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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>It is not only the Catholic Church which shields
and enables child molesters, but many other churches, including the LDS<FONT
color=#ff0000 size=6>*</FONT>, and of course, our own local cult.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Whenever any evidence of child molestation is
reported to anyone, including church officials of any kind, such evidence ought,
if not by law, then by conscience, be reported to competent, trustworthy law
enforcement. If it is not, then those failing to report, including
the Pope, should face obstruction of justice/etc charges. And
these charges should be prosecuted with the relentless rigor that the child
abuse charges are.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Good luck with this proscription, however, and
especially in Latah County.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>And aren't the alleged agents (international,
national, local) of some alleged god wonderful, concealing, downplaying,
making excuses for one of humankinds darkest, cruelest, most cowardly crimes,
the rape and use of defenseless children.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Wayne A. Fox<BR>1009 Karen Lane<BR>PO Box 9421<BR>Moscow,
ID 83843</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="mailto:waf@moscow.com"><FONT
size=2>waf@moscow.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=2>208 882-7975</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><FONT color=#ff0000 size=6>*</FONT>One example,
Google for may more:</FONT></DIV>
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<H1>Jury holds Boy Scouts negligent in sex-abuse case</H1>
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<DIV class=cnnByline>By <B>Tom Watkins</B>, CNN
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<LI>How Scouts handled case of former Scout leader Timur Dykes at center of
lawsuit
<LI>Jurors in Portland award former Scout who had contact with Dykes $1.4
million
<LI>On Tuesday, trial's second phase to determine punitive damages in 1980s
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<P><B>(CNN)</B> -- Jurors in Portland, Oregon, awarded a former Boy Scout $1.4
million after finding Tuesday that the organization was negligent in allowing a
Scout leader who was a sex offender to have contact with him.</P>
<P>The three-week trial ended with Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge John A.
Wittmayer polling the jurors, who confirmed they had found the negligence
contributed to damage to the plaintiff as claimed.</P>
<P>The jury ruled that the plaintiff is also entitled to punitive damages.
That's to be determined beginning Tuesday in the trial's second phase.</P>
<P>How the Scouts handled the case of the former Scout leader, Timur Dykes, was
at the center of the explosive lawsuit.</P>
<P>Attorney Kelly Clark, who has been representing six men suing the Scouts,
would not discuss the case until after the punitive phase. Before the trial, he
alleged that when his clients were boys during the 1980s, the organization knew
that at least one of them had been abused by Dykes.</P>
<P>He also alleged that though Dykes was removed as a Scout leader, he was
allowed to stay on as a volunteer and the abuse continued. CNN was not able to
reach Dykes.</P>
<P>Clark produced documents that he said were part of an archive of previously
secret Boy Scout files that chronicled decades of abuse of boys.</P>
<P>The Scouts' lawyers said the organization had not known about Dykes' record
nor had it known about an outstanding warrant at the time.</P>
<P>Once the Scouts did learn about it, the organization acted immediately and
cooperated with police, the Scouts' lawyers said.</P>
<P>A Boy Scouts spokesman has acknowledged the organization does have
confidential files, but said they are made confidential in order to protect
people who are ineligible to be Scout leaders but who may not have done anything
illegal.</P>
<P>A Scouts spokesman said that, in recent years, the organization has taken
extensive measures to keep abusers out.</P>
<P>In a written statement, the Scouts said the organization intends to
appeal.</P>
<P>"We are gravely disappointed with the verdict," it said. "We believe that the
allegations made against our youth protection efforts are not valid."</P>
<P>It added, "We are saddened by what happened to the plaintiff. The actions of
the man who committed these crimes do not represent the values and ideals of the
Boy Scouts of America.</P>
<P>"The safety of the young people currently in the Scouting program has never
been in question during these legal proceedings. The case focused on a
discussion about what society and the BSA knew about child abuse approximately
three decades ago.</P>
<P>"This is a long-standing societal issue that every youth-serving organization
must address. Based on the standard of care of that time, the BSA believes it
acted responsibly and that the evidence presented during the trial does not
justify the verdict."</P>
<P>While holding the Boy Scouts of America 60 percent negligent, the jury said
the Cascade Pacific Council -- which oversees Scouting activities in the region
-- was 15 percent negligent and <STRONG><FONT color=#ff0000>the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints 25 percent negligent</FONT></STRONG>.</P>
<P>The church has sponsored a number of Boy Scout troops, including the one to
which the plaintiff belonged.</P>
<P>Steve English, a lawyer representing the church, said Tuesday's verdict has
no impact on the church, since it settled the case out of court more than a year
ago. </P>
<P class=cnnInline>"The church absolutely condemns any kind of child abuse," he
said. "Because of the way the law is set up in Oregon, we thought it made sense
both to help the victim and also to get this behind the victim and us to settle
this case." <BR></P>
<P class=cnn_strycbftrtxt>CNN's Brian Todd contributed to this
story.</P></DIV></DIV>
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<A title=garrettmc@verizon.net href="mailto:garrettmc@verizon.net">Garrett
Clevenger</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 14, 2010 9:03
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Richard Dawkins
calls for arrest of Pope BenedictXVI</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>"Hitchens, author of God Is Not Great, said: �This man is not
above or <BR>outside the law. The institutionalised concealment of child rape
is a <BR>crime under any law and demands not private ceremonies of repentance
<BR>or church-funded payoffs, but justice and punishment.""<BR><BR><BR>You
would think that someone who claims to speak for God would have a clue as to
who is raping children.<BR><BR>It just goes to show that the church doesn't
speak for God. <BR><BR>They are just as clueless as most people arrogant
enough to say they know what God thinks or wants.<BR><BR>They all should be
arrested, if not locked up behind bars, before any more damage is
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