NRC 15-9-2010
Posts tonen met het label goed nieuws. Alle posts tonen
Posts tonen met het label goed nieuws. Alle posts tonen
donderdag, september 16, 2010
woensdag, mei 26, 2010
Obama's aanfluiting van de RKK: jongens we hebben wel wat beters te doen!
WASHINGTON (RKnieuws.net) - De regering Obama heeft de hoogste rechtsinstantie in de VS, het Supreme Court, verzocht om ervoor te zorgen dat het Vaticaan over immuniteit beschikt in een pedofiliezaak in de VS en dat de hoge kerkelijke instanties, onder wie paus Benedictus XVI, niet voor getuigenissen worden opgeroepen.
woensdag, oktober 07, 2009
De priesters met hepatitus, tiny little secrets: zaligverklaringen flink uitgebreid. Bridgeport Diocese Loses Bid to Keep Sex-Abuse Records Sealed
Hier basis der stilte. De Angel is geland.
zondag, april 19, 2009
How to stay Catholic after being spiritually abused in the Church en Maciel Dellgolado
Behalve een vertaling van weer een artikel in het Maciel-drama, vooral van een interessant blog, een van de nieuwe initiatieven. Een interessante ook, en niet alleen omdat ze die isolerende taalgrens overgaan.
Willen de beslissingen van Ratzinger én Benedictus XVI ooit begrepen kunnen worden zónder weinig zinvolle samenzweringstheorien, daarmee dat drama dus ook voor verdere ontwikkelingen van belang en niet alleen voor huidige slachtoffers, zou dit wel eens een van de goede antwoorden kunnen zijn.
How to stay Catholic after being spiritually abused in the Church.
Why is St. Rita your patroness and what is the purpose of this site?
February 5th, 2009 10:52- Mexico City A translation of the following article originally writen in Spanish.
The daughter of Flora Barragan de Garza, main benefactor of the Legionaries of Christs speaks about how Fr. Maciel was able to get 50 million dollars from her mother.
Flora Garza Barragán, daughter of Flora Barrgán, first benefactor of the Legion of Christ, in a radio news interview with Carmen Aristegui spoke of how the founder of the Legionaries of Christ took control of the fortune of her mother.
This began, she commented, when her father passed away and left her mother an immense fortune, making her one of the richest women in Mexico. Of this fortune, she intended to give 10 million dollars for the construction of a hospital dedicated to the treatment of tuberculosis.
The 10 million, instead of being given to build the hospital, built the “Cumbres Institute”, the first headquarters of the Congregation, where, later on, acts of sexual abuse of minors would take place. Finally, she gave more than 50 million dollars to the order. She also stated how during many years, he kept her mother busy to keep her away from any man or person that would discourage her from involvement with the order.
She described him as a cunning man able to captivate her mother and other people from wealthy families in Monterrey and turn them into Catholic fanatics. Some other people he was in contact with were Maria Lusia Noriega, Roberto Garza Sada, Guillermo Zambran, and the Zambrano Leon family, among others. She also mentioned how Fr. Marcial Maciel spent many days in the house of her mother, usually accompanied by two seminarians, and how he would take pills, which we now know were “Dolatina”, which he was addicted to, and which he also gave to her mother.
With bitterness she spoke of how, during the last 12 years of the life of Flora Barragán, Fr. Maciel practically forgot about her because she had already been drained of donations for the Legion.
Her mother continuously tried to communicate with him, but Marcial Maciel refused to respond. The situation continued this way until the end of her life. Maciel was never seen again, nor did he even answer her telephone calls.
Willen de beslissingen van Ratzinger én Benedictus XVI ooit begrepen kunnen worden zónder weinig zinvolle samenzweringstheorien, daarmee dat drama dus ook voor verdere ontwikkelingen van belang en niet alleen voor huidige slachtoffers, zou dit wel eens een van de goede antwoorden kunnen zijn.
Nog even kan ik dankzij Maciel die Rose Pelletier, al dan niet met graaf, zonder enig gewetenbezwaar
weer gewoon een erg fascinerend mens gaan vinden en daar nog heel hard om lachen
ook!
How to stay Catholic after being spiritually abused in the Church.
Why is St. Rita your patroness and what is the purpose of this site?
St. Rita is our patroness because she is the patron saint of victims of
abuse.Our purpose is to help those adversely affected by cults in the
Catholic Church.
Many who were in a religious order or a "new movement" in the Catholic Church
and were psychologically abused in that order leave the order feeling hopeless.
Some may even lose their Catholic Faith because neither the order nor Church
authorities assist them in their needs or correct the abuses in the order.Many
Catholics ostracize them and consider them "enemies of the Church" simply
because they speak of the abuse going on in the group.However, even Canon
Lawyers and orthodox Catholic publications are admitting that the Catholic
Church has a problem with approved groups, even orthodox ones, that function as
cults. It comes down to the realization that "what defines a cult is behavior
and not belief". The Church's approval of a group or religious order is not an
infallible action. The Church authorities may make a mistake in approving a
group or may even suppress a group that is already approved.We would like to
help those who have been adversely affected by an approved Catholic group
recover from that experience and keep their Catholic faith. May the intercession
of Saint Rita and the helpful information on this site give victims of "new
groups" in the Church hope!
February 5th, 2009 10:52- Mexico City A translation of the following article originally writen in Spanish.
The daughter of Flora Barragan de Garza, main benefactor of the Legionaries of Christs speaks about how Fr. Maciel was able to get 50 million dollars from her mother.
Flora Garza Barragán, daughter of Flora Barrgán, first benefactor of the Legion of Christ, in a radio news interview with Carmen Aristegui spoke of how the founder of the Legionaries of Christ took control of the fortune of her mother.
This began, she commented, when her father passed away and left her mother an immense fortune, making her one of the richest women in Mexico. Of this fortune, she intended to give 10 million dollars for the construction of a hospital dedicated to the treatment of tuberculosis.
The 10 million, instead of being given to build the hospital, built the “Cumbres Institute”, the first headquarters of the Congregation, where, later on, acts of sexual abuse of minors would take place. Finally, she gave more than 50 million dollars to the order. She also stated how during many years, he kept her mother busy to keep her away from any man or person that would discourage her from involvement with the order.
She described him as a cunning man able to captivate her mother and other people from wealthy families in Monterrey and turn them into Catholic fanatics. Some other people he was in contact with were Maria Lusia Noriega, Roberto Garza Sada, Guillermo Zambran, and the Zambrano Leon family, among others. She also mentioned how Fr. Marcial Maciel spent many days in the house of her mother, usually accompanied by two seminarians, and how he would take pills, which we now know were “Dolatina”, which he was addicted to, and which he also gave to her mother.
With bitterness she spoke of how, during the last 12 years of the life of Flora Barragán, Fr. Maciel practically forgot about her because she had already been drained of donations for the Legion.
Her mother continuously tried to communicate with him, but Marcial Maciel refused to respond. The situation continued this way until the end of her life. Maciel was never seen again, nor did he even answer her telephone calls.
zondag, april 12, 2009
Stap voor stap. Archbishop asks forgiveness for child sex abuse priests
- By John Cooney
Saturday April 11 2009
THE Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin yesterday called for God's forgiveness of priests who have abused children.
It was his second reference during Holy Week to the scale of the child abuse which is expected to rock the Dublin diocese to its foundations when it is revealed in a report next month.
The Archbishop made his remarks as he led the Good Friday Way of the Cross procession in Dublin's Phoenix Park.
At the Chrism Holy Thursday Mass, he predicted that a shocking report by the Commission of Investigation into clerical sex abuse in the Dublin archdiocese would reveal that thousands of children were abused by priests in the 30 years from 1975 to 2004.
Yesterday, Dr Martin mentioned indirectly the biggest scandal in the history of the Dublin diocese, when he prayed to the Lord to be merciful towards those who had in any way abused the authority and trust placed in them.
"Restore and heal all who have been abused or betrayed," he added.
"Restore relationships of integrity and respect and truthfulness."
Dr Martin also prayed for the 300,000-plus people who have lost jobs, homes and security in the recession, and called for a renewal of Irish culture and society which would be rooted in "a spirit of solidarity and responsibility and care for others".
Retired priest in Cloyne diocese interviewed over alleged abuse
BARRY ROCHE, Southern Correspondent
Friday, April 10, 2009
GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING allegations of clerical sex abuse in the diocese of Cloyne are to prepare files for the DPP after interviewing a retired priest about allegations that he abused two young females.
The priest, who is in his 70s, yesterday attended voluntarily at Mallow Garda station in north Cork where he was interviewed by detectives for several hours about allegations of abuse made against him by two women.
The women came forward separately in the past three months.
They made formal complaints to gardaí investigating allegations of clerical sex abuse in the diocese of Cloyne that they were sexually abused by the priest in the early 1970s.
One of the woman alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the priest while in her mid-teens in the early 1970s. The other woman alleged she was sexually assaulted in the early 1970s while she was aged in her early 20s.
Yesterday’s interviewing of the retired priest comes in the wake of controversy over the manner in which the Bishop of Cloyne, Dr John Magee, handled previous allegations of clerical sex abuse by two priests in the diocese.
Cloyne priests feeling positive for future
3 april 2009
Up to 100 priests of the Diocese of Cloyne gathered this week to discuss the fall-out from the mishandling of abuse claims in the diocese and to map a way forward, this paper has learnt.
The meeting, ...was convened by Archbishop Dermot Clifford, who was appointed Apostolic Administrator for the Cloyne diocese in March by Pope Benedict.
The meeting was also attended by Bishop Denis Brennan of Ferns and a small delegation from that diocese.
According to sources at the meeting, priests were invited by layman Martin Kennedy acting as facilitator to articulate their experiences of recent events in the diocese.
The feedback was described as ''an open and honest discussion''after which the gathering broke up into small groups and reported back to the facilitator.
The mood of the meeting was described by one priest who was present as ''very helpful and welcome.''
He added: ''The opportunity for Cloyne priests to voice their opinions and feelings was necessary prior to any discussion of the deeper issues of those affected by child sexual abuse.''
Issues of continued outreach to victims of abuse and cooperation with the State Inquiry were dealt with in the afternoon when the delegation from Ferns addressed the gathering led by the Bishop of Ferns, Denis Brennan.
"The purpose of this was to assist priests in considering what is now required as a continued priority, building on what is already there and moving onto what is best practice today," said a priest who asked not be be named, adding, "I went home feeling better than when I arrived."
It is believed this is one in a range of events which will occur in the weeks and months ahead and it appears the model that was used in Ferns is being considered for guidance.
Dublin Diocese holds more abuse meetings
Jan 15, 2009,
Dublin’s Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has embarked on a number of meetings this week to consult with parish pastoral councils in anticipation of the report of Dublin Inquiry. The report, prepared by Ms Justice Yvonne Murphy, is expected to be published later this month and is investigating the handing of a “representative sample” of allegations of abuse by priests of the Archdiocese from 1940, made between January 1975 and May 2004.
In a letter to all parishes, Dr. Martin invited the Chairman of each parish pastoral council to attend a series of meetings over the next two weeks in anticipation of the report. The move follows a similar series of meetings held before Christmas to brief priests on the diocese’s preparation for the publication of the report.
As reported in The Irish Catholic late last year Dr. Martin has described, in correspondence, the scale of abuse by priests in Dublin as “staggering”. More than 400 people are known to have suffered abuse by priests serving in the Dublin Archdiocese.
Dr. Martin also requests that each parish’s child protection officer attends the meeting and strongly encourages priests to accompany their parish representatives.
A diocesan source confirmed to The Irish Catholic that the meetings were part of the Archbishop’s policy of keeping people involved very step of the way. “We’ve already held very productive meetings with the priests, and now it is his (Dr Martin’s) hope that these new meetings with the parish councils will allow people to feel prepared for when the report actually comes out”.
The Archbishop is not planning to have a letter read at all Masses in the wake of the report, but, is hoping that every parish can prepare an appropriate response. The Irish Catholic understands that parish representatives attending these meetings will be encouraged to hold a special meeting of their parish council at which people will be invited to attend.
The Commission to Investigate was established in November 2005 and was due to report within eighteen months. However, the Department of Justice has granted several extensions to the Commission. The final report is due before the end of this month.
maandag, april 06, 2009
He's got the whole world in his hands
If you cut off my leg
take my arms
(Ingrid Mwangi,
Kenya -Duitsland)
we've got the itty bitty baby
we've got the whole world
in our womb
zondag, april 05, 2009
Niet geschikt
Sommige mensen zijn niet geschikt als paus.
Ik ook niet.
Mijn vel en onderkaak sluiten die mogelijkheid uit.
zaterdag, maart 07, 2009
Irish bishop, aide to popes, quits in sex inquiry
Sat Mar 7, 2009DUBLIN (Reuters) - An Irish bishop who served as a private secretary to three popes has quit his daily duties to deal with a sex-abuse inquiry in his diocese, the Roman Catholic Church said on Saturday.
John Magee, bishop of Cloyne in the south of Ireland since 1987, has been under fire for his handling of reports of sexual abuse in his diocese.
The church's moral authority in overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Ireland has been eroded in recent years following a string of clerical sex abuse scandals, many of them involving priests molesting young boys.The church has been faulted in large part for appearing to cover up the scandals, often by transferring priests to different parishes after complaints were made.
Magee had faced calls to resign since a commission set up by the church found last year his diocese had exposed children to risk by not responding appropriately to abuse allegations.
Magee will keep his title as bishop but Pope Benedict has appointed Archbishop Dermot Clifford as apostolic administrator to run the diocese, the church said.
"The decision of the Holy Father to grant that request is an indication of the importance which the Church gives to safeguarding children and caring for the needs of victims," Cardinal Sean Brady, archbishop of Armagh and primate of All Ireland, said in a statement.
Magee, born in 1936 in Northern Ireland, welcomed Clifford's appointment.
"This appointment will enable Bishop Magee to devote the necessary time and energy to cooperating fully with the government Commission of Inquiry into child
protection practices and procedures in the Diocese of Cloyne, as he has already committed himself to do," the diocese quoted Magee as saying on its website.Magee served as private secretary to popes Paul VI, Pope John Paul I and Pope John Paul II and in 1982 he was appointed Master of Pontifical Ceremonies.
vrijdag, februari 06, 2009
Canon law expert says Legionaries need transparency. Legion of Christ director asks forgiveness for ‘all this suffering’
Pete Vere, a canon lawyer who is an expert on movements within the Catholic Church, spoke to CNA about how he believes the news will affect the future of the congregation, and the role the Church can play in helping the Legionaries move forward.
Q: In reacting to the revelations of Father Maciel's double life, some have been calling for nothing short of the dissolution of the Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi.
Vere: I can agree with a reorganization. Something like this is going to hit hard. I also think that given institutes within the Church take their charism, which is their way of doing things -- their gift to the Church -- from their founder, the Legion is going to have to take a close look [at itself].
My understanding is that they've been doing this already and that they've been working with Rome to make some changes. More changes will have to be made, and these changes come at a very difficult time for them as they are coming to grips with this news. I don't see the necessity of dissolving the Legion.
I think if they were being resistant, if they were refusing, if they were trying to defend the founder's actions, that would be a lot different.
Rome generally takes three approaches when dealing with their wayward children. The first approach is to try and convert and to try to get them to do better. If that fails, then Rome will attempt neutralizing, where basically they pen them in and don't allow them to do anything, to do anymore damage. Then, and only then, will Rome go in for dissolution and crack down heavily.
All indications are that while there are certainly people in the Legion that are having a difficult time with this, and are asking questions, as well as in Regnum Christi, they are trying to do the right thing. Will they necessarily get everything right the first time? No. Will there be questions asked? Absolutely. This is stunning news. This is very difficult news. But, what people in the Church want to see is progress. And we can't expect everything to fix itself overnight. That's my take on that.
Q: In dealing with the news about its founder, where can the Legionaries of Christ and the movement turn?
Vere: We need to keep in mind that no founder in the Church has been perfect, except Jesus Christ. And this is why it is important as members of Catholic organizations and as members of Catholic apostolates and groups, that we always maintain our connection to the Church, that we always turn to the Church when we are going through difficulty, and sometimes we have to say this is beyond our ability as a movement or organization to fix on our own. We need the Church's help here. By the Church I mean our pastors, our shepherds, the Supreme Pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI, as well as the local bishops who are pastors within the diocese. And I also mean Jesus Christ and his blessed mother, who give us the grace, and in whose name we carry on in the apostolates. There is no shame in asking for help from the Church and the wider Church community.
Q: Can the movement go on without a founder?
Vere: Without a founder, no. But being honest about the founder, and saying that the founder made mistakes and that maybe the founder did things for the wrong reasons, and maybe some of the things we did were wrong ... I think that type of openness and transparency will allow them to go on.
Obviously given the size and given the effect they've had on the Church, there is something good there, but that something good has also been clouded by this scandal as well as some of the practices.
Having worked on the tribunal [as a canon lawyer], one thing you learn is that where there is abuse -- especially sexual abuse -- it becomes a family secret and [the family] turns in on itself. It becomes sort of suspicious of the outside world, and you become paranoid that the secret is going to get out and what will people think.
To a certain extent you try to deny this is going on, then when it breaks people say "ha, ha, I told you so." There's also the effect of blaming the victim, [telling them they] didn't do enough. So then one becomes more inward because [of that]. So that's unfortunate.
What's needed here is transparency. And this is a criticism that I have made of the Legion and of Regnum Christi in the past, is that quite often they operate without the local Church's knowledge. There seems to be something secretive. Christ told us not to hide our light under a bushel. Christ told us to preach in the open. So I think what the Legion has to work on is openness, they have to work on transparency. They have to be honest about what has happened. And if they do that, with sincerity, I think, God will give them the grace to move on. And I think the Church has the resources to help the Legion and Regnum Christi to move on with this.
Washington DC, Feb 6, 2009 / 01:11 am (CNA).
- Following new allegations of misconduct against Legionaries of Christ Founder Fr. Marcial Maciel, the General Director of the order, Fr. Alvaro Corcuera, has written a letter to all Regnum Christi members asking forgiveness for “all this suffering.”
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith had invited Fr. Maciel “to a reserved life of penitence and prayer, relinquishing any form of public ministry” in response to allegations such as sexual abuse of recruits to the order.
Recently the Legionaries admitted that Fr. Maciel had a mistress, fathered a child and led a double life.
Writing to members of the Legionaries of Christ lay order Regnum Christi, Fr. Corcuera did not respond to any specific allegations against Fr. Maciel but tried to encourage members scandalized by their founder’s reported behavior.
In his letter he invoked the imagery of Psalm 22/23, “Though I walk through a dark valley, I fear no evil, for the Lord is at my side.”
Speaking of Fr. Maciel, Fr. Corcuera wrote that he “cannot but recognize all the good I received through him.”
Through the charism Fr. Maciel “passed on to us,” many people have received love for Christ, the Virgin Mary, the Church, the Pope, and the souls of men.
“On a personal level, I am grateful to him for being the instrument God used to give my entire life meaning, seeking eternal salvation, the path to God. This is the truth I experienced, and it would be impossible to find enough words to thank him.
“It is also true that he was a man, and these things that have hurt and surprised us -- and I don’t believe we can explain with our reason alone -- have already been judged by God. It is true that we are going through much suffering and a great deal of pain. As in a family, these pains draw us together and lead us to suffer and rejoice as one body. This circumstance we are living invites us to look at everything with much faith, humility and charity. Thus we place it in the hands of God, who teaches us the way of infinite mercy.”
“For my part, I ask forgiveness for all this suffering,” Fr. Corcuera continued. “And I beg God with all my being to help us all to see it from the heart of Christ.”
Stating that he wrote his letter in the presence of the Eucharist, he said “At this time, we want to look at everything from the vantage point of faith, hope and charity, and to act according to the heart of Christ who became flesh and redeemed us.”
“We are living a time of pain and suffering. And with this pain comes the experience of God’s infinite love as he asks us to continue forward in peace and goodness, for all he wants is for us to know the happiness of being his children. In my own experience, I can say that whenever I am with you I can see the love of God in your hearts like a mirror that gives light to the lives of so many people and which joins us together as one family.”
“Truth, in charity, leads us to think, speak and act like Christ in everything,” Fr. Corcuera insisted. “I know that whatever I say will never be enough, but I do want to express all my closeness, gratitude and prayers, with the certainty that ‘for the one who loves, EVERYTHING contributes to his good’ (cf. Rom. 8:28).”
“These are times for holiness, humility, and charity. And in everything, let us be instruments of God to do good,” his letter concluded, asking God to bless them always.
En is dit propaganda?
Ja natuurlijk. En het komt ook nog eens van het nieuwsagentschap van de Legionairs zelf.
Desalniettemin kan iedereen er met de neus boven opzitten. En reken maar dat dat gebeurd ook, en terecht.
Dat wil zeggen, als je je neus tenminste niet verstopt in het bed van een of andere paus om te zien wie daar waarom in slaapt of de wereld meent wetenschappelijk te moeten uitleggen dat de paus het aan zijn altzheimer-light had omdat je, kauwend op het oude jongens krentenbrood je hooggeleerde neus niet buiten het dorp stak.
Want als ik het kan snappen, is het een regelrechte aanfluiting dat al die o zo gelovigen weledelgestrengen wetenschappers blijkbaar niet in staat waren hun werk te doen.
Dát hebben ze dan dus in het openbaar dankzij al dat antisemitisme in het openbaar mogen demonstreren. Waren die tenslotte', naast alle horror en pijn die zij zoveel ook deze weken weer aan hebben gedaan, ergens goed voor.
Ook daarover dan maar meteen die gewenste transparantie!
Méér dan tijd om een eind te maken aan die incestueuze familie verhoudingen, die - here god wat een opluchting, dank U meer dan beleefd - ook déze canoniek rechtskundige schijnt te kennen.
Is me dat effe goed nieuws!
Je zou er haast traditionalist van worden...
Hellep, ...want dán stap ik natuurlijk wél van mijn geloof af.
En ergens zit er nu een hele eigenwijze mammoet met vleugeltjes op een wolkje te proberen afkeurend naar me te kijken terwijl ze misschien wel over haar gouden bord rijst met krenten, héél nieuwsgierig naar mijn ouders en een grootmoeder kijkt... is dát er een van jullie?
Dan is er vast die 5e wel, die nog een keer lachend opschept. Maar kijkuit dat ze er geen kaantjes overheen schept.
Kwispel dan alle 5 maar, fluit, en kijk maar even de andere kant op.
't Is tenslotte jullie schuld, dat ik terug heb genomen wat wij van jullie alle 5 kregen!
Q: In reacting to the revelations of Father Maciel's double life, some have been calling for nothing short of the dissolution of the Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi.
Vere: I can agree with a reorganization. Something like this is going to hit hard. I also think that given institutes within the Church take their charism, which is their way of doing things -- their gift to the Church -- from their founder, the Legion is going to have to take a close look [at itself].
My understanding is that they've been doing this already and that they've been working with Rome to make some changes. More changes will have to be made, and these changes come at a very difficult time for them as they are coming to grips with this news. I don't see the necessity of dissolving the Legion.
I think if they were being resistant, if they were refusing, if they were trying to defend the founder's actions, that would be a lot different.
Rome generally takes three approaches when dealing with their wayward children. The first approach is to try and convert and to try to get them to do better. If that fails, then Rome will attempt neutralizing, where basically they pen them in and don't allow them to do anything, to do anymore damage. Then, and only then, will Rome go in for dissolution and crack down heavily.
All indications are that while there are certainly people in the Legion that are having a difficult time with this, and are asking questions, as well as in Regnum Christi, they are trying to do the right thing. Will they necessarily get everything right the first time? No. Will there be questions asked? Absolutely. This is stunning news. This is very difficult news. But, what people in the Church want to see is progress. And we can't expect everything to fix itself overnight. That's my take on that.
Q: In dealing with the news about its founder, where can the Legionaries of Christ and the movement turn?
Vere: We need to keep in mind that no founder in the Church has been perfect, except Jesus Christ. And this is why it is important as members of Catholic organizations and as members of Catholic apostolates and groups, that we always maintain our connection to the Church, that we always turn to the Church when we are going through difficulty, and sometimes we have to say this is beyond our ability as a movement or organization to fix on our own. We need the Church's help here. By the Church I mean our pastors, our shepherds, the Supreme Pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI, as well as the local bishops who are pastors within the diocese. And I also mean Jesus Christ and his blessed mother, who give us the grace, and in whose name we carry on in the apostolates. There is no shame in asking for help from the Church and the wider Church community.
Q: Can the movement go on without a founder?
Vere: Without a founder, no. But being honest about the founder, and saying that the founder made mistakes and that maybe the founder did things for the wrong reasons, and maybe some of the things we did were wrong ... I think that type of openness and transparency will allow them to go on.
Obviously given the size and given the effect they've had on the Church, there is something good there, but that something good has also been clouded by this scandal as well as some of the practices.
Having worked on the tribunal [as a canon lawyer], one thing you learn is that where there is abuse -- especially sexual abuse -- it becomes a family secret and [the family] turns in on itself. It becomes sort of suspicious of the outside world, and you become paranoid that the secret is going to get out and what will people think.
To a certain extent you try to deny this is going on, then when it breaks people say "ha, ha, I told you so." There's also the effect of blaming the victim, [telling them they] didn't do enough. So then one becomes more inward because [of that]. So that's unfortunate.
What's needed here is transparency. And this is a criticism that I have made of the Legion and of Regnum Christi in the past, is that quite often they operate without the local Church's knowledge. There seems to be something secretive. Christ told us not to hide our light under a bushel. Christ told us to preach in the open. So I think what the Legion has to work on is openness, they have to work on transparency. They have to be honest about what has happened. And if they do that, with sincerity, I think, God will give them the grace to move on. And I think the Church has the resources to help the Legion and Regnum Christi to move on with this.
Washington DC, Feb 6, 2009 / 01:11 am (CNA).
- Following new allegations of misconduct against Legionaries of Christ Founder Fr. Marcial Maciel, the General Director of the order, Fr. Alvaro Corcuera, has written a letter to all Regnum Christi members asking forgiveness for “all this suffering.”
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith had invited Fr. Maciel “to a reserved life of penitence and prayer, relinquishing any form of public ministry” in response to allegations such as sexual abuse of recruits to the order.
Recently the Legionaries admitted that Fr. Maciel had a mistress, fathered a child and led a double life.
Writing to members of the Legionaries of Christ lay order Regnum Christi, Fr. Corcuera did not respond to any specific allegations against Fr. Maciel but tried to encourage members scandalized by their founder’s reported behavior.
In his letter he invoked the imagery of Psalm 22/23, “Though I walk through a dark valley, I fear no evil, for the Lord is at my side.”
Speaking of Fr. Maciel, Fr. Corcuera wrote that he “cannot but recognize all the good I received through him.”
Through the charism Fr. Maciel “passed on to us,” many people have received love for Christ, the Virgin Mary, the Church, the Pope, and the souls of men.
“On a personal level, I am grateful to him for being the instrument God used to give my entire life meaning, seeking eternal salvation, the path to God. This is the truth I experienced, and it would be impossible to find enough words to thank him.
“It is also true that he was a man, and these things that have hurt and surprised us -- and I don’t believe we can explain with our reason alone -- have already been judged by God. It is true that we are going through much suffering and a great deal of pain. As in a family, these pains draw us together and lead us to suffer and rejoice as one body. This circumstance we are living invites us to look at everything with much faith, humility and charity. Thus we place it in the hands of God, who teaches us the way of infinite mercy.”
“For my part, I ask forgiveness for all this suffering,” Fr. Corcuera continued. “And I beg God with all my being to help us all to see it from the heart of Christ.”
Stating that he wrote his letter in the presence of the Eucharist, he said “At this time, we want to look at everything from the vantage point of faith, hope and charity, and to act according to the heart of Christ who became flesh and redeemed us.”
“We are living a time of pain and suffering. And with this pain comes the experience of God’s infinite love as he asks us to continue forward in peace and goodness, for all he wants is for us to know the happiness of being his children. In my own experience, I can say that whenever I am with you I can see the love of God in your hearts like a mirror that gives light to the lives of so many people and which joins us together as one family.”
“Truth, in charity, leads us to think, speak and act like Christ in everything,” Fr. Corcuera insisted. “I know that whatever I say will never be enough, but I do want to express all my closeness, gratitude and prayers, with the certainty that ‘for the one who loves, EVERYTHING contributes to his good’ (cf. Rom. 8:28).”
“These are times for holiness, humility, and charity. And in everything, let us be instruments of God to do good,” his letter concluded, asking God to bless them always.
En is dit propaganda?
Ja natuurlijk. En het komt ook nog eens van het nieuwsagentschap van de Legionairs zelf.
Desalniettemin kan iedereen er met de neus boven opzitten. En reken maar dat dat gebeurd ook, en terecht.
Dat wil zeggen, als je je neus tenminste niet verstopt in het bed van een of andere paus om te zien wie daar waarom in slaapt of de wereld meent wetenschappelijk te moeten uitleggen dat de paus het aan zijn altzheimer-light had omdat je, kauwend op het oude jongens krentenbrood je hooggeleerde neus niet buiten het dorp stak.
Want als ik het kan snappen, is het een regelrechte aanfluiting dat al die o zo gelovigen weledelgestrengen wetenschappers blijkbaar niet in staat waren hun werk te doen.
Dát hebben ze dan dus in het openbaar dankzij al dat antisemitisme in het openbaar mogen demonstreren. Waren die tenslotte', naast alle horror en pijn die zij zoveel ook deze weken weer aan hebben gedaan, ergens goed voor.
Ook daarover dan maar meteen die gewenste transparantie!
Méér dan tijd om een eind te maken aan die incestueuze familie verhoudingen, die - here god wat een opluchting, dank U meer dan beleefd - ook déze canoniek rechtskundige schijnt te kennen.
Is me dat effe goed nieuws!
Je zou er haast traditionalist van worden...
Hellep, ...want dán stap ik natuurlijk wél van mijn geloof af.
En ergens zit er nu een hele eigenwijze mammoet met vleugeltjes op een wolkje te proberen afkeurend naar me te kijken terwijl ze misschien wel over haar gouden bord rijst met krenten, héél nieuwsgierig naar mijn ouders en een grootmoeder kijkt... is dát er een van jullie?
Dan is er vast die 5e wel, die nog een keer lachend opschept. Maar kijkuit dat ze er geen kaantjes overheen schept.
Kwispel dan alle 5 maar, fluit, en kijk maar even de andere kant op.
't Is tenslotte jullie schuld, dat ik terug heb genomen wat wij van jullie alle 5 kregen!
maandag, januari 12, 2009
Cloyne ondanks Ferns. Sorry. Dag!
"...this storm threatens the wreck of the ship of the church;
and hence it is that I, a timid sailor, cry out,
"Keep watch, for the water has already made its entrance into the vessel, and the ship is in jeopardy..."
Clerical Whispers ...Commentary on Cloyne Child Sex Abuse
Sorry. Dag!
...
Love is strong word. Love is not a superficial emotion. When we are loved and when we love, that love shakes us up and changes us and changes the way we act and live in society. Love is the opposite not just of hatred, but of indifference. We reject love not just through hating or disliking someone, but through opting out of caring, opting out of responsibility, of protecting, of nurturing or of nourishing.
We need a Church which protects and we need a Church which becomes a
model and a partner of protection. I would hope for example that in the year to come it would be possible to take up the appeal made by Pope Benedict at his Christmas Mass and work on the basis of partnership to eliminate all the various forms of abuse of children wherever they exist in our nation and around the world. As Archbishop of Dublin I recognise the faults of the Church in this area and I ask for pardon at the beginning of a New Year, especially where I personally have caused hurt. As Archbishop of Dublin I also know of the desire of many to work for a Church and a society more robust in their care and protection of children – right across the board and working together.
and hence it is that I, a timid sailor, cry out,
"Keep watch, for the water has already made its entrance into the vessel, and the ship is in jeopardy..."
Clerical Whispers ...Commentary on Cloyne Child Sex Abuse
Sorry. Dag!
...
We have built false models of God and we have built false models of Church which become ideology or rule book or power structure rather than the place where in our vacillation we can turn to a God who is always faithful and who will bless us and protect us. We have to understand God as a God to whom we can turn and who will allow his face to shine on us in such a way that it changes us into becoming like the face of God, through allowing God’s healing love to break into our hearts and to turn us into people who love.
Love is strong word. Love is not a superficial emotion. When we are loved and when we love, that love shakes us up and changes us and changes the way we act and live in society. Love is the opposite not just of hatred, but of indifference. We reject love not just through hating or disliking someone, but through opting out of caring, opting out of responsibility, of protecting, of nurturing or of nourishing.
We need a Church which protects and we need a Church which becomes a
model and a partner of protection. I would hope for example that in the year to come it would be possible to take up the appeal made by Pope Benedict at his Christmas Mass and work on the basis of partnership to eliminate all the various forms of abuse of children wherever they exist in our nation and around the world. As Archbishop of Dublin I recognise the faults of the Church in this area and I ask for pardon at the beginning of a New Year, especially where I personally have caused hurt. As Archbishop of Dublin I also know of the desire of many to work for a Church and a society more robust in their care and protection of children – right across the board and working together. ...
WORLD DAY OF PEACE 2009
Homily Notes of
Homily Notes of
Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland
dinsdag, januari 06, 2009
Sing Our Souls back home
Atonement priest nears end of walk
Monday, January 5, 2009
“The more I have walked the more I feel it [child sex abuse] is widespread beyond our comprehension. I don’t think priests or bishops understand how widespread and serious it is.”
It would be fair to say that few institutions face 2009 with such dread as the Catholic Church in Ireland. Not alone will it have to deal with the effects on its services of the economic downturn and its losses on the stock market, but it must also anticipate publication of four separate reports on clerical child sex abuse from among those in its ranks.
It begins this week, on Wednesday, when Minister of State for Children Barry Andrews will present a HSE national audit on child protection practices in all the State's Catholic dioceses, including Cloyne, to the Cabinet.
Later this month the church's own independent watchdog, its National Board for Safeguarding Children (NBSC) in the Catholic Church in Ireland, will present its audit of such practices in all Catholic dioceses on the island.
Then, at the end of the month, the report from the Dublin Archdiocese Commission of Investigation into how the archdiocese handled allegations of clerical child sex abuse between January 1st, 1975, and April 30th, 2004, is expected to be published.
No one believes it will make for pleasant reading.
And in February, the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse is expected to publish its report on the abuse of children in reformatories, industrial schools and orphanages run by 18 Catholic religious congregations throughout the State. This year promises to be yet another annus horribilis for the Catholic Church in Ireland.
Where the Dublin Commission is concerned, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin is "happy it is coming to a conclusion. I hope they have time to finish it and don't have to truncate its work unilaterally". He is under no illusions as to what is expected.
He recalled how "over the last few years there has been a growing awareness of the effects abuse has on children and how it doesn't go away. I presented 66,000 documents to the commission, which I read in large part. It was not nice reading. It was revolting. Saying 'sorry' is all I can say, but it doesn't mend people's lives," he said.
In the weeks before Christmas he had meetings with priests of the archdiocese to prepare them for publication of the commission report. He couldn't even tell them about his own dealings with the commission, as "it's an offence".
But as a general observation on its work, he found the commission's conduct of the investigation "very beneficial . . . with no leaks".
He won't know what is in the report until it comes out, but suspects that "a lot of priests will be very hurt" by its findings.
Responding to the ongoing controversy about how allegations of clerical sex abuse were handled in Cloyne, the charity said at the weekend that all allegations of sexual abuse should be "referred immediately as a matter of course to the HSE and the gardaí, the only authorities who have the expertise and competence to investigate allegations".
However, Catholic bishops have repeatedly called for changes in legislation to be made in the Republic so they can fully comply with State requests for all information they possess on child sex abuse allegations.
Bishops in cross-Border dioceses have been supplying all such information to the Northern Ireland authorities, while still being unable to do so in the Republic.
He said the Ferns Report (2005) had called for legal changes to be made in relation to reporting of cases and on "executive privilege", to protect those participating in inter-agency groups with gardaí and health authorities from potential legal actions relating to suspicions, rumour, innuendo or complaints that were "demonstrably untrue".
He also called for the "introduction of a system of vetting and clearance similar to the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Pocva) system operated in Northern Ireland ".
He said an all-island system was required. "Indeed a European-wide system would be welcome," he said.
The Pocva system allows for agencies to share what was described as "soft information" - rumour or anecdotal evidence that a person could pose a danger to children.
Last March, in a submission by the Catholic bishops to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children they described as "a critical area" under consideration by the committee, "the provision of legal authority for the collection and exchange of information relating to the risk or actual occurrence of child sexual abuse".
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Monday, January 5, 2009
RONAN McGREEVY
A PRIEST who has been walking for nine days to atone for clerical sex abuse will finish his walk tomorrow when he arrives at Dublin’s Pro-Cathedral.
Fr Michael Mernagh (70) began his trek in Cobh, Co Cork, on December 29th and has walked more than 150 miles to date.
Fr Michael Mernagh (70) began his trek in Cobh, Co Cork, on December 29th and has walked more than 150 miles to date.
He held a vigil on Christmas Eve outside St Colman’s Cathedral to protest against the Diocese of Cloyne’s handling of sex abuse claims and the Church’s other failings over clerical sex abuse.
Fr Mernagh said he had been blessed by the weather on his journey which has been remarkably dry for the time of the year and by the dozens of people who had joined him on his walk.
“The more I have walked the more I feel it [child sex abuse] is widespread beyond our comprehension. I don’t think priests or bishops understand how widespread and serious it is.”
He will walk from Blessington, Co Wicklow, to Rathfarnham, where he trained as a priest, today.
People will be shocked by sex abuse report, says archbishop
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin: "The Ferns Report shocked clergy, the church, the nation. It would be foolish not to realise that this will also be the case now."
'staggering' 400 people are known or suspected to have suffered clerical sex abuse at the hands of priests in the Dublin diocese, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin tells Patsy McGarry
It would be fair to say that few institutions face 2009 with such dread as the Catholic Church in Ireland. Not alone will it have to deal with the effects on its services of the economic downturn and its losses on the stock market, but it must also anticipate publication of four separate reports on clerical child sex abuse from among those in its ranks.
It begins this week, on Wednesday, when Minister of State for Children Barry Andrews will present a HSE national audit on child protection practices in all the State's Catholic dioceses, including Cloyne, to the Cabinet.
Later this month the church's own independent watchdog, its National Board for Safeguarding Children (NBSC) in the Catholic Church in Ireland, will present its audit of such practices in all Catholic dioceses on the island.
Then, at the end of the month, the report from the Dublin Archdiocese Commission of Investigation into how the archdiocese handled allegations of clerical child sex abuse between January 1st, 1975, and April 30th, 2004, is expected to be published.
No one believes it will make for pleasant reading.
And in February, the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse is expected to publish its report on the abuse of children in reformatories, industrial schools and orphanages run by 18 Catholic religious congregations throughout the State. This year promises to be yet another annus horribilis for the Catholic Church in Ireland.
Where the Dublin Commission is concerned, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin is "happy it is coming to a conclusion. I hope they have time to finish it and don't have to truncate its work unilaterally". He is under no illusions as to what is expected.
"People are going to be shocked," he said.
...
Archbishop Martin said he had been giving out figures covering the 68-year period since 1940, which is over twice the time span being inquired into by the commission as he wished to accommodate living memory and every priest of the archdiocese ordained since 1940. It was also the case that "our detection rate, as opposed to the rest of society, is very high", he said.
He recalled how "over the last few years there has been a growing awareness of the effects abuse has on children and how it doesn't go away. I presented 66,000 documents to the commission, which I read in large part. It was not nice reading. It was revolting. Saying 'sorry' is all I can say, but it doesn't mend people's lives," he said.
In the weeks before Christmas he had meetings with priests of the archdiocese to prepare them for publication of the commission report. He couldn't even tell them about his own dealings with the commission, as "it's an offence".
But as a general observation on its work, he found the commission's conduct of the investigation "very beneficial . . . with no leaks".
He won't know what is in the report until it comes out, but suspects that "a lot of priests will be very hurt" by its findings.
Charity wants gardaí to deal with clerical abuse cases
ONE IN Four, the charity that provides support for people who have suffered sexual abuse, has said "all discretionary action regarding the safeguarding of children be removed from the church".
Responding to the ongoing controversy about how allegations of clerical sex abuse were handled in Cloyne, the charity said at the weekend that all allegations of sexual abuse should be "referred immediately as a matter of course to the HSE and the gardaí, the only authorities who have the expertise and competence to investigate allegations".
However, Catholic bishops have repeatedly called for changes in legislation to be made in the Republic so they can fully comply with State requests for all information they possess on child sex abuse allegations.
Bishops in cross-Border dioceses have been supplying all such information to the Northern Ireland authorities, while still being unable to do so in the Republic.
Bishop Leo O'Reilly of Kilmore diocese and chairman of the Bishops's Commission on Education, has told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Science in the past that the Catholic Church here was fully in favour of mandatory reporting where this was protected by law and State policy.
He said the Ferns Report (2005) had called for legal changes to be made in relation to reporting of cases and on "executive privilege", to protect those participating in inter-agency groups with gardaí and health authorities from potential legal actions relating to suspicions, rumour, innuendo or complaints that were "demonstrably untrue".
He also called for the "introduction of a system of vetting and clearance similar to the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Pocva) system operated in Northern Ireland ".
He said an all-island system was required. "Indeed a European-wide system would be welcome," he said.
The Pocva system allows for agencies to share what was described as "soft information" - rumour or anecdotal evidence that a person could pose a danger to children.
Last March, in a submission by the Catholic bishops to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children they described as "a critical area" under consideration by the committee, "the provision of legal authority for the collection and exchange of information relating to the risk or actual occurrence of child sexual abuse".
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dinsdag, november 25, 2008
U.S. Court Allows Abuse Case vs. Vatican
Nog maar in 1985, bij het -toen nog waarschuwende - Doyle-Mouton rapport voor de Amerikaanse bisschoppen liet een van die bischoppen (Was het niet Bernard Law, kardinaal himself?) lachend weten hoe ondenkbaar een rechtszaak aangespannen tegen de RK Kerk zou zijn.
Inmiddels zijn we 23 jaar, ongelooflijk veel slachtofferontwikkelingen, kennis, onderzoek, rechtspraak kerkhierarchische excuses en minstens 1, 5 billioen dollars alleen al in de VS, plus alle internationale ontwikkelingen die daarvan mede het gevolg zijn, verder.
En stukken die boven water kwamen.
Gaat het verdwijnen van Bush cs, daarmee de eerdere interventie van Buitenlandse Zaken tégen het gebruik van de Foreign Souvereign Immunities Act nog een fascinerend gevolg hebben?
Australie Catholica schreef van de week, in de stukken over
het bijeen te roepen Amerikaans Katholiek Concilie 2011 over die onstuitbare kracht van leken in de RKK
En op welke termijn dat historisch onwaarschijnlijke proces dan ook zal gebeuren:
wat een eind aan zo'n 1000 jaar investituurstrijd: de veiligheid van kinderen!
Wall Street Journal By Suzanne Sataline
25 november 2008
A federal appeals court has permitted a lawsuit over alleged sexual abuse to proceed against the Vatican, creating potential liability for the seat of the Roman Catholic faith for the activities of Catholic clergy in the U.S.
Monday's ruling, issued by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, marks the first time a court at so high a level has recognized that the Vatican could be liable for the negligence in sexual-abuse cases brought in the U.S.
The ruling is seen as a breakthrough by those allegedly abused by priests. Investigators and grand juries have found several instances where the church failed to report alleged abusers and covered up alleged misdeeds to protect them.
Jeffrey S. Lena, the attorney for the Holy See, said he was not "presently inclined" to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision.
It remains to be seen whether the Vatican, which is a sovereign state recognized by the U.S. government, will make further arguments that it is immune from U.S. civil proceeding.
Catholic dioceses in the U.S. have paid out at least $1.5 billion to alleged abuse victims, most of this since the scandal broke open nationwide in 2002.
The appeals court found that the church government may be held liable for actions taken in the U.S. based on the Vatican's policies or directives.
"What the court has allowed us to do is proceed against the Vatican for the conduct of the U.S. bishops because of the bishops' failure to ... report child abuse," said William F. McMurry, the attorney for three men who claim they were abused as children by priests in the Louisville, Ky., archdiocese. He is seeking class-action status in the district-court case.
The ruling marks the first time that a federal appeals court recognized that the Vatican could be liable under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, a 1976 law that governs when a foreign nation or its agents can be sued, said Marci Hamilton, a constitutional-law scholar who is part of the legal team in the Louisville case.
"If someone can crack that barrier of immunity, it opens the door to other claims against the Catholic church," says Jonathan Levy, a Washington, D.C., attorney who represents concentration-camp survivors in a suit against numerous parties including the Vatican bank. The Vatican, in that case, prevailed in its claim of sovereign immunity.
Mr. Lena, the lawyer for the Holy See in the Louisville case, said Monday's ruling is a small step and one that is far from establishing whether Vatican policy contributed to thousands of incidents of abuse that have been alleged over several decades. "We're miles away from liability," he said. The ruling is "very incremental."
One of the central pieces of evidence in the case is a 1962 memo, issued by the Vatican and disclosed by reporters in 2003, which directs Catholic bishops to keep silent about claims of sex abuse. The document was approved by Pope John the 23rd.
Monday's ruling will allow the plaintiffs' case to proceed in U.S. District Court in Louisville. Among the legal questions yet to be decided in the case is whether U.S. bishops are employees of the Vatican, and whether they acted on the Holy See's orders.
—Nathan Koppel contributed to this article.
Write to Suzanne Sataline at suzanne.sataline@wsj.com
SNAP Press Statement
For immediate release:
Monday, November 24, 2008
Sex abuse case vs. Vatican can proceed, judge rules; victims respond
Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314 862 7688 home, 314 503 0003 cell)
We're thrilled by this ruling. We're one step closer toward protecting more kids, exposing more predators, and detering future recklessness, and holding top Catholic officials accountable for the rape of hundreds of thousands of kids. Employers everywhere - religious and secular - must learn that endangering children and enabling predators is wrong and will be punished.
The legal process drags on slowly and church bureaucrats fight justice vigorously, so we caution victims and Catholics against prematurely getting their hopes up. But this is a very encouraging sign and very long overdue step in the long march toward justice, prevention and healing.
(SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the nation's oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. We've been around for 17 years and have more than 8,000 members across the country. Despite the word "priest" in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, and Protestant ministers. Our website is SNAPnetwork.org)
Contact David Clohessy (314-566-9790 cell, 314-645-5915 home), Peter Isely (414-429-7259) Barbara Blaine (312-399-4747), Barbara Dorris (314-862-7688), Mary Grant (626-419-2930), Mark Serrano (703-727-4940)
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20081124/UPDATES01/81124023
Appeals court lets Vatican sex abuse case proceed
November 24, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A federal appeals court has ruled that part a class-action sex abuse lawsuit against the Vatican can proceed.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati said on Monday that three men may pursue their claim that top church officials should have warned the public or local authorities of known or suspected sexual abuse of children by priests in the Archdiocese of Louisville.
The ruling upholds a similar decision by U.S. District Judge John Heyburn II of Louisville in May 2007.
The ruling also upholds Heyburn's decision to dismiss claims that the Holy See was negligent in failing to provide safe care to the children entrusted to the clergy.
Ruling limited to actions on U.S. soil
Three Kentucky natives can pursue a lawsuit against the Vatican alleging it covered up sexual abuse by priests -- but only if those decisions were carried out on U.S. soil.
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That was the ruling of a federal appeals court yesterday that upheld a similar ruling by U.S. District Judge John Heyburn II of Louisville in May 2007.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit agreed with Heyburn that the Vatican -- as a sovereign state recognized by the U.S. government -- is largely protected from lawsuits.
But the court ruled that the Vatican could be sued over claims that bishops and others covered up sexual abuse as part of their role as Roman Catholic Church employees, as long as that cover-up occurred in the United States.
Attorney Jeffrey Lena, representing the Vatican, said he's "gratified by the court's work and that it has in our view significantly narrowed the prospects of the plaintiffs' claims."
He declined to say whether he'd appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The three men are represented by Louisville attorney William McMurry, who sued the Vatican in 2004, a year after he negotiated a then-near-record $25.7 million settlement with the Archdiocese of Louisville.
McMurry has said the Vatican itself, and not just local dioceses, needs to account for sexual abuse by clergy.
The three plaintiffs -- Michael Turner, James O'Bryan and Donald Poppe -- have alleged they were abused as boys by priests in the Louisville archdiocese between the 1920s and 1970s.
They are seeking class-action status on behalf of all U.S. abuse victims, contending that the Vatican for generations has orchestrated a policy of covering up sexual abuse by its priests, ordering bishops not to report abusers to police or warn parishioners.
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the plaintiffs could not challenge actions abroad taking place in Rome or elsewhere -- including the creation of a 1962 Vatican document calling for strict secrecy in handling priests accused of sexual offenses.
"The actual promulgation of the 1962 policy … occurred abroad," said the appellate court decision.
But the Vatican can be sued over church officials who carried out the policy in the United States, the court said.
The appeals court denied McMurry's bid to sue the Vatican -- the world's tiniest nation -- in its capacity as a private international religious organization, rather than as a sovereign state.
The United States itself filed a supporting brief, arguing that U.S. recognition of the Vatican as a sovereign state needed to be respected and that, if the lawsuit was to proceed at all, it should only do so under one of the exceptions to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
McMurry was also denied in his efforts to sue under some of those exceptions -- such as an exception covering foreign governments involved in commercial activities.
The appeals-court ruling is "careful and seems relatively comprehensive going through all the machinations" of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, said Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law who regularly tracks Sixth Circuit cases. "It doesn't really tell you what might happen ultimately on the merits, but it leaves the case alive to proceed."
McMurry did not return phone messages as of early yesterday evening.
Unless either side appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court, the case now returns to the U.S. District Court for Western Kentucky for evidence gathering and other pretrial activities.
A nationwide survey by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice found that 10,667 people alleged abuse by 4,392 priests between 1950 and 2002.
More than 300 people sued the Archdiocese of Louisville and two local religious orders, alleging abuse by priests and other church workers.
In a related matter, Judge Heyburn last month denied McMurry's motion to take the deposition of Pope Benedict XVI, saying McMurry had not made a strong enough case that such a step was needed.
McMurry contended that the testimony was urgent because the aging pope is the only living witness to the establishment of the 1962 policy.
Reporter Peter Smith can be reached at (502) 582-4469.
Inmiddels zijn we 23 jaar, ongelooflijk veel slachtofferontwikkelingen, kennis, onderzoek, rechtspraak kerkhierarchische excuses en minstens 1, 5 billioen dollars alleen al in de VS, plus alle internationale ontwikkelingen die daarvan mede het gevolg zijn, verder.
En stukken die boven water kwamen.
Gaat het verdwijnen van Bush cs, daarmee de eerdere interventie van Buitenlandse Zaken tégen het gebruik van de Foreign Souvereign Immunities Act nog een fascinerend gevolg hebben?
Australie Catholica schreef van de week, in de stukken over
het bijeen te roepen Amerikaans Katholiek Concilie 2011 over die onstuitbare kracht van leken in de RKKEn op welke termijn dat historisch onwaarschijnlijke proces dan ook zal gebeuren:
wat een eind aan zo'n 1000 jaar investituurstrijd: de veiligheid van kinderen!
Wall Street Journal By Suzanne Sataline
25 november 2008
A federal appeals court has permitted a lawsuit over alleged sexual abuse to proceed against the Vatican, creating potential liability for the seat of the Roman Catholic faith for the activities of Catholic clergy in the U.S.
Monday's ruling, issued by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, marks the first time a court at so high a level has recognized that the Vatican could be liable for the negligence in sexual-abuse cases brought in the U.S.
The ruling is seen as a breakthrough by those allegedly abused by priests. Investigators and grand juries have found several instances where the church failed to report alleged abusers and covered up alleged misdeeds to protect them.
Jeffrey S. Lena, the attorney for the Holy See, said he was not "presently inclined" to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision.
It remains to be seen whether the Vatican, which is a sovereign state recognized by the U.S. government, will make further arguments that it is immune from U.S. civil proceeding.
Catholic dioceses in the U.S. have paid out at least $1.5 billion to alleged abuse victims, most of this since the scandal broke open nationwide in 2002.
The appeals court found that the church government may be held liable for actions taken in the U.S. based on the Vatican's policies or directives.
"What the court has allowed us to do is proceed against the Vatican for the conduct of the U.S. bishops because of the bishops' failure to ... report child abuse," said William F. McMurry, the attorney for three men who claim they were abused as children by priests in the Louisville, Ky., archdiocese. He is seeking class-action status in the district-court case.
The ruling marks the first time that a federal appeals court recognized that the Vatican could be liable under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, a 1976 law that governs when a foreign nation or its agents can be sued, said Marci Hamilton, a constitutional-law scholar who is part of the legal team in the Louisville case.
"If someone can crack that barrier of immunity, it opens the door to other claims against the Catholic church," says Jonathan Levy, a Washington, D.C., attorney who represents concentration-camp survivors in a suit against numerous parties including the Vatican bank. The Vatican, in that case, prevailed in its claim of sovereign immunity.
Mr. Lena, the lawyer for the Holy See in the Louisville case, said Monday's ruling is a small step and one that is far from establishing whether Vatican policy contributed to thousands of incidents of abuse that have been alleged over several decades. "We're miles away from liability," he said. The ruling is "very incremental."
One of the central pieces of evidence in the case is a 1962 memo, issued by the Vatican and disclosed by reporters in 2003, which directs Catholic bishops to keep silent about claims of sex abuse. The document was approved by Pope John the 23rd.
Monday's ruling will allow the plaintiffs' case to proceed in U.S. District Court in Louisville. Among the legal questions yet to be decided in the case is whether U.S. bishops are employees of the Vatican, and whether they acted on the Holy See's orders.
—Nathan Koppel contributed to this article.
Write to Suzanne Sataline at suzanne.sataline@wsj.com
SNAP Press Statement
For immediate release:
Monday, November 24, 2008
Sex abuse case vs. Vatican can proceed, judge rules; victims respond
Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314 862 7688 home, 314 503 0003 cell)
We're thrilled by this ruling. We're one step closer toward protecting more kids, exposing more predators, and detering future recklessness, and holding top Catholic officials accountable for the rape of hundreds of thousands of kids. Employers everywhere - religious and secular - must learn that endangering children and enabling predators is wrong and will be punished.
The legal process drags on slowly and church bureaucrats fight justice vigorously, so we caution victims and Catholics against prematurely getting their hopes up. But this is a very encouraging sign and very long overdue step in the long march toward justice, prevention and healing.
(SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the nation's oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. We've been around for 17 years and have more than 8,000 members across the country. Despite the word "priest" in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, and Protestant ministers. Our website is SNAPnetwork.org)
Contact David Clohessy (314-566-9790 cell, 314-645-5915 home), Peter Isely (414-429-7259) Barbara Blaine (312-399-4747), Barbara Dorris (314-862-7688), Mary Grant (626-419-2930), Mark Serrano (703-727-4940)
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20081124/UPDATES01/81124023
Appeals court lets Vatican sex abuse case proceed
November 24, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A federal appeals court has ruled that part a class-action sex abuse lawsuit against the Vatican can proceed.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati said on Monday that three men may pursue their claim that top church officials should have warned the public or local authorities of known or suspected sexual abuse of children by priests in the Archdiocese of Louisville.
The ruling upholds a similar decision by U.S. District Judge John Heyburn II of Louisville in May 2007.
The ruling also upholds Heyburn's decision to dismiss claims that the Holy See was negligent in failing to provide safe care to the children entrusted to the clergy.
Ruling limited to actions on U.S. soil
Three Kentucky natives can pursue a lawsuit against the Vatican alleging it covered up sexual abuse by priests -- but only if those decisions were carried out on U.S. soil.
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That was the ruling of a federal appeals court yesterday that upheld a similar ruling by U.S. District Judge John Heyburn II of Louisville in May 2007.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit agreed with Heyburn that the Vatican -- as a sovereign state recognized by the U.S. government -- is largely protected from lawsuits.
But the court ruled that the Vatican could be sued over claims that bishops and others covered up sexual abuse as part of their role as Roman Catholic Church employees, as long as that cover-up occurred in the United States.
Attorney Jeffrey Lena, representing the Vatican, said he's "gratified by the court's work and that it has in our view significantly narrowed the prospects of the plaintiffs' claims."
He declined to say whether he'd appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The three men are represented by Louisville attorney William McMurry, who sued the Vatican in 2004, a year after he negotiated a then-near-record $25.7 million settlement with the Archdiocese of Louisville.
McMurry has said the Vatican itself, and not just local dioceses, needs to account for sexual abuse by clergy.
The three plaintiffs -- Michael Turner, James O'Bryan and Donald Poppe -- have alleged they were abused as boys by priests in the Louisville archdiocese between the 1920s and 1970s.
They are seeking class-action status on behalf of all U.S. abuse victims, contending that the Vatican for generations has orchestrated a policy of covering up sexual abuse by its priests, ordering bishops not to report abusers to police or warn parishioners.
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the plaintiffs could not challenge actions abroad taking place in Rome or elsewhere -- including the creation of a 1962 Vatican document calling for strict secrecy in handling priests accused of sexual offenses.
"The actual promulgation of the 1962 policy … occurred abroad," said the appellate court decision.
But the Vatican can be sued over church officials who carried out the policy in the United States, the court said.
The appeals court denied McMurry's bid to sue the Vatican -- the world's tiniest nation -- in its capacity as a private international religious organization, rather than as a sovereign state.
The United States itself filed a supporting brief, arguing that U.S. recognition of the Vatican as a sovereign state needed to be respected and that, if the lawsuit was to proceed at all, it should only do so under one of the exceptions to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
McMurry was also denied in his efforts to sue under some of those exceptions -- such as an exception covering foreign governments involved in commercial activities.
The appeals-court ruling is "careful and seems relatively comprehensive going through all the machinations" of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, said Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law who regularly tracks Sixth Circuit cases. "It doesn't really tell you what might happen ultimately on the merits, but it leaves the case alive to proceed."
McMurry did not return phone messages as of early yesterday evening.
Unless either side appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court, the case now returns to the U.S. District Court for Western Kentucky for evidence gathering and other pretrial activities.
A nationwide survey by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice found that 10,667 people alleged abuse by 4,392 priests between 1950 and 2002.
More than 300 people sued the Archdiocese of Louisville and two local religious orders, alleging abuse by priests and other church workers.
In a related matter, Judge Heyburn last month denied McMurry's motion to take the deposition of Pope Benedict XVI, saying McMurry had not made a strong enough case that such a step was needed.
McMurry contended that the testimony was urgent because the aging pope is the only living witness to the establishment of the 1962 policy.
Reporter Peter Smith can be reached at (502) 582-4469.
maandag, november 03, 2008
Kierkegaard uithangbordenfabriek in Kredietcrisis
Santo Subito!
Forum: Actuele zaken. Geplaatst op 18/10 '08 11:39u. Onderwerp: Rellen rond abortusboot in Valencia
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Hoe was het ook weer?
Als iemand verkeerd doet maak hem daar op attent.
Luistert hij niet haal er dan anderen bij en probeer hem te overreden.
Luistert hij nog niet! haal er dan overste bij.
Luistert hij dan nog niet zend hem dan weg.
Dus Ja wij mogen die boot laten zinken.
Om erger te voorkomen.
Forum: Actuele zaken. Geplaatst op 3/11 '08 14:26u. Onderwerp: Obamanation!
- Een onmens -
Gelijk heb je X.Ik heb de indruk dat sommige mensen deze doorslaggevende argumenten gewoon niet willen lezen en er nog minder rekening mee houden.Stemmen we dan op een moordenaar in spe?
Forum: Kennismaking, geloofsgetuigenissen. Geplaatst op 3/11 '08 16:10u. Onderwerp: De verkeerde vraag.
+Pax
Dus, is God werkelijk goed?En is Hij werkelijk almachtig?
JA en de enige verdediging, die ik aan kan voeren, voor mijn ja is mijn geloof.Vraag mij dus niet om mijn JA te rationaliseren, want dan vraag je of ik mijn geloof wil rationaliseren [icoontje: blij]
Church-run homes investigated for abuse
ECUMENICAL NEWS INTERNATIONAL
Nov 1, 2008
Trier, Germany Protestant leaders in Germany say they will investigate and expose past cases of mistreatment in church-run children’s homes after an investigation found that children had been physically and sexually abused in such institutions.“We have established to our horror that even in church-run homes children were brought up with violence,”
Bishop Margot Kässmann of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover said Sept. 22. -The bishop’s comments follow the preliminary findings of an investigation she commissioned into claims of violence and abuse at children’s homes run by the social welfare agency of the Hanover church in the 1950s and 1960s.
“Our investigations that have been undertaken by our social welfare agency have shown that there were infringements of human rights, and sexual assault by individuals in our institutions,” said Bishop Kässmann. “We need to listen to the victims, and the perpetrators must be brought to justice.”
Hans Bauer, the researcher employed to investigate the claims,
found cases of physical and even sexual abuse, the German Protestant news agency EPD reported.
“Children in homes had to scrub tiles with toothbrushes or were locked into windowless cells for days on end,” Mr. Bauer was quoted as saying by the news agency on Sept. 15.
“The violation of the most vulnerable was the order of the day,” said Bishop Kässmann.
Vaticaan voert prikklok weer in
Geplaatst door Theo Borgermans op maandag 3 november 2008 om 15:55u (Bron: RKT)
VATICAANSTAD (RKnieuws.net) - Alle werknemers van het Vaticaan, kardinalen incluis, moeten binnenkort weer de prikklok gebruiken. In 1960 schafte paus Johannes XXIII de prikklok af.
Het terug invoeren van de prikklok heeft te maken met de plannen van het Vaticaan om een meer prestatiegerichte beloning in te voeren die onder andere rekening houdt met stiptheid en professionaliteit.De personeelsleden hebben naar verluidt niets tegenh een meer prestatiegerichte beloning maar de prikklok terug invoeren hoeft voor hen niet.
Forum: Actuele zaken. Geplaatst op 18/10 '08 11:39u. Onderwerp: Rellen rond abortusboot in Valencia
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Hoe was het ook weer?
Als iemand verkeerd doet maak hem daar op attent.
Luistert hij niet haal er dan anderen bij en probeer hem te overreden.
Luistert hij nog niet! haal er dan overste bij.
Luistert hij dan nog niet zend hem dan weg.
Dus Ja wij mogen die boot laten zinken.
Om erger te voorkomen.
Forum: Actuele zaken. Geplaatst op 3/11 '08 14:26u. Onderwerp: Obamanation!
- Een onmens -
Gelijk heb je X.Ik heb de indruk dat sommige mensen deze doorslaggevende argumenten gewoon niet willen lezen en er nog minder rekening mee houden.Stemmen we dan op een moordenaar in spe?
Forum: Kennismaking, geloofsgetuigenissen. Geplaatst op 3/11 '08 16:10u. Onderwerp: De verkeerde vraag.
+Pax
Dus, is God werkelijk goed?En is Hij werkelijk almachtig?
JA en de enige verdediging, die ik aan kan voeren, voor mijn ja is mijn geloof.Vraag mij dus niet om mijn JA te rationaliseren, want dan vraag je of ik mijn geloof wil rationaliseren [icoontje: blij]
Church-run homes investigated for abuse
ECUMENICAL NEWS INTERNATIONAL
Nov 1, 2008
Trier, Germany Protestant leaders in Germany say they will investigate and expose past cases of mistreatment in church-run children’s homes after an investigation found that children had been physically and sexually abused in such institutions.“We have established to our horror that even in church-run homes children were brought up with violence,”Bishop Margot Kässmann of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover said Sept. 22. -The bishop’s comments follow the preliminary findings of an investigation she commissioned into claims of violence and abuse at children’s homes run by the social welfare agency of the Hanover church in the 1950s and 1960s.
“Our investigations that have been undertaken by our social welfare agency have shown that there were infringements of human rights, and sexual assault by individuals in our institutions,” said Bishop Kässmann. “We need to listen to the victims, and the perpetrators must be brought to justice.”
Hans Bauer, the researcher employed to investigate the claims,
found cases of physical and even sexual abuse, the German Protestant news agency EPD reported.“Children in homes had to scrub tiles with toothbrushes or were locked into windowless cells for days on end,” Mr. Bauer was quoted as saying by the news agency on Sept. 15.
“The violation of the most vulnerable was the order of the day,” said Bishop Kässmann.
Vaticaan voert prikklok weer in
Geplaatst door Theo Borgermans op maandag 3 november 2008 om 15:55u (Bron: RKT)
VATICAANSTAD (RKnieuws.net) - Alle werknemers van het Vaticaan, kardinalen incluis, moeten binnenkort weer de prikklok gebruiken. In 1960 schafte paus Johannes XXIII de prikklok af.
Het terug invoeren van de prikklok heeft te maken met de plannen van het Vaticaan om een meer prestatiegerichte beloning in te voeren die onder andere rekening houdt met stiptheid en professionaliteit.De personeelsleden hebben naar verluidt niets tegenh een meer prestatiegerichte beloning maar de prikklok terug invoeren hoeft voor hen niet.
donderdag, oktober 30, 2008
polanski
Former Catholic Priest Found Guilty of Sexually Abusing MinorsMedia NewswireOctober 27, 2008
- CHICAGO - A defrocked Catholic priest was found guilty by a federal jury here Friday on two counts of sexually molesting a minor boy who lived periodically with him in Evanston, Ill., and accompanied him on interstate and international religious retreats. This guilty verdict resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois.
Donald J. McGuire, 78, from Chicago, was convicted of one count of traveling to Switzerland and Austria in December 2000 to engage in sexual activity with a minor, and one count of traveling to Buffalo, Minn., in August 2001 for the same purpose with the same victim.
McGuire, former spiritual advisor to Mother Teresa, was ordained in 1961 and was affiliated with the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus ( the Jesuits ) until he was defrocked last February.
During the three-week trial, five men testified that the former Jesuit priest had exploited and molested them when they were teenagers as they traveled with him on religious retreats.
According to court documents, between the mid-1990s and 2003, McGuire's primary residence was at Canisius House, a Jesuit priest community in Evanston. Since at least 1991, McGuire has had a number of restrictions placed on him concerning interaction with minors. According to multiple witnesses, however, McGuire continued to travel alone with boys in their teens and early 20s throughout the 1990s and through 2003, and sexually molested males during this time, including the victim (Dominick) who was 14 years old at the time he accompanied McGuire on a retreat to Switzerland and Austria in December 2000.
Dominick testified in court that McGuire sexually molested him between 1999 and the fall of 2003, and that he was 13 years old when the sexual abuse began. He also testified that he accompanied McGuire on numerous interstate and overseas trips, and that McGuire sexually abused him on nearly all the trips. According to Dominick, the sexual abuse ended when the Jesuits ordered McGuire to move from Canisius House to another residence in Chicago.
"Sexually exploiting children is despicable," said Gary Hartwig, special agent-in-charge of the ICE Office of Investigations in Chicago. "ICE will go the extra mile to catch those individuals who prey on these innocent victims. Identifying and investigating those who victimize children - especially those who hold positions of public trust as in the case of Mr. McGuire - is one of the most important responsibilities ICE has.
"Under current federal law, the statute of limitations for sexual abuse of a
minor extends during the life of the victim.Assistant U.S. Attorneys Julie B. Ruder and April M. Perry, Northern District of Illinois, successfully prosecuted this case.
McGuire faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each count. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer scheduled sentencing for Dec. 18.
McGuire's investigation and arrest are part of Operation Predator, a national ICE initiative that protects children by investigating and presenting for prosecution pedophiles, Internet predators, human traffickers, international sex tourists, and other predatory criminals.
Since Operation Predator was launched in July 2003, ICE agents have arrested more than 11,500 child predators and sex offenders nationwide, including more than 600 in Illinois.
ICE encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at 1-866-DHS-2ICE. Investigators staff this hotline around the clock.
Suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children may be reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, an Operation Predator partner, at 1-800-843-5678 or http:/www.cybertipline.com.
zaterdag, oktober 25, 2008
Theocratie
SGP schaft begrip theocratie af
Geplaatst door Theo Borgermans op zaterdag 25 oktober 2008 om 20:25u (Bron: Reformatorisch Dagblad)
DE MEERN (RKnieuws.net) - SGP-prominenten zullen niet langer zeggen dat ze een theocratie voorstaan, maar dat ze Bijbels genormeerde politiek nastreven of woorden van dergelijke strekking.
Het SGP-kader heeft besloten om het begrip theocratie te vermijden omdat het gauw misverstanden oproept. Te gemakkelijk worden associaties gelegd tussen de SGP en moslimfundamentalisten die streven naar een islamitische dictatoriale theocratie. (tb)
Novum
zaterdag, 25 oktober 2008
Dalai Lama geeft strijd met China op
(Novum/AP) - De Dalai Lama heeft zijn pogingen opgegeven om China ervan te overtuigen dat het Tibet meer autonomie moet geven. Dat heeft de geestelijk leider van de Tibetaanse boeddhisten zaterdag gezegd. Hij zei dat hij het Tibetaanse volk zal vragen te beslissen hoe de daloog nu verder moet worden gevoerd.
China heeft de Dalai Lama er bij herhaling van beschuldigd Tibet van China te willen afsplitsen. De Dalai Lama ontkent dat. Hij wil alleen meer autonomie om de unieke boeddhistische cultuur van Tibet te beschermeen, zegt hij. Hij noemt dat de 'middenweg'.
" Ik heb oprecht de middenweg bepleit in mijn langdurige contacten met China, maar er is geen enkele positieve respons op gekomen van Chinese kant" zei hij in zijn Indiase ballingsoord Dharmsala. "Wat mijzelf betreft heb ik het opgeven." Maar de kwestie Tibet gaat ook zes miljoen Tibetanen aan, zei hij. "Ik heb de Tibetaanse regering in ballingschap, als een ware democratie in ballingschap, gevraagd samen met het Tibetaanse volk de toekomstige koers te bepalen."
Geplaatst door Theo Borgermans op zaterdag 25 oktober 2008 om 20:25u (Bron: Reformatorisch Dagblad)
DE MEERN (RKnieuws.net) - SGP-prominenten zullen niet langer zeggen dat ze een theocratie voorstaan, maar dat ze Bijbels genormeerde politiek nastreven of woorden van dergelijke strekking.
Het SGP-kader heeft besloten om het begrip theocratie te vermijden omdat het gauw misverstanden oproept. Te gemakkelijk worden associaties gelegd tussen de SGP en moslimfundamentalisten die streven naar een islamitische dictatoriale theocratie. (tb)
Novum
zaterdag, 25 oktober 2008
Dalai Lama geeft strijd met China op
(Novum/AP) - De Dalai Lama heeft zijn pogingen opgegeven om China ervan te overtuigen dat het Tibet meer autonomie moet geven. Dat heeft de geestelijk leider van de Tibetaanse boeddhisten zaterdag gezegd. Hij zei dat hij het Tibetaanse volk zal vragen te beslissen hoe de daloog nu verder moet worden gevoerd.
China heeft de Dalai Lama er bij herhaling van beschuldigd Tibet van China te willen afsplitsen. De Dalai Lama ontkent dat. Hij wil alleen meer autonomie om de unieke boeddhistische cultuur van Tibet te beschermeen, zegt hij. Hij noemt dat de 'middenweg'.
" Ik heb oprecht de middenweg bepleit in mijn langdurige contacten met China, maar er is geen enkele positieve respons op gekomen van Chinese kant" zei hij in zijn Indiase ballingsoord Dharmsala. "Wat mijzelf betreft heb ik het opgeven." Maar de kwestie Tibet gaat ook zes miljoen Tibetanen aan, zei hij. "Ik heb de Tibetaanse regering in ballingschap, als een ware democratie in ballingschap, gevraagd samen met het Tibetaanse volk de toekomstige koers te bepalen."
MozesMina Ship of fools
Zegt Mina tegen Elias: kijk, Norbert, zo sjokt de beschaving voort.
’Vrouwen mogen straks officieel lector zijn’
Geplaatst door Theo Borgermans op zaterdag 25 oktober 2008 om 15:55u
VATICAANSTAD (RKnieuws.net) - De synode heeft in de conclusies van haar zaterdag gepubliceerde werkzaamheden voorgesteld dat de vrouwen een belangrijkere plaats moeten krijgen in de lezing van de Bijbel tijdens de ceremonies. De bisschoppen vinden met name dat het lectoraat opengesteld moet worden voor vrouwen.
Het is één van de 55 voorstellen van de synode. Het voorstel wil de rol van de leken in de verspreiding van het geloof aanmoedigen.De voorstellen die in hun voorlopige versie in het Italiaans gepubliceerd zijn moeten in het Latijn aan de paus voorgelegd worden en als basis dienen voor de redactie van de apostolische post-synodale exhortatie.Het kerkelijk recht voorziet dat het lectoraat kan toevertrouwd worden aan mannelijke leken die de leeftijd en de vereiste kwaliteiten hebben, vastgelegd door de bisschoppenconferentie.In de praktijk lezen de vrouwen tijdens ceremonies de bijbel al op vraag,
maar niet in het kader van een officiële taak. (tb) 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
One of the most remakable things about all this is
that two "parents", male and female, are needed to
start one new life. This has much to do with the great
variety of living creatures. You see, if each boy was
descended only from his father he would probably
posses only the same qualities as the father;
’Vrouwen mogen straks officieel lector zijn’
Geplaatst door Theo Borgermans op zaterdag 25 oktober 2008 om 15:55u
VATICAANSTAD (RKnieuws.net) - De synode heeft in de conclusies van haar zaterdag gepubliceerde werkzaamheden voorgesteld dat de vrouwen een belangrijkere plaats moeten krijgen in de lezing van de Bijbel tijdens de ceremonies. De bisschoppen vinden met name dat het lectoraat opengesteld moet worden voor vrouwen.
Het is één van de 55 voorstellen van de synode. Het voorstel wil de rol van de leken in de verspreiding van het geloof aanmoedigen.De voorstellen die in hun voorlopige versie in het Italiaans gepubliceerd zijn moeten in het Latijn aan de paus voorgelegd worden en als basis dienen voor de redactie van de apostolische post-synodale exhortatie.Het kerkelijk recht voorziet dat het lectoraat kan toevertrouwd worden aan mannelijke leken die de leeftijd en de vereiste kwaliteiten hebben, vastgelegd door de bisschoppenconferentie.In de praktijk lezen de vrouwen tijdens ceremonies de bijbel al op vraag,
maar niet in het kader van een officiële taak. (tb) 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
One of the most remakable things about all this is
that two "parents", male and female, are needed to
start one new life. This has much to do with the great
variety of living creatures. You see, if each boy was
descended only from his father he would probably
posses only the same qualities as the father;
but because he has a mother, too, some of the
likeness may be in him, so that he may "take after" each
parent in some ways and be a completely different and
orginal combination of qualities.
orginal combination of qualities.
That is one of the most fascinating result of the method God
uses to hand life on from one generation to another.
vrijdag, oktober 24, 2008
Wola Nani!dinsdag, oktober 21, 2008
Recht of politiek? Justice Harry S. LaForme resigns as Chair of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Zo schreed de beschaving voort...
"Today Canada has taken a significant step toward reconciliation of Aboriginal people with other Canadian citizens," said Eduardo Gonzalez, deputy director of the Americas Program at the ICTJ."We hope his statement means the government will respect the independence of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and support its work, its conclusions and its recommendations," Mr. Gonzalez said. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission officially began its work June 1.
Eén commissie, een rechter als voorzitter, Aboriginal elders have on three (3) occasions presented him with an Eagle Feather, symbolizing the virtues of honesty, integrity, and respect; the most recent being at his swearing in as a Judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal
en 2 commisieleden met 'n juridische- en zorg carriere, daarmee dus het politiek beleid...
(En dan ook nog eens 1 man, 2 vrouwen)
Wat jammer dat door de scheiding Kerk en Staat in zo'n opdracht de rechterlijke macht geen opdracht kan geven vanaf dag 1 hun persoonlijke ervaringen vast te leggen;
er is leven ook ná de TRC, en van dit soort mensen en hun keuzes kan een mens óók gelukkig worden!
God heeft een droom.
Wat een pest klus. Wat een moed.
TORONTO, Oct. 20 /CNW/
- Justice Harry S. LaForme today resigned as
Commission Chair of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation
Commission, citing an "incurable problem" that has led him to conclude that
the Commission "as currently constituted" will fail.
"At the heart of it is an incurable problem. The two Commissioners are
unprepared to accept that the structure of the Commission requires that the
TRC's course is to be charted and its objectives are to be shaped ultimately
through the authority and leadership of its Chair," he said in a letter to
Chuck Strahl, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
The other two commissioners are Jane Brewin-Morley and Claudette
Dumont-Smith. They have "repeatedly and openly" rejected the proposition that
the Chair was to shape the Commission's course, Justice LaForme said in the
letter. He was chosen as Chair on April 28, 2008. He is a judge of the Ontario
Court of Appeal.
"Challenging the reality that they were appointed as providers of advice
and assistance to the Chair, the two have chosen to compete for control of the
Commission by insisting that it is to be run on the basis of simple majority
rule...Efforts on my part and on the part of others to move the Commission
away from their position toward one that would restore functionality and
respect have been futile."
This, he said, has put the Commission "on the verge of paralysis."
Justice LaForme said the other two Commissioners do not embrace his
interpretation of the mandate that emphasizes reconciliation. They and their
supporters "see the TRC as primarily a truth commission. Unlike mine, theirs
is a view that leaves much of the work of reconciliation for another day. It
is a view that does not recognize the need for uncovering and recording the
truths of the IRS (Indian Residential Schools) past and legacy as but a part,
however important, of the greater whole of reconciliation."
"This difference in views would not be insurmountable if ours were merely
a case of competing visions open to debate and beneficial solutions. But they
are not. The two Commissioners insist that the direction of the Commission is
to be determined through a majority vote - thereby ensuring that their
restricted vision will be the one consistently sustained.
Apart from the essential fact that this not what was contemplated in their appointment,
majority votes at the TRC are unworkable for another, practical, reason.
The current unique situation of the TRC is that the two Commissioners have made it
clear that their majority rule would not be grounded in Commission
independence but would be shaped by the influence by some of the parties and
their political representatives."
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was created as the result of a
court-approved agreement to settle legal claims that residential school
survivors and others brought against the Government of Canada and Church
entities. The Commission reports to the parties of the settlement agreement
through the courts.
The Commission's mandate is to document the residential school experience
through national and regional events with the aim of healing and forging a new relationship between aboriginal and non-aboriginal Canadians.
"Today Canada has taken a significant step toward reconciliation of Aboriginal people with other Canadian citizens," said Eduardo Gonzalez, deputy director of the Americas Program at the ICTJ."We hope his statement means the government will respect the independence of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and support its work, its conclusions and its recommendations," Mr. Gonzalez said. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission officially began its work June 1.
Eén commissie, een rechter als voorzitter, Aboriginal elders have on three (3) occasions presented him with an Eagle Feather, symbolizing the virtues of honesty, integrity, and respect; the most recent being at his swearing in as a Judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal
en 2 commisieleden met 'n juridische- en zorg carriere, daarmee dus het politiek beleid...
(En dan ook nog eens 1 man, 2 vrouwen)
Wat jammer dat door de scheiding Kerk en Staat in zo'n opdracht de rechterlijke macht geen opdracht kan geven vanaf dag 1 hun persoonlijke ervaringen vast te leggen;
er is leven ook ná de TRC, en van dit soort mensen en hun keuzes kan een mens óók gelukkig worden!
God heeft een droom.
Wat een pest klus. Wat een moed.
TORONTO, Oct. 20 /CNW/
- Justice Harry S. LaForme today resigned as
Commission Chair of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation
Commission, citing an "incurable problem" that has led him to conclude that
the Commission "as currently constituted" will fail.
"At the heart of it is an incurable problem. The two Commissioners are
unprepared to accept that the structure of the Commission requires that the
TRC's course is to be charted and its objectives are to be shaped ultimately
through the authority and leadership of its Chair," he said in a letter to
Chuck Strahl, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
The other two commissioners are Jane Brewin-Morley and Claudette
Dumont-Smith. They have "repeatedly and openly" rejected the proposition that
the Chair was to shape the Commission's course, Justice LaForme said in the
letter. He was chosen as Chair on April 28, 2008. He is a judge of the Ontario
Court of Appeal.
"Challenging the reality that they were appointed as providers of advice
and assistance to the Chair, the two have chosen to compete for control of the
Commission by insisting that it is to be run on the basis of simple majority
rule...Efforts on my part and on the part of others to move the Commission
away from their position toward one that would restore functionality and
respect have been futile."
This, he said, has put the Commission "on the verge of paralysis."
Justice LaForme said the other two Commissioners do not embrace his
interpretation of the mandate that emphasizes reconciliation. They and their
supporters "see the TRC as primarily a truth commission. Unlike mine, theirs
is a view that leaves much of the work of reconciliation for another day. It
is a view that does not recognize the need for uncovering and recording the
truths of the IRS (Indian Residential Schools) past and legacy as but a part,
however important, of the greater whole of reconciliation."
"This difference in views would not be insurmountable if ours were merely
a case of competing visions open to debate and beneficial solutions. But they
are not. The two Commissioners insist that the direction of the Commission is
to be determined through a majority vote - thereby ensuring that their
restricted vision will be the one consistently sustained.
Apart from the essential fact that this not what was contemplated in their appointment,
majority votes at the TRC are unworkable for another, practical, reason.
The current unique situation of the TRC is that the two Commissioners have made it
clear that their majority rule would not be grounded in Commission
independence but would be shaped by the influence by some of the parties and
their political representatives."
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was created as the result of a
court-approved agreement to settle legal claims that residential school
survivors and others brought against the Government of Canada and Church
entities. The Commission reports to the parties of the settlement agreement
through the courts.
The Commission's mandate is to document the residential school experience
through national and regional events with the aim of healing and forging a new relationship between aboriginal and non-aboriginal Canadians.This is a remarkable beginning to the process as the strong speech reveals our “national opportunity to recover our moral compass.” Although, we must not diminish the fact that the process of Truth and Reconciliation will be on many different levels hard for the individual, family and community. The speech talks to the truths of this process and instilling that, “reconciliation is not an academic activity and it isn’t cheap. Before the truth can heal, it may hurt. Sometimes it may be a messy task, and it may bring out uncomfortable truths. We must have the fortitude to acknowledge and work through these truths. Reconciliation is not magic either. It is a journey that we will all take together.”
LaForme zei ooit ergens (waar las ik dat??) apetrots te zijn op dat Canadese rechtssyteem, wat hij als beste ter wereld zag. Nu maar hopen dat dat geen pr praatje was, maar inderdaad een geloof. Want dan mag God een droom hebben, maar 40 jaar is een rot eind sjokken. Elk jaar minder is er één mooi meegenomen, en God zal nog wel een paar dromen meer hebben.
zaterdag, augustus 30, 2008
zaterdag, augustus 09, 2008
Abuse in all its forms, is repulsive and must not be tolerated.Bishop apologises for clergy sex abuse
A New South Wales bishop has publicly apologised to the victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic clergy.
About 500 people including victims, relatives and politicians last night gathered at Newcastle's Sacred Heart Cathedral, in the NSW Hunter region, to hear the apology.
.......
During the service, victims were invited to place an olive tree branch and personal symbols of abuse in front of the cathedral's altar.
A woman called Anne, who was a victim of sexual abuse, says the apology will help victims to heal.
"We witnessed something special. A significant turning point," she said.
"I think one of the hymns, 'Come from darkness into light', that's exactly what this diocese has done.
"We've had a lot of negative stuff in the past and it's amazing where we've come from to where we are today and it's a journey that we've experienced. It's just great."
She said she would like priests to give victims more active support.
"I think the priests in this diocese need to follow that response and support their community," she said.
"In the past, community's have been split because we were looked upon because we were thought of doing the wrong thing, so priests need to take a stand and believe the victims.
"I think that is very important. Tonight we had a lot of positive things, that obviously leads to change, so it's a very good start." rest
7th August, 2008
SERVICE OF SOLIDARITY
The 13th February, 2008 was a very significant day – it was the day that Australia said “sorry” for past injustices to the Stolen Generations of our Indigenous people.
For many years Australians had been calling for an apology. We even inaugurated a “sorry day” to prompt Government leaders to redress those terrible injustices of the past.
Nothing happened.
Thousands of people walked across the Harbour Bridge. They longed for the first step to be taken on the road to reconciliation. They knew that those first steps towards reconciliation could not happen if the Prime Minister refused to say sorry. For reconciliation to happen there has to be a sorry! Nothing happened.
Then came a change in Government. A new Political Party was voted in. We had a new Prime Minister. This new leader vowed to say “sorry”.
So many Australians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike, wept openly as Prime Minister Kevin Rudd uttered these words:
“To the stolen generations I say the following: as Prime Minister of Australia I am sorry. On behalf of the Government of Australia I am sorry. On behalf of the Parliament of Australia I am sorry.
I offer you this apology without qualification. We apologise for the hurt, the pain and suffering that we, the Parliament, have caused you by the laws that previous Parliaments have enacted. We apologise for the indignity, the degradation and the humiliation these laws embodied.”
In my opinion that day, 13th February, 2008, was a pivotal point in our Nation’s history. To be able to name and acknowledge past mistakes, to be able to admit fault and apologise, is a sign of a mature Nation.
Of course, people will be quick to add that an apology is one thing! Action must follow – and they are right to say so: action must support an apology.
“Here I would like to acknowledge the shame which we have all felt as a result of the sexual abuse of minors by some clergy and religious in this country. These misdeeds, which constitute so grave a betrayal of trust, deserve unequivocal condemnation. They have caused great pain and have damaged the Church’s witness. Victims should receive compassion and care, and those responsible for these evils must be brought to justice. It is an urgent priority to promote a safer and more wholesome environment, especially for young people.”
Again, people will say that action must follow the Pope’s apology.
This gathering tonight is a declaration that the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle intends to act in a more compassionate and caring way towards victims of sexual abuse.
As bishop of this Diocese for over 13 years I admit to you that I have felt torn between loyalty to the Church, loyalty to Church personnel of whom I am one, and loyalty to the victims or survivors of sexual abuse.
That dilemma is now solved.
As bishop of the Diocese I am sorry! On behalf of former bishops of this Diocese I am sorry! On behalf of the Catholic community of Maitland-Newcastle I am sorry!
To the people of Newcastle, the Hunter and the Manning, I am sorry! For my personal mistakes in this area I am sorry!
Be assured that this apology is genuinely expressed and is supported by the resolve to create a “safe and wholesome environment” for all our people especially children and the young.
I will no longer make excuses for the failure of the Church to be compassionate.
I hope that this apology will enable all of us to face the reality of this terrible behaviour. Care of victims, be they individuals, families or parish communities, must always be our first concern.
Jesus honoured the sacredness of children. They are precious gifts to us from a loving God. Our society is being judged by the way we care for our children and the way we respond to those who have suffered as children and continue to suffer today. May we not be found wanting.
Most Reverend Michael MaloneBishop of Maitland-Newcastle
20th July 2008
Statement from Bishop Michael Malone Following the Apology made by Pope Benedict XVI to Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Church Personnel
I am heartened by Pope Benedict XVI’s apology to survivors of sexual abuse by church personnel offered during yesterday’s mass at St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney, particularly given the considerable speculation that it might not have happened.
I hope the apology was a moment of healing and acknowledgement for survivors of abuse and their families, a moment in which they may realise that the leader of the church recognises their experiences as a devastating and shameful part of our history. I am aware, however, that survivors of abuse all have individual needs for healing and that, for some, this apology will not be in the form they would have wished.
I believe the apology is a moment of maturity for our church, a small but significant step in our response to the issue of abuse by church personnel. Pope Benedict XVI called for all in the church to “work together” in “combating this evil”.
Abuse in all its forms, is repulsive and must not be tolerated.
We must continue to gain a greater understanding of the causes of this abuse and work to address them.
........
Zimmerman House can be contacted on (02) 49408091. Toll free 1800 234 050
Most Reverend Michael Malone
Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle
About 500 people including victims, relatives and politicians last night gathered at Newcastle's Sacred Heart Cathedral, in the NSW Hunter region, to hear the apology.
.......
During the service, victims were invited to place an olive tree branch and personal symbols of abuse in front of the cathedral's altar.
A woman called Anne, who was a victim of sexual abuse, says the apology will help victims to heal.
"We witnessed something special. A significant turning point," she said.
"I think one of the hymns, 'Come from darkness into light', that's exactly what this diocese has done.
"We've had a lot of negative stuff in the past and it's amazing where we've come from to where we are today and it's a journey that we've experienced. It's just great."
She said she would like priests to give victims more active support.
"I think the priests in this diocese need to follow that response and support their community," she said.
"In the past, community's have been split because we were looked upon because we were thought of doing the wrong thing, so priests need to take a stand and believe the victims.
"I think that is very important. Tonight we had a lot of positive things, that obviously leads to change, so it's a very good start." rest
7th August, 2008
SERVICE OF SOLIDARITY
The 13th February, 2008 was a very significant day – it was the day that Australia said “sorry” for past injustices to the Stolen Generations of our Indigenous people.
For many years Australians had been calling for an apology. We even inaugurated a “sorry day” to prompt Government leaders to redress those terrible injustices of the past.
Nothing happened.
Thousands of people walked across the Harbour Bridge. They longed for the first step to be taken on the road to reconciliation. They knew that those first steps towards reconciliation could not happen if the Prime Minister refused to say sorry. For reconciliation to happen there has to be a sorry! Nothing happened.
Then came a change in Government. A new Political Party was voted in. We had a new Prime Minister. This new leader vowed to say “sorry”.
So many Australians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike, wept openly as Prime Minister Kevin Rudd uttered these words:
“To the stolen generations I say the following: as Prime Minister of Australia I am sorry. On behalf of the Government of Australia I am sorry. On behalf of the Parliament of Australia I am sorry.
I offer you this apology without qualification. We apologise for the hurt, the pain and suffering that we, the Parliament, have caused you by the laws that previous Parliaments have enacted. We apologise for the indignity, the degradation and the humiliation these laws embodied.”
In my opinion that day, 13th February, 2008, was a pivotal point in our Nation’s history. To be able to name and acknowledge past mistakes, to be able to admit fault and apologise, is a sign of a mature Nation.
Of course, people will be quick to add that an apology is one thing! Action must follow – and they are right to say so: action must support an apology.
From 13th February, 2008 we fast-forward to 19th July, 2008 when Pope Benedict XVI made an apology to all victims of sexual abuse at a Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney.
Prior to that occasion there had been considerable speculation that he might not apologise, although the Pope maintained that he had planned to apologise all along.
Just as Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised on behalf of the Government and Parliament of Australia, so too did Pope Benedict apologise on behalf of the Church.
These were the words he used:
Just as Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised on behalf of the Government and Parliament of Australia, so too did Pope Benedict apologise on behalf of the Church.
These were the words he used:
“Here I would like to acknowledge the shame which we have all felt as a result of the sexual abuse of minors by some clergy and religious in this country. These misdeeds, which constitute so grave a betrayal of trust, deserve unequivocal condemnation. They have caused great pain and have damaged the Church’s witness. Victims should receive compassion and care, and those responsible for these evils must be brought to justice. It is an urgent priority to promote a safer and more wholesome environment, especially for young people.”
Again, people will say that action must follow the Pope’s apology.
This gathering tonight is a declaration that the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle intends to act in a more compassionate and caring way towards victims of sexual abuse.
As bishop of this Diocese for over 13 years I admit to you that I have felt torn between loyalty to the Church, loyalty to Church personnel of whom I am one, and loyalty to the victims or survivors of sexual abuse.
That dilemma is now solved.
From here on in my first concern is for the victims of what I consider to be a repulsive crime. In the words of Pope Benedict I unequivocally condemn those clergy who have betrayed the trust placed in them by both the Church and the people of God, especially children and young people. They must be brought to justice!
I have met with and personally apologised to survivors on behalf of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle. Tonight, at this public gathering, I apologise to you and to all the people of the Diocese for the great pain, the shame you have felt and the terrible damage done to the Church.
I have met with and personally apologised to survivors on behalf of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle. Tonight, at this public gathering, I apologise to you and to all the people of the Diocese for the great pain, the shame you have felt and the terrible damage done to the Church.
My heart grieves with my brother priests who have given their lives to serve a Church wounded by abusive behaviour.
As bishop of the Diocese I am sorry! On behalf of former bishops of this Diocese I am sorry! On behalf of the Catholic community of Maitland-Newcastle I am sorry!
To the people of Newcastle, the Hunter and the Manning, I am sorry! For my personal mistakes in this area I am sorry!
Be assured that this apology is genuinely expressed and is supported by the resolve to create a “safe and wholesome environment” for all our people especially children and the young.
I will no longer make excuses for the failure of the Church to be compassionate.
I will speak honestly and sincerely about the deep evil which is sexual abuse. Those responsible will be brought to justice.
I hope that this apology will enable all of us to face the reality of this terrible behaviour. Care of victims, be they individuals, families or parish communities, must always be our first concern.
Jesus honoured the sacredness of children. They are precious gifts to us from a loving God. Our society is being judged by the way we care for our children and the way we respond to those who have suffered as children and continue to suffer today. May we not be found wanting.
Most Reverend Michael MaloneBishop of Maitland-Newcastle
20th July 2008
Statement from Bishop Michael Malone Following the Apology made by Pope Benedict XVI to Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Church Personnel
I am heartened by Pope Benedict XVI’s apology to survivors of sexual abuse by church personnel offered during yesterday’s mass at St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney, particularly given the considerable speculation that it might not have happened.
I hope the apology was a moment of healing and acknowledgement for survivors of abuse and their families, a moment in which they may realise that the leader of the church recognises their experiences as a devastating and shameful part of our history. I am aware, however, that survivors of abuse all have individual needs for healing and that, for some, this apology will not be in the form they would have wished.
I believe the apology is a moment of maturity for our church, a small but significant step in our response to the issue of abuse by church personnel. Pope Benedict XVI called for all in the church to “work together” in “combating this evil”.
Abuse in all its forms, is repulsive and must not be tolerated.
We must continue to gain a greater understanding of the causes of this abuse and work to address them.
........
Zimmerman House can be contacted on (02) 49408091. Toll free 1800 234 050
Most Reverend Michael Malone
Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle
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Uma papoila crescia, crescia
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Uma papoila crescia, crescia
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