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Utah alleges child abuse, neglect by prominent polygamist By Travis Reed AP 5/20/04 Salt Lake City "The state of Utah began making its case Thursday for keeping custody of two children of a prominent polygamist and one of his at least 14 wives. In a juvenile court trial, the state accuses John Daniel Kingston, member of a secretive clan, and his wife Heidi Foster of a decade-long pattern of abusing and neglecting their 10 children....The Kingston clan, called the Latter-Day Church of Christ, includes an estimated 1,200 members. The secretive group has amassed a $150 million business empire, running companies that include pawn shops, restaurant supply stores, dairies and mines throughout northern Utah." http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20040520-2010-polygamist-custody.html
Diocese labeled one of worst for abuse coverup By Todd Ruger 5/21/04 "A national organization for victims of priest sexual abuse cited documents filed last week in ranking the Catholic Diocese of Davenport among the worst in the nation for documented cover-up of sex abuse by priests...."They actually engaged in a scheme to keep it silent," Blaine said while pointing to a 1958 document signed by then-Bishop Ralph Hayes and a 1988 letter from the Rev. Michael Morrissey to James Wells, who reported abuse by the Rev. James Janssen to the church. The documents come from the court files of two men who allege sexual misconduct by priests in lawsuits against the diocese. The men responded to diocesan attempts to dismiss their cases with nearly 300 pages of legal arguments and church documents. Blaine said the 1988 letter from Morrissey to Wells shows a lack of pastoral care or interest in wanting to pursue an investigation into Wells' allegations of sexual abuse by Janssen. "The silence and secrecy has gone on for what we now know is five decades," she said, referring to the 1958 document where diocese Chancellor Maurice Dingman signed a statement that he will "maintain secrecy regarding all facts" of Janssen's case....She said the documents show Morrissey knew about sex rings involving three priests and several boys but did nothing about it."http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1028524&t=Local+News&c=2,1028524
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