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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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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        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 More Sharing        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 More Sharing        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 More Sharing        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 More Sharing        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 More Sharing        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 More Sharing        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 More Sharing        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 More Sharing        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 More Sharing        Thursday, April 13, 2006
"Hidden Blessings" Clergy Sex Abuse Scandals Require Nationwide Legislation for Immediate Corrective Action
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, May 11, 2007
From the Eyes of a Mother. . . Clergy Sex Abuse Note to Pope Benedict: Our children are being raped.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        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 More Sharing        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?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, July 3, 2010
Our Children & Founding Fathers Are Watching! Benjamin Franklin's words of wisdom... "The opinions I have had its errors, I sacrifice to the public good."
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Sex Abuse Crisis - History in the Making - Will Our Children Witness Truths or Denials of Justice? Our children deserve to witness truths, without denials of justice. As a society, we can achieve educational goals of our children, without discouraging their public participation in matters of interest and safety.
SHARE More Sharing        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 More Sharing        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.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis: Letter to US Conference of Catholic Bishops - Stop the Erosion of Human Rights! Stop the Erosion of Human and Due Process Rights in Religious Institutions.
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, December 23, 2006
Letter to Pope Benedict - From the Eyes of a Child... From the eyes of a child, should we fear speaing out, and if we choose to protect, will we be shown the way out?

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