Posts by Tanalyst

Rev.17:8 "And when they see how the wild beast [DATELINE] was, but is not,and yet will be present, those who dwell on the earh will wonder admiringly".

I always wanted to be a false prophet too!

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My letter to the no-spin-zone FOX NEWS

by freeman in

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here is my letter to bill oreilly of fox news.

i used my real name, address, and phone number so if it gets read on the air, everyone will know who freeman is and i will likely be disfellowshiped for apostasy.

and imho, it would be well worth it if it saves just one poor kid.

Jeff Anderson/ why he ain't afraid of the Vatican!

by Tanalyst in

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4/27/02 issue of new york times,front page had article on him - (sorry no link) concerning him going after catholics on sex- abuse.. his daughter apparently was molested by a therapist years ago that used to be a catholic priest.. the article ended with him saying his next major assult was the mormon church.

Tanalyst

4/27/02 issue of New York Times,front page had article on him - (sorry no link) concerning him going after Catholics on sex- abuse.

His daughter apparently was molested by a therapist years ago that used to be a Catholic Priest.

The article ended with him saying his next major assult was the Mormon Church.

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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison dies at 67

by Dogpatch in

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http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/26/obituaries/26harr.html.

barbara grizzuti harrison, who emerged as a popular, prolific writer of keenly observed nonfiction with a 1978 book about the dozen years she spent as a jehovah's witness, died on wednesday at a hospice in manhattan.

she was 67 and lived in the park slope neighborhood of brooklyn.. the cause was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, said her daughter, anna harrison.

Tanalyst

Barbara had a way with words.

"Brother" Knorr told her while she was at Bethel,"the demons liked smart women."

My condolences to the family.

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silentlambs is not disfellowshipped

by silentlambs in

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i had an interesting day today.

early this afternoon i was sent an email by a sister who was chastising me for claiming to not be disfellowshipped.

she wrote she had just spoken to the oregon service desk and was assured that i was df on no uncertain terms.

Tanalyst

If I lived in Kentucky I'd throw a public, "Silentlambs is not d'fd" party for you and your family. God bless you.

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Will the Pope have the GB as cellmates?

by Tanalyst in

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will the gb be next in line?

will the pope call the gb members as "character witnesses"?

and vice - versa ?.

Tanalyst

Will the GB be next in line?

Will the Pope call the GB members as "character witnesses"? and vice - versa ?

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/4/19/64420.shtml

RICO Sex Abuse Lawsuit Names Vatican as Defendant
Lawrence Morahan, CNSNews.com
Friday, April 19, 2002
In an ever-expanding round of lawsuits, a prominent sex abuse attorney has included the Vatican as a defendant in a racketeer lawsuit against four American dioceses and former Florida Bishop Anthony O'Connell.
"We filed a lawsuit naming several dioceses and bishops of racketeers in an ongoing conspiracy to conceal child sexual abuse," Jeff Anderson, a St. Paul, Minn. attorney who has filed 450 clergy abuse cases around the country, told CNSNews.com.

"We also named the Vatican as in part responsible for the racketeering activity," Anderson said.

The suit alleging violations of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act was filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court. The suit named the Catholic dioceses of Kansas City, West Palm Beach, Fla., Knoxville, Tenn., and Jefferson City, Mo., as defendants.

RICO is aimed primarily at organized crime but includes provisions for civil cases.

This is the third suit against O'Connell, the former rector of the St. Thomas Seminary in Hannibal, Mo.

Buying Silence

Anderson submitted documentary evidence of payments O'Connell allegedly made to his victims to buy their silence. With several victims, the abuse began in the early 1990s when O'Connell was bishop of the diocese of Knoxville, and later when he was bishop of Palm Beach, Anderson charged.

Payments to three victims amounted to almost $200,000 over years, he said. The settlements were conducted with the knowledge of the bishops in the locations named in the lawsuit.

"Each of those bishops engaged in a pattern of racketeering to obstruct justice to keep it a secret and to buy silence," Anderson said.

The new lawsuits came as Pope John Paul II summoned all 13 U.S. cardinals to Rome last week for an unprecedented closed-door summit on the burgeoning sexual abuse scandal in the United States.

The Vatican has indicated that the pope intended to leave the crisis in the hands of American bishops and some observers were stunned when the pope called a meeting of the cardinals at such short notice.

William Donohue, president of the Catholic League, said the fact that the pope held the conference indicates that he understands the gravity of the situation.

But Donohue cautioned against raising hopes of a quick fix for what he sees as a problem that is deep rooted and institutionally mishandled by the Catholic Church.

"The fundamental problem is a lack of discipline," he said. "There are some who say that a bishop cannot afford to lose a priest. It is high time to ask whether they can afford to keep some of them."

The scandals have precipitated a crisis of confidence among rank-and-file Catholics, and calls for the resignations of the cardinal-archbishops of Boston and New York.

Transferring Priests

The scandals were fueled by reports in January that Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston knowingly transferred priests with histories of molesting youths from parish to parish.

"There's no question but that Cardinal Law is one of the bishops who has over the years clearly known and clearly concealed wrongdoing by predator priests and that he is one of those named and implicated in this racketeering conspiracy," Anderson said.

Earlier this week, attorneys said 450 more people have come forward claiming priests in the Boston area sexually abused them. These are in addition to 86 victims of a former Boston priest who reached an out-of-court settlement with the Boston diocese last month.

On Wednesday, a Boston judge ruled that Cardinal Law must submit to questions about his handling of a priest accused of molestation. A man claimed the cardinal and the Boston Archdiocese failed to protect him from sexual abuse by Fr. Paul Shanley.

Anderson declined to speculate on where the lawsuits could lead.

"I just know that the problems we are facing - and that these lawsuits are designed to get at - are hierarchical and they implicate the highest officials of the Catholic Church in both America and in Rome, and until both the bishops and the pope deal with this problem definitively, it will continue to be a problem and I will continue to work with courageous survivors to address it," he said.

U.S. bishops, who will meet in Dallas in June, reportedly are preparing new initiatives to address the problem.

Copyright CNSNews.com

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rekless in hospital

by desertflower in

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i thought you all would like to know that rekless had a heart.

attack.

he was at work and was taken to hospital by ambulance.. he had 2 stints put it and they are hoping that will do the .

Tanalyst

Glad he's on road to recovery. He may want to check out www.n3inc.com when he has free time.

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I wish my dad was like Bill Bowen!!!

by ShaunaC in

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one of my very best friends, who i also consider a sister, left the org about a year after me.

she is actually closer to my parents age (she's 40) but our families always did things together while we were all jw's and now that her and i are not we're even closer.. after she left the org she told me about the molestation she and her younger sister suffered at the hands of their father.

at the time he was not a jw as was their mother.

Tanalyst

Your Dad is just going by the books- Wt. books!

Be a real woman and call him, have no fear.

Hopefully soon, Wt. will follow The R. Catholic church's lead and not let molesters ever be in charge of other humans.