CHRISTIAN CHURCH CLEARS WAY FOR SEX CRIMINAL PRIEST TO RETURN TO WORK
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By Nigel Hunt
The Sunday Mail (SA)
news.com.au
Sunday, January 31, 2010
The Catholic Church has cleared the way for high-profile priest
accused of abuse to return to work.
An Anglican Church inquiry into abuse claims against , Father John
Fleming is still under way.
The Sunday Mail has learnt he sought, and was granted, a release of
his licence from the Archdiocese of Adelaide earlier this month.
Father Fleming is in the process of being installed in the Diocese of
Parramatta, in Sydney.
The move comes almost three months after a lengthy inquiry by Michael
Abbott, QC, into the Catholic Church's handling of the allegations
against Father Fleming, which found there were shortcomings in its
processes.
It also found the church had no jurisdiction to take any disciplinary
action against him because he was an Anglican priest when the abuse
allegedly occurred.
Archbishop Philip Wilson commissioned the inquiry after the Sunday
Mail revealed Father Fleming was the subject of complaints by two
females and a male, identified as Jane, Jenny and Richard.
Jane's complaint resulted in a police investigation, but no charges
were laid and the file remains open.
A Catholic Church spokesman confirmed Archbishop Wilson had approved
Father Fleming's return to the ministry - despite the fact the
Anglican Church Professional Standards investigation was still under
way.
"Archbishop Wilson has authorised Father John Fleming to resume his
ministry and agreed to his request to be released from the
Archdiocese of Adelaide," the spokesman said. "Father Fleming is now
free to apply for ministry in another diocese."
On Friday, a spokeswoman for the Diocese of Parramatta refused to
discuss any aspect of Father Fleming's planned transfer.
The development in the case has sparked outrage from the three people
at the centre of the allegations. Richard said that as a practising
Catholic he felt "very let down by Archbishop Wilson".
"The secrecy and lack of communication suggest the Catholic Church
has learnt nothing from the mistakes of the past when it quietly
relocated persons accused of impropriety," he said.
He said he had written a 10-page letter to Archbishop Wilson on
December 16 suggesting what he thought was a constructive way
forward.
Despite a follow-up email on January 10, he said he had not yet had
the courtesy of an acknowledgement.
"And now he has done this. I think that is rude and he seems to be
treating us with contempt," he said.
Jane also questioned the move, saying she still found it hard to
believe that the Catholic Church had "never involved me in any
investigation into the allegations".
"The Abbott inquiry only examined the handling of the allegations by
the church, not the allegations themselves," she said. "What message
is this sending to all victims of abuse?"
Jenny said she believed the church should suspend Father Fleming's
licence pending an outcome.
"I wrote to Archbishop Wilson asking him to show leadership and did
not get a response," she said.
More at:
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,,26654956-2682,00.html
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Om Shanti
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juzuz mission than they were.
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P. Rajah
Sex scandals: a bad week for India's 'godmen'
With two sex scandals and a fatal stampede, it's been a bad week for
India's "godmen", the self-styled Hindu ascetics whose followers range
from farmers and housewives to politicians and rock stars.
On Thursday, 63 people -- all of them women and children -- were crushed
to death in a stampede at an ashram run by a popular holy man in
northern Uttar Pradesh state.
The day before, angry villagers in the southern state of Karnataka
attacked another religious retreat after a television station aired
footage purportedly showing its long-haired 30-something guru fondling
two women.
And last weekend, police in the capital New Delhi revealed they had
arrested a godman for allegedly running a vice ring involving
air-hostesses, college students and housewives.
For sceptics, the sex scandals show that many godmen, despite their
spiritual air and claims of mystical powers, are nothing more than
confidence tricksters craving cash and power.
More:
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/170689/sex-scandals-a-bad-week-for-india-godmen
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stated in the Christian bible:
"Think not that I am come to send peace on earth:
I came not so send peace, but a sword.
"For I am come to set a man at variance against his
father, and the daughter against her mother, and the
daughter in law against her mother in law.
"And a man's foes shall be they of his own
household.
- Matthew 10:34-36.
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
In article <4b9682c9$0$12418$bbae...@news.suddenlink.net>,
"harmony" <a...@hotmail.com> posted:
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> church people now understand correctly that the priest was more in tune with
> juzuz mission than they were.
> Dr. Jai Maharaj posted: