-Caveat Lector- this may be heavy for survivors
Spreading Scandal 6/9/02 "At least 300 civil lawsuits alleging sex abuse by priests have been filed in 16 states since January, and lawyers say several hundred more cases are being informally mediated between dioceses and accusers. Estimates of what the church has paid out since the first major scandals broke in the 1980s range from about $300 million to $1 billion. Dioceses in Kentucky face the most lawsuits — 122; 73 lawsuits have been filed in Massachusetts; 41 in New Hampshire; 25 in California; and one in Minnesota....Almost 250 of the nation's more than 46,000 Roman Catholic priests have either been dismissed from their duties or resigned since the scandal began in January." http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/3429895.htm from Lynne Moss-Sharmann Hundreds Of Priests Removed Since '60s Survey Shows Scope Wider Than Disclosed By Alan Cooperman and Lena H. Sun Washington Post Staff Writers 6/9/02 "The Roman Catholic Church has removed 218 priests from their positions this year because of allegations of child sexual abuse, but at least 34 known offenders remain in church jobs, according to a survey of Catholic dioceses across the United States by The Washington Post....The Post survey found only $106 million in acknowledged payments. Plaintiffs' lawyers say that the true figure is in the range of $1 billion, but that most of the settlements have been made under confidentiality agreements. The survey found that 866 priests have been accused of child sexual abuse over the past four decades, less than 1.5 percent of the estimated 60,000 or more men who have served in the Catholic clergy over that period. The actual number accused, however, may be considerably higher. Sylvia Demarest, a plaintiff's lawyer in Texas, said that she compiled a database in the mid-1990s of about 1,200 priests who who were accused of sexual misconduct with minors, and that she believes the current figure is higher than 1,500. A.W. Richard Sipe... estimates that 6 percent of all U.S. priests have committed child sexual abuse. Some church officials, including Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington, have cited figures between 1 percent and 2 percent, based on a study several years ago of personnel records in the archdiocese of Chicago." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18658-2002Jun8.html from Lynne Moss-Sharmann http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/06/politics/07INQU-TEXT.html Text: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing (Part I) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/07/politics/07INQU.html Whistle-Blower Recounts Faults Inside the F.B.I. By DAVID JOHNSTON and NEIL A. LEWIS "In the letter, sent on May 21 to the bureau director, Robert S. Mueller III, Ms. Rowley bitterly criticized the performance of F.B.I. headquarters agents in handling the case of Zacarias Moussaoui, who is accused of being the 20th hijacker. She complained that headquarters agents stifled attempts by Minneapolis agents to obtain a warrant to examine Mr. Moussaoui's laptop computer. Mr. Moussaoui's computer was not searched until after the attacks. It contained data about the cockpit layouts of large commercial aircraft and phone numbers like one in Germany for the roommate of Mohamed Atta, the ringleader of the plot." <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
