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Seattle nivU ersity ScholarWorks @ SeattleU The peS ctator 9-29-1988 Spectator 1988-09-29 Editors of The pS ectator Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/spectator Recommended Citation Editors of The peS ctator, "Spectator 1988-09-29" (1988). The Spectator. 1810. http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/spectator/1810 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The peS ctator by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. H It-' ■J*BZ3II Fall movies J^UTj Jesuit bikes WmljMr* )|T reviewed "^wffipw t0 TiaJuana Non-Profit Org. PAID Seattle, WA. PermitNo.2783 the September 29, Spectator 1988 I i. ■ 1 T 0 L n I I L L UNIVERv '■ 1 '2 .S ■ Monastery history: church or kidtrap? andchildren detailing a shock- By STEVE CLARKE workers ing array of illegal activity ranging Editor from routinely serving alcohol to mi- nors up tofelony sales ofdrugs such as speed, MDA, LSD, cocaine and (Note: According toGeorgePierce, marijuana." PhD.,vicepresidentforplanning, Statements from police officers also Seattle University'snegativereaction to described the action outside the the Vortex,examinedinlast week's Monastery. Drug sales and illicitation Spectator,isbasedonthe history ofits of prostitution took place regularly as operator, GeorgeFreeman. The minors loitered around the establish- followingarticle looks at Freeman's 1900 Boren Aye., in city ment, located at Monastery,which the of Seattle Seattle,the statements said. closedin1985.) Freeman ran the Monastery as a Perhaps the best way to understand church andit wasrecognizedas suchfor in figuring out George the difficulty tax purposes. Prosecutors and others Freeman's history is to review the at civil case scoffed Freeman's use of the title of signed affidavits filed in the reverendbeforehisname. Theyclaimed whichclosedhischurch/club(depending he used religion as a front for getting view), Monastery. on your point of the out of taxes and legitimating his One affidavit is written by one operation. Corrine Mathes, a mother who holds a According tobothsides,Freeman told master's degree in social work. After Monasterycrowds the age of reason is visiting the Monastery she wrote, "I 13. He claimed then, as he does today, experiencedit as a lot of wholesome that teenagersareresponsible for deci- fun;" with "a family/community sionsabout drugandalcohol useas well atmosphere." as their sexualpreference(The Vortexis Another affidavit by a social worker, anover-18 club). this time a Thomas Dunne of the Freeman insists today his sermons Center, open Shelter Runaway claimed stressed that people should stay away drug use permeated the establishment from drugs. He said that while "there's and stated "it is well known that young hiddendruguse everywherein society," boys who are permitted to reside in the drug abuse was not openor allowed in Monastery must 'put out' for George or the Monastery. leave." Mike Miller,a Seattle police officer, Over 75 signed and notarized state- signed an affidavit stating that while ments, many from members of the workingundercover;,on the balcony of Monastery, claim charges of massive the Monastery, "1 observed more nar- drug dealing, prostitution and drinking cotics buys,use, and alcohol use thanI by minors there weregroundless. couldpossiblyremember." Manyaffidavits claimedotherwise. A Miller's statement recalled Freeman press release by King County telling the crowd "your bodies are Now the Bright and Morning Star Baptist Church and Day Care Center, Prosecutor Malengsummarizing Monastery. Norm yours" and saying, "Iknow youpeople this building used to house George Freeman's controversial the case for closing theMonasterycited are inthebalconies withneedles, snort- "affidavits of police, parents, social see 'Freeman' page eight "Last Temptation" stirs SU reaction By KENBENES sor of religious studies. "It's based on a jaid. "He could nothave fornication or could relate to." ManagingEditor book written by some crazy Greek who adultery. This is just another money- "Ididn't like thefilm atall as far asa was mad at the Catholic Church. He's making gimmick by a Hollywood portrayal of Jesus Christ. But Idon't sexinto everythingand causeahuge uproar with The controversial motion picture simply adrop-out Catholic whodoesn't director. Throw think itshould know a thing about Catholicism." hope it sells. You can't capture the protesterscarryingsigns thatread 'Jesus Temptationof Christ,"which 1 "The Last gospels cheap sex slept opened this summer to an uproar ofde- Sauvainobjected to the film's lack of mystery of the in a never around." at this." Bam, profes- and picket lines, has brought historicalbackgroundinits portrayal of film. I'm very angry Karen an SU assistant bates controversysurround- plans have the about many differing reactions from Christ. Becauseof the sor of theology, to University's theological "The film has nothing to do with ing the film,including a letter from the Gospel of Jesus Christ course she Seattle stating priests community. scripture or historicalevidence," he said. Seattle archdiocese teaches attend the film this weekend. until died discussionafterward. When asked to comment on the "Most reviews said the film made shouldavoid thefilm protests There willbea film, based on Christ to bea wimp. But that's the last out, many of SU's Jesuits asked to re- "The film does seem interesting to Martin Scorsese whichis me," this is Nikos Kazantzakis's novel of thesame thinghe washistorically." main anonymous when discussing the she said. "I don't think something to uproar about. title, most of SU's religious studies in- Sauvain said he also objected to the movie be in an Christ, movie," a simply one person's work- structors had mixed feelings about the controversial scene in which "I liked the said one. "I'm The film is film's impact. whilebeingcrucified,fantasizes marry- little embarrassed thatIdo,but Ifeel it ing out of his own image of Jesus. "I haven't seen the film because I ing and having sex with Mary was a fine piece of art. Ithink the He's not telling us we should believe think it's totally stupid," said Louis Magdalen. Christ that was portrayed wasone that a this orbelieve that." Sauvain, S.J., an SU associate profes- "Christ was a sinless person," he lot of people, especially young people, see 'Controversy' page nine 2 (478-800) Volume LIX No. N EW S SU instructor recalls Gary Little's past Bryant said she thinks Coughlin's ByLISALARA "I was,actively persuing this,off and on,for a long time," she said. story about Little shouldhave been re- StaffReporter yearsago. Prior to teaching at SU, Bryant re- vealed three for for the TheSeattle Timesrananarticle when The late Superior Court Judge Gary ported 15 years P-Iandover Juvenile five yearsfor KIRO-TV. Little was suspended from M. Little was "enormously gifted but inappropriate ju- Bryant saidin thepastdecade several Court for contact with tragically flawed," said Hilda Bryant, veniles in detention outside of court. assistant professorofjournalism atSU. reporters haddamagingsexualinforma- tion onLittle and felt obligated no- "But the Times tippy-toed around the Little commited suicide the night of to facts so thatit was totally unintelligible Aug.18 after learning the SeattlePost- tify the public, but they couldn't get employers' to anyone who didn't know the inside Intelligencer planned to run a story the their stories past their facts," Bryant. lawyers. said nextmorning detailing charges he had surprised "Dan Coughlin, the Courthouse re- Bryant saidLittle's suicide sex with male students of Lakeside proud arrogant porter for thePost- Intellengencer,has her becausehe wasa and School while he taught there in the attorney. had theentire storyforyears. But when man. "He was a brilliant It early 19705. would have been simple for him to printed since his death re- his editors took it to their attorney's Articles it," leave the state and start another prac- ported Little was disciplined twice for theystopped saidBryant. admitted inhiseditorial tice," shesaid. out-of-court contacts withyoungmales McGaffin he "Reportersdid alotofsoulsearching. when he served as a juvenile court ignored evidence Little was attracted to young Wehada lotof admiration for him. He judge. males. He went on to wonder brilliant, earlier disclosure could have was a man of taste. So you A Sept.2 Seattle Times editorial by whether think twice about destroying a man's local reporter Don McGaffin asked if saved some boys from beingabusedand career when he's also accomplishing a Bryant,amongother prominent Seattle Hilda Bryant, SI! journalism degraded. lotof good,"saidBryant. changedregarding what media figures, was listening to the instructor Attitudes have She said she talked withan attorney many signals thatLittlesexually abused isappropriate for reporting,saidBryant. who once ran against Little for judge underagedmales. She saidif she had obtained a signed Years ago,when Little graduated from and knew about his involvement with Bryant said she knew about Little's affidavit from two of Little's victims the University of Washington, rumors youngboys. "Hesaid he didn'tbringit problem for years. "I've hada fact file she would have turnedin the story. ofhis sexualbehavior were around,she people the up during thecampaign because onLittle foralong timebut Ididn't feel Relatives of young men cited in said,butit wasn't consideredproper to would have accused him of smearing to Little's peo- Ihadevidence that would hold up in P-I article

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