by hava1 » Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:44 am
<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>You never know who is 'real' or not when dealing with the authorities. You may be reporting your own SRA to the agency that is in it?<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>same caution should be excercised here, IMHO. While there are very good discussions/info networking, on this board, there are also interested parties. <br><br>Seems like the clergy rings are connected to other rings, its all one big "happy family". <br><br>I know the person who runs this project <br> <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Taubman_Center/Recovmem/arch_other.html">www.brown.edu/Departments...other.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>He made a successful lawsuit, although this is "recovered memory" issue, same applies.<br><br><br> A few reports on successful law suits involving priests, clergy, etc.<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><br>. John BBB Doe and John MMM Doe's recovered memories of child sexual abuse by Rev. William J. Effinger. These plaintiffs were joined in a civil suit by five others who always remembered abuse by Rev. Effinger, but who did not understand its significance until adulthood. The repressed memory claim for BBB and MMM "was included in their briefs in opposition to the motions to dismiss." Doe. V. Archdiocese of Milwaukee (1997), 211 Wis 2d. 312; 565 N.W. 2d 94; footnote 1. The Wisconsin Supreme Court prohibited all seven suits from proceeding, arguing that only the legislature can extend the statute of limitations in such cases.<br>The corroboration for the two men with recovered memory extends far beyond the others in this lawsuit. Seven other men and two women who were abused by Rev. Effinger in Wisconsin reached out-of-court settlements with the Archdioscese of Milwaukee. "Church Settles with 9 for Abuse by Priest," Chicago Tribune (December 1, 1993: p.3). Those claims spanned 20 years — "from the priest's first parish assignment to his last." Id. In 1993, Father Effinger entered a no-contest plea in Sheboygan County to second-degree sexual assault against a 14-year-old boy. He was sentenced to 10 years and died in prison.<br><br>8. Chris White, whose repressed memories of sexual abuse at Ryerson Public School 20 years ago, resulted in a guilty plea by Robert Warren. "Now in his mid-50s and living in British Columbia, Warren had been with the Toronto Board of Education for 23 years and had two other convictions for sexual offenses against children. One dated back to 1965 in Lindsay; the other was in British Columbia in 1988." (Judy Steed, "Abuse Victim..." The Toronto Star, May 7, 1995: A1).<br><br>9. Janet Ostrowski's memories of child sexual abuse by Rev. John Mott, pastor of St. Catherine of Sienna Roman Catholic Church in Franklin Square. Ms. Ostrowski was prohibited from pursuing the claim because of the statute of limitations, but "four more women subsequently contacted the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Center to say that they had been sexually abused by Mott when they were teenagers." Stuart Vincent, "Dismissal of Abuse Suit Appealed," Newsday (May 11, 1995: A31).<br><br>10. Angela Mitchell's flashbacks of being sexually abused 27 years earlier by Monsignor Arthur Sego at the St. Patrick Catholic School. "Mitchell repressed her memories of the incidents until April 1994, when she began helping an abused boy while working as a teacher's aide at the Kokomo YMCA." "Kokomo Woman Says Monsignor Molested Her," Gary Post-Tribune (March 5, 1995: B12). Mitchell told her older sister at the time of the abuse. Her sister told her mother, who contacted the diocese in Lafayette, "but a bishop there allegedly told her not to tell anyone, saying that church officials would handle the situation." Id. (The Monsignor was sent to the St. Joseph Mother House for two and one-half weeks to reflect on what had occurred. He also received psychiatric therapy for two and one-half months. He was then assigned to a different parish.)<br>The Bishop confirmed the basic facts in a 1967 letter that ended: "I would suggest that you might destroy this letter after you read it. In this way, we will protect both [A.M.] and Monsignor." A.M. v. Roman Catholic Church, 669 N.E.2d 1034 (Indiana Court of Appeals, 1996). The mother "followed the Bishop's instructions and never again spoke to A.M. about the molestations. The older sister also kept the secret." Id. Remarkably, the Indiana Court of Appeals did not allow Mitchell to proceed with her highly-corroborated claim because the perpetrator was not a family member, and she did not bring the suit before turning 18--something that would have been impossible, since her first recollections were at age 34.<br><br>read more cases > 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-End<br><br>back to top<br> <br><br>Page last updated<br>July, 2005<br><br>Project Director<br>Professor Ross E. Cheit<br>Taubman Center for Public Policy & American Institutions<br>at Brown University<br>67 George Street<br>Box 1977<br>Brown University<br>Providence, RI 02912<br>Tel: 401-863-2201<br>Fax: 401-863-2452<br> <br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/" target="top">Boston globe archives on catholic church s</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <p></p><i></i>
