Re: 3rd CHRISTIAN PRIEST SEX CRIMES LAWSUIT FILED
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In article <4a11ad50$0$23775$bbae...@news.suddenlink.net>,
"harmony" <a...@hotmail.com> posted:
>
> ok, this one for habshi's benefit: it is not recylced, it is a new story.
> not that i expect habshi to give up his mono mindset.
> Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
>
> > Third priest sex abuse lawsuit filed
> >
> > By Elizabeth Hardin-Burrola
> > Staff writer
> > Gallup Independent
> > Wednesday, May 13, 2009
> >
> > Window Rock, AZ - A third priest abuse lawsuit has been
> > filed in the Navajo Nation court system against Charles
> > "Chuck" Cichanowicz, a former Franciscan priest who once
> > served at Catholic parishes in St. Michaels and Shiprock.
> >
> > The complaint was filed in Window Rock District Court on
> > Monday on behalf of a 45-year-old Navajo man, said Patrick
> > Noaker, an attorney with Jeff Anderson & Associates of St.
> > Paul, Minn. Noaker and Gallup attorney William R. Keeler
> > have filed two previous civil complaints naming Cichanowicz
> > as a defendant, along with the Diocese of Gallup, the
> > Franciscan Friars Province of St. John the Baptist, and the
> > Franciscan Friars Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
> >
> > The first complaint was filed in November 2007, and the
> > second was filed in April of this year. All three alleged
> > victims are Navajo men in their 30s or 40s who claim
> > Cichanowicz abused them during their teen years. The legal
> > complaints can be read online on the law firm's Web site.
> >
> > According to the complaint, "The beginning of the sexual
> > abuse took the form of grooming behaviors by Defendant
> > Priest in order to manipulate Plaintiff into having sexual
> > contact such as naked sunbathing and wrestling." The
> > lawsuit alleges these grooming behaviors resulted in
> > Cichanowicz transporting the boy from St. Michaels on the
> > Navajo Nation to Gallup, where he allegedly provided the
> > boy with alcohol and sexually abused him.
> >
> > Noaker said Cichanowicz's alleged grooming behaviors as
> > outlined in this complaint show the "same M.O." as outlined
> > in the April 2009 complaint. That lawsuit also involved a
> > teen from the St. Michaels area who was allegedly
> > transported to Gallup, where he was given alcohol and
> > sexually abused.
> >
> > This third lawsuit was in the process of being prepared,
> > Noaker said, before the second lawsuit was filed.
> >
> > This third alleged victim has said Cichanowicz stayed in
> > contact with him after the priest was transferred to
> > Shiprock, Noaker said. "Unfortunately," he said, "this is
> > consistent with a serial perpetrator."
> >
> > The alleged victim has since struggled with substance abuse
> > problems, Noaker added, and is currently incarcerated in
> > New Mexico.
> >
> > On Monday, the Independent attempted to contact Cichanowicz
> > at his most recent employer, the Alpine Clinic in
> > Lafayette, Ind. According to the clinic's medical director,
> > Dr. Nizar El-Khalili, Cichanowicz is no longer employed at
> > the clinic after voluntarily leaving his position recently.
> > El-Khalili said the clinic had "no issues" with Cichanowicz
> > during his years of employment and said he didn't know
> > where Cichanowicz was working now.
> >
> > "Well, he was just a wonderful counselor, and he did a
> > great job, and we never had any complaints against him," he
> > added.
> >
> > Contacted on Tuesday, Lee Lamb, the communications director
> > for the Diocese of Gallup, said he was not aware of this
> > third lawsuit. Lamb added he was not able to comment on
> > pending litigation.
> >
> > More at:
> > http://www.gallupindependent.com/2009/05May/051309thirdpriest.html
> >
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