------------------------------ *Bishop reveals he was sexually abused by a priest *National Catholic Reporter 11/1/06
Retired Detroit Auxiliary *Bishop Thomas Gumbleton has said that he was "inappropriately touched" by a priest* *as a teenager 60 years ago*. The *National Catholic Reporter *says he is the first US bishop to reveal himself as a victim of clergy sex abuse. The revelation comes in a statement from Gumbleton endorsing legislation in Ohio that would open a one-year window for victims to file lawsuits over sexual abuse, no matter how long ago it took place. The legislation is opposed by the bishops of Ohio. The *Washington Post *published a story about Gumbleton's testimony yesterday. In a telephone interview with the Post, Gumbleton said, "I don't want to exaggerate that I was terribly damaged. It was not the kind of sexual abuse that many of the victims experience." But, he said, he knows why sex abuse victims often cannot file lawsuits within the period allowed by the statute of limitations, which in many states is two to five years after the alleged crime. "They are intimidated, embarrassed, and they just bury it. I understand that," he said. "I never told my parents. … I never told anybody." During a meeting of the national bishops conference in Washington a few years ago, he said, he came close to mentioning his own experience with sexual abuse. "But then the conversation somehow changed," he said. Gumbleton told the Post that *the incidents took place* in 1945, *when he was in the ninth grade at Sacred Heart Seminary* in Detroit. "As often happens in these cases," he said, a priest used to invite him and one other boy to a weekend cabin. "At some point, he would start wrestling with one of us. Then he would be putting his hands into your pants," the bishop said. Gumbleton, 75, declined to name the priest, who he said has been dead for more than a decade. "I don't have any animosity for him. I hope he's praying for me in heaven," he said. http://www.cathnews.com/news/601/31.php ------------------------------ • Outgoing Mail Is Certified Virus Free • Panda Antivirus 2007 2.00.03 •Virus definitions dated 02/07/2007• --- Brief CV of Jusfiq Hadjar Jusfiq Hadjar, a christian, 66 years old, is an Indonesian living in the Netherlands. He currently lives together out of wed-lock with Marlene Van Doorn - a documentalist in African Studies Center (ASC) library - in Leiden. Jusfiq Hadjar has, thus far, succesfully deceived many NGOs into believing that he is a human rights activistist. One of the NGOs that has been trapped in his lies is a Muslim human rights group, the Movement against Racism and for Friendship among Peoples. Jusfiq Hadjar is very active in his campaigns against Islam and Muslims on the Internet, especially in several Indonesian mailing lists. He will spread massive amounts of offensive, slanderous, lying statements against Islam and Muslims day in and day out and at the same time claiming that he is a Muslim. Undoubtedly, Jusfiq Hadjar is one of those people who still thinks that adhering to a daily routine of cursing and swearing on the Internet would help to make him look intelligent and preserve his sanity. It shoots no wonder then if you find mosts of his writings on the Internet are just about cursing and swearing at Muslims and licking the ass of his christian friends. Jusfiq Hadjar has joined several mailing lists in order to spread his severe hatred against Islam and Muslim on the Internet: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamkristen/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apakabar/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/minangnet/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/istiqlal/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/partai-keadilan/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ijtihad/<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/partai-keadilan/> Marlene Van Doorn is very supportive of his life partner's evil activities on the Internet, and gives her financial support by providing him with meals, accomodation and Internet connection. He is also allegedly financed by Leiden church. He has no children. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
