Issue 49 – March 2003

S M A R T
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Issue 49 – March 2003

The purpose of this newsletter is to help stop secretive organizations and groups from abusing others and to help those who allege they have been abused by such organizations and groups. This newsletter is not a substitute for other ways of recovering from ritual abuse. Readers should use caution while reading this newsletter. If necessary, make sure other support systems are available during and after reading this newsletter.

Important: The resources mentioned in this newsletter are for educational value only. Reading the books cited may or may not help your recovery process, so use caution when reading any book or contacting any resource mentioned in this newsletter. Some may have a religious or other agenda that may be separate from your own recovery process. Others may have valuable information on the Masons and other organizations, but have triggers or be somewhat sympathetic to those organizations. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, the views expressed in this newsletter constitute expressions of opinion, and readers are cautioned to form their own opinions and draw their own conclusions by consulting a variety of sources, including this newsletter. Resources listed, quoted and individual articles, etc. and their writers do not necessarily support all or any of the views mentioned in this newsletter. Also, the views, facts and opinions mentioned in this newsletter are solely the opinions of the authors and are not necessarily the opinions of this newsletter or its editor.

Copyright 2003 – All rights reserved. No reproduction of any material without written permission from the editor and individual authors.

The Sixth Annual Ritual Abuse, Secretive Organizations and Mind Control Conference will be from August 8 – 10, 2003 at the DoubleTree near Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT. Sponsored by: S.M.A.R.T. Internet conference information is at: http://members.aol.com/smartnews/smart-2003-conference.htm

Resources and Information

Please note: Listing of these resources does not necessarily constitute our endorsement of them. They are for educational value only and some may be heavy for survivors to read. Some of the conferences listed may not necessarily be safe for all survivors. S.M.A.R.T. recommends always bringing a support person to all conferences. If you are a survivor of mind control and/or ritual abuse, S.M.A.R.T. recommends that you try to bring a support person that is familiar with mind control techniques. LMS: article from ACHES-MC (Advocacy Committee for Human Experimentation Survivors – Mind Control) for unconsentually federally funded mind control as children or adults Canada contact Lynne Moss-Sharman, 230 Miles St. E. #3, Thunder Bay, Ont. P7C 1J6, lsharman@shaw.ca

Court Cases and Legal Articles

A list of clergy crimes is at : (this may be heavy for survivors)

http://community-2.webtv.net/@HH!40!9E!74EB52A70FA6/cyberministry/Articles/page3.html

from LMS Ottawa antes $1.7B for school claims – Canadian Press 12/20/02 “The federal government has earmarked $1.7 billion to settle up to 18,000 native residential school lawsuits over seven years.” http://www.canada.com/national/story.asp?id=92A0B1C8-215E-4875-AD12-B935EB0A3AB1

from LMS Algoma Anglicans expected to support settlement Could contribute $725,000 towards $25M fund By Brian Kelly 1/20/03 “…will see the establishment of a $25-million settlement fund by the Anglican Church of Canada to pay awards to victims of sexual or physical abuse in residential schools….An estimated 90,000-plus aboriginal children…attended live-in schools…from 1930 until the last one closed in Regina in 1996. More than 4,500 lawsuits representing at least 12,000 claimants have been launched since the federal government officially apologized in 1998 for widespread abuse. The Anglican church operated 26 of the 80 schools and has been named by more than 2,100 plaintiffs.” http://www.saultstar.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=19997&catname=Local+News

St Colman’s Survivors website includes allegations of abuse http://abusivesystem.terrylhewettsr.rackhost.net/stcolmans.html

from LMS Quebec City mayor lashes ‘lynch mob’ Whispering after juvenile sex-ring bust. Insinuations about next public figure to be charged get under L’Allier’s skin – Allison Hanes (ahanes@thegazette.southam.ca) The Gazette 2/1/03 “…the charges of pimping and soliciting sex from minors that have been laid against 20 local men after police cracked a juvenile prostitution ring in December….Police say 20 schoolgirls from good homes have now come forward alleging they were lured into prostitution by street gang members and forced to perform unspeakable sex acts with local businessmen, including a former winter carnival president and a pharmacy chain owner.” http://www.canada.com/

New abuse is alleged at Malvern Prep – Authorities are investigating a student’s accusation of sexual misconduct against a priest at the Chesco school by Kathleen Brady Shea and Jonathan Gelb 1/15/03 West Chester – Chester County authorities are investigating a new allegation of sexual misconduct by a priest at the prestigious Malvern Preparatory School. Another priest from the school is awaiting sentencing after his conviction last week on charges of sexually abusing a student in 1991.” http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/4947998.htm

Catholic Priest Involved in N.Irish Bombing – Police Londonderry, Northern Ireland (Reuters) 12/20/02 – “British ministers and the Roman Catholic Church may have colluded to cover up the involvement of a priest in one of Northern Ireland’s worst atrocities…a new probe had concluded a priest was involved in the 1972 Claudy bombings in which nine people died, and that members of the British government and church hierarchy knew of his IRA links. “In a search of 1972 papers, information has been found which clearly indicates that a parish priest in the south Derry area was a member of the provisional IRA and was actively involved in terrorism.” http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-irish-claudy.html?ex=1041451081&ei=1&en=ae6d344a48d2d692

from LMS Ex-priest jailed for assaulting schoolboys Ananova 1/21/03 “A former Irish Roman Catholic priest has been jailed for a year, after being convicted of assaulting two schoolboys. John Molloy, 44, sexually assaulted a boy who was under the age of six, at the curate’s house in the parish where he was ministering in 1985. Six years later he carried out a similar offence against a 10-year-old in a parish to which he had been transferred.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,1271,-2339461,00.html

from LMS Church has yet to unfrock jailed paedophile priests by Ruth Gledhill and Dominic Kennedy 1/20/03 “The convicted serial paedophile Michael Hill is still a priest and moves to unfrock him began only a year ago…Hill was first jailed in 1997 for sexually abusing nine boys, but the papers to strip him of the priesthood were not sent to the Vatican until last January.” http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-548509,00.html

from LMS Jailed priest had spell as head of children’s charity by Helen Studd, Dominic Kennedy and Ruth Gledhill 12/27/02 “The Roman Catholic Church made the paedophile priest Michael Hill head of a children’s charity and then dismissed him after several months in the post…The 68-year-old priest is serving his second jail sentence, having been convicted of molesting a total of nine boys aged 10 to 14 between 1969 and 1987. Ten charges, including abuse of a girl in 1959, remain on file. The leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, Cardinal Cormac Murphy- O’Connor, has struggled to explain why he gave Hill a job as a chaplain at Gatwick airport despite warnings from parents that the priest was a danger to children. Police are investigating the cardinal in connection with issues arising from Hill’s case. Hill used his position of trust at Gatwick to prey on a fresh victim, a boy with learning difficulties, after meeting him in the airport chapel.” http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-524572,00.html

from LMS Cardinal found job for another sex case priest By Helen Studd in Geneva, Dominic Kennedy and Ruth Gledhill 1/16/03 “A Catholic priest who was convicted of taking indecent pictures of young boys was appointed to a position in a new parish by the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor. The Cardinal, who has admitted making a grave mistake in the handling of a previous sex-abuse case involving a priest, also gave Father Timothy Garratt his “support” when he later moved overseas where he worked with children.” http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-544447,00.html

Pope given priests `sex time bomb’ warning 30 years ago by Roger Dobson and Maurice Chittenden in The Sunday Times – 12/23/02 “The present Pope was among several Catholic bishops warned in a secret report more than 30 years ago that the church faced a potential “psychosexual” time bomb in the priesthood. The report, which foreshadows the scandals over sexual abuse of children which have erupted in the church in recent years, was prepared for a synod of bishops at the Vatican in 1971. Its authors estimated that a quarter of clerics had psychiatric difficulties and most were emotionally immature….unpublished report by Dr Conrad Baars, a Dutch-born Catholic psychiatrist from Minnesota, based on the records of 1,500 priests treated for mental problems. Baars reported that “psychosexual immaturity expressed in heterosexual or homosexual activity was encountered often. Virtually all of these priests were…suffering from a severe to moderate frustration neurosis”. The report, The Role of the Church in the Causation, Treatment and Prevention of the Crisis in the Priesthood, estimated that less than 15% of all priests in western Europe and North America were emotionally fully developed. Of the rest, 20-25% had serious psychiatric difficulties that often showed themselves in alcoholism; 60-70% suffered from lesser degrees of emotional immaturity. Baars made 10 recommendations, including better vetting of applicants to the priesthood. None were implemented.” http://www.oneinfour.org/archives/000239.html#000239

Judge Voids Sexual Abuse Suit Against Vatican AP St. Petersburg, Fla., 11/28/02 “A suit accusing the Vatican of covering up sexual abuse is prohibited because the statute of limitations has run out, a judge has ruled. The suit, one of the few arising from the scandal that has shaken the church to name the Vatican as a defendant, was brought in April by Rick Gomez, 29, a former resident of Tampa.” http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/29/national/29PRIE.html

General Assembly of North Carolina Session 2001 – Session Law 2002-119 House Bill 1276 An Act to Close the Legal Loophole That Exists under the State’s Incest Laws by Equalizing Punishments for Crimes Committed Against Children Without Regard to Familial Status. http://www.protect.org/articles/nc_law.shtml

Protect ProtectPAC 46 Haywood Street, Suite 315 Asheville, NC 28801 phone: (828) 350-9350 · email: info@protect.org http://www.PROTECT.org

from LMS Child-sex law in rare test 01/21/03 By Tony Stickley “…is facing around 36 sex charges for acts allegedly committed in this country and on one of the Pacific Islands. Eight young complainants are involved, six of them boys. Some of the counts are laid under a section of the Crimes Amendment Act that was introduced in 1995 to stamp out sex tours by New Zealanders to places such as Thailand and the Philippines. It means the same penalties can be imposed as if the offences were committed in this country. Under the legislation, people who organise sex tours to exploit overseas youngsters can also be jailed for up to seven years.” http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3097102&thesection=news&thesubsection=general

SJC considers statute of limitations in clergy abuse cases 2/6/03 Boston (AP) “The state’s highest court heard arguments…on whether a lawsuit brought by a woman who claimed she was abused by a priest as a teenager more than four decades ago should at least be heard by a jury under the state’s statute of limitations. State law gives a person three years to file a lawsuit after they turn 18, but the law allows people more time if they did not make the connection between the alleged abuse and damage suffered as a result of it until later. The case could have ramifications in other church sexual abuse lawsuits.” http://www.boston.com/dailynews/037/region/SJC_considers_statute_of_limit:.shtml

from LMS Md. bills seek to lengthen limit on filing of sex-abuse civil suits – Current law requires victim to initiate action by age 21 By John Rivera 2/9/03 “…victims’ advocates are pushing the Maryland General Assembly to lengthen the statute of limitations for filing civil suits against abusers. Critics have long argued that Maryland’s law, which requires a child who has been sexually abused to file suit by age 21, is too restrictive…A bill sponsored by Del. Brian K. McHale, a Baltimore Democrat, would allow a sexual abuse victim to file a civil suit within a year after the resolution of a criminal case.” http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.statute09feb09,0,2906635.story?coll=bal%2Dlocal%2Dheadlines

from LMS Ex-Jordan teacher facing up to his demons, lawyer says Jim Adams 2/8/03 “A former Jordan High School teacher convicted of sexual assault….A prosecutor has said Simon admitted to counselors or corrections officials that, by his own estimate, he molested about 100 students and others in his 20 years at the school.” http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3641251.html
also see from LMS Ex-teacher told police he molested about 100 victims Jim Adams 1/28/03 http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3617762.html

Sexual abuse suit dismissed against school 1/10/03 by Linda Stein “Trenton – A former student at the American Boychoir School in Princeton Borough who sued the school over sexual abuse he allegedly suffered there as a child was devastated to learn that a judge has dismissed that lawsuit he filed against the school…..In his 40-page opinion, Sabatino said the Charitable Immunity statute protects nonprofit corporations, religious and educational organizations from liability for damages “for the negligence of any of its agents,” provided the injured person is a “beneficiary.”….However, the school had previously settled two other lawsuits with similar allegations, one for $850,000.” http://www.nj.com/news/times/mercer/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1042196443152792.xml

Priest resigns amid theft probe – AP, 1/13/03 Merrimack, N.H. – “A priest has resigned after he became the target of an investigation into the theft of money from the Christmas Eve collection box. The Diocese of Manchester said it accepted the resignation of Rev. Steven Kucharski…as pastor of St. John Neumann Parish. ” http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/013/metro/Priest_resigns_amid_theft_probe+.shtml
N.H. Bishop: Some Priest Sex Less Serious 12/23/02 Concord, N.H. (AP) – “Questioned under oath about the church abuse scandal, New Hampshire’s bishop suggested that it is less serious for a priest to have sex with someone from outside the parish than with a parishioner. In depositions this fall, Bishop John B. McCormack said he knew the Rev. Roland Cote had had sex with a teen-age boy but noted that the boy was not a parishioner. “You know, one is an activity where you have a trusted relationship with a parishioner. The other is an activity where you’re away from the parish and you’re off on your own,”‘ McCormack said in depositions obtained by …AP… “I’m very concerned about that; he was a young person. But it’s quite different from being with a parishioner.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-2268335,00.html

16 priests named for first time in sexual abuse lawsuits At least three still active; total of accused at 130 by Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll, 1/30/03 “The new lawsuits, filed on behalf of 70 new alleged victims, include charges of rape, attempted rape, and fondling of minors against 40 priests and a former church worker who is believed to be a deacon…Also named as defendants in some of the suits are two former auxiliary bishops in Boston, Archbishop Daniel A. Cronin of the Hartford archdiocese and Bishop Daniel A. Hart of the Norwich, Conn., diocese. They bring to eight the number of bishops, including Cardinal Bernard F. Law, who have been accused of negligence while they supervised the abusive priests. Law resigned Dec. 13, but the seven other bishops all head their own dioceses. …” http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/030/metro/16_priests_named_for_first_time_in_sexual_abuse_lawsuits+.shtml

from LMS Files: Cardinal tried to help accused man get ordained by Robin Washington and Tom Mashberg 2/5/03 “Top aides to Bernard Cardinal Law outlined a plan to pave the way to priesthood for a seminarian hit with sexual abuse allegations, despite church rules prohibiting accused candidates from becoming ordained…The internal memos indicate Law and his deputies – including Msgr. Michael Smith Foster, the Boston Archdiocese’s top canon lawyer – knew of multiple allegations against Pope John XXIII seminarian Mark Doherty but nonetheless acquiesced in allowing him to be ordained in the Diocese of Charlotte, N.C. “After consultation with my canonical advisors, I write to suggest that the easiest way for this to go forward would be simply to wait out the necessary five years and then proceed if you so decide that way,” Law wrote to Bishop William G. Curlin on Aug. 23, 1999….The Rev. Francis Murphy, another Boston “lend-lease” priest, who was accused of molestation and child pornography in Alaska.” http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/local_regional/chur02052003.htm

from LMS Former Law aide was concerned about Geoghan’s future,not past By Kathleen Burge, 2/5/03 “After learning that the Rev. John J. Geoghan had admitted molesting seven boys from the same family, a deputy to Cardinal Bernard F. Law said he was bothered more by what Geoghan might do than what he had done.”(Bishop Robert J. Banks) http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/036/metro/Former_Law_aide_was_concerned_about_Geoghan_s_future_not_past+.shtml

Church board dismissed accusations by females By Thomas Farragher and Matt Carroll 2/7/03 “Records made public yesterday detailing alleged sexual misconduct by six priests suggest that women who complained that they had been assaulted as girls often received dismissive treatment by a church review board.” http://www.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/print4/020703_board.htm

Bishop often sided with priests in abuse cases – Records show McCormack brushed aside accusations By Thomas Farragher and Matt Carroll, 1/26/03 “…McCormack’s penchant for protecting priests in trouble trumped his new policy. Six weeks after its adoption, he was seeking an exemption for the Rev. Raymond C. Plourde. McCormack thought Plourde should remain as pastor of his Newburyport parish even though he had admitted to molesting a 12-year-old boy. An archdiocesan review board sharply disagreed. “For the good of the church,” it concluded, “he priest must resign.” Plourde became a convent chaplain until his retirement last year….Discretion, the records make clear, was the key. His guiding principle appeared to be the avoidance of public scandal.” http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/026/metro/Bishop_often_sided_with_priests_in_abuse_cases+.shtml

from LMS Bishop tells of shielding priests – McCormack says aide’s plea ignored By Michael Rezendes and Stephen Kurkjian 1/9/03 “It was 1994 and the Boston Archdiocese was being deluged with complaints that scores of its priests had sexually molested hundreds of children. But the Rev. John B. McCormack, then the top church official handling the complaints for Cardinal Bernard F. Law, insisted on shielding the identities of accused priests from unsuspecting parishioners – despite the repeated pleas of his top aide who fielded complaints about more than 100 priests.” http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/009/metro/Bishop_tells_of_shielding_priests+.shtml

from LMS Boston Church Leaders Refused to Tell Parishioners of Abuse By Pam Belluck Boston, 1/8/03 — “In the Shanley case, Bishop McCormack handled a 1985 letter from a woman in Rochester, N.Y., who complained that Father Shanley said in a speech, “When adults have sex with children, the children seduced them.” In his deposition, the bishop said he believed Father Shanley’s explanation that he had been misunderstood.” http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/09/national/09PRIE.html

Lawyers for Boston Archdiocese Subpoena Alleged Victims’ Therapists – Boston 1/17/03 – “Lawyers for the Boston Archdiocese, which offered to pay for counseling for people who say they were abused by priests, have begun issuing subpoenas to the therapists to get details about the sessions. The subpoenas issued this week require therapists to answer questions under oath about the counseling, a move that has outraged alleged victims and their lawyers.” http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,75918,00.html

from LMS Ex-vicar of Boston concedes he erred By Michael Rezendes and Thomas Farragher, 1/14/03 “When the Rev. Paul R. Shanley resigned his position at a Newton church and moved to a California parish, it fell to Bishop Robert J. Banks, then the top administrator in the Boston Archdiocese, to write a 1990 letter assuring California church officials that Shanley was a priest in good standing. But in pretrial testimony released yesterday, Banks acknowledged that when he wrote the letter, he had been told of allegations that Shanley had spoken in favor of sex between adults and children and had allegedly initiated a conversation about sadomasochism with a patient while serving as chaplain at McLean Hospital…”At the time I wrote the [1990] letter, there was no obvious indication that Fr. Shanley had been in serious difficulty with the archdiocese years before,” Banks wrote to his parishioners….But Banks never said – either in his 1990 letter or his more recent letter to his parishioners – that he had personally reviewed 1985 correspondence from a Rochester, N.Y., woman who said she had a tape recording of a speech in which Shanley endorsed sex between adults and children and said that children were typically the seducers in such relationships.” http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/014/metro/Ex_vicar_of_Boston_concedes_he_erred+.shtml

The Boston Files By Rita Ciolli and Joseph Mallia “In 1995, Bishop William F. Murphy, then the second-highest ranking official in the Archdiocese of Boston, faced a grave problem: One of his priests was accused of sexually molesting a boy at a church-run juvenile detention center. Murphy decided to allow the Rev. C. Melvin Surette to remain active and then gave the cleric $14,000 to start a job bank to find work for other priests accused of abusing children. Murphy also gave Surette an allowance to live in private housing and extra money for a car and parking expenses. The accuser, who was 16 at the time of the alleged abuse, received a $50,000 settlement.” http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-libishop0209,0,3547218.story

Lennon tied to priest probe: Foster case memo shows bishop was at meeting by Robin Washington and Tom Mashberg 12/26/02 Boston Herald “Church records show Bishop Richard G. Lennon, the interim leader of the Archdiocese of Boston, attended a two-hour meeting on the fate of an accused priest – even though Lennon publicly denied having any role in the case. A memo in the file of Msgr. Michael Smith Foster places Lennon and six other clerics at a Sept. 13 meeting “to discuss new allegations against (Foster) of sexual misconduct with a minor.” http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_regional/lenn12262002.htm

15 Men Reach Settlement on Abuse Claims AOL 1/10/03 Boston (AP) – “Fifteen men who said they were abused by clergy who taught at two Jesuit-run high schools in New England have settled their claims…Attorney Roderick MacLeish…the settlements totaled $5.8 million and ranged from $75,000 to more than $1 million. Eleven of the men claimed they were abused while they were students at Boston College High School in the 1970s and early 1980s. Ten men named the Rev. James F. Talbot, a hockey and soccer coach, and the other cited the Rev. Francis J. McManus.”

from LMS Molester priest Paquin cuts deal to testify in abuse civil lawsuits by Tom Mashberg 1/1/03 “A North Shore priest whose seduction and sexual abuse of teen boys spans four decades pleaded guilty yesterday to three counts of oral rape of a child and received a minimum 12-year term after promising to testify in civil cases against the Archdiocese of Boston….Attorney Jeffrey A. Newman of Marblehead, who represents 17 alleged Paquin victims…” http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/local_regional/perv01012003.htm

from LMS A ‘classic misuse of power’ Children of woman who died in affair with priest speak out By Stephen Kurkjian and Walter V. Robinson, 12/29/02 “By the time Needham police arrived at the modest split-level home at about 5 a.m., the 41-year-old woman was dead….Now, the four siblings know from church records that their mother, who was severely depressed, was a victim of yet another priest whose sexual misconduct was overlooked by his superiors. They know that the Rev. James D. Foley began a long and destructive affair with her after she went to him for counseling in the early 1960s. They also know that Foley was with their mother that night in 1973, that he put his clothes on and left when she passed out from the pills, and that she died naked and without help – just a mile and a half from Glover Memorial Hospital….they also cannot comprehend why Cardinal Bernard F. Law and Bishop John B. McCormack decided to keep Foley’s secret and return him to a parish after they learned in 1993 how their mother died. The bishops’ principal concern, according to the documents: That Foley’s misconduct might become public.” http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/363/metro/A_classic_misuse_of_power_+.shtml
from LMS Priest details longtime affair Tells four children of the woman who died that he’s sorry By Stephen Kurkjian, 1/31/03 “The Rev. James D. Foley, who fled when the Needham woman with whom he was having an affair took a fatal overdose in 1973, …two of whom he may have fathered ….Foley disclosed the affair and the fatal overdose to Cardinal Bernard F. Law and the Rev. – now Bishop – John B. McCormack in 1993….He was removed from the parish when the records became public on Dec. 5.” http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/031/metro/Priest_details_longtime_affair+.shtml

from LMS Accused priests were often on Law’s calendar By Michael Rezendes, Sacha Pfeiffer 1/10/03 “…two days after meeting with Keohane, Law wrote a letter to Geoghan informing him that he was being reassigned as a parish priest to St. Julia Church in Weston…”I am confident that you will render fine priestly service to the People of God in St. Julia Parish,” Law wrote….The entries do not indicate whether Law kept every appointment, but they do show Law had scheduled meetings with more than 35 priests who had been, or would be, formally accused of sexual misconduct – a pattern that seems to contradict pretrial testimony in which he repeatedly described his role in supervising accused priests as limited.” http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/010/nation/Accused_priests_were_often_on_Law_s_calendar+.shtml

from LMS Albany Diocese Quietly Paid Man Who Pressed Abuse Claim by Daniel J. Wakin “Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany quietly paid more than $225,000 last year to a sexual abuse victim who was pressing further allegations that priests from the diocese had molested him when he was a boy. The man and the diocese disagree on whether the money was intended to end his claims and keep him quiet, or was the charitable work of a church assisting a member in need.” http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/19/nyregion/19BISH.html

1,200 Priests in Sex Abuse Cases (AOL) New York AP 1/12/03 – “Since the Roman Catholic church became embroiled in a sex abuse scandal a year ago, more than 1,200 priests in nearly every diocese in America have been accused of sexually abusing children, The New York Times reported. A survey conducted by the Times through Dec. 31 found that 4,268 people have claimed publicly or in lawsuits that priests abused them in the past six decades. The Times survey, relying on court records, news reports, church documents and interviews, found that 1,205 priests, or 1.8 percent of all priests ordained from 1950 to 2001, had been accused of abuse.”

Trail of Pain in Church Crisis Leads to Nearly Every Diocese “But the research also suggested that the extent of the problem remains hidden. In dioceses that have divulged what they say are complete lists of abusive priests — under court orders or voluntarily — the percentages are far higher. In Baltimore, an estimated 6.2 percent of priests ordained in the last half-century have been implicated in the abuse of minors. In Manchester, N.H., the percentage is 7.7, and in Boston it is 5.3.” http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/12/national/nationalspecial/12PRIE.html

Lawyer says US bishop destroyed records of abusive priest J. M. Hirsch AP Manchester, New Hampshire 1/7/03 “The former bishop of New Hampshire destroyed church records in the late 1980s that detailed sexual abuse of children by two Roman Catholic priests, according to court records. The records indicate that Odore Gendron, the bishop of the Diocese of Manchester from 1975 to 1990, destroyed documents in one case at the request of the accused priest and in the other at the request of a facility treating a priest for sexual misconduct…Gendron did destroy the documents in question because they were private medical records and were made available to the diocese only on condition they be destroyed. He said the intent was never to cover up allegations of abuse.” http://world.scmp.com/worldnews/ZZZAFHKDFAD.html

Videotape shows priest in northern Mexico having sex with his secretary 1/4/03 Mexico City (AP) “Roman Catholic officials are calling for the dismissal of a priest in northern Chihuahua state after a newspaper published excerpts of a videotape showing him having sex with his secretary. A front-page story in Friday’s Diario de Chihuahua reported…” http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/01/04/international1345EST6146.DTL

Sins of the Fathers – Grand jury says LI diocese protected abusive priests By Rita Ciolli 2/10/03 “Catholic church officials on Long Island failed in the past to protect children from sexual abuse by priests and cannot be trusted to protect them now without changes in state law, …how the hierarchy of the Diocese of Rockville Centre concealed the alleged criminal behavior of its priests and used “deception and intimidation” in dealing with abuse victims. The report repeatedly points out how avoiding bad publicity was paramount. Calling the diocesan policy of dealing with abusive priests “a sham,” the report exposes a “system that left thousands of children in the diocese exposed to predatory, serial child molesters working as priests.” The report estimates that abuse cases cost the diocese $2 million, with about $1.7 million of that being paid to victims in settlements. And with abuse allegations on record by 2002 against at least 58 priests…the only priest who was defrocked at that point, was one who admitted to having an affair with an adult woman.” http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-ligran103124280feb10,0,1364761.story?coll=ny%2Dtop%2Dspan%2Dheadlines

also see from LMS L_I_ Diocese Tricked Victims of Sexual Abuse, Panel Says by Robert D. McFadden http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/11/nyregion/11PRIE.html

Cash Offered for Silence on Abuse, Priest Says By Daniel J. Wakin “Long Island priest who sexually abused a 13-year-old boy has charged that a church official pressured him a year ago to keep quiet about his own claims that he was fondled two decades ago by a prominent monsignor. The priest, the Rev. Michael R. Hands, said the official offered him some money to pay for insurance, medical care and therapy, “but then it was very important that I also gave them my silence.” http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/04/nyregion/04ABUS.html

Nuns as sexual victims get little notice by Bill Smith 01/04/03 “…thousands of nuns who say they have been sexually victimized. A national survey, completed in 1996 but intentionally never publicized, estimates that a “minimum” of 34,000 Catholic nuns, or about 40 percent of all nuns in the US, have suffered some form of sexual trauma. Some of that sexual abuse, exploitation or harassment has come at the hands of priests and other nuns in the church…The survey was conducted by researchers at St. Louis Univ. and was paid for, in part, by several orders of Catholic nuns.” http://stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/263AD85EB409BD2786256CA40076DBA4?OpenDocument&Headline=Nuns+as+sexual+victims+get+little+notice

also see ‘Catholic sisters are being violated’40% of nuns sexual victims: 1996 U.S. survey Bill Smith – Special to the Star http://www.thestar.ca/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?GXHC_gx_session_id_=13de46428f9a2135&pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035776289249&call_pageid=968332188492&col=9%2068793972154

From LMS The veil of silence – Sexual abuse of nuns by priests a dirty secret Habits and vows of celibacy didn’t protect them Trish Crawford Toronto Star 2/1/03 “The sisters aren’t safe. A series of recent reports show that many Roman Catholic nuns, in Canada and throughout the world, are being sexually abused and harassed, often by priests.” http://www.thestar.ca/

Visiting Priest Arrested on Sex Charge – Visiting Roman Catholic Priest From Poland Arrested in Conn. on Sexual Abuse Charge AP New Britain, Conn. 12/26/02 “A visiting Roman Catholic priest from Poland was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl he was counseling about a previous sexual assault. The Rev. Roman Kramek, 40, who had been serving at Sacred Heart Church, is accused of having sex with the 17-year-old girl on Dec. 18, prosecutors said. Kramek admitted to the crime in a sworn statement to authorities, they said….Under state law it is illegal for psychotherapists or any member of the clergy to have sex with anyone they are counseling…” http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20021226_1082.html

Report: LA archdiocese to negotiate more than 100 abuse claims 1/1/03 Los Angeles AP – “A new law that took effect…gives alleged victims of priestly sexual abuse more time to sue, but Southern California dioceses have won a reprieve in more than 100 potential cases. Lawyers for alleged victims of priests in Los Angeles and Orange counties agreed…to try to mediate claims instead of taking them immediately to court, said attorney Katherine Kay Freberg, who represents nearly 80 alleged victims. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the Diocese of Orange will be given about 90 days to reach out-of-court settlements…” http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/01/01/state0639EST0023.DTL

from LMS Flood of suits on abuse seen in California By Tatsha Robertson 1/1/03 “The new law lifts the statute of limitations for one year and specifically allows alleged victims to sue institutions that employed and protected alleged abusers…. Attorneys working with alleged victims in California said they know of more than 200 new cases that will be filed…have already resulted in the arrests or removal of two dozen Catholic priests in the state.” http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/001/nation/Flood_of_suits_on_abuse_seen_in_California+.shtml

from LMS Court Upholds Naples Cardinal Acquittal 1/16/03 Potenza, Italy (AP) – “An appeals court on Wednesday upheld the acquittal of Naples’ cardinal on charges he took about $500,000 in church funds…Cardinal Michele Giordano, 72, became the highest-ranking church official to stand criminal trial in Italy when he was prosecuted in 2000, accused of taking part in a massive loan-sharking ring. Prosecutors had alleged that the cardinal supplied about $800,000 to finance the ring run by his brother and had appropriated another $500,000 in church funds.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2324666,00.html

IRS has eyes on priest’s ministry INS seeks removal of certification; fees from poor spent on leaders 01/24/03 By Brooks Egerton “Federal and state authorities are moving against a Catholic priest’s ministry that has spent large sums of money to benefit its leaders while charging poor people millions for help, sources say. The IRS…has assigned a criminal investigator to scrutinize Casita Maria, a tax-exempt ministry that counsels foreigners on how to deal with the Immigration and Naturalization Service.” www.dallasnews.com

from LMS After One Cardinal Resigns, Catholics Ask: Who’s Next? Other Bishops Under Scrutiny for Handling Sex Abuse Cases By Pamela Ferdinand and Alan Cooperman 12/23/02 “But attention also is shifting to the powerful cardinals of Los Angeles and New York and to bishops in other cities, such as Phoenix and Toledo.” “More than three-quarters of the 1,209 adults in the nationwide poll, and 69 percent of the Catholics, said they disapproved of the church’s handling of sexual abuse. Half of all the respondents – and more than a third of the Catholics – said the church “cannot be trusted” to handle the issue properly in the future.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/

from LMS Former priest faces extradition 2/7/03 Bronwyn Sell in London “A former Catholic priest and teacher should be extradited to New Zealand to face charges of indecently assaulting 11 boys and young men from 1978 to 1987, a British court has ruled. Alan John Woodcock, aged 55, faces 18 charges of indecent assault and one of buggery. Six of his alleged victims were boys under the age of 16 whom he met at St Patricks Silverstream in Lower Hutt, where he taught.” http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3099900&thesection=news&thesubsection=general

from LMS Woman alleges priest fathered her child By Andrea MacDonald The Daily News “Somewhere in Nova Scotia – possibly Halifax – is a woman who accuses her priest of not only raping her repeatedly, but also of fathering her child….Doe says the alleged abuse began when she was 13, in the town of Seven Mile Bay, P.E.I. McGaugh, now retired, was then an assistant parish priest at St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church. Doe claims she eventually went to a Rev. Herald Croken and told him McGaugh was hurting her. “She was told that it was nonsense and dismissed,” according to her statement of claim.” http://www.canada.com/halifax/news/story.asp?id=DBD533A5-0F01-4A93-9673-8075FB1A5AD6

Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence – Clergy Ethics & Sexual Abuse web site CPSDV 2400 N 45th Street #10 Seattle, WA 98103 Phone: (206) 634-1903 Fax: (206) 634-0115 Email: cpsdv@cpsdv.org http://www.cpsdv.org/Clergy/index.htm

Second grand jury scrutinizes Phoenix diocese Legal maneuvering delays priest sex abuse inquiry By Joseph A. Reaves and Kelly Ettenborough 1/31/03 “An eight-month criminal investigation of sexual misconduct in the Phoenix Catholic Diocese has been delayed by legal maneuvering and an unexpected shortage of grand jurors, according to newly released court records obtained by The Arizona Republic….In motions filed earlier this month with the Arizona Court of Appeals, prosecutors accuse church attorneys of engaging in “novel, obstructionist and frivolous” legal maneuvers designed to “seriously impede the grand jury’s ability” to pursue an investigation. Attorneys for the diocese argue that any delays in the grand jury process are a result of attempts to ensure secrecy of documents they say should be protected.” http://www.arizonarepublic.com/arizona/articles/0131priest31.html

State appeals panel in Arizona rules that diocese must hand over documents 2/8/03 Phoenix – “The Catholic Diocese of Phoenix must turn over nearly 2,300 records and documents to a grand jury, a state appeals panel ruled….Church attorneys have said they’re cooperating fully, but Romley says they’re stalling.” http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/02/08/national0804EST0479.DTL

Judge rejects most charges in suit against former priest By Michael Shaw Of the Post-Dispatch 01/30/03 “Schwaegel resigned from the priesthood in 1993, and, a year later confessed to being a sex addict after being arrested for offering sex to adult men at highway rest stops in St. Louis County….Hemmer filed the federal suit two years ago, alleging 21 counts of negligence, assault and other transgressions. Proud noted that the case is in federal court because the parties live in different states, so Illinois’ strict statute of limitations for sexual abuse claims takes precedence. Illinois requires that suits seeking damages for childhood sexual abuse must be filed within two years of a person’s discovery that the abuse occurred. Proud said most of Hemmer’s allegations did not meet the deadline.” http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/news/1B10B3258F753E6886256CBE00572C8E?OpenDocument&highlight=2%2CJudge%2Crejects%2Cmost%2Ccharges%2Cin%2Csuit%2Cagainst%2Cformer%2Cpriest&headline=Judge+rejects+most+charges+in+suit+against+former+priest

from LMS Jehovah’s Witnesses pressed to open sex abuse files Church hiding molesters, former congregants allege James McCarten Canadian Press 2/6/03 “The Canadian wing of the Jehovah’s Witnesses is standing its ground against a group of disgruntled former members who want the church to release a list of known child molesters within its ranks. Three former Witnesses, two of them past victims of sexual abuse, have asked Canada’s lawmakers to force the church to allow police to probe what they allege are past cases of abuse within its membership. But while the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada Ltd., the church’s governing body, does keep a list of known abusers on file, it’s not about to hand it over to police, said spokesperson Clive Thomas.” http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1044562414437&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968705899037

Church protects pedophiles, victim charges in lawsuit By Janet Burkitt 1/23/02 “A California woman who was sexually abused as a child by a leader of a Jehovah’s Witnesses church in Eastern Washington filed a civil lawsuit yesterday against the congregation as well as the church’s national organization, alleging they protect pedophiles. In the suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Spokane, attorneys for the 23-year-old woman claim the church mishandled her complaints that she was sexually abused by a leader of the Othello Spanish Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Adams County from the time she was 4 years old until her family moved to Sacramento when she was 11. Elders at her California congregation notified an elder at the Othello church when she told them of the abuse, but they discouraged her from calling police, the suit says.” http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134394417_jehovah23m.html Suit Charges Church Coverup Kathleen Burge 1/1/03 “A 14-year-old Dorchester girl and her parents are suing the Jehovah’s Witnesses, arguing that the religious group covered up the girl’s sexual abuse by a Bible study leader and discouraged her parents from reporting the abuse to police or prosecutors. The girl, allegedly molested in her house by the son of a church elder from the Columbus Park Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Dorchester… her mother says that while church leaders coddled her daughter’s abuser, they socially ostracized her for notifying law enforcement authorities and pressing criminal charges, according to court papers….Jehovah’s Witnesses, who claim 1 million followers in the United States and 6 million worldwide.” http://www.boston.com/

“The Fifth Estate” – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Network – “This television presentation is a serious, in depth, documentary that will deal with a number of Canadian and world-wide cases of abuse within the Jehovah’s Witnesses as well major disclosures from Jehovah’s Witness advocates…who have been expelled from the organization and some who are still in good standing.” http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=44236&site=3

This may be heavy for survivors from LMS Amish want children spared from testifying in abuse case – Youngsters allegedly assaulted, forced to eat worms, bugs Tom Blackwell 2/11/03 “Ontario Amish leaders are pleading with the courts not to force their children to testify against a woman charged with a bizarre array of abuse offences. The Amish woman allegedly made the youngsters eat worms and bugs, used a pellet gun on them, choked them and sexually assaulted them. Leaders of her Amish congregation near the southwestern Ontario town of Aylmer have cited religious beliefs that discourage them from testifying against each other.” http://www.nationalpost.com/utilities/story.html?id={7D0D9FE1-CCA7-4F24-ABBA-3F421883888E}

from LMS Man admits guilt in 7 sexual abuses 2/8/03 Kane County – “A Sycamore man has admitted sexually abusing seven young boys in his care at Mooseheart Child City and School, near Batavia, and will be sentenced this spring. Jonathan Scott, 30, a former house parent at Mooseheart, faces a prison term of 6 to 30 years or more on each of two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child…He also admitted guilt on 19 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.” http://www.chicagotribune.com/

Fighting Child Pornography By Jennifer Lee 2/8/03 “…Operation Hamlet, a yearlong investigation that has spread across four continents and resulted in the arrests of 30 people, most of them fathers who sexually abused their daughters. Eighteen of the arrests were in the United States.” http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/09/technology/09PORN.html?ex=1045785201&ei=1&en=fffbb28626e236da

from LMS Teacher, doctor nabbed in porn probe…Josh Rubin “Toronto police have targeted 241 pedophile suspects in the GTA who allegedly paid to view pornographic images on the Internet….The probe, called Project Snowball in Canada, has targeted more than 2,000 Canadian suspects, Gillespie said. Thirty-two people have been charged and 42 charges have been laid….American investigators say they’ve traced 250,000 suspected pedophiles around the world through credit-card details on child porn sites. British police say they have arrested more than 1,300 people as they go through a list of 7,000 people suspected to accessing illegal Internet sites…. American investigators say they’ve traced 250,000 suspected pedophiles around the world through credit-card details on child porn sites. British police say they have arrested more than 1,300 people as they go through a list of 7,000 people suspected to accessing illegal Internet sites.” http://www.thestar.ca/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1042714982399&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154

also see from LMS 4 arrested in Toronto over child porn Dentist, three others, in 2,400 names found on U.S. lists Christian Cotroneo 2/8/03 http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035777594657&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154

Child-porn convict handed record-high prison sentence by Jose Martinez 2/6/03 “A Leominster man who pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing more than 1,000 kiddie porn images yesterday received the longest-ever federal sentence related to child pornography in Massachusetts. Christopher Albert, 41, pleaded guilty Oct. 28 in U.S. District Court in Worcester. Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton sentenced him to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release and intensive sex offender treatment… “His history of assaulting children, combined with his ongoing child pornography collection and distribution activities, revealed that he was a predator who posed a significant risk to children in his community.” http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/local_regional/porn02062003.htm

from LMS A tough child porn law doesn’t stem a rising tide 1/17/03 Rosie Dimanno This may be very heavy for survivors “But a high-tech world moves faster than legislative interdiction and pedophiles have proven hugely clever in tapping the resources of the information highway. A hundred thousand Web sites pumping out child porn, 10 million pages a day of this material circling the globe.” http://www.thestar.ca/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?GXHC_gx_session_id_=e0be01b5d9adebe6&pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035776724729&call_page=TS_GTA&call_pageid=968350130169&call_pagepath=GTA/News

Head of Child Porn Ring Gets 30 Years By Mark Babineck Houston (AP) – A Texas man behind a worldwide e-mail ring that traded pornographic images of children, some as young as 18 months old, was sentenced to the maximum of 30 years in federal prison….Bates pleaded guilty to trafficking in child pornography via computer. He was the moderator of the “Candyman” e-mail group that served more than 6,000 users, who were expected to contribute images as well as receive them. More than 80 people in 26 states were arrested in the case last March.” http://www.austin360.com/aas/news/ap/ap_story.html/National/AP.V4003.AP-Porn-Ring.html

from LMS – Two Labour MPs join rock star Townshend in child porn inquiry – Former ministers reported to be on list of suspects who accessed site Jamie Wilson and Nick Hopkins 1/13/03 “Two MPs are under investigation for accessing child pornography websites as part of a huge police operation that this weekend embroiled the rock star Pete Townshend….The MPs, who are both reported to be former Labour ministers, are the latest public figures to become caught up in Operation Ore, the largest inquiry into child pornography undertaken in the UK. More than 1,300 people have already been arrested as part of the police investigation, including judges, teachers, doctors, care workers, soldiers and more than 50 police officers…. Operation Ore is the British end of the US justice department’s Operation Avalanche, which was sparked when the US postal service closed down the now notorious Landslide Promotions gateway, which is thought to have been used by more than 75,000 people worldwide in the late 1990s. In August last year a Texas computer consultant, Thomas Reedy, was sentenced to a total of 1,335 years for running the internet child porn empire, which had a turnover of more than $1.4m (£870,000) a month….Some 1,300 arrested, including teachers, careworkers, social workers, soldiers, surgeons, plus 50 police officers – Forty children – 28 in London – are now under protective care” http://www.guardian.co.uk/child/story/0,7369,873583,00.html

also see Child porn arrests ‘too slow’ by Neil Mackay http://www.sundayherald.com/30813

from LMS Townshend caught up in porn case related to Canada’s Project Snowball Gary Dimmock The Ottawa Citizen 1/15/03 “…Project Snowball, which has already identified 1,000 suspects in Ontario, is linked to a U.S. hunt that uncovered what authorities are calling the world’s largest child pornography ring. The children are held in secret locations and forced to pose again and again for an on-line audience of more than 300,000 computer users around the world.” http://www.canada.com/ottawa/news/story.asp?id=237F8ACA-310B-46B3-8C00-D1A044B93E94

from LMS Wash. City Fined in Child-Sex Probe Suit 1/6/03 Spokane, Wash. (AP) – “The city of Wenatchee must pay more than $620,000 for withholding crucial documents during a lawsuit…into an alleged child sex ring, a judge ruled….Roberson and his wife, Connie, were acquitted in 1995, and 18 people sent to prison were later released on appeal or post-conviction plea agreements….during the trial, the city did not disclose medical records on Perez and results of a pre-employment polygraph test and investigation.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-2299774,00.html for more info on this case, see http://members.aol.com/SMARTNEWS/Sample-Issue-40.htm

An Injustice That Still Lingers – Gary Rosenblatt 1/31/03 “Ellie Hiller, then in his mid-20s and an employee of Rabbi Lanner for several years at NCSY, the youth arm of the Orthodox Union, wrote a letter in the summer of 1989 to members of the Orthodox community of Teaneck recounting Rabbi Lanner’s abusive behavior. Hiller cited numerous examples as proof that Rabbi Lanner was unfit to assume the pulpit of the local Orthodox shul that was considering hiring him….Hiller was forced to write a letter of apology – apparently drafted and edited by Rabbis Willig and Lanner – saying that his initial letter’s characterization of Rabbi Lanner was “false.”…One of the other judges, Rabbi Yosef Blau…later became convinced that witnesses had been tampered with, pressured not to appear and/or lied to the bet din. Rabbi Blau sought to reconvene the court and notify officials of the OU but without success.” http://www.thejewishweek.com/top/editcolcontent.php3

Rabbi’s Odyssey Reflects Struggle on Sexual Abuse Jews Begin to Confront Silence That Hid Clergy’s Misdeeds By Alan Cooperman Washington Post 2/2/03 “Sidney I. Goldenberg…Before he was convicted and sent to prison in 1997 for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl during bat mitzvah lessons, there had been numerous complaints against him. But each time allegations arose, he moved to a new community, leaving a trail of whispers and shattered lives.”

Shine The Light: Sexual Abuse and Healing in the Jewish Community by Rachel Lev. Northeastern University Press “Sexual abuse and resistance to dealing with it occur in all cultures. Rabbis, community leaders and survivors discuss some of the difficulties the Jewish community faces in acknowledging incest and sexual abuse.” http://www.shine-the-light.com/community.php

from LMS Minneapolis man pleads guilty to voodoo-related slaying AP 1/29/03 “A second Twin Cities man involved in the 1997 killing of a Minnesota pharmacist in rural Wisconsin has pleaded guilty to homicide for his participation in what prosecutors have called a voodoo ritual…. Foster had told Friesner that he became a voodoo high priest by killing his predecessor in a ritual in New Orleans. Foster allegedly designated Friesner to kill him, thereby assuming Foster’s priesthood and acquiring his soul as well as the souls of preceding high priests.” http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3620023.html

from LMS Ex-member of P.E.I. commune faces child sex charges Broadcast News Charlottetown – “RCMP in P.E.I. have charged a former member of the religious commune with sexual assault. Daniel Ezra Boissonneault…Police allege the offences took place between February 1999 and July 2001 at the commune in Hazel Grove led by Lucille Poulin. RCMP Sergeant Richard Thibault says the victim is a girl who is now 13 years old, and is not related to Boissonneault. The complaint was part of a police investigation into the 1999 death of a 12-year-old boy at the commune.” http://www.canada.com/

from LMS Daughter Gets 48 Years In Slaying of Her Father – Siblings Say No Sentence Could Bring Justice By Maria Glod 2/11/03 “Clara Jane Schwartz, a former college student obsessed by vampires, assassins and magic, was sentenced yesterday to 48 years in prison for persuading a friend to kill her father.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Mind Control and Experimentation

from LMS Masons Ease Secrecy to Ensure Survival – Lodge Allows City Museum to Showcase Key Artifacts Relating to George Washington By Michelle Boorstein 12/29/02 “…Washington was a member of Lodge No. 4” “…after Washington’s death, suspicion about this elite society grew into a political party – the first Third Party – based on anti-Mason sentiment. Masons in the United States split into many factions, including some that practiced rituals criticized as satanic and anti-clerical.” “With the number of Masons nationwide down about 300,000 since 1996, to fewer than 2 million, the fraternity is trying to be more open to shake loose the stigma of secrecy and attract younger members.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Gizmorama: Life in the Tech Age by Wes Stewart 1/13/03 “What if somebody actually did make a device that turned some part of furniture or your house into a speaker?…smarthome.com, take a peek at a Clark Synthesis Tactile Sound Transducer….The crux of this little goodie is that you can bolt it up to your floor from underneath and, yes, turn the floor into a huge sub-woofer. The transducer uses a huge 20 oz. neodymium magnet structure…to produce a whopping 2.8 pounds of force per watt. At the input limit of 135 watts RMS each transducer is capable of exerting over 370 lbs. of force on the bottom of your floor. The word transducer is sort of an elaborate word to describe any device that changes electrical energy into mechanical motion or visa-versa.” http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030109-075121-2360r

also see Clark Synthesis Tactile Sound Transducer http://www.smarthome.com/8248.html

from LMS N.J. Probe Secret Police Society 2/2/03 Trenton, N.J. (AP) – “The New Jersey attorney general’s office has opened an investigation into allegations that a secret society of rogue state troopers has harassed minorities and women among their ranks….”tangible, credible information that must be pursued.” It’s not the first time state officials have promised to look into the Lords of Discipline, which have drawn complaints for years.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-2369703,00.html

Project MKULTRA The CIA’s Program Of Research In Behavioral Modification http://www.pjproject.org/Mkultra/

1977 Senate Hearing on MKULTRA Cover Page http://www.pjproject.org/Mkultra/title.html

1977 Senate Hearing on MKULTRA Opening Remarks “Some 2 years ago, the Senate Health Subcommittee heard chilling testimony about the human experimentation activities of the CIA. The Deputy Director of the CIA revealed that over 30 universities and institutions were involved in an “extensive testing and experimentation” program which included covert drug tests on unwitting citizens “at all social levels, high and low, native Americans and foreign.” Several of these tests involved the administration of LSD to “unwitting subjects in social situations.” http://www.pjproject.org/Mkultra/project.html

from LMS Judge: Suit Vs. Scientology Can Proceed 1/15/03 St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP) – “A judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed against the Church of Scientology over the death of a member can go to trial. The cause and manner of Scientologist Lisa McPherson’s death in 1995 “is legitimately an issue that needs to be decided by a jury,” Judge Susan Schaeffer said…But the judge said she found no proof to support the McPherson estate’s allegation that the church’s worldwide leader, David Miscavige, decided to let McPherson die.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-2321608,00.html

This is fyi only, survivors might want to use caution when watching it. “Lance Bishop was an ordinary, happily married salesperson for a large insurance conglomerate … until one day at the office, his entire life was torn inside-out. After nearly being killed by a mysterious, disheveled man, Lance begins to hear a powerful voice in his head pushing him to murder his wife. Questioning his sanity, Lance soon discovers the voice is part of a highly classified government mind-control project. With the help of a few renegades — ordinary citizens like himself — he must stop a plan that could rob the nation of its privacy, its liberty, its free will.” http://www.scifi.com/onair/scifipictures/controlfactor/

Chuck Barris’ ‘Dangerous Mind’ – Chuck Barris created TV classics such as “The Dating Game” and “The Gong Show.” And in his autobiography, “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” he also claims he was a CIA Agent” http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/30/barris.cnna/

from LMS Confessions of a Dangerous Mind by Chuck Barris Hyperion/Miramax Books “Barris answers an anonymous want ad and a few hours later is shaking hands with a man who readily introduces himself as a recruiter for the CIA. A few weeks pass, about which Barris notes, “there’s no need to detail my step-by-step indoctrination into the CIA,” and he’s graduating from Langley, a straight-A student with a major in counterintelligence. He is quickly sent on assignment. In Alabama he infiltrates a civil rights march; then he’s dispatched to Mexico City, France, Russia, etc. Years later, while chaperoning winning contestants of “The Dating Game” on a prize trip to London, he takes the opportunity to track down and assassinate a key enemy of the state.” http://www.flakmag.com/books/confessions.html

from LMS Where the cultists play By Lysiane Gagnon 2/10/03 “Quebec makes no distinction between established religions and cults (which some sociologists earnestly call “new religions”). In France, where there is firm separation between church and state, only Catholics, Protestants, Jews and Muslims are granted fiscal privileges…the government has drawn up a list of 172 groups it considers to be cults; those deemed the most “dangerous” are subject to special scrutiny. The list, which attracted criticism from civil libertarians, includes Jehovah’s Witnesses and Seventh-day Adventists. Some parliamentarians even tried, albeit unsuccessfully, to present a law that would have allowed the state to ban groups that are convicted of “mental manipulation.” http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/TGAM/20030210/COGAGNY/national/national/nationalColumnistsHeadline_temp/4/4/4/

Articles on e-weapons are at http://www.angelfire.com/or/mctrl/index.html

from LMS RCMP fire on pigs in crowd-control tests – Lab tests conducted in Regina in 2001 Jim Bronskill – Southam News 1/13/03 Ottawa – The RCMP has tested weapons designed to control rowdy protesters by firing them at pigs. Newly obtained documents show the Mounties carried out laboratory experiments on the animals to evaluate special “less-lethal” ammunition intended to inflict pain or temporarily disable a person without killing them…to study and devise new means of policing large demonstrations….At least one person hit with a sock round at close range has died..” http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/

Scientists seek ‘super-soldiers’ formula 1/6/03 “The Pentagon will consider using almost anything – from “go” pills to rayguns – to ensure that its frontline personnel can run and run. The Pentagon has launched a series of remarkable medical experiments to find a way to keep its soldiers and pilots awake and alert for up to five days at a time.” http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/05/1041566309313.html

Riley Housewright, Microbiologist, Dies at 89 By Douglas Martin “…helped direct US research in biological warfare from World War II until 1970…One of Dr. Housewright’s projects in the 1960’s was developing agents that could kill or incapacitate large numbers of Cubans in preparing for an invasion of Cuba….”Germs: Biological Weapons and America’s Secret War” (Simon & Schuster, 2001), written by Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg and William J. Broad…he said such an action would be “a good thing” because it would save American lives. “It was not the same as putting an atomic bomb down their throat, which would have been just as easy or easier to deliver,” he said. “It was a humane act.” http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/16/obituaries/16HOUS.html

Chile Sect Thrives Despite Criminal Charges By Larry Rohter Parral, Chile – “The group’s reclusive leader is accused of sexually abusing scores of young boys. Former political prisoners say they were imprisoned and tortured in underground dungeons in the group’s compound….More than 50 other charges are pending against the group and its leaders, ranging from kidnapping and forced labor to fraud and tax evasion. Yet the paramilitary religious sect known as Colonia Dignidad continues to flourish here in a 70-square-mile enclave in the Andean foothills that remains, in the words of a recent Chilean congressional report, a heavily armed “state within a state.” …Colonia Dignidad has for more than 40 years been the fortress home of about 300 people, most of them German citizens. Their only loyalty is to the sect’s German-born founder, Paul Schäfer, who likes to call himself the Permanent Uncle and preaches an apocalyptic creed that includes strong anti-Semitic and anti-Communist elements.” http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/30/international/americas/30CHIL.html

from LMS Secrets in Bakersfield – Rumors of a powerful cabal were whispered for years. Then the local newspaper investigated. By Gayle Pollard-Terry 1/27/03 “”For more than a generation,” the story said, “Bakersfield was run by a cadre of men who led double lives. To the public, these men were members of the community’s most visible institutions, its justice system and the media. “But in truth … these men – a sprinkling of county executives, judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, even the newspaper’s publisher – were part of a loose-knit, secretive network. “Some were homosexuals who preyed upon young men and boys, then used their positions of power and influence to protect one another from possible ramifications. Occasionally, however, the preyed-upon lashed out, leading to a string of murders involving young gay men and their prominent older male suitors.” http://www.calendarlive.com/cl-et-gayle27jan27.story latimes.com

The Lords of Bakersfield 1/20/03 “…Vulnerable teen-age boys. Murder. For years, some prominent local men who led secret lives were rumored to be protected.” http://ww2.bakersfield.com/2003/lords/stories/jagels_1.asp

Murder Case Grips Bakersfield 12/25/02 Murder Case Grips Bakersfield “Man accused of killing a top prosecutor has people wondering what ‘secrets’ he knows about D.A.’s office and what a trial might reveal. By John Johnson and Mark Arax, …Bakersfield – Years before he was accused of killing a top prosecutor, then-district attorney investigator Christopher Hillis won a $50,000 stress retirement that was five to 10 times the usual award in tightfisted Kern County. When the decorated ex-cop was asked how he had pulled it off, Hillis told former colleague Kyle Beckman that he knew some “secrets” about the district attorney’s office.” http://villagenews.weblogger.com/stories/storyReader$6941

BELIEVE THE CHILDREN’S – Ritual Child Abuse: Convictions and Evidence – Bakersfield see urls for cases http://www.parc-vramc.tierranet.com/BTC%20RA%20Report.htm and http://www.ra-info.org/resources/ra_cases.shtml also see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psnews

Sect founder pleads guilty to child sex charge Macon, Georgia (AP) – “The founder of a religious sect in central Georgia admitted in federal court Thursday to having sex with children in the group and pleaded guilty to two charges….York allegedly transported minors across state lines for sex after the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors settled in rural Putnam County. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful transport of minors for the purpose of engaging in sex acts and a count of trying to evade financial reporting requirements.” http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/01/24/nuwaubian.trial.ap/

Battle of the boffins 1/4/03 “Weapons manufacturers have an array of frightening new high-tech devices ready to play a part in any attack on Iraq….A military affairs analyst, William M. Arkin, elaborates: “Microwave weapons work by producing an intense surge of energy, like a lightning bolt, that short-circuits electrical connections, interferes with computer motherboards, destroys memory chips and damages other electrical components. They send a narrow beam of energy that penetrates about th of an inch into [human] skin, to where nerves that cause pain are located.” http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/03/1041566227384.html

“Conformity Experiments Solomon Asch (1958) – Social Pressure and Perception….”The tendency to conformity in our society is so strong that reasonably intelligent and well-meaning young people are willing to call white black….It raises questions about our ways of education and about the values that guide our conduct.”….people conform for two main reasons: because they want to be liked by the group and because they believe the group is better informed than they are…Asch found that conformity became more frequent as group size increased up to about three and then leveled off. But when subjects had an “ally,” conformity decreased considerably.” http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/psychology/asch_conformity.html

This may be heavy for survivors – The Milgram Experiment – A lesson in depravity, peer pressure, and the power of authority “If the answer is incorrect, the “teacher” is supposed to shock the “learner” starting at 15 volts….The “teacher” automatically is supposed to increase the shock each time the “learner” misses a word in the list. Although the “teacher” thought that he/she was administering shocks to the “learner”, the “learner” is actually a student or an actor who is never actually harmed. (The drawing of lots was rigged, so that the actor would always end up as the “learner.”) At times, the worried “teachers” questioned the experimenter, asking who was responsible for any harmful effects resulting from shocking the learner at such a high level. Upon receiving the answer that the experimenter assumed full responsibility, teachers seemed to accept the response and continue shocking, even though some were obviously extremely uncomfortable in doing so….The theory that only the most severe monsters on the sadistic fringe of society would submit to such cruelty is disclaimed. Findings show that, “two-thirds of this studies participants fall into the category of ‘obedient’ subjects, and that they represent ordinary people drawn from the working, managerial, and professional classes (Obedience to Authority).” Ultimately 65% of all of the “teachers” punished the “learners” to the maximum 450 volts. No subject stopped before reaching 300 volts!” http://www.new-life.net/milgram.htm

from LMS Debate Erupts Over Testing Pesticides on Humans By Denise Grady – Washington, 1/8/03 “Pesticide makers sparred with health and environmental advocates here today over a contentious subject, whether the EPA should accept figures from studies in which researchers have had people drink pesticides or other chemicals to determine toxicity.” http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/09/national/09TOXI.html

This is fyi only The Ford Foundation and the CIA: A documented case of philanthropic collaboration with the Secret Police by James Petras 12/15/01 “The CIA uses philanthropic foundations as the most effective conduit to channel large sums of money to Agency projects without alerting the recipients to their source. From the early 1950s to the present the CIA’s intrusion into the foundation field was and is huge. A U.S. Congressional investigation in 1976 revealed that nearly 50% of the 700 grants in the field of international activities by the principal foundations were funded by the CIA (Who Paid the Piper? The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Frances Stonor Saunders, Granta Books, 1999, pp. 134-135)…One of the most important “private foundations” collaborating with the CIA over a significant span of time in major projects in the cultural Cold War is the Ford Foundation. This essay will demonstrate that the Ford Foundation-CIA connection was a deliberate, conscious joint effort to strengthen U.S. imperial cultural hegemony and to undermine left-wing political and cultural influence.” http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/FordFandCIA.html

The Battle for Your Brain by Ronald Bailey 2/03 – “…Last May the Dana Foundation sponsored an entire conference at Stanford on “neuroethics.” Conferees deliberated over issues like the moral questions raised by new brain scanning techniques, which some believe will lead to the creation of truly effective lie detectors….Most nightmarishly, some worried that governments could one day use brain implants to monitor and perhaps even control citizens’ behavior.” http://www.reason.com/0302/fe.rb.the.shtml

RFID tags: Big Brother in small packages By Declan McCullagh 1/13/03 “Could we be constantly tracked through our clothes, shoes or even our cash in the future? …in the future, we could be tracked because we’ll be wearing, eating and carrying objects that are carefully designed to do so. The generic name for this technology is RFID, which stands for radio frequency identification. RFID tags are minuscule microchips, which already have shrunk to half the size of a grain of sand. They listen for a radio query and respond by transmitting their unique ID code. Most RFID tags have no batteries: They use the power from the initial radio signal to transmit their response.” http://news.com.com/2010-1069-980325.html

also see Several consumer products to get ‘tagged’ By Michelle Kessler, USA Today 1/27/03 San Francisco http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2003-01-27-rfid_x.htm

The Real Odessa (US edition) How Peron Brought the Nazi War Criminals to Argentina By Uki Goñi “The Nazi-smuggling operation to Argentina run by Father Draganovic from his church in Rome lies at the heart of the allegations that there was full Papal cognizance of such a network. The Croatian Confraternity of San Girolamo had a long Papal association….as American intelligence already knew, Draganovic’s work was ‘well known to the Vatican Secretariat of State’.” Which saw it in an unfavorable light, but did not close it down. P.341-342 Pub. Granta Books, London – New York – ISBN 1 86207 552 2

Dr. Eldon A. Byrd…was quoted in the US News and World Report, 7/7/97, “Wonder Weapons – The Pentagon’s quest for nonlethal arms is amazing. But is it smart?” by Douglas Pasternak.(p. 45-46.) “From 1980 to 1983, a man named Eldon Byrd ran the Marine Corps Nonlethal Electromagnetic Weapons project. He conducted most of his research at the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute in Bethesda, Md. “We were looking at electrical activity in the brain and how to influence it,”…By using very low frequency electromagnetic radiation-the waves way below radio frequencies on the electromagnetic spectrum-he found he could induce the brain to release behavior-regulating chemicals. “We could put animals into a stupor,” he says, by hitting them with these frequencies. “we got chick brains-in vitro-to dump 80 percent of the natural opiods in their brains,” Byrd says. He even ran a small project that used magnetic fields to cause certain brain cells in rats to release histamine. In humans, this would cause instant flulike symptoms and produce nausea. “These fields were extremely weak. They were undetectable,” says Byrd. “The effects were nonlethal and reversible. You could disable a person temporarily,” Byrd hypothesizes. “It [would have been] like a stun gun.” http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~welsh/1-02-1.htm

The Sonic Weapon of Vladimir Gavreau by Gerry Vassilatos http://www.borderlands.com/archives/arch/gavreaus.htm

Zap!Scientist bombards brains with super-magnets to edifying effect By Carey Goldberg 1/14/03 “Just by pointing his super-magnets at the right spots on your head, Dr. Alvaro Pascual-Leone can make you go momentarily mute or blind. He can disrupt your working memory or your ability to recognize faces. He can even make it harder for you to say verbs while nouns remain as easy as ever….Pascual-Leone is one of the premier scientific pioneers exploring a new technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, which shuts down or revs up the electrical doings inside the brain by sending a potent magnetic field through the skull.” http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/014/science/Zap_+.shtml

Covert Operations of the U.S. National Security Agency – “John St. Clair Akwei vs. National Security Agency, Fort George G. Meade, MD., USA (Civil Action #92-0449). Evidence from the lawsuit filed at the U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C. as to the NSA’s structure, national security activities, proprietary technologies and covert operations to monitor individual persons globally. This lawsuit brief was printed in its entirety in NEXUS MAGAZINE, April-May 1996.” http://www.brazilboycott.org/BrazilByct/covert.html

from LMS Sex ring suspect to stand trial By David Runk AP 1/28/03 Detroit- “A Chicago man accused of drawing women and girls into a multistate prostitution ring was ordered to stand trial…Prosecutors say cult-like tactics were used to enlist the girls and women as prostitutes. This involved physical and sexual assaults, as well as cultivating what…described as a “feeling of friendship or family among those in the ring.” http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-030128sexring,1,105737.story?coll=3Dchi%2Dnewslocal%2Dhed

Conference Information

8th International Conference on Family Violence: Working Together to End Abuse. Professional Training on Reducing and Preventing Family Violence and Sexual Assault, Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center, San Diego, 9/16-20th, 2003 Co-hosted by the Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute, Children’s Institute International, and Alliant international University…The conference covers all aspects of family violence prevention, intervention, and research in the areas of child maltreatment, teen abuse, judicial issues, sexual assault, law enforcement, treatment of offenders, intimate partner violence, elder abuse and more. Lisa Conradi 858-623-2777 ext.427 fvconf@alliant.edu

Journal Articles

Many of the journal abstract excerpts and quotes in this section of the newsletter came from the backlash_ology@yahoogroup.com listed as BO For info. write backlash_ology-owner@yahoogroups.com

from LMS “Ms Diana Napolis divulged some inner secrets of her side of story. She accused Steven Speilberg and Jennifer Love Hewitt of working in cahoots with the satanic cults, who take control over the mind….Speilberg v. Napolis – Petition for Injunction Prohibiting Harassment – My name is Diana Napolis and I have a Master degree in Transpersonal Psychology and worked as a Court Investigative Social Worker for the County of San Diego from the years 1990-96….” http://www.santabanta.com/newsmaker.asp?select=565

Survivor advocate Curio Jones is in legal trouble, see http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20021231-9999_1m31stalker.html

http://www.konformist.com/2002/curio-tribune2.htm January 1, 2001 Response by “Karen Curio Jones” to Mark Sauer’s article, “A Web of Intrigue” in the San Diego Union-Tribune, 9/24/02 “For the past several years I have been an advocate for victims of child ritual abuse and have published information on the world-wide web in an effort to educate the public about these disturbing crimes. I have posted information under various pseudonyms in an attempt to protect myself from physical retaliation, harassment, unfounded complaints to law enforcement or other authorities, and frivolous lawsuits. See the Anti-SLAPP web page for an explanation of California legislation to protect first amendment rights of individuals sued in Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, i.e., “getting sued for speaking out.”

Satanism and Ritual Abuse Archive By Karen Curio Jones c 2000 – “The following cases describe legal proceedings held in Juvenile, Family, Civil and Criminal Courts around the world where there have been allegations of Satanism or the use of Ritual to abuse others.” http://www.newsmakingnews.com/karencuriojonesarchive.htm

From: curio – To: calan@electriciti.com – 5/8/97 – subject: Response to Aquino Lawsuit http://www5.electriciti.com/curious/curio_speaks.html

Stalking Curio Jones – An Open Letter to the San Diego Union-Tribune – By Alex Constantine “Ms. Devereaux, a vociferous member of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation (FMSF)…” http://alexconstantine.50megs.com/stalking_curio.html

There is a new web site at http://www.ritualabusetorture.org The web site is about connecting with others who are trying to advocate for the human rights of all persons–adults, youth, children, toddlers, and infants–who have been, who are presently being, and who are at risk of being victimized by RAT. Also see http://www.ritualabusetorture.org/resources.htm for resources on ritual abuse.

Custodians of abuse – “Across the nation, family court is the last place a mother concerned about child sexual abuse by the child’s father wants to find Herself by Kristen Lombardi 1/9/03 “…A 1989 Massachusetts study commissioned by the state Supreme Judicial Court showed that mothers engaged in custody disputes with their ex-husbands or boyfriends can fall victim to gender bias. Family courts held mothers to higher standards than fathers. Judges and other courtroom personnel, for example, scrutinized mothers’ habits, work schedules, and relationships, as if looking for any reason to prove them unfit.” http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/top/features/documents/02643516.htm

Harsh Judgment An epic child-custody case, pitting California against Texas, takes another twist when an appeals court labels the proceedings “nonsense” by Lisa Davis “…appeals court issued a scathing opinion that, among other things, accuses justice officials in Alameda and San Joaquin counties of conducting a “tag-team operation” designed to keep Schmidt incarcerated until she does what they want – bring her children back to California…. She believes that her two children are not safe with their father, a registered sex offender convicted in 1992 of misdemeanor child molestation in an incident involving his 13-year-old niece.” http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2002-06-19/bayview.html/1/index.html

Man in custody fight faces sex charge – Father whose ex-wife took their girls to Texas against a judge’s order is accused of molesting a Modesto girl By Brian Anderson Contra Costa Times 1/4/03 “…arrested on a child molestation charge. Manuel Enrique Saavedra, 45, a registered sex offender (whose ex-wife, Debra Schmidt, moved the couple’s daughters to the Lone Star State) was charged earlier this week with one count of committing a lewd act on a child.” (Parenthesis added) http://www.bayarea.com/mld/bayarea/news/4873211.htm

Little girls lost? Embraced in family courts across the country, a controversial “syndrome” may be placing abused children at risk By Lynn Vincent 2/8/03 “…how many children are lying about sexual abuse? In custody battles, about one in three, according to most researchers. The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts in Colorado in 1990 surveyed custody-visitation disputes involving 209 alleged child-sex-abuse victims. In 33 percent of cases, the allegations were considered false, and in 17 percent of cases, investigators could make no determination. A 1995 study by University of Michigan social work researcher Kathleen Faller found that of allegations in 215 child-sexual-abuse cases, about 70 percent were considered likely to be true, 20 percent were unlikely to be true, and about one in 10 was uncertain. Studies in 1986 and 1991 yielded similar results….In Ms. Faller’s 1995 study, 40 parents who raised sexual-abuse allegations-none of which were judged knowingly false-experienced negative sanctions, including losing custody to the alleged offender, limitation or loss of visitation, and court admonitions not to report alleged abuse again to the court, child protective services, or police. Such cases often turn on Dr. Gardner’s “parental alienation syndrome.” WORLD reviewed histories on 13 PAS cases…court records show the mother had already been found a fit parent, and was in most cases already the primary custodial parent. In all 13, court-appointed psychologists ignored children’s testimony of sexual abuse, and in some cases, medical findings of abuse, and even previous sex-offender violations. And in all 13 cases, court-appointed mediators concluded that the mothers had inculcated PAS in their children and recommended Dr. Gardner’s standard prescription: to strip custody from the mother and place the child with the father for “deprogramming.” http://www.worldmag.com/world/issue/02-08-03/cover_1.asp

Secrecy News from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Volume 2003, Issue No. 8 1/21/03 “Gov’t Rebuffed on FOIA Fee Claims – In a victory for the embattled Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a federal court last week blocked a Bush Administration attempt to narrow the class of FOIA requesters who are eligible to have the costs of processing their requests waived.” http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/2003/01/012103.html

all six from BO Exposure to trauma: The long-term effects of suppressing emotional reactions. Wastell CA J Nerv Ment Dis 2002 Dec; 190(12):839-45 “A cross-sectional study of 437 ambulance officers in a large state of Australia examined the long-term effects of suppressing emotion reactions to exposure to trauma. Results indicate that the use of emotion-suppressing defenses (withdrawal or acting out) have a highly significant positive relationship with physical and psychological stress symptoms.” Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Sydney, Australia. Send reprint requests to Dr. Wastell.

The European history of psychotraumatology. Weisaeth L J Trauma Stress 2002 Dec; 15(6):443-52 “The history of European psychotraumatology shows that opposing cultural, social, economic, and political forces have influenced scientific development….Towards the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century the study of psychic trauma identified important intrapsychic phenomena, and, consequently, there was a neglect of the external stressor.” Division of Disaster Psychiatry, University of Oslo/HQ Defence Command Norway, Oslo, Norway. lars.weisath@psykiatri.uio.no

Rationale for a posttraumatic stress spectrum disorder. Moreau C, Zisook S Psychiatr Clin North Am 2002 Dec; 25(4):775-90 “Given that responses to trauma vary considerably, another possible spectrum includes trauma-related conditions. Traumatic grief, somatization, acute stress disorder and dissociation, personality disorders, depressive disorders, and other anxiety disorders all have significant associations with PTSD.” Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0603 R, USA.

Brain structures in pediatric maltreatment-related posttraumatic stress disorder: A sociodemographically matched study. De Bellis MD, Keshavan MS, Shifflett H, Iyengar S, Beers SR, Hall J, Moritz G Biol Psychiatry 2002 Dec 1; 52(11):1066-78 “Previous investigations suggest that maltreated children evidence alterations of chemical mediators of stress and adverse brain development….Brain volumes positively correlated with age of onset of PTSD trauma and negatively correlated with duration of abuse….These data provide further evidence to suggest that maltreatment-related PTSD is associated with adverse brain development. These data also suggest that male children may be more vulnerable to these effects.” Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Salivary cortisol levels and the cortisol response to dexamethasone before and after EMDR: A case report. Heber R, Kellner M, Yehuda R J Clin Psychol 2002 Dec; 58(12):1521-30 “Trauma survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been shown to have lower basal cortisol levels in the urine, plasma, and saliva than in trauma survivors without PTSD, nontraumatized mentally ill, or healthy subjects.” Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Bronx VA Medical Center.

Childhood trauma associated with smaller hippocampal volume in women with major depression. Vythilingam M, Heim C, Newport J, Miller AH, Anderson E, Bronen R, Brummer M, Staib L, Vermetten E, Charney DS, Nemeroff CB, Bremner JD Am J Psychiatry 2002 Dec; 159(12):2072-80 “The depressed subjects with childhood abuse had an 18% smaller mean left hippocampal volume than the nonabused depressed subjects and a 15% smaller mean left hippocampal volume than the healthy subjects. Right hippocampal volume was similar across the three groups. The right and left hippocampal volumes in the depressed women without abuse were similar to those in the healthy subjects. CONCLUSIONS: A smaller hippocampal volume in adult women with major depressive disorder was observed exclusively in those who had a history of severe and prolonged physical and/or sexual abuse in childhood. An unreported history of childhood abuse in depressed subjects could in part explain the inconsistencies in hippocampal volume findings in prior studies in major depressive disorder.”

Cognitive impact of traumatic events. Bower GH, Sivers H Dev Psychopathol 10: 625-53, 1998. “This view is updated by introducing the distinction between explicit and implicit memory and its relevance to traumatic memory and PTSD. The central role of “the experiencing ego” in the storage and retrieval of episodic memories is postulated. This leads into discussion of dissociative experiences during traumas and the occasional amnesia for voluntary recall of the trauma accompanied by involuntary, uncontrollable flashbacks of it.”

From LMS Sierra Leone haunted by ‘silent war crimes’ Victoria Brittain 1/16/03 “Widespread and systematic sexual violence during a decade of war in Sierra Leone was committed on a far larger scale than the highly visible amputations for which the country became notorious, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/sierra/article/0,2763,875490,00.html

Abused child liable to be teenage offender: study 1/7/03 – by Farah Farouque “Abused and neglected children are more likely to break the law than their peers by the time they reach age 17, a study confirms. Cases of physical abuse or neglect were “significant”, as these children were most likely to offend later, according to the study published by the Australian Institute of Criminology.” http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/06/1041566361234.html

Interview methods can be crucial – Kids can be accurate if adults know how to question them properly Pam Kelley 12/15/02 Believe the children. “But others believe Ceci and Bruck overstated some points. UNC’s Everson, an expert witness for the prosecution in the Little Rascals case, argues that the authors focused on the weakest part of cases. It’s hard to imagine that every child who claimed abuse was badly interviewed and confused, he says. “There’s so much smoke there,” he says, “it’s hard to imagine there’s no fire.” Recent research also has shown that fantasy elements in children’s testimony, such as flying or being thrown to sharks, aren’t cause for dismissing a child’s allegations, Everson says. Such fantastic details may emerge from the child’s nightmares that occur after the abuse.” http://www.charlotte.com

Freud’s unfortunates: Reflections on haunted beings who know the disaster of severe trauma. LaMothe R Am J Psychother 2001; 55(4):543-63 “The forms of dissociation are multiplex and must include a type of dissociation that represents human beings’ fundamental inability to process and represent severe trauma. This article posits a form of dissociation–resulting from trauma–linked to disastrous knowledge, signifying a person’s incapacity to use language and symbol to organize the core of the traumatic experience in terms of semantically structured self-in-relation.” Saint Meinrad School of Theology, St. Meinrad, IN 47577, USA.

Domestic violence more likely from women – report By Padraig O’Morain 6/14/01 “Women are more likely than men to perpetrate domestic violence, according to new research on Irish couples who seek marriage counselling. ..a team led by Dr Kieran McKeown… . “”However, it needs to be emphasised that the outcomes of domestic violence in terms of physical and psychological injuries tend to be considerably more negative for female victims than for male,” they add.” http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/2001/0614/fro3.htm

from BO Child perpetrators–children who molest other children: Preliminary findings. Johnson TC Child Abuse Negl 1988; 12(2):219-29 “Prior to their own sexually abusive behaviors, 49% of these boys had been sexually abused and 19% physically abused. The children all knew the people who victimized them. These male child perpetrators all knew the children they molested. In 47% of the cases the sexual abuse was of a sibling….There was a history of sexual and physical abuse in the majority of the families of these children, as well as a history of substance abuse.” Children’s Institute International, Los Angeles, CA 90005.

[Treatment of hysteria in the 19th century – in which way did German psychiatrists view castration?] [Article in German] Splett T, Steinberg H Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 2003 Jan; 71(1):45-52 “From Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926) then, psychiatrists began to understand the psychological component of this illness, for which Leipzig neurologist Paul Julius Mobius (1853-1907) had made major contributions. Thus, surgical interventions were rejected and conservative methods of treatment were developed further considering psychological aspects. It was Adolf Strumpell (1853-1925) who had laid the basis for this postulating a “psychic trauma” as the cause for hysteria as early as in 1884. On the other hand, Mobius had developed a psychotherapeutic concept for the treatment of these disorders long before Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) came out with his psychocathartic method.”

New Science Raises the Specter of a World Without Regret The Guilt-Free Soldier by Erik Baard January 22 – 28, 2003 “…the prospect of a soul absolved by meds remains very real. Feelings of guilt and regret travel neural pathways in a manner that mimics the tracings of ingrained fear, so a prophylactic against one could guard against the other. Several current lines of research, some federally funded, show strong promise for this. At the University of California at Irvine, experiments in rats indicate that the brain’s hormonal reactions to fear can be inhibited, softening the formation of memories and the emotions they evoke. At New York University, researchers are mastering the means of short-circuiting the very wiring of primal fear.” http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0304/baard.php

Virginia Child Protection Newsletter – Vol. 66, Runaway Youth “The Children’s Defense Fund in 1992 estimated that 1.5 million youth run away from home each year, over half escaping abusive situations (Penuel & Davey, 2000)….Estimates from the National Runaway Switchboard are much higher. They maintain that 1 in 7 teens between the ages of 10 and 18 will run away. They estimate 1.3 million youth are “on the streets” each day.” VCPN is available by writing J. Grayson, Ph.D., James Madison University, School of Psychology, MSC 7401, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, E-mail: graysojh@jmu.edu

from BO Memory and suggestibility in maltreated children: Age, stress arousal, dissociation, and psychopathology. Eisen ML, Qin J, Goodman GS, Davis SL J Exp Child Psychol 2002 Nov; 83(3):167-212 “Results indicated that general psychopathology, short-term memory, and intellectual ability predicted facets of children’s memory performance. Older compared to younger children evinced fewer memory errors and greater suggestibility resistance. Age was also significantly related to the amount of detail in children’s abuse disclosures. Neither dissociation nor stress arousal significantly predicted children’s memory.” Department of Psychology, California State University, King Hall, 5151 State University Drive, 90032, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Power of Suggestion an Issue in Child Abuse Case – Subject a possible first for Virginia – M.L. Elrick – The National Law Journal 12/27/02 “After spending four years in prison for allegedly sexually abusing his children, a Leesburg, Va., attorney was acquitted of the charges this month …Bruce McLaughlin, 50, was convicted in 1998 on seven counts of sexually abusing three of his four children, who were then between the ages of 7 and 12. State v. McLaughlin, No. CR 11592….Anderson conceded that some police questions could have been phrased better, but he said the children’s susceptibility to suggestion did not play a major role in the case. He said Levay successfully exploited inconsistencies in the children’s testimony in 1998 and their return to the witness stand four years later…Anderson said, medical experts testified that rectal scarring on one of the victims proved sexual abuse. He said such compelling evidence is present in only one of 100 cases. Anderson said he believes McLaughlin was acquitted because Levay’s use of inconsistencies in the children’s statements and ability to cast doubt on questions asked of the children by their mother and police muddied the waters for jurors.” http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1039054500815

Momma, Please Forgive Me! By Toi Moore is a fiction book about domestic abuse. TM Publications, P O Box 443, Colton, CA 92324, www.toimoore.com

four from BO Effects of childhood trauma on psychological functioning in adults sexually abused as children. Roesler TA, McKenzie N J Nerv Ment Dis 1994 Mar; 182(3):145-50 “Childhood traumatic experiences (parents fighting, physical abuse by father or by mother, other childhood traumas) of a nonsexual nature correlated with increased symptom levels and accounted for significant changes in percentage of variance ranging from 5.2% (general trauma symptoms) to 12.3% (posttraumatic stress disorder)….Sexual abuse as a whole contributed significantly to all the symptom measures with the most change in variance noted for dissociation (20.5%).” National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, C. Henry Kempe National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver 80206.

Comparative psychopathology of women who experienced intra-familial versus extra-familial sexual abuse. Gregory-Bills T, Rhodeback M Child Abuse Negl 1995 Feb; 19(2):177-89 Department of Educational Psychology, University of Houston, TX, USA. “A clinical comparison of two point code types indicated that both sexually abused groups could be characterized as suffering an Affective Depressed-Dissociative Disorder. However, profile shapes produced for the intra- and extra-familial abused groups differed….Profile analyses, discriminant analyses, clinically descriptive comparisons, and post hoc analyses of individual scales all revealed that psychopathology is much more evident in those who have experienced sexual abuse.”

The significance of a history of childhood sexual abuse in bulimia nervosa. Sullivan PF, Bulik CM, Carter FA, Joyce PR Br J Psychiatry 1995 Nov; 167(5):679-82 “Forty-four per cent reported a history of CSA. Bulimic women with CSA reported earlier onset of bulimia, greater depressive symptoms, worse global functioning and more suicide attempts, and were more likely to meet criteria for bipolar II disorder, alcohol and drug dependence, conduct disorder and avoidant personality disorder.” University Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine, New Zealand.

Prevalence of sexual abuse among women seeking gynecologic care in Germany. Peschers UM, Du Mont J, Jundt K, Pf urtner M, Dugan E, Kindermann G Obstet Gynecol 2003 Jan; 101(1):103-8 “Almost half (n = 479 [44.6%]) of the women surveyed reported that they had been the subject of unwanted sexual attention. One fifth (n = 216 [20.1%]) had been forced to engage in sexual activities: 6.8% in childhood, 10.3% during adolescence, 6.4% as an adult, and 3.5% across more than one stage. Thirteen women (6%) reported having discussed the abuse with their gynecologist. Sixty-six (30.5%) were too afraid to raise the issue, and 119 (55.1%) stated it was not relevant to their care. Only one woman (0.5%) reported that her gynecologist had asked about sexual abuse.” Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, Munchen, Germany

J Personal Disord 2002 Jun;16(3):201-14 Childhood abuse as a risk factor for suicidal behavior in borderline personality disorder. Soloff PH, Lynch KG, Kelly TM. Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, USA. soloffph@msx.upmc.edu “A childhood history of sexual or physical abuse is highly prevalent in borderline personality disorder (BPD) and is associated with self-destructive behavior in clinical and nonclinical samples….The odds of a sexually abused patient attempting suicide in adulthood was over 10 times that of a patient who was never sexually abused. Given a history of childhood sexual abuse, the risk of adult suicidal behavior in BPD was increased by antisocial traits, severity of BPD, hopelessness, or comorbid major depressive episode (MDE).” PMID: 12136678 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]”

Childhood abuse and borderline personality disorder articles http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&cmd=Display&dopt=pubmed_pubmed&from_uid=12136678

Read J, Agar K, Barker-Collo S, Davies E, Moskowitz A Assessing Suicidality in Adults – Integrating Childhood Trauma as a Major Risk Factor – Professional Psychology: Research & Practice. 2001 Aug Vol 32(4) 367-372 “Current suicidality was predicted better by child sexual abuse (experienced on average 20 years previously) than by a current diagnosis of depression.”

Meet the child molester next door Registered sex offender Jake Goldenflame thinks Megan’s Law protects children – and predators By Janet Kornblum USA TODAY “According to Finkelhor, about 75% of child molesters are white; half are over 30; 75% have been employed; and 95% are male. Girls make up about 75% of the victims….And Finkelhor notes that 70% to 90% of abuse is committed by people known to children, and 30% to 40% by relatives.” http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030129/4818893s.htm
The Experiences of Child Complainants of Sexual Abuse in the Criminal Justice System Dr Christine Eastwood, Prof Wendy Patton – Queensland University of Technology “From a theoretical perspective, the report examines why decades of reform have achieved limited gains for Australian children, and why the criminal justice system remains the legally sanctioned context for the abuse of children….There is widespread agreement in the literature that child sexual abuse spans all races, economic classes and ethnic groups (Finkelhor, 1993, 1994; Goldman & Padayachi 1997; Oates, 1990; O’Donnell & Craney, 1982; Peters, Wyatt & Finkelhor, 1986). The prevalence of sexual abuse is so extensive that in “no sub-group is it clearly absent or rare” (Finkelhor, 1993, p 67). Internationally, epidemiological studies estimate prevalence rates of 7 to 36 per cent for females and 3 to 29 per cent for males (Finkelhor, 1994) and confirm that sexual abuse of children is an international problem. It is estimated that females are abused at one and half times to three times the rate for males (Finkelhor, 1994). According to Bagley (1995), three aspects are clear. The majority of perpetrators are male (in excess of 95 per cent) against male and female children. Around 80 per cent of the time, the offender is known to the child, and a third of sexual offenders are themselves adolescents. Across all studies it is clear that only about half of the young victims disclosed the abuse to anyone (Finkelhor, 1994; Fleming, 1997). Further compounding the ability of the justice system to prosecute these cases is evidence that for every child who does report, three to five cases are not being reported (Finkelhor, 1991).” http://www.aic.gov.au/crc/reports/eastwood.pdf

Girl, Interrupted – Alanna Krause believes that much of her hellish childhood could have been avoided. Now she’s suing her father, her therapist, and her lawyer in an effort to prove it. …By Bernice Yeung “Throughout the custody case, she begged to live with her mother, because, she claimed, her father was physically abusive and often left her at home alone….the system granted custody of Alanna to her dad…report submitted to the Los Angeles Juvenile Courts, Alanna’s therapist had had a “seemingly intimate” relationship with her father (which he denies), and both the court-appointed evaluator and her court-appointed attorney relied on questionable science in making their recommendations. Once he had custody, Marshall Krause checked Alanna into a locked residential treatment facility in Utah for five months, though she had no criminal history or evidence of mental health problems…. “Hundreds of years of legal history have lead the US to implement a system that ensures that every party in a legal proceeding gets a voice,” she wrote in an article in a San Francisco legal publication. “But there is a forgotten minority that is not afforded these basic rights….Children get their ‘best interests’ represented by adults. We children have no choice and no recourse when those adults have their own agenda.” http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2002-12-18/feature.html/1/index.html Scars That Won’t Heal: the Neurobiology of Child Abuse – Maltreatment at an early age can have enduring negative effects on a child’s brain development and function by Martin H. Teicher “More than Three Million Allegations of Childhood Abuse and Neglect are received every year…Our findings dovetailed with a 1978 EEG study of adults who were victims of incest. The study’s author, Robert W. Davies of the Yale University School of Medicine, and his team had found that 77 percent exhibited EEG abnormalities and 27 percent experienced seizures. Subsequent work by other investigators using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology has confirmed an association between early maltreatment and reductions in the size of the adult hippocampus. The amygdala may be smaller as well. In 1997 J. Douglas Bremner, then at the Yale University School of Medicine, and his colleagues compared MRI scans of 17 adult survivors of childhood physical or sexual abuse, all of whom had posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with 17 healthy subjects matched for age, sex, race, handedness, years of education, and years of alcohol abuse. The left hippocampus of abused patients with PTSD was, on average, 12 percent smaller than the hippocampus of the healthy control subjects, but the right hippocampus was of normal size.” http://www.sciamarchive.org/pdfs/1482882.pdf

Unconscious Amygdalar Fear Conditioning in a Subset of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients. Ashok Gupta MA (Cantab), MSc November 2000 E-mail: ashok@harleystressclinic.com “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a neurophysiological disorder focusing on the amygdala. During a “traumatic” neurological event often involving acute psychological stress combined with a viral infection or other physical stressor, a conditioned network or “cell assembly” is created in the amygdala, analogous to conditioning episodes seen in severe phobias and anxiety states. This cell assembly is particularly resistant to extinction. The unconscious amygdala has become conditioned to be chronically sensitised to negative symptoms arising from the body, given that “fear” tends to generalise unconsciously during periods of severe emotional arousal.” http://www.angelfire.com/yt2/fatigue/Paper.htm

The Scandal in Our Own Backyard “According to The American Judges Foundation, in 70 percent of cases in which abusive men ask for custody, they succeed in gaining full or joint custody. This national scandal is made possible by the secrecy within the Family Court System and by public disbelief in the scope of the problem….a study by the California Protective Parents Association found that 91 percent of fathers identified by their children as sexual predators received full or partial unsupervised custody-while in 54 percent of these same cases the non-abusing mother was placed on supervised visitations.” http://www.taliacarner.com/scandal.html

two from BO [Intraoperative awareness] [Article in German] Schneider G. Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 2003 Feb; 38(2):75-84 “Even in the absence of explicit memory, implicit (unconscious) memory can still have consequences for the patient. In the worst case, it can cause post-traumatic stress disorder.” Klinik fur Anaesthesiologie der Technischen Universitat Munchen, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munchen. Gerhard.Schneider@LRZ.tum.de

Implications of childhood sexual abuse for adult borderline personality disorder and complex posttraumatic stress disorder. McLean LM, Gallop R. Am J Psychiatry 2003 Feb; 160(2):369-71 “The diagnoses of both borderline personality disorder and complex PTSD were significantly higher in women reporting early-onset abuse than in those with late-onset abuse. The trauma variables sexual abuse and paternal incest were significant predictors of both diagnoses.”

From BO Childhood traumatic events and dissociative experiences in patients with chronic headache and low back pain. Yucel B, Ozyalcin S, Sertel HO, Camlica H, Ketenci A, Talu GK. Clin J Pain 2002 Nov-Dec; 18(6):394-401 “There were no significant differences between the headache and low back pain groups in terms of prevalence of history of neglect; abuse; or sexual, physical, and emotional abuse separately. In addition, no significant differences were found between the groups with respect to the Dissociative Experiences Scale scores. However, analysis of the SDQ (Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire) scores showed that the neglect rate in the two groups differed significantly. According to our findings, the neglect rate was higher in the headache group…” Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Turkey. byucel@superonline.com

THE LANCET Volume 361 Number 9356 2/8/03 Commentary Child sexual abuse: vicious circles of fate or paths to resilience?… “In this issue of The Lancet, David Skuse and colleagues report a longitudinal study…These investigators were able to follow up 224 male children, victims of sexual abuse, up to the age of 18-32 years, and to assess whether they were known by the police or by social services, on a national basis, to have themselves committed sexual aggressions. Overall, 11.6% of victims became perpetrators in later life.”

Sexually Abused Kids Don’t All Become Adult Abusers: Study 2/6/03 By Serena Gordon (HealthScoutNews) “The researchers found that only 12 percent of 224 boys who had been sexually abused as children later became sexual abusers themselves. They also discovered that abusers shared similar risk factors growing up, such as abuse from a female or a history of cruelty to animals. “Most males who are sexually abused are unlikely to become sexual offenders,” says the study’s author, Dr. David Skuse, a professor of behavioral and brain sciences at the Institute for Child Health in London….were challenged by at least one expert who says the percentage of abused-turned-predator is probably too low.” http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=97&u=/hsn/20030207/hl_hsn/sexually_abused_kids_don_t_all_become_adult_abusers__study&printer=1

also see Researchers Study Boys Abused by Women 2/6/03 London http://www.azcentral.com/news/reuters/stories/SCIENCE-HEALTH-ABUSE-DC.shtml

The M+G+R Foundation Sexual Abuse of Children Its Psychosomatic Consequences Renee Z. Dominguez, Ph.D. [1] Connie F. Nelke, Ph.D. [2] Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. [3] For: Encyclopedia of Crime & Punishment – This is a Child Trauma Academy version of a chapter to be published in Encyclopedia of Crime & Punishment, 2001. Berkshire Publishing Group Great Barrington, MA “Child sexual abuse is a significant public health problem in the US and across the world. In the US one out of three females and one out of five males have been victims of sexual abuse before the age of 18 years. Sexual abuse occurs across all ethnic/racial, socioeconomic, and religious groups. Unfortunately, sexual abuse is considered a relatively common experience in the lives of children. A report released by the National Institute of Justice in 1997 revealed that of the 22.3 million children between the ages of 12 and 17 years in the US, 1.8 million were victims of a serious sexual assault/abuse.” http://www.mgr.org/SexabuseConsequences-1.html listing this url doesn’t mean we are endorsing linked pages

Kinsey film focus of O’Reilly tonight WND columnist Judith Reisman on movie profiling alleged pedophile-in-chief 2/11/03 “The planned filming next month by MGM/United Artists of a feature film about sex revolutionary Alfred Kinsey will be the focus of Fox News Channel’s O’Reilly Factor tonight. The film will star Liam Neeson as Alfred Kinsey and be directed by Francis Ford Coppola Jr.” http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30986 Our listing this url does not necessarily mean we agree with the content of other web pages on this site.

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