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Verfasser: James Datum: Samstag, den 10. Februar 2001, um 9:26 Uhr Betrifft: Mal wieder
Richter entscheidet, daà die Kirche ihre kircheninternen Akten öffnen muÃ, Kirche wehrt sich dagegen. Nicht das es berraschen würde. Wir wollen nicht zuviel an Glauben und Hoffnung verschwenden.
Ein Mitglied der Kirche (Hohe Priester) miÃbraucht ein Kind (11 J.) mehrmals. MiÃbraucher wurde überführt und verurteilt. Zur Debatte steht immer noch wieviel die Kirche bzw. ihre Handlanger wuÃten und verschwiegen.
Das Opfer, mittlerweile 21 J. klagt darauf, daà die Kirche von vorherigen MiÃbräuchen des Täters wuÃte ... und schwieg. Offensichtlich wurden vorher schon 5 Kinder Opfer, der Informationsfluà lief lediglich intern (Eltern informierten den örtlichen Bischof) ... die Polizei und potentielle Opfer Familien mit Kinder) wurden nicht gewarnt ... warum auch ... der Heilige Geist warnt doch, oder nicht? Täter zieht um, andere Gemeinde, logisch, er braucht nicht den Geist um zu wissen, daà der Boden in der alten Gemeinde zu heià wird, also wird ein neuer Wirkungskreis gesucht ... und gefunden ...
und wieder kann er sich darauf verlassen, daà der örtlicher Bischof die Schnauze hält. Der Täter miÃbraucht sein Opfer übrigens über 6 Monate ... täglich! Wo der Heilige Geist, der Zeugnis ablegt von der Wahrheit aller Dinge, in der ganzen Zeit wahr? Die Polizei hat evtl. noch die Fahndung laufen ...
Brachte der Geist den ganzen Vorgang ins Rollen? Ach was! Das Opfer nach Jahren ...
Irgendwelche Ãhnlichkeiten mit lebenden Personen oder tatsächlichen Ereignissen sind rein zufällig und doch beabsichtigt.Associated Press, Saturday, February 10, 2001
"LDS Church must release abuse records
PORTLAND, Ore. - Hoping to uncover what the LDS Church knew about a high priest convicted of sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy, a Multnomah County judge ordered the church to release internal records of sex-abuse complaints and discipline actions.
The church has filed an emergency appeal with the Oregon Supreme Court. The ruling stems from a 1998 lawsuit by Jeremiah Scott, now 21, who accused a high priest in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of sexually
abusing him repeatedly in 1990 and 1991 in Portland, when he was 11.
The high priest, Franklin Richard Curtis, was 87 at the time of the abuse. He was convicted of the charges and has since died. At issue is what the church knew about Curtis past and when. Scotts lawsuit claims the church knew of Curtis past sex abuse when Curtis moved in with Scotts family but didnt warn them.
Curtis had been excommunicated from a ward in Pennsylvania for sex abuse when he moved to Oregon. Court records show he was rebaptized in 1984.
The lawsuit claims that Curtis sexually abused at least five children in the Rocky Butte Ward in Portland, where he became a member. A bishop confronted Curtis, and he admitted the molestations.
But according to the complaint, the bishop kept it quiet until parents began to complain and then reported only to church superiors in Salt Lake City, not police.
Curtis joined another ward, where he told then-Bishop Gregory Lee Foster that he had abused in the past. Foster didnt report him because Curtis said hed repented, the lawsuit states.
In 1989, Scotts mother, Sandra, invited Curtis to live with the family and informed her bishop, Foster. Foster told Sandra Scott that "it was not a good idea" because of Curtisadvanced age but said nothing about Curtis history of sex abuse, the woman said in a 1999 deposition in the case.
Curtis abused the boy almost daily for about six months, according to the suit.
Jeremiah Scott came forward after his family moved to Washington. Curtis was arrested and convicted of first-degree sex abuse and given probation in 1994. He died in 1995. The current lawsuit names the bishop and the church. A summary judgment hearing is scheduled for next month, but the fight over the churchs internal documents could set it back.
On Jan. 24, Multnomah County Circuit Judge Ellen F. Rosenblum ordered the church to produce not only all records of Curtis, but all records of reports of sex abuse made against anyone in the Portland or East Portland wards.
The church has argued that the material is protected under the First Amendment and confidentiality laws between a church and a penitent."Wüüüüüürg, Kotz.