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Clergy Child Molesters (179) - References / Archive / Blog 7/30/11 3:55 PM Clergy Child Molesters (179) — References/Archive/Blog • Sacked abuse principal rehired [2010 Roman Catholic (RC) school -NEW*. Hires "enabler."] [2007-08 Bro. Gerard Byrnes* (61) (Christian Brother). RCC. 13 girls (<12).] Warwick Daily News, http://www.warwickdailynews.com.au/ story/2010/12/02/sacked-abuse- principal- rehired-Toowoomba ; December 02, 2010 AUSTRALIA - THE sacked principal at the centre of the child sex abuse scandal at a Toowoomba Catholic primary school has been rehired at a Catholic school in Ipswich. Yesterday families of five girls abused by former teacher Gerard Vincent Byrnes reached a settlement with the Catholic Church's Toowoomba diocese to discontinue their legal proceedings. A further three girls' families are expected to settle their cases next year. Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:01 PM, Dec 01, 2010 [LOOK BACK: October 2010, April 2010.] (This is the first item of Abuse Chronology: http:// www. multiline. com.au/~johnm/ ethics/ethcont179. htm , and of the Clergy Sex Abuse Tracker, www. bishop- accountability.org/ abusetracker , A Blog by Kathy Shaw, for Wednesday, December 01, 2010) < < Back ^ ^ Child Wise (Australia) Irish Survivors Useful Links Parents For Megan's Law (USA 631 689 2672) Celibacy crept Non-marital REFERENCES 50 171 Overview Outreach Books "Fathers" Secrecy Petition v v Next > > Directories: Main 22 Australia 4 Esperanto Experiments Freedom Georgist Globalism Molestation 171 Religion 4 Submission 9 ^ ^ CONTENTS 1 21 Translate Links Events Books HOME v v INTENTION: A challenge to RELIGIONS to PROTECT CHILDREN Series starts: www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/ethicscontents.htm Visit http://www.bishop-accountability.org/AbuseTracker/ . These are digests of and links to mass media and other coverage of clergy abuse. Get more details by clicking links. • Denied priestly ordination, deacon commits suicide [2010 Nov 30, Deacon Luca Seidita -NEW*, very new. Roman Catholic Church (RCC). Suicide.] Catholic Culture, http://www.catholicculture.org/ news/headlines/index. cfm?storyid=8435 , ~ Dec 01, 2010 ITALY - An Italian transitional deacon who was found unfit for priestly ordination took his own life on November 30. Luca Seidita leapt to his death from a cliff after receiving word from the Vatican that he could not be ordained a priest. He left behind a note saying: "I wanted to become a priest and all my life was devoted to that." Bishop Giovanni Scanavino of Orvieto denied rumors that Seidita had been judged unfit because he is homosexual. But he said that there were "some issues" involving the deacon's friends. Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:16 PM, December 01, 2010 • $3.7 million of Catholic trust funds will be available to victims of sexual abuse by priests within Diocese of Bathurst [2010 Diocese of Bathurst -NEW*. Roman Catholic Church gets court's approval to move clergy-training trust funds into compensation for badly-trained clergy.] Times & Transcript BY KRIS MCDAVID, ~ Dec 01, 2010 BATHURST, CANADA - A judge in Miramichi has ruled that the Diocese of Bathurst can use 21 trust funds intended to train future members of the Roman Catholic priesthood in order to compensate victims of sexual abuse. Court of Queen's Bench Justice Fred Ferguson released his decision on Monday that a major portion of the church's trusts, which are valued at about $4.3-million, can be allocated to the 35 people who have come forward claiming abuse at the hands of priests. The ruling states that $1.5 million of the trust funds be retained by the church for the initial intended purpose. [Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:08 AM] • Jury finds St. Elizabeth liable for priest abuse [1960s Ex-Fr Francis DeLuca. RCC. US $30m. Boy. Unusual. Parish as well as priest to pay compensation. (No defendant or defence lawyer present)] CommunityPub, December 01, 2010 DOVER, Del. – A jury has found St. Elizabeth Roman Catholic parish in Wilmington liable for a former priest's sexual abuse of a young boy in the 1960s. http://www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/ethics/ethcont179.htm Page 1 of 298 Clergy Child Molesters (179) - References / Archive / Blog 7/30/11 3:55 PM priest's sexual abuse of a young boy in the 1960s. The jury awarded the victim $33 million. The jury ruled Wednesday that St. Elizabeth parish was negligent in not preventing Francis DeLuca from sexually abusing John M. Vai. The jury levied $30 million in compensatory damages for Vai against DeLuca and another $3 million in compensatory damages against St. Elizabeth's. "The legal system in Delaware works and can render justice to all survivors of childhood sexual abuse," Vai said in a statement. Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:09 PM, December 01, 2010 • Attorney says only Sklba, not Archdiocese, seeks to block deposition [RCC expensive secrecy bid continues.] Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, By Annysa Johnson, Dec. 1, 2010 MILWAUKEE (WI) - The lawyer for Milwaukee Auxiliary Bishop Richard Sklba said Wednesday that he will correct an error in a motion seeking to block a deposition of Sklba because it states that the archdiocese – and not Sklba alone – is seeking the action. The victims advocacy group SNAP, the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, drew attention to the assertion after the archdiocese posted a statement on its web site clarifying what it said was errors in media reports the previous day. Among them, it said that the motion was filed by Sklba's personal attorney and not the archdiocese. In an attempt to refute that, SNAP on Wednesday disseminated a page from the motion that says: "For all the reasons stated above, the Archdiocese respectfully requests that the Court grant its motion for a protective order." Attorney Patrick W. Brennan said he sent a letter to the court today changing the reference from "the Archdiocese" to "Bishop Sklba." Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:05 PM, December 01, 2010 • Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs extradited to Texas [Warren Jeffs' own religion.] Deseret News, ~ December 01, 2010 DRAPER, UTAH – Polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has been extradited to Texas. Utah State Prison personnel took Jeffs to the Salt Lake City International Airport early Tuesday evening. Representatives from Texas then transported him from Utah by airplane just prior to 4 p.m. The Utah Department of Corrections has received confirmation that Jeffs landed in Texas late Tuesday night, according to prison spokesman Steve Gehrke. Posted by Kathy Shaw at 12:03 PM, December 01, 2010 • SNAP comments on new St. Louis bishop & retiring St. Louis bishop [Claim that bishop did not tell police or the people. RCC. US $500k spent on lawyers and courts for Fr Thomas Graham.] Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, Statement by Barbara Dorris, outreach Director, 314 862 7688, [email protected] , ~ Dec 01, 2010 ST. LOUIS (MO) - It's tempting to assume that a newer bishop will handle clergy sex cases better than the older bishop did. But that's not always true. We urge St. Louis Catholics to be vigilant, not complacent, about the safety of kids within the church, no matter who holds the top spots in the archdiocesan hierarchy. RICE PROMOTED More than 50 St. Louis priests are proven, admitted or credibly accused child sex offenders. In none of these cases, civil or criminal, have we seen any evidence that Rice ever did anything to call police, notify parishioners, warn parents or protect kids in any way. In none of these cases, as best we can tell, did Rice ever voice any dissent with or objection to a single callous, reckless or deceptive move by his supervisors in the archdiocese. In one case, Rice testified as a character witness at a criminal trial for Fr. Thomas Graham. Graham was convicted of molesting a boy. (Later, that conviction was overturned on a technicality - the statute of limitations.) Rice stayed silent when then-Archbishop Raymond Burke spent $500,000 of church funds to keep a convicted child predator free while appeals were filed on behalf of Graham. Posted by Kathy Shaw at 2:13 PM, December 01, 2010 • Parishioners walk out on Cardinal [? 2010 Fr Oliver Brennan*. RCC. "Child safeguarding."] The Argus, By Olivia RYAN, Wednesday December 01, 2010 NORTHERN IRELAND - ANGRY parishioners staged a 'walk-out' as Cardinal Sean Brady celebrated the installation of a new clerical team in Blackrock last weekend. http://www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/ethics/ethcont179.htm Page 2 of 298 Clergy Child Molesters (179) - References / Archive / Blog 7/30/11 3:55 PM The Argus has learned that the move was in protest against the treatment of former Parish Priest, Fr Oliver Brennan, who was removed from his ministry in August pending an investigation. Posted by Kathy Shaw at 1:06 PM, December 01, 2010 [LOOK BACK: August 2010] • Bisschop De Korte voelde machteloosheid [RCC] Reformatorisch Dagblad, GRONINGEN, NEDERLAND (ANP) – „Heel veel katholieke gelovigen hebben zich beschaamd gevoeld, boos en verdrietig over de verhalen die naar buiten zijn gekomen de afgelopen tijd." Dat zei bisschop Gerard de Korte woensdag, terugkijkend op het jaar waarin het ene na het andere bericht over misbruik binnen de Rooms-Katholieke Kerk werd gepubliceerd. Ook De Korte zelf was af en toe flink geschokt. „Dat vorige week duidelijk werd dat een slachtoffer door maar liefst zeven verschillende priesters is misbruikt, dat is walgelijk. Dat is zo schaamtevol. Dan voel je machteloosheid, woede, verdriet: alle emoties door elkaar heen. Maar dat is natuurlijk maar een peulenschil bij datgene wat de slachtoffers hebben meegemaakt." De Korte omschrijft 2009 als een hectisch jaar. „En we zijn nog lang niet aan het einde", zegt de bisschop. Hij is referent is namens de Nederlandse bisschoppenconferentie over het thema seksueel misbruik.