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November 20, 2006 at 10:04:36

Clergy Sex Abuse: Enough Is Enough!

by Debby Bodkin Page 2 of 2 page(s)

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Yes, the Sheriff's letter was successful and the principal of a prominent Catholic high school in Orange County was transferred to Bishop Amat Catholic High School, one of the schools under your supervision in the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese. Sound familiar?

Unfortunately, there is something seriously wrong with the letter submitted by two Los Angeles County Sheriffs in support of dismissing felony gun charges against a prominent Catholic school principal's son -- the sheriffs misspelled "Hemingway" in the letter when the correct spelling is "Hemenway". Who were the government officials responsible for verifying the legitimacy of this letter?

* Does this have anything to do with the fact that legal advisors for the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese, Albert P. Ballog, Daniel R. Sullivan, Esq. and Michael J. Peffer, all members of the firm of Sullivan & Ballog, simultaneously represent the Catholic Diocese of Orange and the OC Sheriff's Department?

* Does a legal conspiracy exist? Is there a self-insured legal malpractice fund that employs and protects the Catholic Church from accountability for destroying the lives of children and families?

Please stop the games -- children are not safe! Nothing has changed since the clergy sex abuse crisis erupted 5 years ago. Due process of the law, the protections of children and those who protect them as mandated reporters are non-existent in the business and employment practices of the Catholic Church. Without justice, there will never be peace and without peace, we might as well laugh at each and every child protection law that the Catholic Church and its legal advisors, continue to manipulate for personal and financial gain.

Respectfully submitted,

Debby Bodkin, Founder
www.catholics4justice.com

cc: Orange County District Attorney
Los Angeles District Attorney
State Bar of California
California Department of Justice

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As an amateur writer, mother, wife and legal secretary for the past 25 years, my passion for the courage of clergy sex abuse victims, their families and mandated reporters, who made a choice to protect children, before their own career security and ego, has evolved over the past 5 years. My husband, Michael, is a former Catholic high school teacher and coach, who was forced to make a career change without due process of the law. He will soon complete his Masters Degree in Special Education, his new-found passion. Our children, Nicole, Rachel, Brent and Laurel are a gift to us and all who meet them. We pray our children and the world's children will witness society correcting the wrongs committed against innocent children and families. Without justice, there will never be peace; without peace, faith and our country's laws are empty.

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The author lives in Eugene, OR. Interests include 'Group Psychotherapy' and 'Psychodrama'. She is also an RN. One 'Favorite Quote': 'Insanity is the exception in individuals. In groups, parties, peoples and times it is the rule.' ......Friedrich Nietzsche
Katrin R.The author lives in Eugene, OR. Interests include 'Group Psychotherapy' and 'Psychodrama'. She is also an RN. One 'Favorite Quote': 'Insanity is the exception in individuals. In groups, parties, peoples and times it is the rule.' ......Friedrich Nietzsche

Debby

You are not going to change the 'Catholic Church'! It has never, ever been changed. When all else changes, has ups and downs, good times and hard times, war and peace...cycles through history over and over again, and in the same pattern...with death, and new growth, and life, and light and darkness...the 'Catholic Church' has always stood apart in that it just does not change. It never loses it's power, it's money, it's influence, and it's tradition.

You may want to read Mark Sashine's recent diary entry: Racism at it's Worst. (It's just always the same)

My point is not for you to give up. What I am trying to say is, that you look at your work from a different angle, because by changing perspective, you get a whole new and different picture.

You are educating the Public; you are making, and keeping, and forcing the public's awareness of the problem, the resistance, and the dangers that continue to be present. You prevent people from falling asleep, from forgetting, from denying, from acceptance. That is a huge accomplishment on your part, and perhaps the most important work you can do.

You may never know for sure just how much of a difference you are making, but I think you are. Everything you do affects the greater system, and changes every part of it.....as much as those creeps do, but in the opposite direction. Your spirit shines through.

XXX Katrin

by Katrin R. (3 articles, 0 quicklinks, 11 diaries, 514 comments) on Monday, November 20, 2006 at 10:01:34 PM