalent body exists north of the Border.
   Church leaders said yesterday they were not aware of any ongoing Scottish investigations into child abuse allegations.
   Eileen Shearer, director of COPCA, yesterday told the BBC that the figures for England and Wales could be much higher and that they only relate to dioceses.
   Religious orders such as the Dominicans, Franciscans and Jesuits are not included.
   A spokesman for the Catholic Church said some of the figures in the first of planned annual reports could relate to allegations of abuse going back a number of years. -- The Scotsman, (http://www.news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1184442003) by Catherine Lyst
• Church receives 150 sex abuse complaints. BRITAIN: The Roman Catholic church has received nearly 150 complaints about priests and church workers since introducing guidelines 18 months ago to combat sex abuse, a report to be published today will show. The figures, which may represent only the tip of the iceberg, since many victims never report their complaints, relate to incidents some of which happened decades ago. In recent years about four priests a year, on average, have been convicted of sexual abuse. The figures are seen by the report's authors as vindicating the church's policy of greater accountability, following prosecutions of priests in Britain and accusations of paedophilia that have rocked the church in many countries. It is thought that more than 1,000 people have contacted the church's child protection office since it was set up in 2001, though only a minority have raised accusations. -- The Guardian, www.guardian.co.uk , by Stephen Bates, religious affairs correspondent Monday October 27, 2003
• Voice of the Faithful. NEW YORK: The Voice of the Faithful movement was likened to the religious orders which sprang up in earlier crises within the Roman Catholic Church during a conference Saturday at Fordham University. "You've been called to raise your voice," said Eugene Kennedy, retired psychology professor from Loyola University of Chicago. "You will be recognized one day as the modern counterpart of the ancient religious orders that came into being centuries ago at times of great crisis in the Church. "You share the calling of the mystic knights to search for and restore the grail that is the sacramental life of the church by restoring its integrity, wholeness, healthiness and holiness," continued the author of "Healing the Unhealed Wound -- The Church and Human Sexuality." Once a priest himself, the professor held the 1,500 in the Fordham gymnasium spellbound with his explanation of how the priestly sexual abuse scandal evolved, placing the blame on the shoulders of the hierarchical church leadership that has taken the church away from the laity and concealed and controlled behind a curtain in the manner of the Wizard of Oz. "It a crisis of misunderstanding the sacramental character of sexual human beings," Kennedy said. "An uneasiness with the senses, the sensual and the sexual. A profound misunderstanding of human love and relationship by leaders who have lost their sacramental sense that the universe is a paper lantern lighted by the divine that it is whole, that is luminous and so are we. -- The Hour (http://www.thehour.com/278972910538806.bsp)
• N.J. hoped to pursue old priest abuse case. NEW YORK: A New Jersey law enforcement official told more than 1,000 people at the national Voice of the Faithful conference on Saturday that state officials were poised to introduce a law allowing the prosecution of sexual assaults even when the statute of limitations had expired. But the lack of success of a similar attempt in California has stymied those efforts. Ron Susswein, an assistant attorney general in charge of the office's major crimes unit, said New Jersey was prepared to follow the lead of California, which passed a law that eliminated the criminal statute of limitations for sex assaults retroactively. But the U.S. Supreme Court struck down California's law earlier this year. "In New Jersey, we were waiting so that we could introduce our version of the California law so that we could try old cases," Susswein said. -- Daily Record (http://www.dailyrecord.com/news/articles/news5-akvotf.htm)
• Victim fury as Brothers deny abuse 'widespread'. IRELAND: Sexual abuse victims last night reacted furiously to a denial by the Christian Brothers that systematic abuse was widespread in their institutions. Victims accused the Order of trying to rewrite history. The Brothers maintained that more than 95pc of their members had worked in ordinary day schools for up to 40 years without any allegation or hint of complaint against them. It rejected "the now established perception" of widespread systematic sexual abuse in its residential institutions. While acknowledging that "some abuse" did take place, the Order said allegations had been made against many of their members, the vast majority of whom strongly rejected the claims. Groups representing abuse victims reacted angrily to the statement. The One in Four organisation described it as a "return to the blanket denial which characterised the Christian Brothers approach to the issue of sexual abuse prior to 1999". -- Irish Independent, www.unison.ie ,
• Lee priest's affair among local misconduct developments. [CURRENT] SPRINGFIELD (MA): The Diocese of Springfield announced Oct. 18 that it has placed a Lee priest on indefinite administrative leave after he admitted having a recent sexual relationship with a rectory housekeeper. Acting on the recommendation of the Diocesan Misconduct Commission, Bishop Thomas L. Dupré has asked Father Paul Laflamme, parochial vicar of St. Mary, Mother of the Church Parish in Lee to "undergo counseling while his long-term status as a priest is determined," according to a diocesan statement. During an investigation dating back to at least last May, Father Laflamme acknowledged having two sexual encounters shortly after Easter with Josephine DiZoglio, the parish housekeeper. DiZoglio is now pregnant, although the paternity of her child has not yet been determined. Father Laflamme's actions became public when Springfield and Boston reporters learned of proposed legal actions and other accusations against Father Gary Dailey, St. Mary's pastor. -- Iobserve , (http://www.iobserve.org/rn1024a.html) By Father Bill Pomerleau, Observer staff
• U.S.BISHOPS ANTICIPATE REVIEW OF 'ONE STRIKE' POLICY. ROME: Within strict limits reflecting American cultural sensitivities, the U.S. bishops may be open to considering exceptions to their "one strike" policy for priest sex abuse when a two-year review rolls around, as well as the definition of abuse, according to the president of the U.S. bishops' conference.
   The comments came from Bishop Wilton Gregory in an exclusive Oct. 22 interview with NCR at the North American College in Rome. They were complemented by views from Cardinal Francis George of Chicago in a separate Oct. 20 interview with NCR. George served on an ad hoc commission that worked out the American norms with the Vatican.
   Though the norms were approved by the Vatican on Dec. 8, 2002, their effective date was March 1, 2003. That means they will expire on March 1, 2005, unless the American bishops request an extension and the Vatican grants it.
   Gregory said he's not yet sure what the bishops will request, but said it could be another two-year term, or five, or even 10.
   "I assume we will need these norms for some time to come," he said.
   Vatican sources have told NCR in recent weeks that when the review occurs, they intend to pay special attention to two issues.  . . . -- National Catholic Reporter (http://nationalcatholicreporter.org/update/bn102403.htm) By John L. Allen Jr., in Rome
   [COMMENT: As forecast by groups including Faith Purification Programme, the Vatican is continuing its efforts to continue hiring sex-abusing clergy. It is a proven fact that Father Paul Shanley, whose early base was Boston, did not even make a pretence of "penance and reform," and defied his archbishops through veiled threats of blackmail. He was turned loose on other children. The lack of sincerity in certain bishops' minds can be seen in the recurring claims that it is the news media at fault. See the statement of Angelo Cardinal Sodano, the Vatican's secretary of state, referred to in a newsitem of Oct 26 03. The anti-family group inside that Church is well-entrenched. COMMENT ENDS.]
• Youth minister charged in child sex case [CURRENT]. OKLAHOMA: A former youth minister is now behind bars, charged with 25 counts of rape, sodomy, and lewd acts with a child. Authorities say that child was just 13-years-old when the abuse began. But, according to police, the assaults lasted for two years before the girl's parents uncovered the terrible secret and called for help. Authorities say they've been watching Earl Dahl for about a year now. Thursday night they finally had all of the evidence they needed to make an arrest. Authorities say a 13-year-old girl, who routinely babysat Dahl's children in Harrah, would also perform sexual acts with Dahl who is now 42. At the time, Dahl was also the girl's youth minister at a church in Choctaw. "I thought maybe she was the daughter he never had, but it turned out to be much worse than that," said the girl's mother. "This is so serious, it's torn our family apart." The woman is hiding her identity to protect her daughter, but she says she can't hide the pain her family has endured since finding out Dahl is accused of sharing a secret, sexual relationship with her daughter. -- KFOR (http://www.kfor.com/Global/story.asp?S=1496378) (Posted by Kathy Shaw, Poynter Online Abuse Tracker)
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• Australian Senate public hearings start on November 10 03. AUSTRALIA: The Senate Inquiry into traditional residential care is to commence its public hearings around the country on 10 November.
   The report will be finished probably around February or March next year.
   They are still receiving and accepting written submissions, and these would be from former care leavers in the main.
   The stakeholders would probably have their submissions in before this.
   One of my books entirely relevant to the inquiry, The devoted, the dull, the desperate and the deviant: the staff problem in traditional care AND other essays is, of course, still available. $ AUD 24.95 and the same amount in $US or sterling and the latter two currencies allow for processing the cheques in Australian banks and the airmail postage to UK or North America as the case may be. -- Dr Barry Coldrey, 7/67 Collins Street, Thornbury, Vic 3071, Australia, Tel: (03) 9480 2119, e-mail Tue Oct 28 2003
########## Poynteronline Abuse Tracker, www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=46, Tuesday, October 28, 2003 edition follows:-
• Ad seeks victims of priest abuse. BURLINGTON (KY): An ad set to appear in USA Today this week urges anyone abused by a priest serving in the Diocese of Covington since 1956 to come forward. The advertisement - and similar ones scheduled to appear in Kentucky and Ohio newspapers - is the first of its kind in the nation, said Jeff Anderson, a St. Paul, Minn., lawyer who has tracked similar litigation for 20 years. Boone Circuit Judge Jay Bamberger is overseeing the nation's first class-action suit against a Roman Catholic diocese. "The legal purpose of the advertisements is to give victims the opportunity to opt out of the class-action suit," said Bob Steinberg, an attorney representing the alleged victims. "It also gives any victim we do not know about the opportunity to confidentially come to us." -- The Cincinnati Enquirer, www.enquirer.com , By Jim Hannah (Posted by Kathy Shaw 10:33:20 AM)
• Three priests start facing charges of child abuse. MALTA: Three priests on Tuesday morning for the first time faced charges in court of abuse on minors in their custody. The case is being held behind closed doors, with a ban on the names of the priests and the witnesses. Despite the ban the names of the priests were published weeks ago in the local press. The three indicted clergymen are Fr Charles Pulis, Fr Francesco Godwin Scerri and Fr Joseph Bonnett. The charges refer to abuses allegedly perpetrated against 11 boys in three separate properties of the Missionary Society of St Paul's. They were accused of abuse on minors on July 11 2003 and before. Some of the cases go way back to the early 1990's. Fr. Francesco Godwin Scerri alone is facing charges of violent rape. The police had been investigating the cases since last August, a few weeks before the cases were exposed to the public with revelations in the media. The bishops of Malta, while condemning all forms of abuses by clergymen, asked for forgiveness. However they slammed the sensational reporting of the cases by sections of the media. -- MaltaMedia (http://www.maltamedia.com/cgibin/news03/print.pl?article=3909) written by MM-News, Oct 28, 2003
• 2 say former deacon sexually abused them. TOLEDO (OH): Two men stepped forward alleging they were repeatedly molested when they were boys in Toledo by former Catholic deacon Glen Shrimplin. The men, both 44, claim they were abused over a period of years in the 1970s by Dr. Shrimplin, a retired dentist who left the ministry in January, 1987, and now lives in Bonita Springs, Fla. Dr. Shrimplin, contacted yesterday in Florida, denied the allegations. "It's not true. That did not happen," Mr. Shrimplin said. "I am just so upset with all of this. It's all so terrible." In documents obtained by The Blade, Toledo Bishop James R. Hoffman apologized to one of the alleged victims, David Barciz, in a letter dated June 11, 2002. "First of all, I need to apologize to you in the name of the Diocese of Toledo and also to say I am sorry for the abuse that you received from Glen Shrimplin," wrote Bishop Hoffman, who served as bishop of Toledo from 1981 until his death in February. -- Toledo Blade (http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031028/NEWS03/110280095) By David Yonke, Blade Religion Editor
• Brother's abuse termed as bad as priest's. CANADA: Sexual abuse by a Catholic priest was just one of several factors that contributed to the troubles experienced by Ed and Guy Swales, a Toronto psychiatrist testified yesterday. Dr. Graham Glancy agreed sexual abuse by Rev. Barry Glendinning between 1969 and 1974 was a major factor in the brothers' problem Earlier testimony has shown the brothers dropped out of school and turned to alcohol and drug abuse and male prostitution. But Glancy said serous illnesses experienced by both brothers as well as sexual abuse by their brother John also were major contributors to their problems. Glancy was testifying at the civil trial in which Ed, Guy and John Swales and their family are suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of London and Glendinning for $7 million in damages they say resulted from sexual abuse by the priest. Glendinning pleaded guilty in 1974 to sexually abusing six children while he was a teacher at St. Peter's Seminary in London during the late 1960s and early 1970s and was placed on probation for three years. The Toronto psychiatrist, a frequent expert witness at criminal trials, was called by lawyers for the diocese. -- London Free Press (http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2003/10/28/238870.html)
• 2 accusers unhappy at return of priest. LOUISVILLE (KY): Two men accusing a priest of sexual abuse are calling on the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville to reverse its decision to return him to ministry, saying they would be willing to tell their stories to the church board that reviews such cases. Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly last week returned the Rev. Donald Ryan to his post as pastor of St. Denis Church after the archdiocese's review board concluded that it could not substantiate the abuse claims made against him in lawsuits filed in April. Ryan celebrated Mass this past weekend for the first time since being placed on leave in April and was warmly welcomed by his parish council. But at an emotional news conference last night at the office of their attorney, the plaintiffs --Raymond Wilberding and Richard Lanham -- continued to maintain that Ryan abused them while they were boys attending St. Columba Church in the 1960s. "It just baffles me that the church has apologized to me and has acknowledged in public and print that I was a victim, and now they're telling me I'm a half-ass victim," said Wilberding, 46. "I'm not buying that." Ryan could not be reached late last night. -- The Courier-Journal, (http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2003/10/28ky/met-front-ryan1028-4518.html) By Peter Smith, psmith@courier-journal.com
• Alleged victim to testify via video in Feeney case. APPLETON (WI): An alleged victim of defrocked Catholic priest John P. Feeney will be allowed to testify via videotape. Former Outagamie County Dist. Atty. Vince Biskupic, the special prosecutor in the sexual assault case against Feeney, said Monday he and defense attorney Gerald Boyle agreed to allow the video testimony of the alleged victim, since the man lives out of state. Outagamie County Circuit Judge Dennis Luebke Monday approved the agreement to allow the testimony through a video deposition. Biskupic said after the brief hearing that the alleged victim is involved with the "other acts" testimony he has asked Luebke to include at Feeney's trial. Biskupic wants to present six other alleged incidents of inappropriate advances to underage boys. Those "other acts" dating back to 1964 are in addition to the incidents Feeney is charged with. -- Post-Crescent (http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/news/archive/local_12944541.shtml) By John Lee
• St. Norbert priest will go to trial after preliminary hearing. [1988] WISCONSIN: The Rev. James Stein will stand trial for felony second degree sexual abuse of a child after a 29-year-old victim testified against the Norbertine priest at a preliminary hearing before a Brown County court commissioner Monday. Wearing a gray sweater over a black turtleneck shirt, Stein, 43, sat quietly and occasionally shut his eyes as the victim described the circumstances of the alleged abuse. The victim said the attacks occurred in the hot tub at the St. Norbert Abbey in August or September of 1988, when he was 14 years old. He testified that Stein told him and the boy to keep quiet about the whole incident because Stein wasn't supposed to have visitors at the abbey and the boys weren't supposed to be in the swimming area. "We weren't supposed to tell anybody about the swimming incident because we weren't supposed to be swimming," the victim said. -- News-Chronicle (http://www.gogreenbay.com/page.html?article=122738) By Monique Balas
• Local priest accused of sexual abuse. CLEVELAND (OH): A priest who taught at Borromeo Seminary has been suspended from active ministry because of allegations of sexual abuse of a minor. The Rev. Patrick J. O'Connor, 45, was placed on leave last month after the new Cleveland Catholic Diocese sexual abuse review board determined the allegation was credible enough to move forward, said Robert Tayek, diocesan spokesman. A lawyer for O'Connor said the priest denies the allegation. "He looks forward to the day he is reinstated to the ministry," said lawyer Brian Downey of Cleveland. The alleged abuse occurred in the late 1980s, Tayek said. At that time, O'Connor was an associate at St. Joseph Church in Cuyahoga Falls. Tayek said the diocese reported the abuse to civil authorities, and O'Connor is co-operating in the investigation. But Tayek released no other details. -- Cleveland Plain Dealer, www.cleveland.com , by David Briggs, Plain Dealer Religion Reporter
• Priest to testify before grand jury. BARNSTABLE (MA): The Rev. Bernard Kelly is expected to be among the first to testify today when the grand jury convenes to investigate the kidnapping and murder of Jonathan Wessner. Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe says he hopes to get a murder and kidnapping indictment against Paul Nolin, 39, a convicted child rapist. He is accused of killing Wessner, 20, last month after the pair left a party at Nolin's house on Nye Road in Falmouth. Kelly, 70, pastor of St. Joseph's church in Woods Hole, is friendly with Nolin, who worked as a handyman at the church. Police say the pair were involved in a sexual relationship, a charge Nolin's attorney denies. Another priest at the center of the probe, the Rev. Donald Turlick of Mashpee, is not expected to appear before the grand jury today because he is out of town and police have been unable to deliver his summons to testify, sources close to the investigation said. Neither Kelly nor Turlick could be reached for comment. -- Cape Cod Times www.capecodonline.com By Amanda Lehmert
• Vatican's blind eye, but priest abuse is above average at 4-8%. As you were saying ... Joseph A. Gallagher. BOSTON (MA): Every month or so, the Vatican needs to remind the world of its total state of disconnect as it relates to the burgeoning clergy sex-abuse scandal. The offering this month was brought to us by Reuters, which reported the comments of Angelo Cardinal Sodano, the Vatican's secretary of state and second only to the pope in the Vatican hierarchy.
   "The scandals in the United States received disproportionate attention from the media," he said. "The vast majority are generous pastors.
   "Why should there be so much aggressiveness toward them, and so many unjust generalizations?" he added.
   Though many U.S. Catholics are willing to accept the notion that there are many good priests working courageously, doing God's work, we continue to insist on deeper scrutiny of church files and full disclosure. Well-informed victims' advocacy groups in the United States estimate there are between 2,000 and 4,000 abusive priests in America at this time, or a number between 4 percent and 8 percent of the 48,000 U.S. priests.
   If true, that would reflect an incidence of abuse alarmingly above that of the general population and should lead to an agonizing inquiry by the Vatican as to the reasons why. Unfortunately, no such honest and penetrating inquiry is ongoing or planned at this time.
   -- Boston Herald, "Vatican cannot see the light by turning blind eye to abuse; As you were saying," (http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/asyo10262003.htm) by Joseph A. Gallagher, Sunday, October 26, 2003
• Diocese acts to protect its young. KENTUCKY: As a response to national sexual abuse scandals, the Catholic Diocese of Evansville has started what it called an unprecedented training session to protect youths. The training is aimed at involving every person in the diocese by establishing and maintaining an environment that is safe for children, said Bishop Gerald A. Gettelfinger. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has mandated better protection of the church's young people. The training is one step in that direction. Also, the Evansville diocese now requires criminal background checks on every diocese employee. -- Henderson Gleaner (http://www.myinky.com/ecp/news/article/0,1626,ECP_734_2381834,00.html) By Raygan Swan, Courier & Press 461-0783 or swanr@courierpress.com , October 28, 2003
• Suit Links 6 Accused Priests to Parish. CALIFORNIA: At least six priests who are accused of molesting children worked or spent time at the same parish, Santa Clara Roman Catholic Church in Oxnard, between 1962 and 1996, according to a lawsuit filed against the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The suit was filed on behalf of 16 men and a woman who say they were molested as children by five of those priests between 1959 and 1985. "It is doubtful any child could have grown up at Santa Clara Parish from the 1960s through the 1990s without being exposed to a pedophile priest," attorney Raymond P. Boucher wrote in the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The six priests --Donald Patrick Roemer, George Miller, Carl Sutphin, Roderic Guerrini, Stephen Hernandez and Gerald Fessard --were "some of the most prolific pedophiles within the Los Angeles Archdiocese," the lawsuit states. -- Los Angeles Times, www.latimes.com , By Jean Guccione
• Church's 'progress' over abuse. BRITAIN: A leading churchman has said that complaints of child abuse made against the Roman Catholic Church are a sign it is making progress on the issue. The Archbishop of Birmingham was speaking about nearly 150 complaints of abuse made against priests and other workers in the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales in 2002. The Most Reverend Vincent Nichols said the figures made him feel "very uncomfortable", but at the same time were proof that the church was dealing with the problem. The statistics were released as part of the first annual report made by Catholic Office for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Copca). A total of 148 complaints were received by the 22 Roman Catholic dioceses in England and Wales last year - 132 concerned alleged sexual abuse and 16 physical abuse. -- BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3218457.stm)
• Archbishop 'Torn' over Child Abuse Statistics. BRITAIN: A senior clergyman spoke today of how he felt "torn" following the revelation that nearly 150 complaints of abuse about priests and church workers in the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales were received last year. The Most Rev Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Birmingham, said the statistics made him feel "very uncomfortable" but at the same time were proof that the church was making progress in the area of child abuse. "I feel torn because on the one hand I am very uncomfortable when it is clear that there are more people coming forward and saying that priests in the past have behaved very wrongly," he said. "And yet on the other hand I am pleased, when to be coming forward, and in a way an increasing number of people coming forward, means that we are effecting gradually the changes that we want. "It actually means that people are growing in confidence in the response that they will receive when they do come forward." -- The Scotsman, (http://www.news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2103165) By Martha Linden, PA News
• Diocese schedules seminars. MARQUETTE (MI): The Catholic Diocese of Marquette has scheduled additional awareness sessions of the Protecting God's Children Program to accommodate the increased demand for the workshops. One of the added sessions will be Nov. 3, 6 to 9 p.m., at Our Lady of Peace School gymnasium in Ironwood. The workshops are aimed at preventing child sexual abuse. All priests, deacons, pastoral coordinators and diocesan staff, as well as parish and Catholic school staff and volunteers who have regular contact with children or are in a position to observe those who do, must attend one of the sessions. -- Daily Globe, (http://www.ironwooddailyglobe.com/1025abus.htm)
!!!: Archbishop says "few young" servers, and offender won't repeat! HOBART (Tasmania) AUSTRALIA: Monsignor Philip Green was allowed to continue as a parish priest for six months after admitting he had kissed and fondled a boy. Monsignor Green, one of Tasmania's highest-ranking Catholic clergyman, admitted his actions at a meeting with one of his victims in August last year. However, Archbishop Adrian Doyle did not stand him down from active ministry in the Lindisfarne parish until February 8 -- six months after his confession. And the Archbishop wrote to another victim during that time, saying he was confident Monsignor Green would not repeat his behaviour and "there are actually very few young altar servers in the Lindisfarne parish". (Posted by Kathy Shaw, Poynter) -- The Mercury, "Priest kept on despite abuse," www.themercury.news.com.au , By Ellen Whinnett, Chief Reporter Oct 28 03
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• 'Devout Christian' at private high school sent pupil sex texts. [CURRENT] PERTH, W. Australia: A private high school teacher sent a pupil flirtatious telephone text messages daily, and eventually digitally penetrated the 15-year-old girl, a court here was told.
   He has been remanded for sentence. Neither the offender nor the school where he taught has been named, to protect the girl's identity.
   The girl had been corrupted two years earlier by her 20-year-old boyfriend, who discovered the text messages and alerted the girl's father.
   The court was told that the man had pretended to have had no sexual experience, and the girl had joined in the "mutual initiation" sessions, leaving by her bedroom window to meet him.
   Defence lawyer Tom Percy QC said the teacher had lost his career. He requested a suspended gaol sentence, because the man, a devout Christian, was extremely remorseful and had confessed to his pastor, and had sought counselling.
   -- Based on The West Australian, "Teacher sent pupil sex text," by Anne Calverley, p 42, Wed Oct 29 03
   [COMMENT: In Western Australia, nearly all private high schools are run by religious groups. The State still has a law against sex with children of the ages she was when these two men had commerce with her. Note the lawyer trying to shift some of the blame on to the child. At least, unlike religious leaders, he wasn't blaming the news media as well ! Neither the teacher nor the child practised loyalty, it seems. For court sentence, see Nov 7 03 report. ENDS.] Oct 29 03
• Hollingworth PR bill $10,500. AUSTRALIA: Former governor-general Peter Hollingworth hired a public relations specialist at a cost of $10,500 for media advice in the months before he resigned in May as he fended off claims that he had been soft on paedophiles when he was Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane, the annual report of the Office of Governor-General, tabled in Federal Parliament yesterday, said. -- The West Australian, "Hollingworth PR bill $10,500," p 49, Wed Oct 29 03
########## Poynteronline Abuse Tracker, www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=46, Wednesday, October 29, 2003 edition follows:-
• Deposition of Fr. James J. Scahill. (http://www.masslive.com/news/church/index.ssf?/news/church/scahill.html) JAMES J. SCAHILL, Deponent, having been first duly sworn, deposes and says as follows: DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. STOBIERSKI  . . . (Posted by Kathy Shaw)
• Priest, bishop at odds. (http://www.masslive.com/news/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1067421345192020.xml) -- The Republican, By BILL ZAJAC, wzajac@repub.com
   SPRINGFIELD (MA): An East Longmeadow pastor swore under oath recently that the bishop threatened to suspend him for protesting the diocese's financial support of a priest who is a convicted child molester. The Rev. James J. Scahill, pastor of St. Michael's Parish in East Longmeadow, testified in a deposition that the Most Rev. Thomas L. Dupre, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, told Scahill that he could be suspended for holding back the portion of weekly collections that is supposed to go to the bishop's office. Dupre denies he threatened Scahill, according to a statement released by diocesan spokesman Mark E. Dupont. "If the Bishop wanted to remove Fr. Scahill, he could pursue some action within the Church, but that is not the Bishop's desire," the statement read. "There is little doubt that the bishop has been greatly disappointed by Fr. Scahill's actions. The Bishop's hope is that the Church can emerge from this difficult time as a stronger faith community - not a divided one," the statement read. Scahill has been withholding the money since June 2002 as a protest against the diocese's financial support of the Rev. Richard R. Lavigne, whom the diocese is trying to have defrocked and who has been accused by more than 30 people of abusing them as children.
• Three clergymen charged with child sexual abuse. [CURRENT] (http://www.di-ve.com/dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=112397&pid=23) -- di-ve news , by Charlot Zahra, di-ve news (c_zahra@di-ve.com
   VALLETTA, MALTA (di-ve news) -- 28 October 2003 1445 CET: Three clergymen residing at St Agatha's Convent in Rabat were charged in the Magistrates' Court on Tuesday with sexually abusing a number of children under their custody. The names of the two priests aged 58 and 67 years respectively and the 56-year-old brother cannot be mentioned by Court order. The alleged acts of abuse took place on 11 July 2003 and in the previous years at St Agatha's Convent in Rabat and at St Joseph Home in Santa Venera. The brother was also accused that in the Summer of 1992, he committed a rape with violence at Marfa. They pleaded not guilty to the charges presented against them in Court. Defiance lawyer Dr Manwel Mallia called on the Court to hear witnesses behind closed doors, order a total ban on the publication of the testimony including videotapes, order a ban on the publication of the names of the accused as well as their photos and videotapes.
• Three religious charged with abusing 11 minors [CURRENT]. (http://www.independent.com.mt/daily/newsview.asp?id=21801) MALTA -- The Malta Independent by Matthew Xuereb Three religious, two of them priests, appeared in court yesterday morning to answer to charges of sexually abusing 11 minors who were in their care in July 2003 and the preceding years. The official charges against the priests were filed in the court registry on 13 October. They were summoned to appear in court yesterday. The names of the religious, even though mentioned during the past few weeks while the police were conducting their investigations, cannot be published by court order. Magistrate Saviour Demicoli, who is presiding over the compilation of evidence against the religious, also ordered a ban on the publication and broadcasting of the accused's photographs and film footage. Their photographs have actually been published in a local weekly newspaper in the past few weeks. The religious -- aged 56, 58 and 67 -- who all reside at St Agatha's Convent in Rabat, were accused of sexually abusing 11 minors while they were in their care at the convent and other places, including the St Joseph Home in Santa Venera and a villa belonging to the Missionary Society of St Paul in Marfa. The eldest of the group was also accused of raping a minor in the summer of 1992. In the tension-filled courtroom, the three priests, wearing the attire usually worn by priests and with a small cross on their jackets, pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against them.
• Lawsuit Against The Church. (http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=1501097) TOLEDO (OH) -- WTOL TOLEDO -- There's more trouble for Toledo's Catholic Diocese. Two men are coming forward with claims of sexual abuse. A former Deacon at Immaculate Conception is being accused of sexually abusing two boys back in the 1970's. On Tuesday, lawyers filed a lawsuit in Lucas County Common Pleas court. Not only does it accuse the Deacon of raping the boys over a period of several years, it also accuses the Toledo Catholic Diocese of a major coverup. Glenn Shrimplin was a Deacon in Toledo from 1974 until he resigned and moved to Florida back in 1987. The lawsuit claims back in the 1970's, Shrimplin gained the trust of two teenage boys and then forced the relationship to turn sexual. It also says the Catholic Church here in Toledo covered the whole thing up. But the diocese says it didn't learn of the allegations until just last year, long after Shrimplin had quit and moved away.
• Former Falls priest suspended. (http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/7127406.htm) CUYAHOGA FALLS (OH) -- Beacon Journal By Colette M. Jenkins Beacon Journal religion writer. The Rev. James Marsick has faith that his predecessor at St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Cuyahoga Falls is innocent of an allegation of sexual abuse. "He has denied this allegation, and I'm taking him at his word," Marsick said. "His reputation at this parish is impeccable, and he is held in the highest esteem." The Rev. Patrick J. O'Connor is accused of sexually abusing a child in the late 1980s while associate pastor of St. Joseph's. He was placed on leave Sept. 3, becoming the 16th priest in the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland to be suspended amid abuse allegations. O'Connor's suspension came after a diocesan review board determined the allegation against him was credible enough to warrant a full investigation. At the time of his suspension, he was preparing to begin his third year of teaching religious studies at Borromeo Seminaryin Wickliffe. In accordance with the new diocesan policy on sexual abuse of minors, the allegation was reported immediately to the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services, said Robert Tayek, spokesman for the diocese. O'Connor's suspension was reported to the seminary and to all diocesan priests. Bishop Anthony M. Pilla told the seminarians at Borromeo personally of the allegation and O'Connor's suspension.
• Diocese begins anti-abuse training. (http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1029training29.html) PHOENIX (AZ) -- The Arizona Republic. Michael Clancy, Oct. 29, 2003 12:00 AM The Catholic Diocese of Phoenix has begun training thousands of employees and volunteers to show them how to create safe environments for children in churches and on church property. The training sessions are the latest step being taken to combat sexual abuse of children by priests and others associated with the church. The first round of training, required for everyone who works for or volunteers with the diocese, is aimed at those who work most closely with children. Creation of safe environments and training were mandated by the Catholic bishops' Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, and the Phoenix Diocese's Policy on Sexual Misconduct by Diocesan Personnel, which recently was revised. Both documents were drafted in response to the sexual-abuse crisis. The immunity agreement that retired Bishop Thomas J. O'Brien signed with the Maricopa County Attorney's Office also mandates training.
• Bethel judge tells church it must respond to suit. (http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/4274566p-4285249c.html) BETHEL (AK) -- Anchorage Daily News By NICOLE TSONG (Published: October 29, 2003). A Bethel Superior Court judge avoided ruling on a question of whether the statute of limitations could be applied retroactively for old sexual abuse cases and instead ordered the Catholic church to respond to a sexual abuse lawsuit recently filed by six former altar boys. In an order issued Tuesday, Judge Dale Curda said he needed more evidence before he could rule on a request to dismiss the lawsuit based on the statute of limitations. Curda wrote in the order that "the facts of this case have not yet been fleshed out. To rule only on these pleadings, without giving the plaintiffs an opportunity for discovery, may be unjust." Six men using the pseudonyms John Doe One to Six sued the diocese and the Jesuits this summer, saying they were all abused by the Rev. Jules Convert while he was working in the Yukon River villages of St. Marys and Kaltag. Convert has since died, and defense lawyers argued that his death made it difficult for their clients to defend themselves. The defendants, the Diocese of Fairbanks and the Society of Jesus, Oregon Province, asked Curda to dismiss the lawsuit, saying the church was protected by the statute of limitations against a lawsuit reaching back as far as the 1950s. Curda did not address the issue of whether the statute of limitations had run, adding that the defendants had a viable argument, but more evidence was needed. Until now, the church has not formally answered the complaint, trying instead to get the case thrown out of court with the statute of limitations argument. The judge on Tuesday ordered them to respond.
• Ex-deacon, diocese sued over alleged sex abuse. (http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031029/NEWS02/110290088) TOLEDO (OH) -- Toledo Blade Two men filed a lawsuit yesterday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court claiming that a former deacon with the Toledo Catholic Diocese abused them sexually in the 1970s. David J. Barciz, of Raleigh, N.C., and a man referred to as "John Doe" filed the complaint against Dr. Glen Shrimplin, who was a deacon in the diocese from 1974 until 1987. The lawsuit also named the Toledo diocese and Immaculate Conception Church, 434 Western Ave., and Blessed Sacrament Church, 4227 Bellevue Rd., parishes where Dr. Shrimplin served as a "deacon, spiritual counselor, and youth religious counselor." The men, who are now 44, allege that Dr. Shrimplin began abusing them sexually in 1974 when they were both about 16. Mr. Barciz claimed he was molested in Dr. Shrimplin's car while returning home from a youth retreat and at Dr. Shrimplin's home.
• Priest swears under oath that bishop threatened to suspend him. (http://www.projo.com/ap/ma/1067415670.htm) SPRINGFIELD (MA) -- Providence Journal, The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - An outspoken Catholic priest in the Springfield Diocese said under oath that Bishop Thomas L. Dupre threatened to suspend him for protesting the continued financial support of a priest convicted of molesting children. The Rev. James J. Scahill, pastor of St. Michael's church in East Longmeadow, said in a deposition taken last month that Dupre twice threatened to suspend him for withholding weekly collections that are supposed to be sent to the bishop's office. Scahill has been withholding the money since June 2002 as a protest against the diocese's financial support of the Rev. Richard R. Lavigne, who pleaded guilty in 1992 to molesting two boys and has been accused of molestation by more than 30 other people. The transcript of the deposition was made public by lawyer John J. Stobierski, who is representing 21 people who have filed claims of clergy sexual abuse against the Springfield Diocese. Dupre threatened to suspend him on two occasions, Scahill said in the deposition. Dupre said Scahill had broken his oath of office and his decision to withhold money was costing the diocese thousands of dollars. "I know you can suspend me but so convinced am I of the correctness of what I am doing I am risking that suspension if you want to risk suspending me," Scahill said he told Dupre in his testimony. Dupre released a statement that said although he was disappointed with Scahill's actions, he did not threaten him, The Republican of Springfield reported.
• Abuse by priest likely reason for troubles, psychiatrist says. (http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2003/10/29/239957.html) CANADA -- London Free Press Abuse by a Catholic priest is the most likely reason a London man fell into a party life of prostitution and substance abuse, a Toronto psychiatrist testified yesterday. During cross-examination by London lawyer Paul Ledroit, Dr. Graham Glancy agreed that sexual abuse by the priest, Rev. Barry Glendinning, is the most likely reason John Swales was propelled into 15 lost years of drug and alcohol abuse and short-term jobs. Glancy was testifying at a civil trial in which John, Ed and Guy Swales and their family are suing Glendinning and the Roman Catholic Diocese of London for damages they say resulted from abuse by the priest. The Swales are seeking $7 million in damages. The abuse occurred between 1969 and 1974, when Glendinning was a teacher at St. Peter's Seminary in London. Glendinning, 69, now retired and living in Toronto, pleaded guilty in 1974 to six counts of sexually abusing children and was placed on probation for three years. Glancy, called as an expert witness for the diocese, has said repeatedly that sexual abuse by Glendinning is only one factor to explain the troubles experienced by John Swales and his two brothers. In John's case, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder also was a factor, he said. John Swales testified in June he ran away from home, dropped out of school and turned to prostitution and drug and alcohol abuse after Glendinning's sexual abuse was revealed in 1974.
• Mass. officials vow safer prisons. www.boston.com , BOSTON (MA) -- Boston Globe By Sean P. Murphy, Globe Staff, Oct 29 2003 Grilled by lawmakers, Romney administration officials yesterday vowed to overhaul the way prisoners are classified to avoid the mixing of violent inmates and potential victims, as part of a broader reexamination of policies throughout the correction system. "I think there is an emerging consensus for changing direction," said Edward A. Flynn, the state public safety secretary. "We will not be spending a lot of money on fortress-like facilities and we will steer inmates to an appropriate level of incarceration." Flynn made his remarks during a sometimes contentious hearing before the Legislature's Public Safety Committee, which is reviewing problems in the prisons after the death of former priest John J. Geoghan. The prisoner classification process has been a focus of complaints and scrutiny since Geoghan was killed by an inmate Aug. 23. October 29, 2003
• Church goes on; priest says it "happened 20 years ago or more." LEOMINSTER (MA): Twenty years after former priest Robert Kelley sexually assaulted Heather Mackey Godin, she still shudders when she passes by St. Cecilia's Church. "When I drive down Mechanic Street, it is still a blow to me," she told the Sentinel & Enterprise. Kelley quietly left St. Cecilia's 20 years ago for another church, but his name is a painful memory to some in the parish. "They talk about it, but they feel uncomfortable," said Lancaster resident Phil Coleman, an active member of the close-knit parish since 1971. "How would you feel if it's your brother or sister that did it?" At 6:30 a.m. on a recent weekday, churchgoers arrived in darkness to a city landmark; the home parish French-Canadian immigrants built in the heart of the Great Depression and proudly viewed as their towering accomplishment in the French Hill neighborhood. The church's pastor, the Rev. Francis Goguen, says many of the daily churchgoers will head off to work after attending church. "These are things that happened 20 years ago or more," said Goguen, the only full-time priest at a church of 4,000 registered members, almost half of whom he said attend services on any given weekend. -- Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise, "Decades after abuse, church goes on," www.sentinelandenterprise.com , By Matt O'Brien
• SCANDAL IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH: BEHIND THE SMOKE AND MIRRORS IS A COVERUP OF HOMOSEXUAL PRIEST. UNITED STATES: After all the verbage and hand-wringing, a few facts remain starkly clear and undeniable.
   For many years a large number of bishops of the American Catholic Church have allowed homosexuals into the seminaries and ordained them as priests.
   When these priests preyed on the innocent, they were protected and even enabled by these "false shepherds". This evil was actively "covered up" and would be largely unknown today had not huge lawsuits begun to be filed.
   Then, it was neither love of God nor neighbor or even concern about the destruction of the innocent, but concern about the money that motivated what little action was taken.
   That action is clearly a concern about "liability" and not the most basic Christian morality. Even now the issue of homosexuality in the priesthood is not being confronted by Church leadership. Lawsuits are being settled out of court and the bishops are in "damage control" mode to ride it out trusting in the shortness of the flocks memory!
   Homosexuality and Pedophilia are perversions and the people who practice them are sick. Those leaders who enable this sickness to destroy the bodies and souls of others are not sick, they are evil! -- CatholicCitizens.org (http://catholiccitizens.org/press/contentview.asp?c=9405) By Fr. Charles Dahlby, http://www.RCF.org . Oct 28 2003
• Doyle failed to act, now "A Current Affair" will publiise. TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA: Tasmania's embattled Catholic Archbishop Adrian Doyle has made another public apology for his handling of sex abuse complaints as the crisis continues to rock the church.
   Archbishop Doyle said yesterday he was "truly sorry" for what had happened in the Archdiocese of Hobart, particularly sexual abuse.
   "I feel I can never apologise enough to victims of abuse and to their families and friends," he said.
   The Archbishop has admitted he failed to act quickly enough when it was revealed high-profile clergyman Monsignor Philip Green had sexually assaulted two boys.
   The scandal has devastated the church community, with some church figures calling for the Archbishop to resign, and others saying he is using the media to head off adverse publicity from the national television program A Current Affair, which plans to air the issue this week.
   "My mistakes have been in terms of particular process and timing, for which I have apologised," Archbishop Doyle said yesterday. -- The Mercury, Hobart, "Doyle 'truly' sad at abuse," www.themercury.news.com.au , By Ellen Whinnett, Chief Reporter, Oct 29 03
• Tests confirm priest fathered 2. (http://enterprise.southofboston.com/display/inn_news/News/news03.txt) -- The Enterprise By Maureen Call BROCKTON (MA): Paternity tests have confirmed that a Catholic priest is the biological father of a local brother and sister. After a long battle over paternity testing, James J. Perry, 38, of Middleboro and his sister, Emily S. Perry, 32, of Stoughton, were in BROCKTON (MA): Probate Court Monday to receive the results of the DNA test showing the Rev. James Foley is their biological father. Foley, who admitted to having a decade-long affair with the Perrys' mother in the late 1960s and 1970s, was ordered by a probate court judge in July to undergo DNA testing to determine if he is the father of the two adults. According to the Perrys and court documents, Foley had a 12-year affair with the Perrys' mother. At the time, she was living in Needham. Last February, James Perry filed a motion in Plymouth County Probate and Family Court seeking paternity testing; his sister filed the same request in Norfolk County Probate Court. The BROCKTON (MA): court held a hearing on July 22 and the Plymouth court granted both requests. Judge James V. Menno folded Emily Perry's motion into the Plymouth County case, saying it was "in the interest of judicial economy" to rule on both requests together. Rita Perry, their mother, died of a drug overdose in 1973 and Foley, who was with her at the time, has apologized for not doing more to save her.
• Woodbury minister pleads in sexual misconduct case. (http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4178910.html) WOODBURY (MN): -- Star Tribune A Woodbury minister accused of sexually touching an undercover police officer at a park in St. Paul entered a guilty plea Monday to a gross misdemeanor charge of fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct. According to a criminal complaint, Jonathan J. Marxhausen, 39, of Woodbury, fondled an undercover police officer on May 7 as they walked along a path in Crosby Farm Park in St. Paul. Under his plea in Ramsey County District Court, Marxhausen did not admit to committing the act but acknowledged that there was sufficient evidence for a jury to convict him. Marxhausen is pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in Woodbury. He will appear for sentencing Jan. 6 by Ramsey County District Judge Joanne Smith.
• Cries & Whispers column.
   The Republican, http://www.masslive.com/cries/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-0/106698061629000.xml , October/27/2003
   EAST LONGMEADOW (MA): East Longmeadow resident Warren Mason, a parishioner at St. Michael's Parish in East Longmeadow, received much praise in the acknowledgments of newly published The Silence We Keep, a book about the Catholic church's clergy sexual abuse crisis from a nun's perspective.
   The book's author Sister Karol Jackowski of New York City writes, "Mason "appeared like an angel out of nowhere. ... Warren called to offer support, and like the research assistant every writer wished she had, he sent daily e-mail news reports from all over the country documenting priest sex scandals and cover-ups, all of which reveal the depth and breadth of the problem, without which I would have only scratched the surface."
   Mason's pastor, the Rev. James J. Scahill, also received praise.
   "Warren Mason and Fr. Jim Scahill are two divine voices crying out in the wilderness, and in one parish where silence is so sacred that it can no longer be kept," Jackowski wrote. Scahill's parish is protesting the financial support by the Springfield Diocese of convicted child molester the Rev. Richard R. Lavigne. Since June 2002, the parish has been withholding the bishop's office's share of weekly collections.
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• Cleaning up the mess. Huge damage to the Church has been caused by the sexual abuse scandals. How is the Catholic Church in the United States coping?
   BRITAIN: One of the most common themes in American social and political life is the call to reform, the demand that someone finally "clean up the mess". Now that we are almost two years and millions of words into the great sexual abuse crisis of American Catholicism, we may be at an appropriate point for assessing where we are in this process and what could count as a plausible and positive resolution of the crisis.
   A minimal response is to argue that the problems have involved a small number of "bad apples" and are best resolved by comparatively minor corrections in the way the Church works. The offenders are to be expelled from the ministry; those in authority who protected and concealed the offenders are to be reprimanded or retired; more restrictive regulations are to be put in place. But the institutional Church, its culture, and its way of proceeding do not need to be reformed. For the crimes and sins of individuals and the errors of judgement of officials and leaders should not provoke us to blame the Church as a whole. In fact, given the theological stance of the present Pope, it is extremely unlikely that anything of fundamental importance will be or can be changed while he is in office.
   Voices have been heard from Rome and from elsewhere in the Catholic world suggesting that the whole crisis is either a product of the American media or the result of failures in American culture, which seems to wobble from the puritanical to the licentious and back again. It has even been claimed by Catholic neo-conservatives such as George Weigel that the crisis is the result of increased levels of dissent in the Church after the Second Vatican Council and that it is best resolved by a firmer insistence on orthodoxy. Church authorities are understandably drawn to a strategy of localising and minimising the crisis. -- The Tablet, England, (http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi?tablet-00795) by John Langan (Posted by Kathy Shaw, Poynter Abuse Tracker)
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