[Vision2020] John Bradbury (was RE: FW: Dean of Students Resigns)

[Tom Hansen]

From the archives (March 2006) . . .
 
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LATAH

Case No. CR-2005-02500

http://www.tomandrodna.com/Jamin_Wight/
 
Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

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Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho


> On Mar 4, 2015, at 12:00 AM, Saundra Lund <v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm> wrote:
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> Sunil,
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> It was the Jamin Wight case.  If my memory serves me correctly, he was 23 or 24 when he started grooming his then 13-year-old victim.  I posted the following a couple on V2020 a couple of years ago, although I didn’t name Bradbury:
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> I remember being outraged at the excuses the judge made for that POS (something akin to “he was homeschooled and thus was immature”) when allowing him to plead to a non-sex offense and thus escape lifetime sex offender registration.  At the time, I tempered my outrage with the foolish notion that perhaps the plea deal was acceptable to the young survivor.
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> It wasn’t until several years later I learned the survivor felt betrayed for what passes as justice for children in Latah County.  That courageous survivor’s betrayal not only by her predator but also by the judicial system haunts me to this day.
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> Actually, since she speaks out herself, I think it more appropriate to provide Natalie’s own poignant and powerful words:
> http://natalierose-livewithpassion.blogspot.com/
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> I am no longer a victim, but I am loud, and here is my story. If you feel inclined please share it, or share yours, or share someone else’s but please, for the sake of innocence, community, and love, BE LOUD. 
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> More specifically:
> http://natalierose-livewithpassion.blogspot.com/2010/07/no-more-tape-over-my-mouth.html
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> I was molested as a young teen. A man living under my parent's roof, paying his rent by helping with the remodeling of our home, in training at Greyfriar's Seminary to become a pastor , groomed me, sexually abused me, and molested me from the time I was 13 until I was 16 years old. He was 10 years older than me. A true monster; I was made to feel worthless, as though no one but he would ever love me. I was told that if I ever told anyone, it would ruin his life because people simply wouldn't understand what we shared. I became an expert at lying to my parents. I was forced into sexual acts time and time again that no young girl should ever be subjected to. When I was 17 years old, a friend whom I had confided in (and who I am forever grateful to) convinced me to go to the police and press charges against my abuser. After much persuasion from her, I went to my parents and to the police. The process that followed was long, painful, traumatic and awful. During this time, I was offered little to no support from the church I attended, in fact, on the day of the sentencing my former pastor and my abuser's pastor sat on *his* side of the courtroom, successfully compounding my own feelings of guilt and shame. I felt terribly alienated and many times regretted every saying anything about the abuse. Sadly, my story did not have a just ending. My abuser, who was originally charged on 3 counts of "child sexual abuse", "lewd and lascivious acts", and "forced sexual contact", was convicted of "injury to child"- the same term that would have been used had he slapped a child on Main Street. We were encouraged to go to mediation rather than to trial, and at the last minute the visiting judge decided the sentence/label of 'sexual offender' was too harsh. He equated what had happened to a "homeschool teenage love affair", despite the fact that my abuser was 10 years older than me. As a result, rather than being labeled as a sex offender (which was the only outcome I desired), his charge was lowered and he was sentenced to 4 months in Cottonwood prison and a few years on probation (which he was released from early a few months ago). After serving his sentence he was free to go. Free to live and roam wherever he pleased, which just so happened to be right back to Moscow, back to his lovely old church, back to MY town, where he now lives a normal life, owns his own construction company, and eats at his favorite downtown restaurants. Clearly he felt terrible about what happened. Clearly he felt shame and disgust with himself. Bullshit.
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> Saundra Lund
> Moscow, ID
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> I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from cruelty of man.
> ~ Mahatma Ghandi
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> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Sunil
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 8:43 PM
> To: vision 2020
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] FW: Dean of Students Resigns
>  
> Saundra,
> 
> I'm at a loss to remember which case you're talking about. Perhaps my memory fails me.
> 
> Sunil
> 
> From: v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm
> To: donaldrose at cpcinternet.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 10:19:04 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] FW: Dean of Students Resigns
> 
> Huh – imagine that.  After far too many tragedies and far, far too many years of the Greek system getting away with behavior that’s given the UI a bad name, it looked like the UI had finally had enough and finally had a Dean of Students who wasn’t afraid to bring some accountability to the picture.
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> Hazing, for the love of God . . . HAZING.
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> And, what does the UI do?
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> It leaves Chatriand twisting in the wind.  Way to GO, UI!  That’s my kind of administration!
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> Not.
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> And, John Bradbury ought to be ashamed.  Oh, wait . . . I almost forgot that nut proved himself incapable of shame when he accepted an insane plea agreement for a sexual predator and made excuses from the bench for said predator, a predator who has continued his abusive behavior.  How fitting that Bradbury would defend the FIJIs.
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> As for the FIJIs – what a bunch of whiners.  It doesn’t speak well for the character of the chapter that it members are unwilling to accept the consequences, however anemic, of their behavior:
> http://www.uiargonaut.com/2015/02/23/fiji-sanctioned-by-ui-greek-office-for-hazing/
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> Absolutely disgusting.
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> Saundra Lund
> Moscow, ID
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> It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.
> ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
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> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Rosemary Huskey
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 6:40 AM
> To: 'Moscow Vision 2020'
> Subject: [Vision2020] FW: Dean of Students Resigns
>  
> Once again the Greek system gets special treatment and the rules don’t apply to them. 
>  
> Rose Huskey
>  
> http://www.uiargonaut.com/2015/03/02/dean-of-students-resigns-fiji-lawyer-says-sanctions-dropped/
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> Dean of Students resigns; FIJI lawyer says sanctions dropped
> 
> Submitted by Kaitlyn Krasselt on 03.02.2015 – 10:57 pm
> UI to redo investigation of FIJI hazing allegations, lawyer says
> 
> University of Idaho Dean of Students Craig Chatriand confirmed Monday he will resign from the university effective March 9.
> Chatriand said his decision came after a conflict could not be resolved with the alumni of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, more commonly known as FIJI. FIJI lawyer John Bradbury confirmed Monday that sanctions previously levied against the house by the Dean of Students Office have been dropped and the incidents that led to them would be reinvestigated.
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> Craig Chatriand
> In his role as dean of students, Chatriand oversees the Greek advisory office. The Dean of Students Office confirmed last week that FIJI had been sanctioned by the Greek office following an investigation of hazing allegations. Greek adviser Brittany Bowles declined comment last week on the individuals involved or the details of the allegations, but said FIJI house leadership accepted the sanctions imposed Feb. 19 by the Dean of Students Office.
> Despite the house’s initial acceptance of the sanctions, FIJI continued to explore options relating to the sanctions and the process by which they were arrived, contacting Interim Provost and Executive Vice-President Katherine Aiken.
> “We were extremely disappointed in how this process was handled,” Bradbury said.
> Bradbury said the university’s new investigation will begin with review from the Greek Community Standards Board.
> Aiken declined to comment on either investigation or the removal of the sanctions. She said she was informed of Chatriand’s resignation by his supervisor Jean Kim, vice provost for student affairs and enrollment management. Kim did not return a request for comment on the situation as of press time.
> “I have been grateful for his service,” Aiken said of Chatriand.
> Chatriand would not discuss details of the initial investigation but said he believed he was not being allowed to do the job the way he saw fit.
> “There’s situations that involve campus safety that I’m not able to address in the way they need to be addressed,” Chatriand said. “It’s better to have a person in this seat who can do that more effectively than I have been able to.”
> Chatriand took over the position at the beginning of January following the retirement of long-time Dean of Students and Vice Provost for Student Affairs Bruce Pitman. He previously served as the associate dean of students beginning in 2012, and prior to that served as the assistant director for student success for University Housing.
> Chatriand said he will work through the end of the week to wrap up any loose ends related to his job.
> “I have enjoyed working with UI students tremendously,” Chatriand said. “I have enjoyed the colleagues and opportunities available here … But when we feel we can’t do the foundational work of our job, it’s time to step away and let someone else try.”
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