Outreach, Links, Groups — Clergy Child Molesters

The Linkup, Survivors of Clergy Abuse, North America http://www.thelinkup.com
Call to Action (U.S.A.) to clean up the Catholic Church: http://www.cta-usa.org/responses/sexabuse_resources.html
Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) (U.S.A. and world), to provide a prayerful voice, attentive to the Spirit, through which the Faithful can actively participate in the governance and guidance of the Catholic Church. http://www.voiceofthefaithful.org and http://www.votf.org/
Speak Truth to Power (STTOP), a global human rights organisation http://www.speaktruth.org/ has some members who parade with placards outside places of worship in the U.S.A. during 2002-03 in protest at child sex-abuse by religious practitioners.
Coalition of Catholics and Survivors, 200 Linden Street H294, Wellesley, MA 02482, U.S.A.
Internations' Justice Federation, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. To provide memorials for people who died because of institutional child abuse, to publicise the abuse, and to promote a holistic therapy method for survivors. http://www32.brinkster.com/ interjustice/index2.html

CHURCH REFORM ORGANISATIONS
The International Federation of Married Catholic Priests www.marriedpriests.org/International_Federation.htm , The 'International Federation of Married Catholic Priests' is constituted by the affiliation of organizations of married Catholic priests, which have some national representation. The aim of the Federation is the renewal of the ministry of the Church. This renewal is to be seen within the renewal of the Church. Aims include: Changing the law of mandatory celibacy, the ministry of the married priest being as acceptable as the ministry of the celibate priest, and, Speeding up the dispensation process in the meantime, for those who ask for it or have asked for it. The Married Priests' Website homepage www.marriedpriests.org/index.htm has some useful links.
Roman Rite www.romanrite.com of J.R. Lilburne jr@romanrite.com has interesting informative and sourced comments on the Child Sex-Abuse and Hush-up scandals. His main interest is pointing out that the clergy are not performing the rituals of the Catholic liturgy (Latin Rite) correctly, but he makes telling points that if the bishops and priest had followed other Church rules "to the letter," these damaging scandals and the increasing costs would not be occurring.

BOOKS on Church child abuse:- may be listed at Carnal Books
• BOOKS about carnal abuse by priests and brothers in the Catholic Church, all below $25; P & B Press, P.O. Box 81, Como (Perth suburb), WA, 6952, Australia; Tel 08 9450 2513, Fax 9226 4346; pbpress@iinet.net.au   http://members.iinet.net.au/~pbpress

• BLYTH, Bruce, 1997, In the Shadow of the Cross; the story of VOICES (Victims of Institutionalised Cruelty, Exploitation and Supporters); how the victims of the Christian Brothers' W.A. orphanages and the United Kingdom and Malta child migrant schemes fought for justice. $24.95
• BLYTH, Bruce, 1999, Counting the Cost; includes the Text of the VOICES submission to the British House of Commons Health Committee inquiry in 1998 about the ill-fated children who were sent to Australia up to 1967 from the U.K. to W.A. Catholic institutions. $15.95
• COLDREY, Barry M., 2001, Religious Life Without Integrity; (also on the WWW at http://www.thelinkup.com/integrity-toc.html); addressing the sexual abuse crisis throughout the Catholic Church, including material from countries other than Australia. $17.95

PERIODICALS of interest:-
Fidelity, PO Box 22, Ormond, Vic, 3204, Australia, regarding Catholic Church, including factors leading to clergy sex-abuse. (Shop: 443 North Rd, Ormond), Tel/Fax 03 9578 2706, fidelity@j23.com.au, online book store www.j23.com.au , $22 per year.
The Needle, news sheet about Christian Brothers' child abuse; P & B Press, PO Box 81, Como, WA, 6952, Australia, Tel 08 9450 2513, Fax 9226 4346 pbpress@iinet.net.au   http://members.iinet.net.au/~pbpress , donation.

National Catholic Reporter was stated to be the first in the U.S.A. with exposure of the nun-rape scandal in Africa and elsewhere in its issue of March 16, 2001, from material written by senior members of women's religious orders and an American priest. Now this problem has been tracked in 23 countries (13 Jan 03) , www.natcath.org

INTERNET AND OTHER INFORMATION SOURCES, RESOURCES:-
Clare Pascoe Henderson, an Australian campaigner: http://www.clergyabuseaustralia.org and http://www.pip.com.au/~chenderson/
Perpetrators' List: http://www.pip.com.au/~chenderson/perplist.htm of C.P.Henderson
Prof. Patrick Parkinson, Australian specialist in family law, child protection, and the law of Equity and Trusts: http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/staff/p_parkinson_pub.htm
Suing the Pope - Related Links: www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/s552979.htm of the Aust. Broadcasting Corporation

Discerning the Spirit A Guide for Renewing and Restructuring the Catholic Church, by U.S. theologian Anthony T. Massimini www.voiceofthefaithful.org/papers/TheGuide.html
Church in Crisis: List of links about Catholic Church child-abuse crisis www.stjosephshrine.org/church.htm
Archive: Articles on Clerical Child Abuse: www.rainbowsashmovement.org/arcart.html
Interfaith Voices Radio, Maryland, U.S.A. www.interfaithradio.org , promotes interfaith tolerance, and includes clergy the sex-abuse scandal. To listen to the newsitems and interviews, you must have Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 5.0 or higher, or Netscape 4.75 or 6.2 (NOT Netscape 6.0 or 6.1) -- noted 13 Jan '03.
ABC's The Sacred Site Australia, www.abc.net.au/religion/news , giving links to religious talks and groups -- noted 17 Jan '03
The Linkup www.thelinkup.com , a group for survivors of clergy abuse, keeps a close eye on "black collar crimes" around the U.S.A.
Crime Library www.crimelibrary.com/ has a section on clergy child-abusers, including an in-depth study of Father James Porter.
Black Museum of Clergy Child Abuse (1991) www.objectivists.org.au/May09-1999/BM.htm has an accompanying statistical analysis. The author/s say it of supreme importance to parents, social workers and governments. Although on the Australian Objectivists' website, this is said to have been issued in July 1991 in Britain. It claims to be the first time any organisation has punctured the conspiracy of silence which hides the tremendous risk to children from paedophile clergy. It includes cases of ritual abuse. The last update seems to have been Aug 14 1996; a second one was said to be issued in August 1996. (Weaknesses: No sources, no dates, in some cases no names.). -- The Sub Culture Alternatives Freedom Foundation, 6-8 Burley Lodge Road, Leeds LS6 1QP, Yorkshire, U.K. Email Contact John Dennis 100415.2206@Compuserve.com
Father James Porter, Paedophile Priest, in the Crime Library series, www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/porter/index_1.html by Michael Newton (Fr Porter was NOT a serial killer)
The Ross Institute, Clergy Abuse webpage, http://www.rickross.com/groups/clergy.html , with PHOTOS, including Geoghan, Shanley, and a cardinal slapping a reporter's hand! E-mail: info@rickross.com
Beliefnet, website discussing various religions, has some information about clergy sex abuse, for example "The First Sign That Rome Is Ready to Face the Sexual Abuse Crisis" www.beliefnet.org/ story/118/ story_11861_ 1.html by Charlotte Hays, of Dec 2002, after Cardinal Law's resignation was accepted by Rome.
Catholic News Service, www.catholicnews.com , Washington DC, USA

Catholic Dioceses, Australia, www.catholic.org.au/ccia/diolist.htm

NEWSLINKS and the like:-

Yahoo's Catholic Church Abuse Scandal webpages http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/us/catholic_church_abuse_scandal give wide coverage on clergy abuse, with links to news stories and opinon pieces from media around the world.
Abuse Tracker, Poynter Online; U.S. http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=46 , from The Poynter Institute, 801 Third Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA. Sign up to receive Poynter Institute CLERGY ABUSE TRACKER by e-mail: Click here http://www.poynter.org/subscribe.to.clergy.tracker/ (sent every day at 11 a.m. from the United States)
The Boston Globe Spotlight http://www.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse on clergy sex-abuse.
Boston Herald http://toa.hiasys.com special Website area on clergy abuse scandals.
Louisville, Kentucky, newsitem archive, www.courier-journal.com/localnews/churchabuse.htm The Courier Journal's "Crisis in the Catholic Church" list

PRAYER:-
Prayer of St. Germaine Cousin, Patroness of victims of child abuse: Saint Germaine, watch over those children who suffer abuse as you did. Help us to give them the love and protection you only got from God. Give us the courage to speak out against abuse when we know of it. Help us to forgive those who abuse the way you did, without sacrificing the lives of the children who need help. Amen http://saints.catholic.org/saints/germainecousin.html