########################################################################## # Goanetters-2004 meet in Goa. Dec 21, Tuesday. 12 noon to 2 pm. # # Clube Vasco, Near Municipal Garden, Panjim. Pass the word around! # ##########################################################################
Dear fellow netters and specially Frederick Noronha. Regarding your letter of 17th of December. You are the moderator of Goanet, a fellow journalist and a catholic brother of us living in Saligao. That is approximately 15 kilometers from my house in Ribandar. You are always welcome to my home. You are also welcome to join me, my wife and my three minor children which every Sunday join hundreds off parishioners of Ribandar in the services of Fr. Newton Rodrigues. Now we are all preparing for Christmas. Please come to us Mr. Noronha. and share some time with us. You are also hereby invited to come to Ribandar, to meet the victims of the mob of Ribandar. Since August this year the mob has traumatized the village of Ribandar. One of their tools is Goanet, where a so-called "activist-style-lawyer” has been intimidating people who cannot defend them self. This victims includes the Nuns of of Our Lady of Help Convent, a Parish Priest, a mother and and child. All catholic brothers and sisters of us. Why have the serious media in Goa stopped entertaining this mob? Is it because they all want to cover up a crime, or is it because they have seen enough proof of who are the culprits here? Let me recall that in September the mother of the child personally distributed a letter to the editors of the three English newspapers in Goa. The mother stated that the so-called “activist-style-lawyer” and the so-called "uncle" do not represent her. Not only do they not represent her, she claims they did pressurize her to file false allegations on our priest. Mr Frederick Noronha, Kindly take the short journey to Ribandar, meet the lady and get your self a copy of that letter. And kindly stop making Goanet a part of the mob the people of Ribandar are facing. Kindly also pick up the letter which the mother has given the parishioners, a letter to the CM of Goa, with a copy to the DGP of Goa and the investigating police officer, that the Parish Priest of Ribandar has falsely been framed. Knowing that this letter exists: Would is be anything but a shameful attack on all Catholics in Goa, it the legal system in misused to prosecute one of our priests? This respective authority has responded by not charge sheeting the Priest. Lets hope and pray that justice will prevail also in the future. Kindly also accnowledge, that any person in India has the right to approach any Court of Law with any kind of allegations. True or false, right or wrong. Even you Mr. Noronha, can be falsely framed, false witnesses can be put up against you, and the accuser can start distributing pamphlets in the village spoiling your name, and use Internet forums like Goanet to distribute the same false allegations. The difference between you Mr. Norohna, and the victims of Ribandar, is that you are capable of putting up a strong defense. A priest cannot, neither can the nuns, neither can a pore lady who lives alone, having her husband working abroad. You sit safely in your house, Mr. Norona, giving us analysis, even telling us that the attackers of our Church are doing a god job. Kindly come to Ribandar, and take the stories of the victims, before you pas any more comments. Fr. Newton Rodrigues is a human being. He has been with us in Ribandar for five years now. Priests will come and go. Our Father will one day leave Ribandar, and continue his Ministry. But our Church and the village will remain. The pamphlets in the village, and the letters on Goanet, is not hurting the Priest. He is a strong man, and he will stand firm in the stormy winds. Even come to court if he is called. Mr. Norhona, kindly understand that the pamphlets and hurting us, every catholic of Ribandar. Even during Christmas, the name of our Church, and the name of our village are being dragged down in the gutter. Peace be with all of you. And have a God blessed Christmas. Mr. Ivar Fjeld Ribandar __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250