Scout leader admits abusing boy
A Scout leader from Norfolk has admitted sexually abusing a boy over a period of three years.
Norwich Crown Court was told Julien Pike, 37, of Norwich, began the abuse when the boy was 13 and it lasted for almost three years.
It was ended shortly before the teenager turned 16, the court was told.
Pike pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual activity with a child and was bailed for pre-sentence reports. He is due in court again on 30 November.
Pike 'suspended'
Lorraine Irwin, prosecuting, said: "The victim suffered as a result but he has shown great courage in coming forward to reveal this man's offending to the community.
"We hope that he will never be allowed to work with young people again."
A Scout Association spokesman said: "The association is aware that Julien Pike has pleaded guilty to the charges laid before him.
"We have assisted Norfolk police during their investigation.
"Pike was suspended from any form of contact with the movement as soon as we were aware of the arrest.
"The Scout Association carries out stringent vetting of all adults who work with young people."
Monday, November 9, 2009
Catholic priest faces sentencing for sexual abuse
Father Bernard Cloutier will stand alone in a Sudbury courtroom today to be sentenced for his sexual abuse three decades ago of a group of altar boys who had idolized him.
Missing from the prisoner's dock, but present in spirit, will be Bishop Gerard Dionne - named as a culprit in a rare judicial finding that the Roman Catholic Church intervened to forestall criminal charges being laid against Father Cloutier in 1983.
Coming on the heels of a recent scandal over child pornography charges laid against Nova Scotia Bishop Raymond Lahey, the cases raise new questions about the church's response to sexual misconduct within the clergy.
Lawyer Susan Vella - an authority on cases involving sexual abuse within religious institutions - said that the Cloutier case is a rare instance where evidence indicates a high-level attempt by the church to subvert a police investigation.
"I think it's safe to say that it's not a common occurrence for these kind of allegations to come to light, and then be proven," she said.
In 2007, the five complainants came forward one by one to allege that Father Cloutier had groomed them during weekend drinking parties and out-of-town trips three decades earlier, and then sexually assaulted them.
In testimony earlier this year at Father Cloutier's trial, court heard that the priest had an excellent stereo system and often supplied cigarettes and liquor to boys who visited the rectory. One man said that Father Cloutier had been like a big brother: "I trusted him. I thought he was God. He was a best friend."
At the core of Crown counsel Diana Fuller's case was an emotional meeting held in 1983 at the home of one of the altar boys, attended by two Sudbury Regional Police investigators. Early in the meeting, Bishop Dionne and Father Cloutier arrived uninvited.
The lead investigator in the case - retired Detective Fern Kingsley - recalled in an interview that the arrival of the clergymen had no real effect on the meeting.
"By the time that the priest and bishop reached the house, the boys had recanted," Mr. Kingsley said. "They said that nothing had happened. So, I couldn't go anywhere with it. It's just the way things happen sometimes."
However, Mr. Justice Paul Kane of the Ontario Superior Court was skeptical about Mr. Kingsley's version of events. He said that he preferred the testimony of the altar boys and their parents, who insisted that Bishop Dionne, 90, had angrily taken over the meeting. The bishop took the boys upstairs individually to be questioned in private, they said, while the officers meekly waited in the dining room.
The altar boys and their parents also stated that Bishop Dionne flatly informed them after conducting the interviews that Father Cloutier had done nothing wrong - but would nonetheless be sent away for a few months to receive therapy.
Soon after, Father Cloutier was quietly moved to another diocese. "The defendant and bishop used their superior religious positions over devout parents and a religious policeman to halt and neutralize a Crown investigation," Judge Kane concluded. "If the boys recanted, as per Mr. Kingsley's version, why send the defendant for treatment?"
When the altar boys re-emerged in 2007 with their accusations about the long-ago events, Father Cloutier was charged with numerous counts of gross indecency, indecent assault and sexual assault between 1970 and 1983.
Missing from the prisoner's dock, but present in spirit, will be Bishop Gerard Dionne - named as a culprit in a rare judicial finding that the Roman Catholic Church intervened to forestall criminal charges being laid against Father Cloutier in 1983.
Coming on the heels of a recent scandal over child pornography charges laid against Nova Scotia Bishop Raymond Lahey, the cases raise new questions about the church's response to sexual misconduct within the clergy.
Lawyer Susan Vella - an authority on cases involving sexual abuse within religious institutions - said that the Cloutier case is a rare instance where evidence indicates a high-level attempt by the church to subvert a police investigation.
"I think it's safe to say that it's not a common occurrence for these kind of allegations to come to light, and then be proven," she said.
In 2007, the five complainants came forward one by one to allege that Father Cloutier had groomed them during weekend drinking parties and out-of-town trips three decades earlier, and then sexually assaulted them.
In testimony earlier this year at Father Cloutier's trial, court heard that the priest had an excellent stereo system and often supplied cigarettes and liquor to boys who visited the rectory. One man said that Father Cloutier had been like a big brother: "I trusted him. I thought he was God. He was a best friend."
At the core of Crown counsel Diana Fuller's case was an emotional meeting held in 1983 at the home of one of the altar boys, attended by two Sudbury Regional Police investigators. Early in the meeting, Bishop Dionne and Father Cloutier arrived uninvited.
The lead investigator in the case - retired Detective Fern Kingsley - recalled in an interview that the arrival of the clergymen had no real effect on the meeting.
"By the time that the priest and bishop reached the house, the boys had recanted," Mr. Kingsley said. "They said that nothing had happened. So, I couldn't go anywhere with it. It's just the way things happen sometimes."
However, Mr. Justice Paul Kane of the Ontario Superior Court was skeptical about Mr. Kingsley's version of events. He said that he preferred the testimony of the altar boys and their parents, who insisted that Bishop Dionne, 90, had angrily taken over the meeting. The bishop took the boys upstairs individually to be questioned in private, they said, while the officers meekly waited in the dining room.
The altar boys and their parents also stated that Bishop Dionne flatly informed them after conducting the interviews that Father Cloutier had done nothing wrong - but would nonetheless be sent away for a few months to receive therapy.
Soon after, Father Cloutier was quietly moved to another diocese. "The defendant and bishop used their superior religious positions over devout parents and a religious policeman to halt and neutralize a Crown investigation," Judge Kane concluded. "If the boys recanted, as per Mr. Kingsley's version, why send the defendant for treatment?"
When the altar boys re-emerged in 2007 with their accusations about the long-ago events, Father Cloutier was charged with numerous counts of gross indecency, indecent assault and sexual assault between 1970 and 1983.
Bishop, priest made home visit: father testifies
Bishop, priest made home visit: father testifies
Posted By HAROLD CARMICHAEL, THE SUDBURY STAR
Posted 6 months ago
A meeting of Sudbury Regional Police officers and the four parents of two boys allegedly fondled by a Roman Catholic priest in the spring of 1983 had barely started when surprise visitors showed up.
"The police came over and we were sitting around the table and somehow, out of the blue, in comes Bishop (Gerard) Dionne and Father (Bernard) Cloutier," testified one of the fathers Thursday at the Sudbury Courthouse.
"It really went to hell after that. We never got to say anything ... He asked 'who called the police?'My wife said 'I did.'
"He said: 'Why? We could have settled this without the police.' "
The father, who cannot be identified in order to protect the identity of his now-grown son, was testifying on the fourth day of the Superior Court trial of Cloutier, a Roman Catholic priest. Dionne was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie at the time.
Cloutier, now 68, has pleaded not guilty to 16 sex charges involving alleged incidents with five young males from 1970-1983. The charges consist of seven counts of gross indecency, seven counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault. During that period, Cloutier served at various French-language parishes in communities across the North, including Espanola and Sudbury. The trial started Monday.
The father said Dionne, who had not been invited to the meeting, took it over. The meeting was called so the two boys could be interviewed by police about two nights of alleged drinking and fondling by Cloutier while at the rectory of l'Annonciation Church.
Cloutier, who was crying while seated at the table, never said a thing, added the father.
"Every time Father Cloutier was about to talk, Bishop Dionne said 'tais-toi, shut up,' " he recalled.
Bishop Dionne decided to interview each of the boys privately in an upstairs room, while the other boy and adults stayed at the table, said the father.
"He came downstairs and said 'I'm satisfied nothing happened: the boys had been drinking,' " recalled the father. "It was almost like it was the boys' fault.
"The bishop said he was going to put (Cloutier) in a hospital where he would get special treatment and he would be OK. I tried to figure out why, if nothing happened, why would (Cloutier) be put in a special hospital for molesting boys? ...
"If nothing happened, why did (Dionne) need to go and interview the boys? Why would he not let Father Cloutier speak? Why was he so upset my wife had called police?"
The father testified he and his wife were so upset that a man they trusted had fondled their son that they wanted him arrested and jailed.
"We wanted to get something done," he said. "Nothing was happening and nothing did happen. We were going to sweep it all under the rug and it would go away."
The father said he decided to ask the two boys what they felt should happen, a move he said he never should have made.
"I asked the boys 'do we arrest him and put him in jail or go to hospital and get better?' " he recalled.
"I was stupid asking a child. I should have made the decision. The boys said 'we don't want to see him in jail. He is going to get cured. He will be OK.' And everybody left."
The father said before the meeting in the home, he and the other father went to see Father Cloutier at his rectory. When they arrived, he recalled, they were greeted by lawyer Andre Lacroix and then got to talk to Cloutier.
"He said nothing had happened," recalled the father. "I said, 'the boys said differently. The boys said you did something to them.' 'All I did', he said, 'was show them how to masturbate.' He said, 'I've got a girlfriend. I don't have anything to do with little boys.'
"I was furious. Someone came out and said 'this interview, this session, is over' and we left."
The father also testified the two police officers who attended the interview session in his home never took any notes. The officers also said they would keep an eye on Cloutier and keep the families informed.
"It never happened," said the father.
The mother of one of the two boys involved in the alleged incident at the L'Annonciation Church rectory testified she was called at work in the spring of 1983 because her son had been screaming, "Cloutier is a faggot" in the St. Mathieu schoolyard.
The mother, who said her son told her about what had happened shortly after he returned home from the rectory stayover, told the then principal, Serge Lancup, she would be contacting police.
The mother cannot be identified in order to protect the identity of her now-grown son.
Lancup testified the boy had also asked to talk to him privately and disclosed that Father Cloutier had touched him inappropriately. The principal said he told the boy he would act on the complaint and made a call to the Children's Aid Society.
Lancup said not long after that, Bishop Dionne called him at home.
"He asked me why I didn't call him first before contacting anyone else," recalled Lancup. "I said 'I did my job. Now, you do yours.' "
The trial continues today. It is expected to last two weeks.
Posted By HAROLD CARMICHAEL, THE SUDBURY STAR
Posted 6 months ago
A meeting of Sudbury Regional Police officers and the four parents of two boys allegedly fondled by a Roman Catholic priest in the spring of 1983 had barely started when surprise visitors showed up.
"The police came over and we were sitting around the table and somehow, out of the blue, in comes Bishop (Gerard) Dionne and Father (Bernard) Cloutier," testified one of the fathers Thursday at the Sudbury Courthouse.
"It really went to hell after that. We never got to say anything ... He asked 'who called the police?'My wife said 'I did.'
"He said: 'Why? We could have settled this without the police.' "
The father, who cannot be identified in order to protect the identity of his now-grown son, was testifying on the fourth day of the Superior Court trial of Cloutier, a Roman Catholic priest. Dionne was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie at the time.
Cloutier, now 68, has pleaded not guilty to 16 sex charges involving alleged incidents with five young males from 1970-1983. The charges consist of seven counts of gross indecency, seven counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault. During that period, Cloutier served at various French-language parishes in communities across the North, including Espanola and Sudbury. The trial started Monday.
The father said Dionne, who had not been invited to the meeting, took it over. The meeting was called so the two boys could be interviewed by police about two nights of alleged drinking and fondling by Cloutier while at the rectory of l'Annonciation Church.
Cloutier, who was crying while seated at the table, never said a thing, added the father.
"Every time Father Cloutier was about to talk, Bishop Dionne said 'tais-toi, shut up,' " he recalled.
Bishop Dionne decided to interview each of the boys privately in an upstairs room, while the other boy and adults stayed at the table, said the father.
"He came downstairs and said 'I'm satisfied nothing happened: the boys had been drinking,' " recalled the father. "It was almost like it was the boys' fault.
"The bishop said he was going to put (Cloutier) in a hospital where he would get special treatment and he would be OK. I tried to figure out why, if nothing happened, why would (Cloutier) be put in a special hospital for molesting boys? ...
"If nothing happened, why did (Dionne) need to go and interview the boys? Why would he not let Father Cloutier speak? Why was he so upset my wife had called police?"
The father testified he and his wife were so upset that a man they trusted had fondled their son that they wanted him arrested and jailed.
"We wanted to get something done," he said. "Nothing was happening and nothing did happen. We were going to sweep it all under the rug and it would go away."
The father said he decided to ask the two boys what they felt should happen, a move he said he never should have made.
"I asked the boys 'do we arrest him and put him in jail or go to hospital and get better?' " he recalled.
"I was stupid asking a child. I should have made the decision. The boys said 'we don't want to see him in jail. He is going to get cured. He will be OK.' And everybody left."
The father said before the meeting in the home, he and the other father went to see Father Cloutier at his rectory. When they arrived, he recalled, they were greeted by lawyer Andre Lacroix and then got to talk to Cloutier.
"He said nothing had happened," recalled the father. "I said, 'the boys said differently. The boys said you did something to them.' 'All I did', he said, 'was show them how to masturbate.' He said, 'I've got a girlfriend. I don't have anything to do with little boys.'
"I was furious. Someone came out and said 'this interview, this session, is over' and we left."
The father also testified the two police officers who attended the interview session in his home never took any notes. The officers also said they would keep an eye on Cloutier and keep the families informed.
"It never happened," said the father.
The mother of one of the two boys involved in the alleged incident at the L'Annonciation Church rectory testified she was called at work in the spring of 1983 because her son had been screaming, "Cloutier is a faggot" in the St. Mathieu schoolyard.
The mother, who said her son told her about what had happened shortly after he returned home from the rectory stayover, told the then principal, Serge Lancup, she would be contacting police.
The mother cannot be identified in order to protect the identity of her now-grown son.
Lancup testified the boy had also asked to talk to him privately and disclosed that Father Cloutier had touched him inappropriately. The principal said he told the boy he would act on the complaint and made a call to the Children's Aid Society.
Lancup said not long after that, Bishop Dionne called him at home.
"He asked me why I didn't call him first before contacting anyone else," recalled Lancup. "I said 'I did my job. Now, you do yours.' "
The trial continues today. It is expected to last two weeks.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
The Croatian priest pedophile who goes to prison
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=hr&u=http://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/crnakronika/42459/Prvi-hrvatski-svecenik-pedofil-koji-ide-u-zatvor.html&ei=nbX2SuroG4LG4QbUtfHoAw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/crnakronika/42459/Prvi-hrvatski-svecenik-pedofil-koji-ide-u-zatvor.html%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
Committed fornication NAD DJEČACI
Prvi hrvatski svećenik pedofil koji ide u zatvor The Croatian priest pedophile who goes to prison
Svećenik Drago Ljubičić (desno) Drago Ljubicic priest (right)
Datum objave: Release Date:
07.11.2009 10:06 07.11.2009 10:06 Autor: Novi list/tportal.hr Author: new list / tportal.hr
Povećaj veličinu slova Increase font size
Smanji veličinu slova Decrease font size
Pošalji prijatelju Send to a friend
Ispiši stranicu Print this page
Županijski sud potvrdio je trogodišnju zatvorsku kaznu svećeniku i vjeroučitelju Dragi Ljubičiću (65), bivšem župniku crkve Sv. County Court confirmed the three years in prison priest and teachers of religion Dear Ljubicic (65), a former parish priest of the church of Sv. Lucije u Banjolu na Rabu, kojeg je sutkinja Općinskog suda Tatjana Čargonja prije dvije godine nepravomoćno osudila zbog bludničenja nad petoricom dječaka u dobi između deset i dvanaest godina Lucy in the Banjol Rabu, by Municipal Court Judge Tatjana Čargonja two years ago, condemned the verdict because of harlotry of five boys aged between ten and twelve years
Nakon što je sredinom lipnja 2007. After mid-June 2007. godine slučaj otkriven, župnik je priveden u istražni centar Županijskog suda. The case was discovered, the priest was detained in the investigation center of the County Court. No ubrzo je pušten, ali uz sučevu izrečenu mjeru opreza - strogu zabranu komuniciranja s oštećenicima i njihovim roditeljima, odnosno obiteljima, piše Novi list. But soon he was released, but the days of the judge imposed a precaution - a strict ban on communicating with the victim and their parents or families, says new list.
U međuvremenu se pismom oglasio biskup Krčke biskupije Valter Župan, u kojem obavještava da je Ljubičić razriješen župničke dužnosti u župi Banjol, odnosno crkvi Svete Lucije, te da će biti smješten u Dom za svećenike, odnosno samostan Svetog Josipa u Krku. In the meantime, the letter announced Krk Diocese Bishop Valter Zupan, which informs that Ljubicic vicarial relieved of duties in the parish Banjol, and the church of Saint Lucia, and will be placed in the House for priests, or convent of Saint Joseph in Krk. Na izvjestan način taj se postupak činio izoliranjem svećenika do pravomoćnosti presude. In a way, this procedure done by isolating the priest to a legally binding verdict.
Čuček prošao bez zatvora Čuček passed without prison
Prvi svećenik osuđen za pedofiliju bio je župnik iz Šestina, Ivan Čuček. The priest convicted of pedophilia was pastor from Šestine John Čuček. On je osuđen na godinu i devet mjeseci zatvora nepravomoćnom presudom Općinskog suda u Zagrebu. He was sentenced to one year and nine months in prison invalid verdict of the Municipal Court in Zagreb. Županijski sud preinačio je presudu u 6 mjeseci uvjetnog zatvora s rokom kušnje od 3 godine. County Court reversed the verdict in the 6 months conditional imprisonment with a period of 3 years probation. Prema presudi, svećenik je bio kriv za 13 bludnih radnji, jer je 'zavlačio ruke ispod intimnog rublja na područje gologa dječjeg tijela, što prelazi dobrohotno dodirivanje i usmjereno je upravo na zadovoljenje spolne pohote okrivljenoga'. According to the verdict, the priest was guilty of 13 bludnih action, because 'zavlačio hands under lingerie in the area of children's bare body, which exceeds dobrohotno touching and just focused on the satisfaction of sexual lust of the accused. Čuček je počeo služiti mise prije isteka roka kušnje. Čuček began to serve the masses before the expiration of probation.
No, prilično neugodno odjeknula je vijest sredinom srpnja 2007. However, sounded quite unpleasant news in mid-July 2007. godine, nedugo nakon što je sudac donio rješenje o mjeri opreza, da svećenik Drago Ljubičić služi nedjeljnu misu u mjesnoj crkvi Poljice na Krku. year, shortly after the judge issued a decision on the precautions that the priest Drago Ljubicic served the Sunday Mass in the local church Poljice on Krk. Crkva se odmah oglasila i objasnila 'da za svećenika nije zatražena potpuna izolacija pa tako nema zakonskih prepreka koje bi mu priječile činiti božju službu'. Church is immediately sounded and explained "that a priest is not requested full insulation so there are no legal obstacles that would priječile do God's service. No, kasnije se Ljubičić nije pojavljivao ni na nedjeljnim misama. However, later Ljubicic did not even appear on the Sunday masses.
Suđenje se, podsjetimo, odvijalo iza zatvorenih vrata suda za mladež, no sutkinja Čargonja je prilikom izricanja jedinstvene kazne naglasila da je iskaz maloljetnih žrtava bio presudan. The trial, recall, took place behind closed doors for the youth court, but Judge Čargonja during the imposition of a single sentence noted the testimony of child victims was critical.
'Iskazi oštećenih maloljetnika su vjerodostojni i kvalitetni, odgovaraju psihologijskom nalazu načina i držanja prilikom njihova svjedočenja i to je samo potvrdilo neugodnu situaciju koju su djeca proživjela. 'Expressions of affected minors were credible and well, finding ways to match the psychological and posture during their testimony and it was only confirmed by the unpleasant situation of the children lived.
Brojnost i dužina kaznenih djela, bludničenje nad petoricom dječaka u razdoblju od 2003. Number and size of crime, prostitution of five boys in the period since 2003. do 2007. to 2007. godine upućuju na upornost, a ono što posebno daje težinu iskorištavanje je povjerenja između vas kao svećenika i maloljetnih oštećenika. The point to the persistence, and what specifically makes use of the weight of trust between you as a priest of child and injured. Djeca prema svećeniku, odnosno vjeroučitelju, imaju poseban odnos, prihvaćaju sve radnje, pa i to cijenim otegotnim okolnostima kod visine presude', kazala je sutkinja Čargonja kod izricanja presude. Children by a priest, or teachers of religion, have a special relationship, accept all actions, and to appreciate the amount of aggravating circumstances the verdict, "said Judge Čargonja the sentence.
Vijest o pravomoćnoj presudi svećeniku Dragi Ljubičiću komentirao je Danijel Delonga, voditelj Ureda za odnose s javnošću Riječke nadbiskupije. The news of a final verdict priest Dear Ljubicic commented Daniel Delonga, Head of Public Relations for the Archdiocese of Rijeka.
'Ako je odluka suda konačna, valja je poštivati. 'If the court decision final, was to be followed. O detaljima suđenja Riječka nadbiskupija nije obaviještena jer nije nadležna za spomenutog svećenika. The details of the trial Rijeka Archdiocese is informed because it is not responsible for the aforementioned priest. O njegovoj daljnjoj sudbini unutar Crkve odlučivat će krčki biskup. About his further fate of the Church odlučivat the bishop of Krk. U ovome trenutku možemo samo ponoviti da je Crkva spremna sankcionirati takve slučajeve kada se krivnja dokaže. At this moment we can only repeat that the Church is willing to sanction such cases when guilt is proven. Pored toga, potrebno je brinuti i za sve koji su takvim postupcima oštećeni te izraziti žaljenje i pokazati suosjećanje', komentirao je Delonga. In addition, it is necessary to take care of all these procedures are damaged and to express regret and to show compassion, "commented Delonga.
Komentar u Krčkoj biskupiji jučer nismo uspjeli dobiti. Comment in Krk Diocese yesterday we managed to get. Do vlč. To Father. Antona Valkovića, koji je nedavno imenovan generalnim vikarom i povjerenikom za obiteljski pastoral Krčke biskupije, telefonski se jučer bilo nemoguće probiti. Valković Anton, who was recently appointed vicar general and commissioner for family pastoral diocese of Krk, the phone yesterday, it was impossible to penetrate. Iako nam je ljubazna sugovornica najprije rekla da je vlč. Although we kind sugovornica first said that the Rev.. Valković u svom uredu, ali je zauzet drugim telefonskim razgovorom, na dogovoreni drugi telefonski poziv koji je uslijedio tek koju minutu kasnije odgovoreno nam je da je uredovno vrijeme isteklo. Valković in his office, but was busy doing other phone conversation, agreed to another phone call that followed only a few minutes later, we answered that the office hours up.
Sljedeći poziv bio je još uzaludniji. The next call was still uzaludniji. Nakon što se javila druga sugovornica, odjednom se ispostavilo da generalnog vikara ondje uopće nema. Once there was other interlocutors, suddenly turned to the general vicar there at all there. Veza se iznenada prekinula, a na nove pozive više nije bilo odgovora. Connection is suddenly broken, and new calls there was no response.
Sve o temi: Everything on the topic: crkva church pedofilija pedophilia svećenici priests
Committed fornication NAD DJEČACI
Prvi hrvatski svećenik pedofil koji ide u zatvor The Croatian priest pedophile who goes to prison
Svećenik Drago Ljubičić (desno) Drago Ljubicic priest (right)
Datum objave: Release Date:
07.11.2009 10:06 07.11.2009 10:06 Autor: Novi list/tportal.hr Author: new list / tportal.hr
Povećaj veličinu slova Increase font size
Smanji veličinu slova Decrease font size
Pošalji prijatelju Send to a friend
Ispiši stranicu Print this page
Županijski sud potvrdio je trogodišnju zatvorsku kaznu svećeniku i vjeroučitelju Dragi Ljubičiću (65), bivšem župniku crkve Sv. County Court confirmed the three years in prison priest and teachers of religion Dear Ljubicic (65), a former parish priest of the church of Sv. Lucije u Banjolu na Rabu, kojeg je sutkinja Općinskog suda Tatjana Čargonja prije dvije godine nepravomoćno osudila zbog bludničenja nad petoricom dječaka u dobi između deset i dvanaest godina Lucy in the Banjol Rabu, by Municipal Court Judge Tatjana Čargonja two years ago, condemned the verdict because of harlotry of five boys aged between ten and twelve years
Nakon što je sredinom lipnja 2007. After mid-June 2007. godine slučaj otkriven, župnik je priveden u istražni centar Županijskog suda. The case was discovered, the priest was detained in the investigation center of the County Court. No ubrzo je pušten, ali uz sučevu izrečenu mjeru opreza - strogu zabranu komuniciranja s oštećenicima i njihovim roditeljima, odnosno obiteljima, piše Novi list. But soon he was released, but the days of the judge imposed a precaution - a strict ban on communicating with the victim and their parents or families, says new list.
U međuvremenu se pismom oglasio biskup Krčke biskupije Valter Župan, u kojem obavještava da je Ljubičić razriješen župničke dužnosti u župi Banjol, odnosno crkvi Svete Lucije, te da će biti smješten u Dom za svećenike, odnosno samostan Svetog Josipa u Krku. In the meantime, the letter announced Krk Diocese Bishop Valter Zupan, which informs that Ljubicic vicarial relieved of duties in the parish Banjol, and the church of Saint Lucia, and will be placed in the House for priests, or convent of Saint Joseph in Krk. Na izvjestan način taj se postupak činio izoliranjem svećenika do pravomoćnosti presude. In a way, this procedure done by isolating the priest to a legally binding verdict.
Čuček prošao bez zatvora Čuček passed without prison
Prvi svećenik osuđen za pedofiliju bio je župnik iz Šestina, Ivan Čuček. The priest convicted of pedophilia was pastor from Šestine John Čuček. On je osuđen na godinu i devet mjeseci zatvora nepravomoćnom presudom Općinskog suda u Zagrebu. He was sentenced to one year and nine months in prison invalid verdict of the Municipal Court in Zagreb. Županijski sud preinačio je presudu u 6 mjeseci uvjetnog zatvora s rokom kušnje od 3 godine. County Court reversed the verdict in the 6 months conditional imprisonment with a period of 3 years probation. Prema presudi, svećenik je bio kriv za 13 bludnih radnji, jer je 'zavlačio ruke ispod intimnog rublja na područje gologa dječjeg tijela, što prelazi dobrohotno dodirivanje i usmjereno je upravo na zadovoljenje spolne pohote okrivljenoga'. According to the verdict, the priest was guilty of 13 bludnih action, because 'zavlačio hands under lingerie in the area of children's bare body, which exceeds dobrohotno touching and just focused on the satisfaction of sexual lust of the accused. Čuček je počeo služiti mise prije isteka roka kušnje. Čuček began to serve the masses before the expiration of probation.
No, prilično neugodno odjeknula je vijest sredinom srpnja 2007. However, sounded quite unpleasant news in mid-July 2007. godine, nedugo nakon što je sudac donio rješenje o mjeri opreza, da svećenik Drago Ljubičić služi nedjeljnu misu u mjesnoj crkvi Poljice na Krku. year, shortly after the judge issued a decision on the precautions that the priest Drago Ljubicic served the Sunday Mass in the local church Poljice on Krk. Crkva se odmah oglasila i objasnila 'da za svećenika nije zatražena potpuna izolacija pa tako nema zakonskih prepreka koje bi mu priječile činiti božju službu'. Church is immediately sounded and explained "that a priest is not requested full insulation so there are no legal obstacles that would priječile do God's service. No, kasnije se Ljubičić nije pojavljivao ni na nedjeljnim misama. However, later Ljubicic did not even appear on the Sunday masses.
Suđenje se, podsjetimo, odvijalo iza zatvorenih vrata suda za mladež, no sutkinja Čargonja je prilikom izricanja jedinstvene kazne naglasila da je iskaz maloljetnih žrtava bio presudan. The trial, recall, took place behind closed doors for the youth court, but Judge Čargonja during the imposition of a single sentence noted the testimony of child victims was critical.
'Iskazi oštećenih maloljetnika su vjerodostojni i kvalitetni, odgovaraju psihologijskom nalazu načina i držanja prilikom njihova svjedočenja i to je samo potvrdilo neugodnu situaciju koju su djeca proživjela. 'Expressions of affected minors were credible and well, finding ways to match the psychological and posture during their testimony and it was only confirmed by the unpleasant situation of the children lived.
Brojnost i dužina kaznenih djela, bludničenje nad petoricom dječaka u razdoblju od 2003. Number and size of crime, prostitution of five boys in the period since 2003. do 2007. to 2007. godine upućuju na upornost, a ono što posebno daje težinu iskorištavanje je povjerenja između vas kao svećenika i maloljetnih oštećenika. The point to the persistence, and what specifically makes use of the weight of trust between you as a priest of child and injured. Djeca prema svećeniku, odnosno vjeroučitelju, imaju poseban odnos, prihvaćaju sve radnje, pa i to cijenim otegotnim okolnostima kod visine presude', kazala je sutkinja Čargonja kod izricanja presude. Children by a priest, or teachers of religion, have a special relationship, accept all actions, and to appreciate the amount of aggravating circumstances the verdict, "said Judge Čargonja the sentence.
Vijest o pravomoćnoj presudi svećeniku Dragi Ljubičiću komentirao je Danijel Delonga, voditelj Ureda za odnose s javnošću Riječke nadbiskupije. The news of a final verdict priest Dear Ljubicic commented Daniel Delonga, Head of Public Relations for the Archdiocese of Rijeka.
'Ako je odluka suda konačna, valja je poštivati. 'If the court decision final, was to be followed. O detaljima suđenja Riječka nadbiskupija nije obaviještena jer nije nadležna za spomenutog svećenika. The details of the trial Rijeka Archdiocese is informed because it is not responsible for the aforementioned priest. O njegovoj daljnjoj sudbini unutar Crkve odlučivat će krčki biskup. About his further fate of the Church odlučivat the bishop of Krk. U ovome trenutku možemo samo ponoviti da je Crkva spremna sankcionirati takve slučajeve kada se krivnja dokaže. At this moment we can only repeat that the Church is willing to sanction such cases when guilt is proven. Pored toga, potrebno je brinuti i za sve koji su takvim postupcima oštećeni te izraziti žaljenje i pokazati suosjećanje', komentirao je Delonga. In addition, it is necessary to take care of all these procedures are damaged and to express regret and to show compassion, "commented Delonga.
Komentar u Krčkoj biskupiji jučer nismo uspjeli dobiti. Comment in Krk Diocese yesterday we managed to get. Do vlč. To Father. Antona Valkovića, koji je nedavno imenovan generalnim vikarom i povjerenikom za obiteljski pastoral Krčke biskupije, telefonski se jučer bilo nemoguće probiti. Valković Anton, who was recently appointed vicar general and commissioner for family pastoral diocese of Krk, the phone yesterday, it was impossible to penetrate. Iako nam je ljubazna sugovornica najprije rekla da je vlč. Although we kind sugovornica first said that the Rev.. Valković u svom uredu, ali je zauzet drugim telefonskim razgovorom, na dogovoreni drugi telefonski poziv koji je uslijedio tek koju minutu kasnije odgovoreno nam je da je uredovno vrijeme isteklo. Valković in his office, but was busy doing other phone conversation, agreed to another phone call that followed only a few minutes later, we answered that the office hours up.
Sljedeći poziv bio je još uzaludniji. The next call was still uzaludniji. Nakon što se javila druga sugovornica, odjednom se ispostavilo da generalnog vikara ondje uopće nema. Once there was other interlocutors, suddenly turned to the general vicar there at all there. Veza se iznenada prekinula, a na nove pozive više nije bilo odgovora. Connection is suddenly broken, and new calls there was no response.
Sve o temi: Everything on the topic: crkva church pedofilija pedophilia svećenici priests
Saturday, November 7, 2009
AZ 'honor killing' victim just wanted to be normal
AZ 'honor killing' victim just wanted to be normal
By AMANDA LEE MYERS
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
In this undated photo provided by the Peoria Police Department, Faleh Almaleki is seen. Almaleki, an Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter in Arizona with his car because she was becoming "too Westernized," has been arrested in Georgia, authorities said Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Peoria Police Department)
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Noor Faleh Almaleki just wanted to be a normal American woman.
The striking 20-year-old from Iraq, who'd lived in Phoenix since she was a young girl, wanted her hair and makeup to be perfect, her clothes to be fashionable. She wanted a job, a degree and a husband of her choosing.
On her Facebook page, Noor posted photos of herself and wrote: "I am spectacular," punctuated with a smiley face emoticon.
But Noor's father had a much different ideal for his daughter: a life in strict line with traditional Iraqi culture.
He made her quit her fast-food restaurant job and arranged for her to marry a man in Iraq she didn't know, according to friends and family.
Finally, police say, 48-year-old Faleh Hassan Almaleki put an end to what he perceived to be his daughter's rebellious life. Using his Jeep as a weapon, he allegedly ran her down in a parking lot Oct. 20 in what prosecutors are calling an "honor killing" to cleanse what he considered were indiscretions to the family's honor.
Noor underwent spinal surgery and was in a coma until her death on Monday. Another woman struck by the Jeep, the mother of Noor's boyfriend, was expected to survive.
Marcella Andregg, a friend for seven years, described Noor as independent, but far from rebellious and always respectful of her parents. She said Noor just wanted to live her own life, but that her father wouldn't let her.
"His whole persona was very controlling, very strong-minded in the ways he wanted it for her," Andregg said. "He talked down to her very much, made sure she knew she wasn't good enough and brought a lot of dishonor to the family."
Meanwhile, she said, Noor "just wanted to be a normal teenager," and later, wanted to finish college, marry the man she loved, and have children.
Almaleki, who fled after the attack, was stopped at London's airport and sent back to the U.S. on Oct. 29. He was on suicide watch in a Phoenix jail and has declined requests for comment. It's unclear whether he yet has a lawyer.
Noor and her family moved to the U.S. in the mid-1990s and lived in the west Phoenix suburb of Glendale.
In 2008, friends say Almaleki took Noor to Iraq under the guise of visiting family. Actually, he had picked out a husband for her and told her she couldn't return to Arizona unless she married him. Noor married the man and returned, and friends say he was in the process of trying to move here, too.
But Noor fell in love with another man, friends say, and was living in his home with his mother when she was killed.
About 50 friends and family attended a candlelight vigil Thursday night for Noor in the parking lot where she was run down. Her mother and several others wept as they stood in a circle holding candles, hugging each other and remembering the young woman.
"This was the last place that Noor was herself," said Andregg, who helped organize the vigil. "It's a hard place to be, especially for her mom, I know. I just think it was appropriate to be here instead of at a park or a cemetery."
Despite all her family troubles, Andregg and several other friends say Noor rarely if ever spoke about them.
"She always had a smile on her face," said Niki Nia, 18, of Scottsdale. "When people weren't getting along, she would always try to bring peace between them, and I think a lot of that had to do with what was happening at home. She wanted her social life to be peaceful."
Nia said Noor might be in a better place now. "She never would have been able to escape," she said.
Jim Heinrich, who was Noor's yearbook teacher at Dysart High School, said Noor affected many students' lives.
"One of them told me, 'We had everything we wanted and she had a lot of difficulties and she never complained.' She always knew her life would be OK," Heinrich said. "She was one of those people - it's like her spirit was bigger than her body. You were just very aware that she was there in a good way."
Phillip Pimentel, another friend of Noor's living in Japan, wrote in an e-mail that Noor never spoke to him about her troubles at home.
"What I'll remember and miss most about her is that she seemed happy," wrote Pimentel, 21. "Worry-free, full of hopes and dreams of the future. Such a shame that such a good person with so much going for herself was taken at such an early age."
Noor now has a second Facebook page, started by the people who are mourning her death. More than 1,600 had joined as of Friday.
On the page, underneath a photo of Noor shown with a soft smile and her hair blowing, is a message that reads:
"May Noor Almaleki and all other victims of senseless honor killings rest in peace. And may God be the guardian of others who are in danger of sharing that fate. And may we all do something to end honor killings once and for all."
By AMANDA LEE MYERS
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
In this undated photo provided by the Peoria Police Department, Faleh Almaleki is seen. Almaleki, an Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter in Arizona with his car because she was becoming "too Westernized," has been arrested in Georgia, authorities said Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Peoria Police Department)
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Noor Faleh Almaleki just wanted to be a normal American woman.
The striking 20-year-old from Iraq, who'd lived in Phoenix since she was a young girl, wanted her hair and makeup to be perfect, her clothes to be fashionable. She wanted a job, a degree and a husband of her choosing.
On her Facebook page, Noor posted photos of herself and wrote: "I am spectacular," punctuated with a smiley face emoticon.
But Noor's father had a much different ideal for his daughter: a life in strict line with traditional Iraqi culture.
He made her quit her fast-food restaurant job and arranged for her to marry a man in Iraq she didn't know, according to friends and family.
Finally, police say, 48-year-old Faleh Hassan Almaleki put an end to what he perceived to be his daughter's rebellious life. Using his Jeep as a weapon, he allegedly ran her down in a parking lot Oct. 20 in what prosecutors are calling an "honor killing" to cleanse what he considered were indiscretions to the family's honor.
Noor underwent spinal surgery and was in a coma until her death on Monday. Another woman struck by the Jeep, the mother of Noor's boyfriend, was expected to survive.
Marcella Andregg, a friend for seven years, described Noor as independent, but far from rebellious and always respectful of her parents. She said Noor just wanted to live her own life, but that her father wouldn't let her.
"His whole persona was very controlling, very strong-minded in the ways he wanted it for her," Andregg said. "He talked down to her very much, made sure she knew she wasn't good enough and brought a lot of dishonor to the family."
Meanwhile, she said, Noor "just wanted to be a normal teenager," and later, wanted to finish college, marry the man she loved, and have children.
Almaleki, who fled after the attack, was stopped at London's airport and sent back to the U.S. on Oct. 29. He was on suicide watch in a Phoenix jail and has declined requests for comment. It's unclear whether he yet has a lawyer.
Noor and her family moved to the U.S. in the mid-1990s and lived in the west Phoenix suburb of Glendale.
In 2008, friends say Almaleki took Noor to Iraq under the guise of visiting family. Actually, he had picked out a husband for her and told her she couldn't return to Arizona unless she married him. Noor married the man and returned, and friends say he was in the process of trying to move here, too.
But Noor fell in love with another man, friends say, and was living in his home with his mother when she was killed.
About 50 friends and family attended a candlelight vigil Thursday night for Noor in the parking lot where she was run down. Her mother and several others wept as they stood in a circle holding candles, hugging each other and remembering the young woman.
"This was the last place that Noor was herself," said Andregg, who helped organize the vigil. "It's a hard place to be, especially for her mom, I know. I just think it was appropriate to be here instead of at a park or a cemetery."
Despite all her family troubles, Andregg and several other friends say Noor rarely if ever spoke about them.
"She always had a smile on her face," said Niki Nia, 18, of Scottsdale. "When people weren't getting along, she would always try to bring peace between them, and I think a lot of that had to do with what was happening at home. She wanted her social life to be peaceful."
Nia said Noor might be in a better place now. "She never would have been able to escape," she said.
Jim Heinrich, who was Noor's yearbook teacher at Dysart High School, said Noor affected many students' lives.
"One of them told me, 'We had everything we wanted and she had a lot of difficulties and she never complained.' She always knew her life would be OK," Heinrich said. "She was one of those people - it's like her spirit was bigger than her body. You were just very aware that she was there in a good way."
Phillip Pimentel, another friend of Noor's living in Japan, wrote in an e-mail that Noor never spoke to him about her troubles at home.
"What I'll remember and miss most about her is that she seemed happy," wrote Pimentel, 21. "Worry-free, full of hopes and dreams of the future. Such a shame that such a good person with so much going for herself was taken at such an early age."
Noor now has a second Facebook page, started by the people who are mourning her death. More than 1,600 had joined as of Friday.
On the page, underneath a photo of Noor shown with a soft smile and her hair blowing, is a message that reads:
"May Noor Almaleki and all other victims of senseless honor killings rest in peace. And may God be the guardian of others who are in danger of sharing that fate. And may we all do something to end honor killings once and for all."
Friday, November 6, 2009
Abuse campaigner gets award from President
Abuse campaigner gets award from President
Friday November 06 2009
OUTSPOKEN abuse campaigner Christine Buckley was honoured by President Mary McAleese last night after being named Ireland's Volunteer of the Year.
The survivor of industrial school abuse and co-founder of the Aislinn Eduation and Support Centre for survivors of institutional abuse was chosen for her tireless efforts fighting for the rights of those abused as children while in care.
Mrs McAleese said Ms Buckley represented "a constituency of men, women and children whose lives were cruelly and appallingly skewed out of shape because of their experience of institutional abuse".
"Those stories were brought to the surface of Irish society and we now face into their consequences and their legacy, chastened, humbled and determined that such things must never be allowed to occur again here," Mrs McAleese said.
"We should also be determined that the story of Ireland's abused, who won their own vindication, who insisted and still insist on full accountability, will be an encouragement to those abused elsewhere in the world."
Ms Buckley received the award at a ceremony at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, in Dublin as part of the Ireland Involved Awards.
Ms Buckley will now go on to represent Ireland at the celebration of volunteers in the European Parliament in December.
The judging panel said they had been impressed by Ms Buckley's "sustained commitment to helping survivors".
Ms Buckley first went public about her own abuse in 1992 and was instrumental in making the documentaries 'Dear Daughter' and 'States of Fear', which exposed the industrial school abuse scandal.
Her efforts also led to victims getting an official apology from former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern along with a promise to provide further compensation.
Friday November 06 2009
OUTSPOKEN abuse campaigner Christine Buckley was honoured by President Mary McAleese last night after being named Ireland's Volunteer of the Year.
The survivor of industrial school abuse and co-founder of the Aislinn Eduation and Support Centre for survivors of institutional abuse was chosen for her tireless efforts fighting for the rights of those abused as children while in care.
Mrs McAleese said Ms Buckley represented "a constituency of men, women and children whose lives were cruelly and appallingly skewed out of shape because of their experience of institutional abuse".
"Those stories were brought to the surface of Irish society and we now face into their consequences and their legacy, chastened, humbled and determined that such things must never be allowed to occur again here," Mrs McAleese said.
"We should also be determined that the story of Ireland's abused, who won their own vindication, who insisted and still insist on full accountability, will be an encouragement to those abused elsewhere in the world."
Ms Buckley received the award at a ceremony at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, in Dublin as part of the Ireland Involved Awards.
Ms Buckley will now go on to represent Ireland at the celebration of volunteers in the European Parliament in December.
The judging panel said they had been impressed by Ms Buckley's "sustained commitment to helping survivors".
Ms Buckley first went public about her own abuse in 1992 and was instrumental in making the documentaries 'Dear Daughter' and 'States of Fear', which exposed the industrial school abuse scandal.
Her efforts also led to victims getting an official apology from former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern along with a promise to provide further compensation.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Los Angeles Pastor Sued Over Alleged Sexual Abuse
Los Angeles Pastor Sued Over Alleged Sexual Abuse
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
LOS ANGELES — A former employee is suing the pastor of a Los Angeles County church, claiming he sexually abused her over a period of years.
Rev. Brenda Lamothe says in a complaint filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court that Rev. John J. Hunter of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church repeatedly demanded sex as part of "God's will."
The lawsuit alleges Lamothe was fired in 2009 after she began to refuse his sexual demands.
Hunter's attorney, Robert W. Brockman Jr., told the Los Angeles Times the allegations are categorically untrue.
On Tuesday, Hunter, his wife, Denise and the church filed their own lawsuit against Lamothe, charging her with stealing documents from the Hunters and using them to attempt to extract money from them.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
LOS ANGELES — A former employee is suing the pastor of a Los Angeles County church, claiming he sexually abused her over a period of years.
Rev. Brenda Lamothe says in a complaint filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court that Rev. John J. Hunter of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church repeatedly demanded sex as part of "God's will."
The lawsuit alleges Lamothe was fired in 2009 after she began to refuse his sexual demands.
Hunter's attorney, Robert W. Brockman Jr., told the Los Angeles Times the allegations are categorically untrue.
On Tuesday, Hunter, his wife, Denise and the church filed their own lawsuit against Lamothe, charging her with stealing documents from the Hunters and using them to attempt to extract money from them.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
