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<DIV class=timestamp>March 25, 2011</DIV>
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<H1><NYT_HEADLINE type=" " version="1.0">Suspensions Force Bishops to Reassess
Rule Changes</NYT_HEADLINE></H1><NYT_BYLINE>
<H6 class=byline>By <A class=meta-per title="More Articles by Laurie Goodstein"
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<P>Nine years after a scandal in Boston prompted America’s Roman Catholic
bishops to announce sweeping policy changes to protect children from sexual
abuse by priests, the bishops are scrambling to contain the damage from a
growing crisis in Philadelphia that has challenged the credibility of their own
safeguards. </P>
<P>When a grand jury in Philadelphia reported last month that the archdiocese
there allowed 37 priests accused of abuse or inappropriate behavior to remain in
ministry, it came as a complete surprise to the local and national “review
boards” that the bishops have put in place to help keep them accountable,
members of those boards said. </P>
<P>Church officials are also deeply troubled by how it is possible that in the
bishops’ most recent annual “audit” — conducted by an outside agency to monitor
each diocese’s compliance with the policy changes — Philadelphia passed with
flying colors, said Teresa M. Kettelkamp, executive director of the bishops’
Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection, which issues the annual audit
reports. </P>
<P>“To have that level of compromise of our programs and our process, I was
totally shocked,” said Ms. Kettelkamp, who spent 30 years in law enforcement and
corruption investigations before she was hired by the bishops. </P>
<P>The revelations in Philadelphia have called into question the efficacy of the
bishops’ reform plan, unveiled in 2002 under the intense spotlight cast by the
Boston scandal and called the “<A title="The charter."
href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9906EFDA133CF936A25755C0A9649C8B63&scp=1&sq=Charter%20for%20the%20Protection%20of%20Children%20and%20Young%20People&st=cse">Charter
for the Protection of Children and Young People</A>.” </P>
<P>The church says it has spent tens of millions of dollars to fingerprint
volunteers, organize “safe environment” prevention programs in parishes and
schools, reach out to victims and deal with accusations. At least 1,000 workers
nationwide are employed in carrying out the charter’s mandates, church officials
say. Now the bishops are hearing parishioners, abuse victims and the church’s
own child protection workers voicing a sense of betrayal. </P>
<P>“This is confusing and demoralizing to many people,” said Bishop Blase J.
Cupich of Spokane, Wash., chairman of the bishops’ Committee for the Protection
of Children and Young People, who said he recently met with a large group of
these workers at a convention in Los Angeles. “Everybody is very saddened by
this because people are working very hard, each and every day, to implement the
charter. And to have this happen is really just painful for all of us.” </P>
<P>The main governing committee of bishops took up the issue this week at a
regularly scheduled meeting in Washington, and late on Thursday issued a
statement that sought to convey reassurances that the bishops were still
committed to their policies. </P>
<P>The core of the charter was a “zero tolerance” pledge to remove from the
ministry any priests credibly accused of abuse. So the grand jury’s charge that
the Philadelphia Archdiocese allowed as many as 37 priests to continue serving,
despite an array of charges against them, provoked the most searing questions.
</P>
<P>Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia at first rebutted the grand jury’s
findings, then changed course, suspended three priests and ultimately <A
title="A Times article."
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/us/09priests.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=philadelphia%20archdiocese&st=cse">suspended
21 more</A> — the largest mass suspension by a diocese in the three-decade
history of the abuse scandal. </P>
<P>A Philadelphia grand jury also indicted the former head of the archdiocesan
office for clergy, Msgr. William Lynn, on charges of endangering the welfare of
children — the first indictment ever of a senior church official in covering up
an abuse case. </P>
<P>The statement from the bishops’ committee, signed by the bishops’ president,
Archbishop <A class=meta-per title="More articles about Timothy M. Dolan."
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/d/timothy_m_dolan/index.html?inline=nyt-per">Timothy
M. Dolan</A> of New York, said, “We remain especially firm in our commitment to
remove permanently from public ministry any priest who committed such an
intolerable offense.” </P>
<P>The bishops’ statement says they have “confidence” that the charter is
effective, but will consider whether it needs to be revised or strengthened. A
long-planned review of the charter is scheduled for the bishops’ meeting in
June. </P>
<P>“We want to learn from our mistakes and we welcome constructive criticism,”
the statement says. </P>
<P>In recent interviews with local reporters, Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of
New Orleans, the former chairman of the bishops committee on child protection,
and Cardinal <A class=meta-per title="More articles about Sean P. O'Malley."
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/sean_p_omalley/index.html?inline=nyt-per">Sean
P. O’Malley</A> of Boston, expressed anguished anger about the developments in
Philadelphia. “There’s no excuse for cover-up,” said Archbishop Aymond. </P>
<P>However, the bishops’ committee avoided any direct criticism of the
Archdiocese of Philadelphia — even though some had pressed for something more
hard-hitting, said some church officials who did not want to be named because
they were not authorized to discuss the matter. </P>
<P>Cardinal Rigali worked for many years in the <A class=meta-org
title="More articles about the Roman Catholic Church."
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/r/roman_catholic_church/index.html?inline=nyt-org">Vatican</A>
and still has powerful allies there. A kingmaker among American bishops, he
serves on the Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops, the body charged with
recommending bishops’ assignments to the pope. (Also serving on that Vatican
congregation: Cardinal <A class=meta-per
title="More articles about Bernard F. Law."
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/bernard_f_law/index.html?inline=nyt-per">Bernard
F. Law</A>, who resigned as archbishop of Boston in 2002 during the abuse
scandal there.) </P>
<P>Bishop Cupich and other church officials said that the bishops were
withholding any judgment about what exactly went awry in Philadelphia and who
was responsible because they did not yet have enough information. Bishop Cupich
praised Cardinal Rigali for hiring an investigator — after the news of the grand
jury report came out — to go through the files and determine which priests
should be suspended from ministry. </P>
<P>But those involved in oversight in the church are asking themselves why the
local review board in Philadelphia and the auditors did not know about so many
accused priests still in ministry. Did the church staff in Philadelphia fail to
show them the files? Were the files scrubbed? </P>
<P>Church officials and those involved in oversight say they do not know. And
they said that they were looking to the investigators and prosecutors in
Philadelphia to come up with the answers. </P>
<P>The episode identifies a key weakness in the bishops’ charter: neither the
bishops’ auditors nor the review boards have the same power as a grand jury or a
prosecutor to subpoena witnesses or compel the church to turn over files. </P>
<P>“They can only review the information they’re given,” said Diane Knight,
chairwoman of the National Review Board, the advisory and accountability
committee appointed by the bishops. “It is startling and discouraging that after
nine years of the charter and all of the work that has gone into it, to have
this kind of a grand jury report come out is troubling at best.”
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<A title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision 2020</A> ; <A title=deco@moscow.com
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">Art Deco</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:12
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: BREAKING
NEWS: Northwest Jesuits to pay $166 million to sexual-abuse victims</DIV>
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<DIV>The problem here is that the Catholic Church fosters a haven for
those with a proclivity for victimizing children because the
Church denounces marriage and prevent women from serving as
priests.</DIV>
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<DIV>If priests were forced to marry, their spouses would likely
know they were child molesters. If women were priests, they would
be less likely to offend, less likely to tolerate the abuse, and more
likely to notice when it was occurring. </DIV>
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<DIV>What better place for a child molester to proliferate their
sickness, conceal it from others, and maximize the number
of their victims than a place where they don't marry and have
unlimited and unrestricted access to children whom believe they are the
hand and voice of God?</DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan Arnold <BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 3/25/11, Art Deco
<I><deco@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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Art Deco <deco@moscow.com><BR>Subject: [Vision2020]
<SPAN>Fw</SPAN>: BREAKING NEWS: Northwest Jesuits to pay $166 million
to sexual-abuse victims<BR>To: "Vision 2020"
<vision2020@moscow.com><BR>Date: Friday, March 25, 2011, 5:06
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The only problem here is that many of
these so-called holy men ought be spending life in prison, but it does
not appear that hardly any were ever charged.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Way to go, criminal justice
system!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>w.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Northwest Jesuits to pay $166 million to
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<DIV>In one of the largest payouts in the Roman Catholic Church's
sexual abuse crisis, the Jesuits of the Northwest will pay $166.1
million to 500 victims.</DIV>
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