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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
SMART Ritual Abuse and Mind Control Newsletter - Issue 175 - March 2024
S.M.A.R.T.
E-mail: SMARTNEWS@aol.com
The Survivorship Trafficking and Extreme Abuse Online Conference 2024
Speakers and topics include:
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Jeffrey Epstein victims sue FBI, allege coverup
Jeffrey Epstein victims sue FBI, allege coverup
Reuters - Jonathan Stempel February 14, 2024
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A dozen victims of Jeffrey Epstein filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing the FBI of covering up its failure to investigate the late financier, enabling his sex trafficking to continue for more than 20 years.
The victims, using Jane Doe pseudonyms, said the FBI received credible tips as early as 1996 that Epstein trafficked young women and girls, yet failed to interview victims or share what it knew with federal and local law enforcement.
Victims said the FBI finally began a probe in 2006, but ended it two years later after Epstein pleaded guilty to a Florida prostitution charge, and kept ignoring tips until his July 2019 arrest....
"As a direct and proximate cause of the FBI's negligence, plaintiffs would not have been continued to be sex trafficked, abused, raped, tortured and threatened," the complaint said.
"Jane Does 1-12 bring this lawsuit to get to the bottom -- once and for all -- of the FBI's role in Epstein's criminal sex trafficking ring," it added....
"Jane Does 1-12 bring this lawsuit to get to the bottom -- once and for all -- of the FBI's role in Epstein's criminal sex trafficking ring," it added....
Wednesday's complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan seeks damages from the U.S. government, the only defendant.
It cited a Dec. 5, 2023, Senate Judiciary Committee hearing where FBI Director Christopher Wray was asked why the FBI didn't do more. He promised to "get with my team and figure out if there is more information we can provide."
The number of Epstein's victims is believed to be well over 100.
Victims previously reached approximately $500 million of settlements, before deducting legal fees and costs, with a program funded by Epstein's estate and with two of Epstein's banks, JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank. It is unclear whether the 12 plaintiffs received compensation from those settlements....
The case is Doe 1 et al v United States, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 24-01071.4, 2024
https://www.aol.com/jeffrey-epstein-victims-sue-fbi-185614994.html
Monday, September 11, 2023
Ritual Abuse and Mind Control Newsletter - September 2023
Issue 172 – September 2023
S.M.A.R.T.
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Issue 172 – September 2023 (copied with permission)
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The purpose of this newsletter is to help stop secretive organizations and groups from abusing others and to help those who allege they have been abused by such organizations and groups. This newsletter is not a substitute for other ways of recovering from ritual abuse. Readers should use caution while reading this newsletter. If necessary, make sure other support systems are available during and after reading this newsletter.
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that may be separate from your own recovery process. Others may have
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Information in this issue includes: Ritual Abuse Mind Control Conference, S.M.A.R.T., Proof That Ritual Abuse Exists, Large List of Ritual Abuse and Child Abuse References, Grey Faction, Satanic Temple and Lucien Greaves Fact Sheet, Research and Information on Dissociative Identity Disorder, Sybil, Wendy Hoffman, Neil Brick, Dr. Laurie Matthew OBE, Extreme Abuse Survivors, Dr. Randall Noblitt, False Memories, Lynn Crook, Wendy Hoffman, Dr. Rainer Hermann Kurz, Danny Masterson, That ’70s Show, Scientologist, Leah Remini, Church of Scientology, sexual assault, rape, ritualistic child sex abuse case, Roselle “Rosie” Anderson Stevenson, David Hamblin, multiple felony charges of rape and sexual abuse of a child, Special Victims Unit, sex trafficking, predators, paedophiles, dark web paedophile forum, serial child sexual abuse offender, Argos, Michael Salter, child sexual exploitation, Convicted abuser and ex-gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, Jerry Sandusky, Simone Biles, FBI, Sinéad O’Connor, Saturday Night Live, Pope John Paul II, Catholic church, clergy sexual abuse crisis, Gilbert Gauthe’s case, Jason Berry, Richard Sipe
The 2023 Online Annual Ritual Abuse, Secretive Organizations and Mind Control Conference August 19 – 20, 2023
The conference was very successful this year. S.M.A.R.T. wants to thank
all those that attended and participated in the conference, including
the speakers, cosponsor, volunteers and those in the survivor community
that helped us promote the conference. We hope to see you at next year’s
conference.
If you are interested in participating in our conference next year or getting on a mailing list, please write: smartnews@aol.com
Internet conference information: http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/
Proof That Ritual Abuse Exists https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/
Large List of Ritual Abuse and Child Abuse References https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/studies/satanic-ritual-abuse-evidence-with-information-on-the-mcmartin-preschool-case/
Grey Faction, Satanic Temple and Lucien Greaves Fact Sheet https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/grey-faction-satanic-temple-and-lucien-greaves-fact-sheet/
Research and Information on Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly called Multiple Personality Disorder) https://ritualabuse.us/research/did/
Sybil – Proof Sybil had MPD and it was caused by severe trauma https://ritualabuse.us/research/did/sybil-proof-sybil-had-mpd-and-it-was-caused-by-severe-trauma/
Judith Herman: “In order to escape accountability for his crimes, the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting. If secrecy fails, the perpetrator attacks the credibility of his victim. If he cannot silence her absolutely, he tries to make sure no one listens.” Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence – From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
Videos, PowerPoints and transcripts from our 2023 conference https://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/2023-conference/2023-conference-video-presentations-and-powerpoints/
Mind Control Artificially Rooted in the Natural – Wendy Hoffman – Conference Transcript https://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/2023-conference/mind-control-artificially-rooted-in-the-natural-wendy-hoffman-conference-transcript/
The Effects of Social Movements on Survivor Support Systems and Survivor Recovery – Neil Brick – Conference Transcript https://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/2023-conference/the-effects-of-social-movements-on-survivor-support-systems-and-survivor-recovery-neil-brick/
Ongoing Work by Survivor Led Non-profit Organisations in Scotland – Dr. Laurie Matthew OBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FddGxBR0ioo
The Identification and Use of Trauma Triggers in the Treatment of Extreme Abuse Survivors – Dr. Randall Noblitt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrVB9a8GWrg
False Memories – The Deception That Silenced Millions – Lynn Crook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z35sA9kixb4
Artificially Rooted in the Natural – Wendy Hoffman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHwkWt2qpFg
The Effects of Social Movements on Survivor Support Systems and Survivor Recovery – Neil Brick https://youtu.be/ORtHBsA2wbU
Child Trafficking through Family Court Proceedings: A UK Case Study – Dr. Rainer Hermann Kurz https://youtu.be/JYF1hUQFcsQ
Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life for two rapes By Regan Morris in Los Angeles and Max Matza BBC News September 7, 2023
US actor Danny Masterson has been sentenced to serve 30 years to life in prison for raping two women. Masterson starred on That ’70s Show, a TV series that was airing at the time of his crimes in the early 2000s. Prosecutors argued Masterson, 47, had relied on his status as a prominent Scientologist to avoid accountability. Judge Charlaine Olmedo allowed the victims of his crimes to read impact statements in court ahead of his sentencing. Prominent former Scientologist and actress Leah Remini attended Thursday’s hearing and comforted the women before and after they delivered their statements….The actor was convicted after three women testified that he had sexually assaulted them at his Hollywood home from 2001-03 – during the height of his television fame.
The jury heard testimony that he had given them drugs before he
assaulted them. He was found guilty of rape against two of his three
accusers. The charges brought by the third accuser were declared a
mistrial and prosecutors said they do not plan to retry the case. Alison
Anderson, a lawyer representing two of the victims, said in a statement
sent to BBC News that the women “have displayed tremendous strength and
bravery, by coming forward to law enforcement and participating
directly in two gruelling criminal trials”.
“Despite persistent harassment, obstruction and intimidation, these
courageous women helped hold a ruthless sexual predator accountable
today,” she said. Throughout the trial, prosecutors argued that the
Church of Scientology had helped cover up the assaults – an allegation
the organisation has categorically denied. At the time of the attacks,
Masterson and all three of his accusers were Scientologists. Several of
the women said it took them years to come forward because Church of
Scientology officials discouraged them from reporting the rape to
police.
Scientology officials told one survivor she would lose her
membership of the community unless she signed a non-disclosure agreement
and accepted a payment of $400,000 (£320,000), according to
prosecutors. During the trial, Judge Olmedo allowed both sides to
discuss the dogma and practices of Scientology, angering the
organisation….
In court on Thursday, one woman described being shunned by her mother,
who is still a practising Scientologist. “She texted me and told me to
never contact her again,” she said, reported the LA Times. “She had
warned me ahead of time she wanted to see Danny Masterson locked away
for what he’d done to me, but not at the expense of her religion.”
Another woman said she had been victimised by the Church of Scientology
ever since she spoke out. “Since the week I came forward to police I
have been terrorised, harassed and had my privacy invaded daily by the
cult of Scientology for almost seven years now,” she said, adding: “But I
don’t regret it.” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66744480
Ex-wife of former Utah County therapist arrested in connection to ritualistic child sex abuse case Aug 9, 2023 BY MICHAEL HOUCK KSLTV.com
UTAH COUNTY, Utah — The wife of a former Utah County therapist accused of sexually abusing young patients for decades was arrested on Wednesday. The Utah County Sheriff’s Office said Roselle “Rosie” Anderson Stevenson, 70, of Provo, was arrested for the first-degree felony of sodomy on a child. The sheriff’s office said the incident happened in Spring City, Utah, around 1994. The victim was a girl under the age of 13 years old. “This case is directly related to charges that were previously filed against David Hamblin in September of 2022,” the sheriff’s office release stated. According to the sheriff’s office, a judge ordered Stevenson to be held without bail.
Ritualistic Child Sex Abuse Investigation
In September 2022, Hamblin was arrested for multiple felony charges of
rape and sexual abuse of a child as the Utah County Sheriff’s Office was
investigating a ritualistic child sex abuse case. Detectives with the
UCSO Special Victims Unit said the alleged crimes and sex trafficking
occurred between 1990 and 2010 in Utah, Juab, and Sanpete Counties.
Their investigation began in April 2021 and “discovered that other
victims had previously reported similar forms of ritualistic sexual
abuse and trafficking,” according to a previous press release.
https://ksltv.com/575904/
ex-wife-of-former-utah-county-therapist-arrested-in-connection-to-ritualistic-child-sex-abuse-case/
Suspect arrested in connection to ritualistic child sex abuse investigation Sep 28, 2022 BY JOSH ELLIS AND LARRY D. CURTIS, KSL TV KSLTV.com
SPANISH FORK, Utah — The Utah County Sheriff’s Office announced a
suspect has been arrested in connection with a ritualistic child sex
abuse investigation.
UCSO Sgt. Spencer Cannon said 68-year-old David Hamblin, of Provo, was
arrested Wednesday and booked into the Utah County Jail on six
first-degree felony sexual offenses against a child. Cannon postponed,
perhaps indefinitely, a 3 p.m. Wednesday press briefing but did provide a
press release. It said Hamblin, was booked on suspicion of:
Three counts of sodomy of a child, a first-degree felony
Rape of a child, a first-degree felony
Two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a first degree felony
Lewdness involving a child, a class A misdemeanor
At the time the press release was issued, a judge had not yet set
bail and the probable cause court document had not yet been approved for
release. The Utah County Sheriff’s Office announced its investigation
on June 1. Detectives with the UCSO Special Victims Unit say the alleged
crimes and sex trafficking took place between 1990 and 2010 in Utah,
Juab and Sanpete counties. Their investigation began in April 2021 and
“discovered that other victims had previously reported similar forms of
ritualistic sexual abuse and trafficking.” No suspects had previously
been named by authorities. Utah County Attorney David Leavitt, who was
vying for re-election at the time, was the one to confirm he’s named in a
victim statement contained in hundreds of pages of police investigative
reports he said are tied to the investigation….
Leavitt provided copies of a 151-page document labeled as a “victim
statement” that describes the alleged crimes in detail. The statement
names Leavitt and more than a dozen others as part of a group that
practiced ritual sexual abuse of children.
https://ksltv.com/507134/suspect-arrested-in-connection-to-ritualistic-child-sex-abuse-investigation/
Roselle “Rosie” Stevenson Arrested For Sodomy on a Child Charge
08/09/2023 Rosie Stevenson was arrested today and booked into jail on
one count of sodomy on a child for an incident that happened 30 years
ago.
Roselle “Rosie” Anderson Stevenson, age 70, of Provo, was arrested today
on one count of sodomy on a child, a first degree felony, for an
offense against a girl under age 13. The incident occurred in Spring
City, Utah in or around the year 1994. This case is directly related to
charges that were previously filed against David Hamblin in September of
2022. These cases are part of an ongoing investigation involving sexual
abuse of children that occurred in Utah, Juab, and Sanpete Counties in
the 1980’s and 1990’s. A Judge has ordered that Stevenson be held
without bail.
https://sheriff.utahcounty.gov/media/sheriffNewsDetails?ID=245943
Disturbing Details Emerge as Former Psychologist Charged with ‘Ritualistic Sexual Abuse’ of Children
Jerry Lambe Sep 30th, 2022 A 68-year-old former psychologist in Utah is
behind bars this week after being accused of “ritualistic sexual abuse
and child sex trafficking” that is alleged to have gone on for decades.
David Lee Hamblin was taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with a
spate of first-degree felonies, including one count of rape of a child,
three counts of sodomy on a child, and two counts of aggravated sexual
abuse of a child, records reviewed by Law&Crime show.
Hamblin was also charged with one misdemeanor count of lewdness involving a child. According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, a female victim in April 2022 reported to the Utah County Sheriff’s Office that she had been “repeatedly sexually assaulted” by Hamblin for years, beginning in the mid ’80s, when she was approximately 6 or 7. The victim grew up in the same Provo neighborhood where Hamblin resided and told police that she regularly played with Hamblin’s children and “had been babysat on numerous occasions by David,” per the affidavit.
The victim told police that the first assault she could remember
occurred when she and two other children were in the basement of
Hamblin’s home, documents say….
Investigators said they interviewed the two other children present
during the alleged assault and said that both “corroborated what the
victim has disclosed.”
The victim told investigators that the second alleged sexual assault she
could remember took place when she was approximately 7 or 8, noting
that it was just prior to her baptism, per the affidavit. The assault
allegedly took place at Hamblin’s
residence….
The affidavit further notes that Hamblin was a therapist whose license
was revoked by the state “due to allegations that he was sexually
abusing his client(s).”
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/
disturbing-details-emerge-as-former-psychologist-charged-with-ritualistic-sexual-abuse-of-children/
Invisible predators: the shifting behaviour of paedophiles has Australian police playing catch-up As a former childcare worker stands accused of more than 1,600 charges, experts say changing technology habits are making offenders harder to detect Andrew Messenger, Ben Smee and Jordyn Beazley Fri 4 Aug 2023
In the Brisbane office of the taskforce Argos, scrawled on a whiteboard was a “most-wanted” list containing the online identities of dozens of global members of a dark web paedophile forum. The man now accused of being the country’s worst-known serial child sexual abuse offender was not on that list. Police this week revealed the former childcare worker stands accused of 1,623 child abuse offences against 91 young girls at a dozen centres over a period of 15 years.
Unlike many of the prolific online posters Argos helped put away, the accused man – who cannot be named for legal reasons – is alleged to have shared only a very small number of images and videos online, relating to two girls at a suburban Brisbane childcare centre. Police were reportedly stunned when they raided his home and found cameras and phones containing almost 4,000 child abuse images and videos dating back to 2007. The man remains in custody and his case is scheduled for a mention in Brisbane magistrates court on 21 August.
An internet arms race
For serial child abusers, the internet has proven the biggest resource
and the biggest threat. The dark web can be a source of money, illegal
images, prestige – and community. But it also brings danger.
The illegal chat boards and forums have always been designed to be hard
to access, but police have repeatedly cracked in, with often devastating
results. In the case of Argos, police succeeded in taking the forum
over completely.
In recent years researchers and law enforcement agencies have noticed a shift in language from the sorts of men who visited those wretched forums. Criminals aren’t stupid – they don’t need the media to tell them the cops are watching. Online offender communities have become “very aware” and cautious of law enforcement surveillance, says Michael Salter, an associate professor of criminology at the University of New South Wales and an expert in child sexual exploitation.
“Offenders know that law enforcement are crawling offender forums across the dark web and they’re responding accordingly,” Salter says. “We see on the dark web a lot of complaints about what offenders call ‘hoarding’; that producers are producing CSAM (child sexual abuse material) that they’re not sharing … with the offender community, or they’re creating locked-down online groups where there’s far less accessibility…. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/05/invisible-predators-the-shifting-behaviour-of-paedophiles-has-australian-police-playing-catch-up
Convicted abuser and ex-gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar stabbed in prison – report by Edwin Rios July 10, 2023
Larry Nassar, the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics
doctor who was convicted of decades of abuse of women and girls under
the guise of medical treatment, was reportedly stabbed at a federal
prison in Florida on Sunday….
In 2018, in an end to the biggest sexual abuse scandals in US sports
history, hundreds of women and girls gave victim impact statements
against Nassar, detailing allegations of abuse as far back as the 1990s.
Several athletes, including the Olympians Jordyn Wieber, Aly Raisman and
McKayla Maroney, testified that they relayed allegations to coaches,
trainers and others which were not reported to authorities. More than
100 women, including the Olympian Simone Biles, sued the US government
for more than $1bn over the FBI’s failure to take action after learning
of allegations against Nassar in 2015. That inaction allowed Nassar to
continue to abuse women and girls for more than a year before he pleaded
guilty in 2017.
Michigan State University, whose president, Lou Anna Simon, and athletic
director, Mark Hollis, resigned amid fallout from the scandal, agreed a
$500m settlement with more than 300 women and girls, a sum far larger
than the $60m Penn State University paid to victims of the former
assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
MSU had been accused of ignoring and failing to act to stop Nassar during his decades of abuse. USA Gymnastics and the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee agreed a $380m settlement with more than 500 women and girls. In 2018, a judge in Michigan sentenced Nassar to more than 175 years in prison….. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/convicted-abuser-and-ex-gymnastics-doctor-larry-nassar-stabbed-in-prison-report/ar-AA1dFU1a
Simone Biles and others to sue FBI for $1bn over Larry Nassar investigation
Published 8 June 2022 By Holly Honderich BBC News, Washington
Women who say they were sexually assaulted by a disgraced US
national gymnastics team doctor plan to sue the FBI for $1bn (£800m).
Claimants say the FBI mishandled credible complaints of sexual assaults
by Larry Nassar. They include Olympic gymnastics gold medallists Simone
Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney. Nassar is serving up to 175
years in prison for molesting gymnasts. The agency’s own watchdog found
the FBI disregarded allegations about Nassar and made early errors in
its investigation.
Last year, a long-awaited report from the US justice department’s Office of the Inspector General gave a scathing assessment of the federal agency’s investigation into Nassar. Various missteps and cover-ups by FBI agents allowed Nassar’s abuse to continue for more than a year after the case was first opened in 2015, the report found. The majority of claimants in these suits say Nassar assaulted them after his abuse was reported to the FBI in 2015. Most were athletes with the USA Gymnastics programme or with Michigan State University, where Nassar maintained a clinic. The FBI field office Nassar’s abuse was reported to took limited action and did not document any investigation or alert other authorities.
“My fellow survivors and I were betrayed by every institution that was supposed to protect us – the US Olympic Committee, USA Gymnastics, the FBI and now the Department of Justice,” McKayla Maroney, an Olympic gold medallist, said in a statement.
“It is clear that the only path to justice and healing is through
the legal process.” Two weeks ago, the US Justice Department decided not
to prosecute the two FBI agents accused of mishandling the
investigation. The plaintiffs are seeking different amounts in damages
but their total claims are expected to exceed $1bn.
The Collective Administrative Claims are being filed under the Federal
Tort Claims Act, which allows people who have been harmed by negligent
or wrongful actions of the federal government to seek compensation.
Under federal law, the FBI has six months to respond to the claims.
Lawsuits may follow, depending on the FBI’s response.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61735319
Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has died at 56 Updated July 26, 2023 Heard on All Things Considered By Neda Ulaby, Anastasia Tsioulcas
Sinéad O’Connor, the Irish singer known for her intense and
beautiful voice, her political convictions and the personal tumult that
overtook her later years, has died. She was 56 years old.
O’Connor’s recording of “Nothing Compares 2 U” was one of the biggest
hits of the early 1990s. Her death was announced by her family. The
cause and date of her death were not made public. The statement said:
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved
Sinéad. Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy
at this very difficult time.” ….
“I grew up in a severely abusive situation, my mother being the
perpetrator,” O’Connor told NPR in 2014. “So much of child abuse is
about being voiceless, and it’s a wonderfully healing thing to just make
sounds.”
O’Connor started making sounds in a home for juvenile delinquents, after
a childhood spent getting booted out of Catholic schools and busted,
repeatedly, for shoplifting. But a nun gave her a guitar and she began
to sing, on the streets of Dublin and then with a popular Irish band
called In Tua Nua.
O’Connor came to the attention of U2’s guitarist The Edge, and she got
herself signed to the Ensign/Chrysalis label. Her second studio album, I
Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, went double platinum in 1990, partly
because of a hit love song written by Prince: “Nothing Compares 2 U.”
I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got was a distillation of O’Connor’s
prayerful sense of music and her fury over social injustice. She
rejected its four Grammy nominations as being too commercial — and, in
her words, “for destroying the human race.” She was banned from a New
Jersey arena when she refused to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner,” for
its lyrics glorifying bombs bursting in air.
In 1992, at the height of her fame, Sinéad O’Connor appeared on
Saturday Night Live. In her performance, she raised her voice against
racism and child abuse. There was dead silence when she ended the song, a
version of Bob Marley’s “War,” by ripping up a picture of then-Pope
John Paul II.
What followed in the media was a collective howl of outrage. It drowned
out a prescient protest against abuse in the Catholic church. Years
later, in 2010, O’Connor told NPR she’d known exactly what to expect.
“It was grand, to be honest,” she said. “I mean, I knew how people would
react. I knew there would be trouble. I was quite prepared to accept
that. To me, it was more important that I recognized what I will call
the Holy Spirit.”….
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/529671631/irish-singer-sinead-oconnor-has-died-at-56
The Redemption of Sinead O’Connor By Michael Agresta Oct 3 2012
Twenty years ago today, Sinead O’Connor tore up a picture of the pope on
Saturday Night Live—and the media largely misunderstood why. Is America
finally ready to hear her out?
In the weeks and months after Sinead O’Connor tore up a picture of Pope
John Paul II on live television, commentators in the media sought to
explain the motives of her protest. Very few, however, made use of the
traditional tools of journalism: interviews, research, and textual
analysis. Instead, most commentators seem to have consulted their own
imaginations….
Also inexplicably ignored were O’Connor’s own words, in an interview published in Time a month after her SNL appearance: It’s not the man, obviously—it’s the office and the symbol of the organization that he represents… In Ireland we see our people are manifesting the highest incidence in Europe of child abuse. This is a direct result of the fact that they’re not in contact with their history as Irish people and the fact that in the schools, the priests have been beating the shit out of the children for years and sexually abusing them. This is the example that’s been set for the people of Ireland. They have been controlled by the church, the very people who authorized what was done to them, who gave permission for what was done to them.
Her interviewer seemed confused by the connection O’Connor was
making between the Catholic Church and child abuse, so O’Connor opened
up about her own history of abuse:
Sexual and physical. Psychological. Spiritual. Emotional. Verbal. I went
to school every day covered in bruises, boils, sties and face welts,
you name it. Nobody ever said a bloody word or did a thing. Naturally I
was very angered by the whole thing, and I had to find out why it
happened… The thing that helped me most was the 12-step group, the Adult
Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families. My mother was a Valium
addict. What happened to me is a direct result of what happened to my
mother and what happened to her in her house and in school.
The interviewer remained skeptical of O’Connor’s characterization of
Irish schools as playgrounds and training grounds for child abusers,
and the interview moved on to different topics.
By now, the history of sexual and physical abuse in the Irish Catholic
school system is familiar. As late as 2007, the Church controlled 93% of
the schools in Ireland, giving most children no hope of escaping the
often-sadistic system. As in America, serial child molesters like
Brendan Smyth were shuttled from parish to parish and school to school
to keep a step ahead of police and complaining parents. The culture of
permissiveness towards abuse affected all communities, but probably the
worst off were poor, orphaned, and troublemaking children sent to
residential reformatory and industrial schools. To read the 2009 Ryan
Report covering crimes carried out against children in these settings is
to court a special sort of nausea—the kind that comes from bearing
witness to an organized effort to deny the dignity of individual life
and make the bodies of the powerless available to service the needs of
the powerful. In this case, the powerless were disadvantaged minor
teenagers and children.
Sexual abuse in several industrial schools was described as a
“chronic problem.” Clergy whose behavior drew complaints from parents of
day-school students were transferred to industrial schools where their
abuses drew less attention. Some schools seem, on the evidence, to have
been more labor camps than institutions of learning. At one notorious
industrial school in Dublin, each child was required to string 60
rosaries each weekday and 90 on Saturdays. Students who did not reach
their quotas were beaten….
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/10/the-redemption-of-sinead-oconnor/263020/
Sinead O’Connor claims ‘possessed’ mother ‘delighted’ in sexually abusing her and forced singer to repeat ‘I am nothing’ as she speaks to Dr Phil in first interview since recent breakdown
Sinead O’Connor speaks with Dr. Phil on Tuesday in her first interview
since she was hospitalized following a mental breakdown in August. The
singer details the alleged sexual and physical abuse she suffered as a
child at the hands of her mother, who she claims was ‘possessed.’ ‘She
ran a torture chamber, it was a torture chamber. She was a person who
would smile and delight when she was hurting you,’ says O’Connor ‘She
used to make me say over and over again “I am nothing. I am nothing”
while she was beating me., claims O’Connor, who says she ran away at 13.
O’Connor, 50, can be seen giving more detail about her difficult past
on Tuesday’s episode…. By Chris Spargo 11 September 2017
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4873530/Sinead-O-Connor-says-possessed-mother-sexually-abused-her.html
Sinead O’Connor Details Years of Physical and Sexual Abuse at the Hands of Her Mother: ‘She Ran a Torture Chamber’ By Maria Pasquini September 11, 2017
Sinead O’Connor is opening up about the horrifying sexual abuse she
suffered at the hands of her mother in an emotional interview on Dr.
Phil. The “Nothing Compares 2 U” singer, speaking with Dr. Phil McGraw,
detailed how her mother Marie O’Connor “ran a torture chamber” and
tormented her until she ran away from home at 13…. “She ran a torture
chamber. It was a torture chamber. She was a person who took delight and
smile in hurting you.”….
https://people.com/music/sinead-oconnor-emotional-sexual-abuse-mother/
The clergy sexual abuse crisis at forty with 100 bishops out
of office Gilbert Gauthe’s case, back in July 1983, marks the beginning
of the sexual abuse crisis; we reach its 40th anniversary with no end
on sight
English Edition Rodolfo Soriano-Núñez Sábado, 01 Julio, 2023
On the 40th anniversary of the sexual abuse crisis, Bishop Richard Stika of Knoxville, Tennessee, is the 100th bishop forced to resign. Religion and public life: Jason Berry and Richard Sipe provided two key elements to understan the clergy sexual abuse crisis an accountability-centered-narrative and the so-called scarlet bond. Sometime in July of 1983, then priest Gilbert Gauthe was relieved from his duties at the St. John parish in the Lafayette diocese in Louisiana. His dismissal, accurately depicted by Jason Berry in a series of stories published in 1985 started what we now see as the 40-year long crisis of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
For the last four decades a deluge of news about sexual predator
priests has been inundating news outlets all over the world. In all its
misery, the crisis has helped make the global public opinion aware of
the crisis in the Catholic Church, in other religious organizations, and
in many other institutions and settings….
If Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward proved how “the most powerful man in
the world” could be forced out of office by the media, Jason Berry and
his colleagues in news outlets all over the world have played a role in
forcing out of office at least 100 Catholic bishops and countless
priests, because of their role in the sexual abuse crisis. Thanks to
Berry and those who followed him, like the journalists at The Boston
Globe’s Spotlight team, a narrative on the need to make clergy
accountable of their behavior took hold.
Https://losangelespress.org/noticias/the-clergy-sexual-abuse-crisis-at-forty-with-100-bishops-out-of-office-20230629-5731.html
Monday, July 10, 2023
Convicted abuser Larry Nassar stabbed in prison, Sue FBI $1 billion over Nassar investigation, Clergy sexual abuse crisis at forty with 100 bishops out of office
- Convicted abuser and ex-gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar stabbed in prison
- Simone Biles and others to sue FBI for $1bn over Larry Nassar investigation
- The clergy sexual abuse crisis at forty with 100 bishops out of office
Convicted abuser and ex-gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar stabbed in prison – report by Edwin Rios July 10, 2023
Larry Nassar, the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor who was convicted of decades of abuse of women and girls under the guise of medical treatment, was reportedly stabbed at a federal prison in Florida on Sunday....
In 2018, in an end to the biggest sexual abuse scandals in US sports history, hundreds of women and girls gave victim impact statements against Nassar, detailing allegations of abuse as far back as the 1990s.
Several athletes, including the Olympians Jordyn Wieber, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney, testified that they relayed allegations to coaches, trainers and others which were not reported to authorities.
More than 100 women, including the Olympian Simone Biles, sued the US government for more than $1bn over the FBI’s failure to take action after learning of allegations against Nassar in 2015. That inaction allowed Nassar to continue to abuse women and girls for more than a year before he pleaded guilty in 2017.
Michigan State University, whose president, Lou Anna Simon, and athletic director, Mark Hollis, resigned amid fallout from the scandal, agreed a $500m settlement with more than 300 women and girls, a sum far larger than the $60m Penn State University paid to victims of the former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
MSU had been accused of ignoring and failing to act to stop Nassar during his decades of abuse.
USA Gymnastics and the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee agreed a $380m settlement with more than 500 women and girls.
In 2018, a judge in Michigan sentenced Nassar to more than 175 years in prison..... https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/convicted-abuser-and-ex-gymnastics-doctor-larry-nassar-stabbed-in-prison-report/ar-AA1dFU1a
Simone Biles and others to sue FBI for $1bn over Larry Nassar investigation
Published 8 June 2022 By Holly Honderich BBC News, Washington
Published 8 June 2022 By Holly Honderich BBC News, Washington
Women who say they were sexually assaulted by a disgraced US national gymnastics team doctor plan to sue the FBI for $1bn (£800m).
Claimants say the FBI mishandled credible complaints of sexual assaults by Larry Nassar.
They include Olympic gymnastics gold medallists Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney.
Nassar is serving up to 175 years in prison for molesting gymnasts.
The agency's own watchdog found the FBI disregarded allegations about Nassar and made early errors in its investigation.
Last year, a long-awaited report from the US justice department's Office of the Inspector General gave a scathing assessment of the federal agency's investigation into Nassar.
Various missteps and cover-ups by FBI agents allowed Nassar's abuse to continue for more than a year after the case was first opened in 2015, the report found.
The majority of claimants in these suits say Nassar assaulted them after his abuse was reported to the FBI in 2015. Most were athletes with the USA Gymnastics programme or with Michigan State University, where Nassar maintained a clinic. The FBI field office Nassar's abuse was reported to took limited action and did not document any investigation or alert other authorities.
"My fellow survivors and I were betrayed by every institution that was supposed to protect us - the US Olympic Committee, USA Gymnastics, the FBI and now the Department of Justice," McKayla Maroney, an Olympic gold medallist, said in a statement.
"It is clear that the only path to justice and healing is through the legal process."
Two weeks ago, the US Justice Department decided not to prosecute the two FBI agents accused of mishandling the investigation. The plaintiffs are seeking different amounts in damages but their total claims are expected to exceed $1bn.
The Collective Administrative Claims are being filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act, which allows people who have been harmed by negligent or wrongful actions of the federal government to seek compensation.
Under federal law, the FBI has six months to respond to the claims. Lawsuits may follow, depending on the FBI's response. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61735319
The clergy sexual abuse crisis at forty with 100 bishops out of office
Gilbert Gauthe’s case, back in July 1983, marks the beginning of the sexual abuse crisis; we reach its 40th anniversary with no end on sight
English Edition Rodolfo Soriano-Núñez Sábado, 01 Julio, 2023
English Edition Rodolfo Soriano-Núñez Sábado, 01 Julio, 2023
On the 40th anniversary of the sexual abuse crisis, Bishop Richard Stika of Knoxville, Tennessee, is the 100th bishop forced to resign.
Religion and public life: Jason Berry and Richard Sipe provided two key elements to understan the clergy sexual abuse crisis an accountability-centered-narrative and the so-called scarlet bond.
Sometime in July of 1983, then priest Gilbert Gauthe was relieved from his duties at the St. John parish in the Lafayette diocese in Louisiana. His dismissal, accurately depicted by Jason Berry in a series of stories published in 1985 started what we now see as the 40-year long crisis of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
For the last four decades a deluge of news about sexual predator priests has been inundating news outlets all over the world. In all its misery, the crisis has helped make the global public opinion aware of the crisis in the Catholic Church, in other religious organizations, and in many other institutions and settings....
If Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward proved how “the most powerful man in the world” could be forced out of office by the media, Jason Berry and his colleagues in news outlets all over the world have played a role in forcing out of office at least 100 Catholic bishops and countless priests, because of their role in the sexual abuse crisis.
Thanks to Berry and those who followed him, like the journalists at The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team, a narrative on the need to make clergy accountable of their behavior took hold.
Https://losangelespress.org/noticias/the-clergy-sexual-abuse-crisis-at-forty-with-100-bishops-out-of-office-20230629-5731.html
Monday, December 30, 2019
FBI investigating those who 'facilitated' Epstein, False Memory Syndrome Foundation dissolving, Killed mother in 'satanic' ritual, Over 900 clergy members left off church’s sex abuse lists
- Exclusive: FBI investigating British socialite and others who 'facilitated’ Epstein
"The FBI is investigating British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell"
"she claims Epstein forced her to have sex with him and friends including (Prince) Andrew."
- FMS Foundation dissolving on December 31, 2019
" It has been called "a pseudoscientific syndrome that was developed to defend against claims of child abuse."
" (Ralph) Underwager and Wakefield were also instrumental in helping the Freyds organize the (FMS)foundation"
"PAIDIKA: Is choosing paedophilia for you a responsible choice for the individuals?
RALPH UNDERWAGER: Certainly it is responsible. What I have been struck by as I have come to know more about and understand people who choose paedophilia is that they let themselves be too much defined by other people. That is usually an essentially negative definition. Paedophiles spend a lot of time and energy defending their choice. I don’t think that a paedophile needs to do that. Paedophiles can boldly and courageously affirm what they choose. They can say that what they want is to find the best way to love."
" The court remains convinced [the psychologist (Ralph Underwager)] did not have the qualifications to testify as a doctor (Bold added)
- Woman who killed mother in Merced County ‘satanic’ ritual not guilty by reason of insanity
"told investigators “It was a calling to kill” her mother as part of a “satanic practice”
- Hundreds of accused clergy left off church’s sex abuse lists
" An AP analysis found more than 900 clergy members accused of child sexual abuse who were missing from lists released by the dioceses and religious orders where they served"
Exclusive: FBI investigating British socialite and others who 'facilitated’ Epstein
Mark Hosenball World News December 27, 2019
(Reuters) - The FBI is investigating British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and several other people linked to U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, according to two law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation. They said a principal focus of the FBI’s investigation is Maxwell, a longtime associate of Epstein, and other “people who facilitated” Epstein’s allegedly illegal behavior. Maxwell has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing....they said the FBI has no current plans to interview Britain’s Prince Andrew, a friend of Epstein’s who stepped down from his public duties in November because of what he called his “ill-judged” association with the well-connected money manager.
....Epstein’s suicide in August, at age 66, came a little over a month after he was arrested and charged with trafficking dozens of underage girls as young as 14 from at least 2002 to 2005. Prosecutors said he recruited girls to give him massages, which became sexual in nature. He had pleaded not guilty.
Maxwell, the daughter of late British media magnate Robert Maxwell, is an ex-girlfriend of Epstein who remained a member of his inner circle. She has largely disappeared from public view since 2016.
Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s alleged victims, has said in a civil lawsuit that Maxwell recruited her into Epstein’s circle, where she claims Epstein forced her to have sex with him and friends including Andrew.
Maxwell has called Giuffre’s allegations lies. Giuffre in response filed a defamation suit against Maxwell in 2015.
Giuffre repeated the claims about the prince in a BBC interview that aired this month.
Andrew, 59, also categorically denies the accusations and has said he has no recollection of meeting Giuffre, who was previously named Virginia Roberts.
The two law enforcement sources said the FBI’s principal focus is on people who facilitated Epstein and that Andrew does not fit into that category. They did not rule out the possibility that the FBI would seek to interview Andrew at a later date.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-jeffrey-epstein-investigation/exclusive-fbi-investigating-british-socialite-and-others-who-facilitated-epstein-sources-idUSKBN1YV0VB
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-jeffrey-epstein-investigation/exclusive-fbi-investigating-british-socialite-and-others-who-facilitated-epstein-sources-idUSKBN1YV0VB
Woman who killed mother in Merced County ‘satanic’ ritual not guilty by reason of insanity
By Vikaas Shanker December 19, 2019
A Dos Palos woman was committed to the Department of State Hospitals for life Thursday after she was deemed insane when she killed her mother in a brutal stabbing two years ago.
....When deputies arrived at the home, deputies found Melissa Bal “covered in blood” and her mother dead, according to a news release.
The San Diego native then told investigators “It was a calling to kill” her mother as part of a “satanic practice,” according to reports.
Family members also told investigators Melissa Bal had mental issues, she made troubling statements of a sexual nature the night before the homicide, and that she would occasionally make statements referring to satanic practices....
https://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/local/article238548078.html
https://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/local/article238548078.html
Hundreds of accused clergy left off church’s sex abuse lists
by Claudia Lauer and Meghan Hoyer, Associated Press, Updated: December 28, 2019
by Claudia Lauer and Meghan Hoyer, Associated Press, Updated: December 28, 2019
Richard J. Poster served time for possessing child pornography, violated his probation by having contact with children, admitted masturbating in the bushes near a church school and in 2005 was put on a sex offender registry. And yet the former Catholic priest was only just this month added to a list of clergy members credibly accused of child sexual abuse — after The Associated Press asked why he was not included.
Victims advocates had long criticized the Roman Catholic Church for not making public the names of credibly accused priests. Now, despite the dioceses’ release of nearly 5,300 names, most in the last two years, critics say the lists are far from complete.
An AP analysis found more than 900 clergy members accused of child sexual abuse who were missing from lists released by the dioceses and religious orders where they served....
More than a hundred of the former clergy members not listed by dioceses or religious orders had been charged with sexual crimes, including rape, solicitation and receiving or viewing child pornography.
On top of that, the AP found another nearly 400 priests and clergy members who were accused of abuse while serving in dioceses that have not yet released any names....
Of the 900 unlisted accused clergy members, more than a tenth had been charged with a sex-related crime — a higher percentage than those named publicly by dioceses and orders, the AP found....
The AP found the Boston archdiocese has the most accused priests left off its list, with almost 80 not included. Nearly three-quarters, like McCormick, were priests from religious orders. Another dozen died before allegations were received — another exclusion cited by the archdiocese. https://www.inquirer.com/news/nation-world/catholic-church-priest-sexual-abuse-ap-investigation-20191229.html
FMS (False Memory Syndrome) Foundation dissolving on December 31, 2019
On the FMSF website:
"After 27 years, the FMS Foundation dissolved on December 31, 2019."
Information on the FMSF
http://childabusewiki.org/index.php?title=False_Memory_Syndrome
http://childabusewiki.org/index.php?title=False_Memory_Syndrome
False Memory Syndrome
The term False Memory Syndrome was created in 1992 by the False Memory Syndrome Foundation (FMSF)[1]. It has been called "a pseudoscientific syndrome that was developed to defend against claims of child abuse."[1] The FMSF was created by parents who claimed to be falsely accused of child sexual abuse.[1] The False Memory Syndrome was described as "a widespread social phenomenon where misguided therapists cause patients to invent memories of sexual abuse."[1] Research has shown that most delayed memories of childhood abuse are true[2]. In general, it has been shown that false allegations of childhood sexual abuse are rare, with some studies showing rates as low as one percent[3][4] and some studies showing slightly higher rates[3]. It has been found that children tend to understate rather than overstate the extent of any abuse experienced[3]. It has been stated that misinformation on the topic of child sexual abuse is widespread and that the media have contributed to this problem by reporting favorably on unproven and controversial claims like the False Memory Syndrome[5]....
Critiques of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation and its theories
Members of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation have been critiqued for misrepresenting data and for their possible reasons for having created the idea of the syndrome.
In reply to a TV documentary about FMS, William Freyd, (Pamela Freyd's (one of the founders of the FMSF) step brother and sister-in-law) wrote "The False Memory Syndrome Foundation is a fraud designed to deny a reality that Peter and Pam have spent most of their lives trying to escape. There is no such thing as a False Memory Syndrome."[2] "In addition, Peter Freyd's own mother (who is also Pamela's step-mother) and his only sibling, a brother, were also estranged from Pamela and Peter. It should be noted that these family members support Jennifer's side of the story."[1]
A co-founder of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, Ralph Underwager, has also had several critiques written about him[17]. In an interview in Amsterdam in June 1991 by “Paidika,” Editor-in-Chief, Joseph Geraci, Underwager replied to the question "Is choosing paedophilia for you a responsible choice for the individuals?" with "Certainly it is responsible. What I have been struck by as I have come to know more about and understand people who choose paedophilia is that they let themselves be too much defined by other people. That is usually an essentially negative definition. Paedophiles spend a lot of time and energy defending their choice. I don’t think that a paedophile needs to do that. Paedophiles can boldly and courageously affirm what they choose. They can say that what they want is to find the best way to love. I am also a theologian and as a theologian, I believe it is God’s will that there be closeness and intimacy, unity of the flesh, between people. A paedophile can say: “This closeness is possible for me within the choices that I’ve made."[18]
In a transcription of the TV show Witness for Mr. Bubbles from “Australia 60 Minutes,” Channel Nine Network (Aired on August 5, 1990 in Australia), researcher Anna Salter stated that Underwager "isn’t accurate. That what he says in court does not necessarily fairly represent the literature." That he frequently distorts facts and he sometimes he quotes specific studies, and he’s frequently wrong about what the studies say."[19]
It was stated in a court document that the two books that he and his wife Hollida Wakefield, wrote "Accusations of Child Sexual Abuse" (1988), and The Real World of Child Interrogations (1990) were not "well received in the medical and scientific press." It was also stated that "when they cannot use a quotation out of context from an article, they make unsupported statements, some of which are palpably untrue and others simply unprovable.” David L. Chadwick, Book Review, in 261 JAMA 3035 (May 26, 1989)." In the same document it was stated that "Both Salter and Toth came to believe that Underwager is a hired gun who makes a living by deceiving judges about the state of medical knowledge and thus assisting child molesters to evade punishment."[20]
Those that have examined or written about the False Memory Syndrome theories or foundation or its members have been subjected to harassment. This includes Anna Salter's analysis of her harassment by Ralph Underwager[21], David Calof, the former editor of Treating Abuse Today [22] and Jennifer Hoult [23].
Accusations have also been made about the accuracy of the False Memory Syndromes' proponents data and research. Salter has critiqued some of those that defend those accused of child sexual abuse. “The people who support and defend those accused of child sexual abuse indiscriminately, those who join organizations dedicated to defending people who are accused of child sexual abuse with no screening whatsoever to keep out those who are guilty as charged, are…not necessarily people engaged in an objective search for the truth. Some of them can and do use deceit, trickery, misstated research, harassment, intimidation, and charges of laundering federal money to silence their opponents.”[21].
Whitfield stated "Since at least 95 percent of child molesters initially deny their abusive behaviors, how can untrained lay people like Pamela Freyd and her staff “document” a real or “unreal” case of “FMS,” as appears to be the case with most of their communications, which usually occur over the telephone or by letter (p. 76)."[2]. Jennifer Freyd stated “Despite this documentation for both traumatic amnesia and essentially accurate delayed recall, memory science is often presented as if it supports the view that traumatic amnesia is very unlikely or perhaps impossible and that a great many, perhaps a majority, maybe even all, recovered memories of abuse are false…Yet no research supports such an implication…and a great deal of research supports the premise that forgetting sexual abuse is fairly common and that recovered memories are sometimes essentially true.” (p. 107) [24]
Proponents of false memory theories have also been accused of manipulating the media[25][26]. The theory of false memory has been used as a defense in court to try and negate "abusive, criminal behavior" and this defense is fraught with disinformation, smoke screens, and other untruths that are a distortion of what the available science of the psychology of trauma and memory shows.[27].
Crisis or Creation?
A Systematic Examination of "False Memory Syndrome" by Stephanie J. Dallam Leadership Council
"The foundation's leaders, Pamela and Peter Freyd, were motivated because their adult daughter privately accused Peter of sexually abusing her as a child. They were put in touch with other parents claiming to be falsely accused by Dr. Harold Lief (Calof, 1993a), who was later revealed to be Pamela's personal psychiatrist (J. Freyd, 1993). Families were also referred by Ralph Underwager and Hollida Wakefield, a husband and wife team who are prominent advocates for people accused of molesting children. A frequent defense expert witness, Underwager's philosophy concerning the prosecution of child sexual abuse has been summed up by the statement that it is "more desirable that a thousand children in abuse situations are not discovered than for one innocent person to be convicted wrongly" (Kraft, 1985, p. 1).
Underwager and Wakefield were also instrumental in helping the Freyds organize the foundation (P. Freyd, May 21, 1992; Underwager & Wakefield, 1994). The original toll-free number for the FMSF rang at Underwager's private Institute for Psychological Therapies, and Underwager and Wakefield developed the initial questionnaire used to survey families who contacted the FMSF (P. Freyd, May 21, 1992).1 "
http://www.leadershipcouncil.org/1/res/dallam/6.html
http://www.leadershipcouncil.org/1/res/dallam/6.html
Ralph Underwager
Information on Ralph Underwager: https://ritualabuse.us/research/memory-fms/ralph-underwager/
Interview in Amsterdam in June 1991 by “Paidika,” Editor-in-Chief, Joseph Geraci.
PAIDIKA: Is choosing paedophilia for you a responsible choice for the individuals?
RALPH UNDERWAGER: Certainly it is responsible. What I have been struck by as I have come to know more about and understand people who choose paedophilia is that they let themselves be too much defined by other people. That is usually an essentially negative definition. Paedophiles spend a lot of time and energy defending their choice. I don’t think that a paedophile needs to do that. Paedophiles can boldly and courageously affirm what they choose. They can say that what they want is to find the best way to love. I am also a theologian and as a theologian, I believe it is God’s will that there be closeness and intimacy, unity of the flesh, between people. A paedophile can say: “This closeness is possible for me within the choices that I’ve made.”
Paedophiles are too defensive. They go around saying, “You people out there are saying that what I choose is bad, that it’s no good. You’re putting me in prison, you’re doing all these terrible things to me. I have to define my love as being in some way or other illicit.” What I think is that paedophiles can make the assertion that the pursuit of intimacy and love is what they choose. With boldness, they can say, “I believe this is in fact part of God’s will.” They have the right to make these statements for themselves as personal choices. Now whether or not they can persuade other people they are right is another matter (laughs).
http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/NudistHallofShame/Underwager2.html
State v. Swan, 114 Wash.2d 613, 790 P.2d 610, May 3, 1990 At the trial of this case, the defense sought to qualify Dr. Ralph Underwager, a licensed psychologist, as an expert witness. The trial court ruled that the psychologist’s proposed testimony was not proper because there was no indication that the results of the doctor’s work had been accepted in the scientific community and because the testimony went directly to the credibility of the victims and invaded the province of the jury.
The court remains convinced [the psychologist] did not have the qualifications to testify as a doctor, and that the offered testimony, in any event, was within the common experience of all of us. The psychologist [w]as a researcher who did not have bona fide qualifications in the view of the Court. He was not involved in an independent research undertaking, but rather was approached to undertake research by an interested party with no interest [in] the outcome of the research. It is the Court’s memory [the psychologist’s] research was undertaken at the behest of the insurance industry relative to civil claims for child sexual abuse.
It was not shown at trial that the psychologist’s position on child interviewing was accepted by the scientific community. The psychologist’s proposed testimony did not satisfy the test for admissibility set forth in ER 702 and was properly refused. http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/NudistHallofShame/Underwager4.html
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