CofA3 2007: L.A. Clergy Cases

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My personal story is at: This Really Happened Part 1. and today Sunset Boulevard is Part 2, still in progress. CofA2010 is here Read City of Angels 2009 here: Hope 2007: LA Clergy Cases 2008 Epimeno

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Excerpts from 2007's “Crosses,” bios and photos of crime victims, are at:
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If new evidence turns up at my doorstep tomorrow, we'll follow it, and yes we are gathering new evidence-- DA Wm. Hodgman, 12-3-07

To read Impact Statements from sentencing of Michael Baker click: http://cityofangels7.blogspot.com/
12-4-07

To read grand jury report on Msgr. Alan Placa click: http://www.bishop-accountability.org/reports/2003_02_10_SuffolkGrandJury/
Placa works for Giuliani Partners security consultants, 3 days/week for $100K/ year. (See Oct. 2, Oct.. 30, 2007)

Click here: http://www.law-sb.com/ to read deposition transcripts re 30-year perpetrator Fr. Matthew Kelly

Dec. 3rd --. Todd Brown was to clear his name of contempt charges, Nov. 28 contempt charges dropped -- on the same day OC payout to plaintiffs gets approvved. Another Bishop oozes out of testifying under oath.

Pedophilia was and is such an acceptable part of seminary and priesthood culture that for guys like Baker and Llanos, they know it’s bad but it’s all done with a little bit of a giggle. (Nov. 3 post)

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“I need your help to cover the expense we incurred recently through compassionate outreach to our brothers and sisters who suffered sexual abuse within the family of the church,” Bishop Brom wrote in a letter to every member of the San Diego diocese. (10.17.07)

Documents are at: http://cityofangels11.blogspot.com - Feature length articles are at: http://cityofangels7.blogspot.com - my own story is at http://cityofangels1.blogspot.com - more to come

"One must never forget that the lawyers for the church do not work on contingency. They bill by the hour for every minute they work. In LA they've made tens of millions stonewalling victims."
-- Tom Doyle (08.20.07 post)

Click here
http://www.voiceofthefaithful.org/
to watch VOTF clock count time it takes the church to release documents as agreed to in the settlements.

"Mr. H was a student at Don Bosco High School while several Salesians molested him. Our damages are for the several years of sexual abuse he endured there. The fact that there’s more than one perpetrator makes the case more egregious. It doesn't make it dismissible.”-- Tony DeMarco

New book by Leon Podles of bishop accountability, available from Crossland Press / PO Box 26290 /Baltimore MD, 21210./ $22.95 - 676 pages including index / (See July 14 post)

"I’m not saying it did not happen, and I’m not saying it did happen, because there has been literally no discovery in this lawsuit.” -- Chicago Church Attorney who represents the Carmelites, re one of the LA perpetrators. (See July 29 post)

"I started painting again to express my feelings of outrage and anger over the clergy abuse scandal. The collection shown here was my outlet." -- Vinnie Nauheimer -- Click here to view art: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Vinnie+Nauheimer/44321.html

"He's buried at the Jesuit center in Los Gatos where the kitchen workers were sodomized by other Jesuits." -- see July 26 post

"I hope to ignite a fire about the thousands who have been assaulted and abused by nuns, brothers, priests or lay employees in orphanages. These are perhaps the most vicious cases because the victims are trapped with no where to turn for help."-- Tom Doyle, July 2007

LA Plaintiff in Florida: http://www.wkrg.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Common%2FPage%2FVideoPopup_WM&SiteID=WKRG&VideoID=1173352023597&c=Page&cid=1137834169862 Click to watch July 16 coverage.

True Penance: Turn over the empty seminaries in the canyons around Los Angeles to be made into recovery and rehabilitation centers for all victims of pedophilia. (See July 26 post)

http://www.scpr.org/news/stories/2007/07/23/08_catholic_abuse_victi.html
Survivor advocate - plaintiff Udo Strutynski on KPCC.

Blogs on Huffington Post 7.19.07
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-berg/what-kind-of-spiritual-le_b_57006.html

http://www.richardsipe.com/Click_&_Learn/2006-12-03-International_Traffic.pdf Click for evidence: Transfer and secreting of pedophile priests is an international Catholic policy.

Who’s been paying the premiums for sex abuse lawsuit insurance the last decade or so? (More than half of Catholic dioceses buy their insurance from Catholic Mutual, which operates a self-insurance fund for the Catholic Church in North America. per, Ask the Explainer.)

Mahony to LA Daily News: "Up until even a week ago we had a list of John Doe 1 through 1,000 with no names or Fr. John or Br. Mike that kind of thing." That's a blatant lie. They had the list John Doe 1 through 1000 since the complaints were filed in 2003. The archdiocese just sat on them or obstructed investigation until a few weeks ago (July 16 post).

New production company doing TV series about sex crimes of priests. For more information email: cityofangelslady@yahoo.com

The author of this blog is NOT a plaintiff in the LA Clergy Cases:

Vatican registered revenues of over 227 million euros in 2006
http://english.pravda.ru/business/94463-vatican-0
-- Pravda July 11 2007

In May the City of Long Beach objected to the production of documents re Theodore Llanos and "I wonder whose palm was greased in the City of Long Beach to get that assertion from law enforcement?" (July 9 post)

The Hagenbach cases jury trial was rescheduled to July 16th as there were not 120 persons available for a jury pool July 9th and all parties agreed to the delay, according to an order signed by Fromholz’ July 2.

PLAINTIFFS: When was the first time you became aware of any allegation of a priest having sex with a minor?
DEFENDANTS: Objection; bankruptcy stay; instruction not to answer. (See July 9 post)

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"With convicted pedophiles the public is on notice thanks to Megan’s Law. The other priests who are not convicted are not registered. So there’s all the more reason to find out information about them.” See June 25 post

The Times reporter had to leave. He's also covering the Phil Spector trial. And after all no one else is. . . (June 27, 2007)

"To shield these types of documents from legitimate inquiry is both illicit and inappropriate." -- Thomas Doyle, see June 21 post

Judge Fromholz folds his hands over his mouth and glares at Potts. "I guess it’s a question of whether I can be relied on by the court?"

Why was no attorney for the church in court to litigate questions 1 to 8? (See May 30 post).

George Neville Rucker pleads for immunity “so that these matters may proceed without undue delay” (to be posted by May 31, 3:00 PM PST)

“There are other individuals out there still in the shadows of society who pose a danger to society.” --Judge Lichtman

Lay people can't state opinions under oath, per Church Attorneys. See May 29 late PM post

That report was never filed. And it was filed with a different person (May 29 post)

That priest was in Orange County not LA and Father Who? We haven’t seen him in years. . .(See May 29 post)

See bottom of May 23 post. Kreutzer Decides He's Not Lying After All. See May 25 post.

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Priests who flee to Mexico. Click here to watch video: http://cbs13.com/video/?id=20297@kovr.dayport.com

“This document relates to the following:" (Lists 83 plaintiff cases).

DeMarco: Asking him if he understands the Doctrine of Mental Reservation is harrassment? Church Attorney: It’s a religious doctrine. Judge Fromholz has already ruled that questions of that nature are inappropriate for deposition.

Weber can't answer as he's hierarchy witness, and can only answer few questions as he's only archivist? Which is he?

With hundreds of church attorneys why does Donald Steier still step in every time plaintiffs try to depose anyone? (See "Interesting Document" April 29 post)

"Defendants have engaged in obstructionist tactics, making a host of spurious arguments in order to stonewall plaintiffs’ legitimate discovery efforts" (4.28.07 post)

“The Court has explained (this) in numerous prior orders” See April 18 post re motions to strike.

Court order “for documents produced by LA County Sheriff’s Department re George Neville Rucker" filed 3.6.07.

Who lived with the perp at the monastary? MAHONY: Monsignors (next three lines blacked out) lived with Hagenbach at St. Joseph. See April 18 post re production of documents for discovery

Motion to Compel answers of Roger Mahony: hearing May 16, 2007.

70-plus cases to be combined in jury trials to start before December from 4-12-07 status conference

More than 50 motions to strike and dismiss cases all use the same word processed paragraphs

SHE IS TRULY THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE More in 3.31.07 post

Did Callahan shred personnel files that were needed as evidence? Read 3.31 post

"When he was 15, Plaintiff began a long-term relationship with an adult male airline pilot in Arizona in which he exchanged sexual favors for flying time in the pilot’s plane,” writes Brandy Cody in the motion. Read more in March 31 post

Go down halfway into 3.28 post to read more. Church: Plaintiffs don't have evidence; we won't turn over evidence; Church: Pedophile-pederast rapist priests are not part of the archdiocese and their files are secret because the priests are part of the archdiocese

In one Hagenbach case alone these priests associated with Queen of Angels Junior Seminary are named: G. Patrick Ziemann Taught at Our Lady Queen of Angels Junior Seminary then went on to become Bishop of Santa Rosa. He had to resign that post after it came out that he blackmailed a younger priest into having sex with him. Gerald Fessard Was Associate Superintendent of Elementary Schools in the Los Angeles Archdiocese in 1981 after being run out of Santa Clara parish in Oxnard for sexually graphic talk with students. In February 1987 Fessard became Dean of Studies at Queen of Angels Junior Seminary and within months he was brought up on charges for molesting no less than 8 seminarians in their beds. John Farris A most prolific child molester / faculty member of Our Lady Queen of Angels Junior Seminary, Farris was also one of the most popular teachers. He specialized in combining “spiritual advisement” with sex molestation.

AB261 in Calif Legislature by Nancy Lieber (Mountain View) will eliminate SOL for all sex abuse crimes, ending confusion that leads to mistrials and dropped charges.

DOCUMENTS SHREDDED: After special training in the fall of 1994 at Catholic University, chancellors returned to archdioceses across the country and shredded documents in priest personnel files relating to criminal activity. What was destroyed and why and in how many cities? Who gave the chencellors these instructions?

cityofangels1.blogspot.com titled "This Really Happened," treatment for a Reality TV Series based on the crimes of pedophile pederast priests.
-- Kay Ebeling, Executive Producer