-Caveat Lector- >>>I apologise to any and all if these articles are in any way painful or evoke painful memories. But: I also realise that unless these sorts of things are confronted, they affect not only the parties involved but other innocents around them. We are perhaps surprised more at the degree of our denial than we are at the actions of the corrupt. We tend to want to believe in others and in their goodness. But: we must believe in our own goodness and suspect those who want to convince us that they have our best interests at heart. They usually might but, in the final analysis, they will have their own asses to cover, not necessarily those of those they've subverted, perverted, or converted to believing their (the perps') asses are more important. G*D didn't lend each of us our own minds, spirits and bodies to sublet to some other mortals for their use; this is the fallacy of organised religions (pick one that demands fidelity to a human hierarchy) in that they want their followers to believe that THEY are more important in the deities' eyes and have therefore been interjected between us and the Infinites. Ovine excrement (OE for short) !!! Get rid of the middle wo/men!!! Now's them time to rise up against spiritual tyranny and direct the hypocrites toward their own Golgotha!!! Inscribe them with the Rainbow "H" (for hypocrite!)!!! A<>E<>R <<<
>From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48132-2002Apr14.html }}}>Begin washingtonpost.com More Sex Abuse Accusers Come Forward By Greg Sukiennik Associated Press Writer Sunday, April 14, 2002; 7:33 PM BOSTON �� Attorneys for people who allege they were sexually abused by Boston- area priests said more than 450 more alleged victims have come forward since the scandal broke in January. "Some of them realize for the first time that they're not an isolated incident," said Mitchell Garabedian, who settled with the Boston Archdiocese last month on behalf of 86 people who accused former priest John Geoghan of abusing them. Court documents released in January showed Cardinal Bernard Law and other Roman Catholic church officials knew Geoghan had been accused of abuse but kept moving him from parish to parish. Garabedian said he has taken on 250 new clients who said they were assaulted by Geoghan and other priests. "The Geoghan case has opened up the flood gates," he said. Attorney Jeffrey Newman said he has taken on 100 new cases since January. He said that after each news report about allegations against particular priests, new clients have come forward accusing those priests of abuse. Garabedian said alleged victims "seem to draw strength from the media coverage." Attorney Roderick MacLeish told the Boston Sunday Globe he also has received 100 new clients. A call to his office from The Associated Press was not immediately returned Sunday. Calls for Law's resignation mounted after church personnel records released by MacLeish at a news conference last week showed Law and other archdiocese officials knew the Rev. Paul Shanley had been accused of abuse over three decades. Law, who announced in a letter to priests Friday that he would not step down, did not say Mass at Holy Cross Cathedral on Sunday as he usually does. In a scene that's become familiar since the clergy sexual abuse scandal began, about three dozen protesters picketed the Cathedral. Some called for criminal charges against Law. "I'm a psychologist. If I did what he did I'd be in prison right now. I'd have to file a report if I suspected abuse," said Ann Hagan Webb, of Wellesley. Some worshippers expressed support for Law. "He should stay on...he's in the best position to take care of this business," said Jim Contrino, a churchgoer at St. John the Evangelist in Quincy. "Someone new would have to start all over." Law has not appeared in public since his letter was released and has canceled a meeting of the Presbyterial Council scheduled for Thursday, the Boston Herald reported. The Council is a group of 40 priests that advise Law on pastoral issues. Archdiocese spokeswoman Donna Morrissey did not return calls Sunday. Also Sunday, The Washington Post reported that the head of Milwaukee's archdiocese moved a priest who was a known sex offender from one parish to another in 1979 and did not remove him until 1992. Archbishop Rembert G. 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