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Taking cover under the red, white and blue - Canada lets 4 accused of child molestation call U.S. home 12/6/04 By Brooks Egerton and Reese Dunklin / The Dallas Morning News "Catholic workers accused of sexual abuse sometimes start over in the United States after getting special treatment from justice officials abroad. Four religious brothers from one rural Canadian province, for instance, are living free in this country. Two of the men are fugitives whom Canadian prosecutors have never tried to bring back for trial. A prosecutor who opposed one man's extradition became his attorney in a lawsuit over the alleged abuse. The other two are convicts. One was let out of prison unusually early. The other was sentenced to house arrest but allowed to move to New York - where no one has the authority to supervise him - and is working in lay ministry." http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/dmn/stories/120704dnprocanada.33a33.html
Spokane Diocese Files for Chapter 11 Protection Over Clergy Abuse Cases By Nicholas K. Geranios
12/6/04 Spokane, Wash. (AP) "The Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, saying it did not have the money to cover lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by clergy. Spokane is the third Catholic diocese to file for bankruptcy recently in the wake of the nationwide scandal involving sexual abuse by priests. Portland, Ore., and Tucson, Ariz., are the other two. The diocese faces claims that already total some $77 million, and Chapter 11 bankruptcy is the best way to ensure that all victims are treated fairly and that the church continues its mission, Bishop William Skylstad said. "Demands by plaintiffs continue to be beyond the ability of the diocese to meet," said Skylstad, who was just elected president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. In its filing, the diocese listed assets of $11.1 million and liabilities of $81.3 million - the vast majority being sexual abuse claims....According to court papers filed Monday, the diocese so far faces 19 lawsuits involving 58 alleged victims, dating from the 1950s to 1991. Nine priests and two other clergymen have been accused of sexual abuse in those lawsuits. More than two dozen sexual abuse claims involve former priest Patrick O'Donnell, 62, who served in Spokane and Seattle until he was removed from ministry in 1986. He has acknowledged he sexually abused boys from the time he was in the seminary."
Spokane Diocese Files for Chapter 11 Protection Over Clergy Abuse Cases By Nicholas K. Geranios 12/6/04 Spokane, Wash. (AP) "The Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, saying it did not have the money to cover lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by clergy. Spokane is the third Catholic diocese to file for bankruptcy recently in the wake of the nationwide scandal involving sexual abuse by priests. Portland, Ore., and Tucson, Ariz., are the other two. The diocese faces claims that already total some $77 million, and Chapter 11 bankruptcy is the best way to ensure that all victims are treated fairly and that the church continues its mission, Bishop William Skylstad said. "Demands by plaintiffs continue to be beyond the ability of the diocese to meet," said Skylstad, who was just elected president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. In its filing, the diocese listed assets of $11.1 million and liabilities of $81.3 million - the vast majority being sexual abuse claims....According to court papers filed Monday, the diocese so far faces 19 lawsuits involving 58 alleged victims, dating from the 1950s to 1991. Nine priests and two other clergymen have been accused of sexual abuse in those lawsuits. More than two dozen sexual abuse claims involve former priest Patrick O'Donnell, 62, who served in Spokane and Seattle until he was removed from ministry in 1986. He has acknowledged he sexually abused boys from the time he was in the seminary." http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB8KG3FF2E.html
Uganda's Children of War "It is difficult to understand how a war targeting children has been allowed to go on for more than 18 years.��But that is what's been happening in Northern Uganda - where 25,000 boys and girls have been taken hostage during a violent and bloody civil war. Many have been killed - others have been forced to fight for a brutal rebel movement called the Lord's Resistance Army, writes Sky News reporter Eve Richings." http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1163126,00.html
Air Force Academy Implicated in Sex Abuse by John J. Lumpkin, Associated Press Writer Washington "Last year, nearly 150 women came forward with accusations that they had been sexually assaulted by fellow cadets between 1993 and 2003. Many alleged they were punished, ignored or ostracized by commanders for speaking out." http://www.comcast.net/News/DOMESTIC//XML/1152_Cabinet/b77727be-1807-474e-b266-cd5fcbb33320.html
Report Slams Air Force on Academy Assaults 12/8/04 by Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) "The Pentagon's inspector general on Tuesday blamed leadership failures by top Air Force officials for a decade of sexual assaults against female cadets at the elite Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.The earlier report said allegations of 142 sex assaults against women had been made at the school over 10 years and little had been done to halt the pattern or punish those responsible until the issue became public in January 2003. The Air Force Inspector General released a separate report, which concluded that 56 investigations into alleged sexual assaults were handled appropriately by academy investigators. In four cases, certain policies were violated, but there was "no evidence of "intentional mishandling or willful neglect." " http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=4&u=/nm/20041208/ts_nm/arms_academy_dc
Website with pro-information on the Rainbow Girls. Please use caution at this website, as it may be heavy for survivors. http://www.iorg.org/geninfo.htm
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