THE Priest Scandal Has Several Roots, Solutions
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PARTLY Traumatic Troma movies Thursday CLOUDY Scene looks at the sick and twisted Troma movies, packed with excessive violence and sexuality. APRIL 18, HIGH 87° · Scene+ pages 10-11 2002 LOW 59° THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXV NO. 127 HTTP://OBSERVER.N D.EDU STUDENT SENATE SMCplans Members to break pass FMB ground on budget 22-3 center By MEGHANNE DOWNES By EMILY FORD Assistant News Editor News Writer After tabling the Financial The official groundbreaking Management Board's budget ceremony for the new Saint last week, senators on Mary's student center is set for Wednesday approved the bud Friday at 4:30 p.m. on the get 22-3. Library Green. At the regular meeting, sen "It was really a student-gen ators resumed their debate erated idea," said Vice about how much money President of Student Affairs should be allocated to the Linda Timm. "Starting in 1997- Club Coordination Council. 98, student government began Rick Harris, Siegfried Hall exploring the idea of a Student senator, suggested that an Center." amendment be made to the According to Timm, the pro constitution to deduct a ject's first phase will be finished $4 7,000 rolling debt from the in June of 2003 with the con budget before the budget was LISA VEL TE!The Observer struction of the new Noble distributed among student O'Neill Hall Senator Jesse Norman expresses concern about the balanced allocation of funds Family Dining Hall. The Dining organizations. to various student organizations at the Student Senate meeting Wednesday night. Hall will change its service "I don't think we should drastically, preparing meals in sight committee should review In other Senate news: consider who did the debt but other student organizations, front of diners instead of buffet how it will affect students," such as Hall Presidents it. + Senators bestowed the title Council, were not receiving style. The entire layout will also said Harris. "Keep in mind every single of emeritus upon former chief transform with new tables, Harris said by not deducting sufficient funding. member of the FMB and every of staff Jonathan Jorissen. Danielle Ledesma, Judicial booths and three small spaces the debt beforehand, the CCC single club manager has + Senator Kate Schlosser was that can convert into a large would receive about 39 per Council president, said after approved the budget, and they elected the Senate representa reviewing the constitution, the area capable of seating 45 cent of the total available are looking for you to tive to the Advisory Committee patrons. There will be the addi funds. If the debt were correct percentage interpreta approve," said Jim Ryan, the on Academic and Student Life. tion is 36.75 for the CCC. tion of a private dining room, deducted beforehand, then Senate representative to the + Senators Sarah Bates, Blake complete with its own kitchen, the CCC would receive the "If you choose to take away FMB. Haan and Neil Vargas were money from the clubs, you as well as a terrace area for minimum share of the budget, Ryan acknowledged that elected as the Senate repre outdoor dining. 36.75 percent. will be in violation of the con there is little time left in the sentatives to the Campus Life stitution," said Ledesma. "Clearly, the dining situation The concern held by Harris school year to restructure the Council. Harris was elected as is going to get much, much bet and Jesse Norman, O'Neill Pointing out that the April budget. He also stated that if the alternate. 15 deadline for approving the ter," said Vice President of Hall senator, was that the CCC the Senate opted to do so, Finance and Administration was receiving too large of a budget had lapsed, Norman they would discredit the FMB percentage of the funds that suggested that if senators and call into question its Contact Meghanne Downes at are actually available, while approve the budget,. the over- process. mdownesl @nd.edu. see CENTER/page 4 NEWS ANALYSIS Priest scandal has several roots, solutions priests, but a Catholic crisis, happens in the Catholic Church the Church crisis and its nation Program of Liberal Studies, By HELENA PAYNE clergymen say. - whether the election of a al impact. But he said Notre said people should realize that News Editor "The Catholic Church is new pope or a scandal of this Dame should provide a forum the problem of sexual abuse, always big news because it is sort- it's front-page news," for people to talk about the should be treated as an illness After months of seeing priests the largest Christian denomina said McBrien. "If the story is recent scandals. but that students and the resign and face charges of sex tion in the world, comprising really big, with continually "The polls show that the over Church have a responsibility in ual abuse, the nation and the nearly 1 billion members," said unfolding new developments, .it whelming majority of U.S. addressing the problem. world have placed a magnifying Father Richard McBrien, a just doesn't go away." Catholics have lost confidence ''I'd like to see the issue truly, glass on top University theology professor. in the Church and its hierar fairly, openly talked about," of the McBrien traced the beginning Campus focus on the crisis chy," said McBrien. "It is likely Ayo said. Catholic of the Church's problem to the On a campus recognized as that the same is true among He added that students need Church. scandal in Boston, where for one of the most prominent our own faculty and student to better educate themselves on The prob mer priest John Geoghan was Catholic institutions of higher body." what the Bible teaches about lem of sex convicted of child sexual abuse. learning, Notre Dame priests The Washington Post report sexuality and that the Church ual miscon The case generated a $30 mil are beginning to address the ed on April 4 that seven in 10 should handle the issues of sex duct among lion lawsuit. issue of sexual misconduct in Americans believed the Church ual misconduct candidly. priests and Since the rumors in January the Church. Several clergymen "has been harmed by the reve "I think there was an attempt members of began circulating about the for believe now is the time for the lations" of sexual misconduct to hide some of this, to keep the t h e i r McBrien mer priest's conduct, the media Church to promote open dis by clergy, according to a recent bad publicity away," Ayo said. parishes or has picked up related stories course, as well as honesty poll by the Washington Post, "And that, I think, is the bigger dioceses has grown to the point involving the Church, piquing about the issue. ABC News and Belief.com. problem." where the issue is no longer public interest in the scandals. McBrien has courted the Father Nicholas Ayo, a pro about the individual crimes of "When something significant media frequently to talk about fessor in Notre Dame's see CHURCH/page 4 page 2 The Observer+ INSIDE Thursday, April 18, 2002 INSIDE COLUMN QUOTES OF THE WEEK Thursday Friday Saturday -Mincing Words +Movie: "Apocalypse Now," + Lecture: "Religion, Repression, + Game: Softball vs. Virginia Tech, Hesburgh Library, Carey Revolution: The Churches in Eastern Ivy Field, 11:00 a.m. Audito'tium, 7:00p.m. Europe and the Soviet Union Before + Play: "The Life of Galileo," It is interesting to see how things work out. Everything happens for a reason. I am sure of + Play: "The Life of Galileo," and During the Upheavals of 1989- Washington Hall, 7:30p.m. that. I tore my ACL in the lOth grade while running hurdles. I learned to find strength . Washington Hall, 7:30p.m. 1991," Jan Kubik, professor at within me to heal and repair both the physical Rutgers University, Hesburgh and mental aspects of my life, with the help of my Center Auditorium, 3:30 p.m. friends and family. My bike, which was stolen in October, was recovered this weekend. I realized that I was doing too many things Compiled from U-Wire reports and relying on my bike so BEYOND CAMPUS much that I was running myself ragged. Without the bike, I learned restraint and Angela Campos Penn State rally planned to 'Take Back the Night' patience as I rearranged the tight schedule I had UNIVERSITY PARK. Pa. Women of Courage, a group that works planned for myself this Lab Tech It has been a long road for the to end violence against women. Her semester. marchers who will rally against sexual sadness, she said, was both for the So what does this have to assault Wednesday at the 17th annual women who had to endure the taunting do with anything? It has a lot to do with how Take Back the Night. and for the men who were doing it. we look at our everyday lives and how we For years, they have endured shouts "Jesus, how did we get this divided?" respond to the challenges with which we are of "We want rape," "Men are number she remembered thinking. "It made me faced and how we deal with how people one," and "Go home, bitch." They have sad for the guys who were doing it. I respond to us. Life is a chain reaction. If we listened to yells of "Get back to your f-- mean truly, how pathetic are they?" look at everything that way, we might smile ing kitchens," and "All you girls want is But she said the harassment indicates more often, hold our heads up high more often to get f---ed." They have been called Rosenberger, of Womyn's the march's strength.