The accusatory statements in the post appended below are a distortion of what I said. I have never stated that Justice Saldanha and Harsh Mander have collected funds from various religious organizations. I quote below the two statements that I have made:
"So I will let you know if and when I receive a copy of the interviews that have already been conducted with funds from various religious organizations with a common interest in persecution theology, by those who have released the report." "As regards interviewing the victims myself, I trust that Justice Saldanha, Harsh Mander, Marshall Mendonza, etc. have already done that, and am waiting to read their interviews in the detailed report." Please see: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2014-January/237735.html The report was released by a religious organization named "Catholic Secular Forum". Please see: http://ch.spinnakerpro.com/run/v3.aspx?x=39793667-48-920 This religious organization receives funds by donations. Here are their statements on this point. QUOTE Who funds The CSF? You do! Of course God does - through you. The finances of a few individuals / trustees (even though they may donate large sums) are hardly enough to meet the huge challenges at hand. We are member / donor driven. Without Him, we could do nothing & without Him using you as instruments to be a blessing - The CSF would just not exist. We believe in micro-financing that got the Nobel prize. Each one contributes just a few rupees - no one prevents you from contributing more. We need as much as we can get & assure it will be put to use in the same year. The Lord will provide for the next. UNQUOTE Please see: http://www.thecsf.org/question.html#fund QUOTE DONATE The Lord blesses a few with money, so that they can send The CSF to do His will. As Jesus said, the one who does the will of My Father is my mother, brother or sister. It is the will of God that you use the resources He has blessed you with to be a blessing, in blessing others. Praise the Lord -The CSF activists have been blessed by both physical & monetary blessings. So even if you cannot get too involved, you can share the blessings that come from our ministry, by planting a seed. We encourage you to do so, at least on the following occasions: Your Birthday / Anniversary / Engagements / Employment Sacraments -births, deaths, communions, weddings, confirmations, holy orders Feasts & Parties -Christmas or Easter get-togethers UNQUOTE Please see: http://www.thecsf.org/microfin.html The report also acknowledges the contributions to it from several other religious organizations. Here is that quote: QUOTE Acknowledgements: The CSF is grateful to all those who have reported on persecution in India, including its many of our activists across various states. Special mention must be made NGOs, active in the field too, like: • Evangelical Fellowship of India • The All India Christian Council • Global Council of Indian Christians • World Watch Monitor & many more UNQUOTE Please see: http://ch.spinnakerpro.com/run/v3.aspx?x=39793667-48-920 I don't how many more organizations represents "many more". But at least three of the organizations listed above accept donations or subscriptions. Here are their websites: http://www.efionline.org/index.php http://indianchristians.in/ http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/aboutus I have no idea who has "collected" the funds at these organizations. I also do not have any idea whether Justice Saldanha is paid a salary or honorarium from the donations for the work he does as Chairman of the Christian organization misnamed Catholic Secular Forum or not. I also do not know anything about the funding of the social worker Harsh Mander. As far as funding for his organization named Centre for Equity Studies is concerned, the foreign partners who fund its activities can be found at this link: http://centreforequitystudies.org/funding-partners Cheers, Santosh > On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 12:15 AM, mmendonza55 <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Response: > > Santosh has demonstrated a propensity time and again to make loose and > irresponsible statements. He does it once again when he accuses > Justice Michael Saldanha and Mr Harsh Mander who released the report > of having collected funds from various religious organisations for > funding their investigation and report. This is a serious charge. > > > I would call upon Santosh to provide the evidence that he has to > support his statement or else we will have to conc lude that he is > prone to making loose and irresponsible statements and should not be > taken seriously by anyone on this forum. > > > Regards, > > > Marshall >
