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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.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, October 12, 2006 Letter to U.S. Congress - STOP THE OBSTRUCTIONS OF JUSTICE!
Letter to U.S. Congress: We must stop the conflicts of interest and obstructions of justice. Our children deserve to be safe -- they cannot protect themselves and continue to fight politics and the good 'ol boy networks.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, June 16, 2007 Happy Anniversary U.S. Catholic Bishops!
Two important anniversaries this weekend, ones we must never forget... the sudden disappearance of Father Ochoa, a Sonoma County priest and the denials of due process of US Catholic Bishops during an annual USCCB meeting in Los Angeles.
SHARE Friday, April 2, 2010 Communication is About Action - Not Petty Gossip!
Communication is about good faith action, not petty gossip! What are the expectations from the faithful in the pews as it relates to the clergy sex abuse crisis?
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, March 28, 2007 Clergy Sex Abuse-TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION!
"Mental Reservation" Church Doctrine and Freedom of Religion NEVER included sex abuse crimes, failures to report, obstructions of justice, perjury in any way, shape or form and/or free passes for sexual predators employed by politically connected religious institutions. TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION!
SHARE Thursday, September 28, 2006 What Happened to Accountability in Our Society?
Life may never be as simple for our children as it was for us -- unless of course, we demand accountability from ourselves and from those in positions of authority and trust.
SHARE Wednesday, October 4, 2006 Beware of the WOLVES IN DISGUISE!
Individuals in political, government and religious positions of authority have acted as "Wolves in Disguise" in prioritizing self-serving political agendas. The civil rights and protections of children have been ignored and violated. Who will take corrective action?
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, November 20, 2006 Clergy Sex Abuse: Enough Is Enough!
Nothing has changed since the clergy sex abuse crisis erupted five years ago. PLEASE let your voices be heard -- the protection of children and those who guard them as "mandated reporters" is at risk!
SHARE Sunday, April 8, 2007 Will Society Learn From Past History?
Society ignored the rights of children as revealed by the clergy sex abuse crisis. Fixing the wrongs committed against children and families DOES NOT include unexplained murders of accused sexual predators in jails and prisons, while awaiting due process of the law. Will Society Learn From Past History?
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, July 18, 2008 Letter to American Bar Association -- Stop AG Muskasey!
AG Muskasey represents the general public... how can he possibly represent President Bush, Vice President Cheney and Karl Rove, without violating laws of the land governing legal conflicts of interests?
SHARE Thursday, April 13, 2006 "Hidden Blessings"
Clergy Sex Abuse Scandals Require Nationwide Legislation for Immediate Corrective Action
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 16, 2006 Clergy Sex Abuse - What Has Happened to Our Country's Judges?
A Kentucky Judge rules that the Kentucky Catholic Diocese must name victims in sex abuse lawsuits. Do Judges have the duty to rule in the interests of justice and protections of children OR assist religious institutions in minimizing damages for crimes committed against children?
What Has Happened to Our Country's Judges?
SHARE Thursday, August 10, 2006 Clergy Sex Abuse - Sex Offenders & Mandated Reporters Who Failed to Protect Children - Now What?
HUNDREDS of sex offenders who are employees of religious institutions also escaped criminal and civil sanctions based on attorney abuses of our country's laws relating to freedom of religion privileges.
As a society, do our children and our children's children deserve to be placed at risk?
SHARE Thursday, April 1, 2010 Stop Enabling the Tabloids & "Petty Gossip"!
The most disappointing message in the midst of this year's Holy Week is Bill Donohue from the Catholic League of Religious and Civil Rights' advertisement in the New York Times, entitled Going for the Vatican Jugular
SHARE Thursday, June 29, 2006 "Clergy Sexual Abuse - Letter to U.S. Department of Justice"
Letter to U.S. Department of Justice with a request for investigation and enforcement action on behalf of the People of the United States of America, with the hope of restoring trust, confidence and safety.