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Mind-Body Medicine Graduate Beth Haggett to Provide Coaching Curriculum to the Veteran's Administration in Kansas06/04/2014
Beth Haggett, LCSW, PhD, was the first individual to earn a PhD degree in mind-body medicine from the Saybrook University School of Mind-Body Medicine. Beth works as a consultant, trainer, facilitator, and coach to corporations, as well as a counselor to individuals and groups. She developed a focused coaching curriculum about 15 years ago to address a need she saw when she was working as a consultant in the customer support industry, called Coaching Skills for Knowledge Centered Support. Over the years it has gained a following and is now considered "Best Practices" by The Consortium for Service Innovation and is licensed by several consulting companies including HDI, and DBK and Associates and has been recently expanded to address Quality Support in general. She recently landed a contract to deliver the course to the Veteran's Administration in Topeka Kansas. She partnered with The Consortium to create a KCS Coach Certification Program as well, which has become a recognized industry standard.
Mind-Body Medicine Doctoral Student Grows her Practicum Placement into a new Position Coordinating "Cancer Survivorship Program"05/18/2014
Doctoral students in Saybrook's School of Mind-Body Medicine complete a Practicum placement. For students with clinical aspirations, this is typically a clinical practicum in health or mental health care, for others it can be a research practicum or a practicum in health care administration or consultancy. Francinne Lawrence is a PhD student in health care systems, and her practicum experience has evolved into a career-level position.
Mary Bird Perkins (MBP) Cancer Treatment Center is recognized as a leading cancer treatment facility in Louisiana and is associated with Our Lady of the Lake (OLOL) Hospital and the Louisiana State University Health System. Having had a previous career in hospital chaplaincy and medical social work, Francinne wanted to be a change agent for healthcare systems, instead of working with one patient at a time. She chose to follow Saybrook's healthcare systems track in Mind-Body Medicine..
New Saybrook University Master's Degree in Integrative and Functional Nutrition to Commence January 201505/01/2014
Saybrook University this week announced that its new master's degree in nutrition will open in January 2015. The MS in Integrative and Functional Nutrition is pending accreditation from WASC, a regional accrediting body recognized by the U. S. Department of Education
Join the vanguard of healthcare professionals offering patients new and more effective forms of self-care and health management. Study in our nutrition graduate program to become a patient-centered healthcare provider who combines a rigorous scientific understanding of nutrition and whole-body health with proven techniques that support the mind and spirit as well.
Mind-Body Medicine PhD Student Uses Photography to Express Human Consciousness, Connection, and Transparency04/26/2014
Joshua Hendrickson is a doctoral student in the "Integrative Mental Health" specialization in Saybrook's School of Mind-Body Medicine. Josh spent his youth in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan surrounded by a family of teachers, social workers, nurses, and artists. Growing up with a family of artists taught him to appreciate the arts, a tradition he is carrying on in his unique manner. During his youth he spent time with an Aunt at her art gallery, watched his Uncle direct an orchestra, or enjoyed his grandmother sharing her love of photography. Josh is using photography as his medium to explore the evolution of human consciousness.
Josh is blending photography with what he has learned as a social worker to explore the deeper levels of human connection and transparency through three series in a comprehensive artistic project. The name of the first series is "Transparency Ice Emotion," a photography project shot in black and white.
Bay Area Ayurvedic Physician Teaches Balance in Diet, Activity and Emotional Life to Saybrook University Students04/21/2014
Annapoori (Anu) Ramasubramanian is an new faculty member at the Saybrook University School of Mind-Body Medicine and is sharing her knowledge of Ayurvedic medicine in the MBM course Whole Medical Systems: Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda. A whole medical system is a traditional body of theory and practices on health and disease, which has evolved independently from Western Allopathic medicine. Whole medical systems, such as the Ayurvedic medicine of India, often offer a rich array of therapies based on herbs, lifestyle practices, and an emphasis on treating the whole person -- mind, body, and spirit.
Schoolo of Mind-Body Medicine Admissions Counselor, Shohreh Seirafi, Shares her Persian Heritage04/11/2014
Shohreh Seirafi is the Senior Admissions Counselor for the Saybrook University School of Mind-Body Medicine, as well as for the School of Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry Human Science program.
Firsts and Forgiveness in the Life of Mind-Body Medicine Doctoral Student, Deborah Gray03/30/2014
A few weeks ago, in discussion with a friend, Saybrook School of Mind-Body Medicine doctoral student Deborah Gray found herself bemoaning the idea of aging. She explained that she is not afraid or saddened by death but instead is grieving the loss of youth. In the process of explaining her sadness, Deb realized what grieves her most is the loss of firsts. "The first day of school, the first date, the first marriage, the first baby, etc." Deb further explained that, "As always, life has a way of challenging my beliefs."
Last week Deb had a wonderful opportunity to realize that her worries were for naught. She was blessed with the opportunity for a number of new firsts; visiting Inuvik, Canada in the Arctic Circle, being a co-presenter with Dr. Fred Luskin, Director of the Stanford Forgiveness Project, tasting caribou stew, flying Canadian North Airlines (tagline, "Seriously North"). Lastly, she got her first marriage proposal from a homeless man while visiting the local homeless shelter in Inuvik.
Dr. Beverly Rubik, Biophysicist, Energy Medicine Specialist, and Saybrook Faculty Member Presents Research Results on Human Blood at Nutrition Conference in the United Kingdom03/16/2014
The Weston A. Price Foundation held a European Conference from the 8th to 9th of February 2014 at Esher in Surrey, United Kingdom. This event was accredited by The Naturopathic Nutrition Association*, the Federation of Nutritional Therapy Practitioners (FNTP), and the British Association of Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT). This two day conference had a range of speakers from all over the world; from Kings College London to Saybrook University. School of Mind-Body Medicine doctoral student Yasmin Headley attended the conference, and reports here on a presentation by Saybrook University instructor Beverly Rubik.
Saybrook University announces cutting edge master's degree in Integrative and Functional Nutrition03/10/2014
We are what we eat, so it's a big problem that Americans have a dysfunctional relationship with food.
But just telling people to "eat right" or "count calories" doesn't work. We know it, and our doctors have discovered it. Yo-yo diets and food fads are even worse.
We need new approaches to nutrition, ways to integrate healthy habits and effective self-care into people's lives, and do it in ways they'll find personally meaningful.
That's why Saybrook University's School of Mind-Body Medicine is proud to announce a new MS degree in Integrative and Functional Nutrition – a degree focusing on the ways we can combine the best in nutritional science and psychology to help people take control of their health by improving their relationship with food.
The Future of Integrative and Functional Nutrition and the New Saybrook University MS Degree in Nutrition -- Videoconference: April 9, 2014 | 5:30 - 6:30 PM PDT03/07/2014
How can a health professional acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies for the emerging fields of integrative and functional nutrition? We are excited to announce that Saybrook University, already a leader in the field of Mind-Body Medicine and Integrative Health, is offering a unique new Master's Degree program in Integrative and Functional Nutrition to prepare students to successfully practice in this emerging area of healthcare. The degree will enroll its first cohort in August 2014, pending WASC approval.
The curriculum has been designed to immerse students in the best of mainstream nutritional science and evidence-based approaches to integrative healthcare. Courses include health coaching, mindfulness and meditation, whole foods and culinary nutrition, dietary supplements and herbal medicine, laboratory assessment in functional nutrition, and clinical nutritional therapeutics based on integrative and functional medicine models.


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Lisa Fullam April 28, 2013 - 6:04pm
This time in Newark, NJ. The bishop is Archbishop John Myers, and the offending priest is Michael Fugee, who admitted groping a 14 year-old boy 12 years ago. (He later recanted his confession, saying that he'd only confessed so he could go home sooner.) He was tried and convicted, but the conviction overturned on appeal based on inappropriate instructions to the jury. The appellate ruling did not question the validity of the confession. According to the NJ Star-Ledger, rather than re-try the case,
the prosecutors office allowed him to enter pre-trial intervention, a rehabilitation program for first offenders. At the same time, the prosecutors office secured an agreement that Fugee undergo counseling for sex offenders and have no unsupervised contact with children as long as he is a priest.
I infer that Fugee's agreeing to this condition means that he, in effect, recants his recantation. Otherwise, it would be a serious infringement on his ministry. A later effort to have his record expunged was denied on grounds of public safety. Subsequently, Fugee has been assigned to significant posts in the Archdiocese. His latest post is co-director of the Office of Continuing Education and Ongoing Formation of Priests. On the face of it, this is a good resolution. After all, this job would not seem to bring him into contact with children, which is the terms of his deal with legal authorities. Alas, not so. Archbishop John Myers also permits him to say Mass in various parishes around the diocese, and in 2009 he appointed him to a position as a hospital chaplain. At least in the case of one of the parishes and the hospital chaplaincy, no one was told of the terms of Fugee's ministry. Noting other cases in which Myers has shown excessive leniency to sex offending priests, the NJ Star-Ledger has called for Myers to resign. Concerning Fugee, the editorial board states:
Fugee was not to work in any position involving children, or have any affiliation with youth groups. He could not attend youth retreats, or even hear the confessions of children. With the full knowledge and approval of Myers, Fugee did all of those things. Look at the picture of him clowning around with children in todays paper, and it makes you want to scream a warning. The agreement was designed to prevent exactly that.
Details of Myers' handling of other accused priests may be found here.Fugee's is a hard case, and partly done right. His day job does not involve kids. The problem is two-fold:1. the failure to advise parish and hospital authorities of limitations on his ministry.2. More significant, however, is that this seems to be in clear violation of the Dallas Charter, under the terms of its zero tolerance policy, viz:
When even a single act of sexual abuse by a priest or deacon is admitted or is established after an appropriate process in accord with canon law, the offending priest or deacon will be removed permanently from ecclesiastical ministry, not excluding dismissal from the clerical state, if the case so warrants (SST, Art. 6; CIC, c. 1395 2; CCEO, c. 1453 1).
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At all times, the diocesan bishop/eparch has the executive power of governance, within the parameters of the universal law of the Church, through an administrative act, to remove an offending cleric from office, to remove or restrict his faculties, and to limit his exercise of priestly ministry. Because sexual abuse of a minor by a cleric is a crime in the universal law of the Church (CIC, c. 1395 2; CCEO, c. 1453 1) and is a crime in all civil jurisdictions in the United States, for the sake of the common good and observing the provisions of canon law, the diocesan bishop/eparch shall exercise this power of governance to ensure that any priest or deacon who has committed even one act of sexual abuse of a minor as described above shall not continue in active ministry.
It could be argued that the zero tolerance policy is unjust, in that (among other things,) it does not take adequate account of relevant differences between KINDS of abuse. People who abuse young children (true pedophiles) are persistently dangerous, and arguably the one-strike policy is prudent for them. People like Fugee, abusers of teens, are more amenable to therapy. I do not know whether Fugee has responded to therapy to such a degree that allowing him access to children is safe. Even so, allowing him into ministry with kids violates the charter as well as the agreement with civil authorities.The failure to warn the parish or hospital authorities about him is only implicitly addressed by the Charter. After all, the presumption is that abusers are removed from ministry, so there's nothing about situations in which they are not. However, the Charter does state:
Dioceses/eparchies are to be open and transparent in communicating with the public about sexual abuse of minors by clergy within the confines of respect for the privacy and the reputation of the individuals involved. This is especially so with regard to informing parish and other church communities directly affected by the sexual abuse of a minor.
I do not know what will ensue from Myers' allowing Fugee to violate the terms of his agreement. It is hard to reconcile his behavior with his own account of how he promised to deal with such cases. This from his 2004 letter to the diocese:
From our initial policies in the mid 1980s, to more formal policies, to our participation in drafting and implementing a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding with the New Jersey Attorney General and county prosecutors, we are committed to obeying all current and future laws dealing with sexual abuse. We are also committed to pursuing all appropriate options available under the law of the Church to assure that those who offend never return to ministry.
Even if he believes Fugee's recantation of his confession, and even if he thinks the legal agreement restricting Fugee's ministry is unnecessary, he has failed to cooperate with law enforcement on this one. And, sadly, I suspect that the fallout from Myers' violation of the Dallas Charter will be pretty much like that of other bishops who have violated it. Nothing much.
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Jim, I don't see any indication that Fr Bochicchio acted the way he did with Fr Fugee specifically because Fugee is a priest. I would tend to believe that he would behave in the same way (thoughtless, loyal, like a labrador) with any friend of his, not with priests because they are priests.As to Abp Myers and Goodness, it is better that I do not write what I think of them.
Also, I have no problem with Fr. Bochicchio bearing consequences for his lack of judgment.
Jim and Claire,There are countless cases of sexual abuse where the code word "wrestling" was used. It was a stock answer and Richard Sipe even wrote an article about such code words basically designed to mask the truth.A friend, Peter Pollard, abused in Boston by George Rosenkranz who was excused by McCormack for horsing around. Abuser James Aylward in San Francisco "wrestles" with a teen, is caught by another priest, who is removed from office for reporting perp to police. Levada forced to admit later it was abuse. Bochicchio is part of exhibit A in why the crisis was allowed to fester as it did. He takes the word of a priest that the case was all a set-up. The confession? Extracted somehow from an innocent man! Really now. His excuses for Fugee were legion. It's called "willful blindness" under the law.And the bishops were so supine in accepting abusers' claims to "wrestling or horsing around." Where has Bochicchio been for the last decade plus? Ignorance doesn't begin to cover it; more like "conscious ignorance," another legal term. Wake up and grow up!Start by reading Sacrilege by Leon Podles, or the first Phila grand jury report: The abuses ranged from glancing touches of genitals under the guise of innocent wrestling to sadomasochistic rituals and relentless anal, oral, and vaginal rapes. We found that no matter what physical form the abuse took, or how often it was repeated, the damage to these childrens psyches was devastating.Nette Vogel, a Rhode Island Supreme Court judge was furious when the Providence diocese skirted her court order to report abuse instances and deleted wrestling and horseplay. This is fondling a boys genitals, shot back Vogel. Later, alluding to Bishop Gelineaus written response, Vogel asked, He didnt consider that notice of sexual misconduct? . . . Whats horseplay? Im baffled. Parents are going to the Woonsocket police over horseplay? . . . He might look very weak on cross-examination if he wants to suggest to a jury that such information was considered by him to be merely horseplay, that it was sufficient to transfer the priest to a larger parish, that the Woonsocket police were involved, and that he didnt see the need to pursue it further. (Bishop) Gelineau), said (Judge) Vogel, was a see-no-evil, hear-no-evil type of guy, apparentlyIf Bochicchio doesnt get the point, maybe he will believe Bishop John Kinney, former head of the USCCB ctee on sexual abuse: We learned that even those priests who seem to their congregations, their fellow priests, and their superiors among the most dedicated and pastorally sensitive can be abusers. Their pathology enables them to develop highly effective strategies to conceal their desires and behaviors.Parents better not trust their children around Bochicchio if he is as clueless as his ignorant comments suggest. Was he trained in abuse detection and prevention or not?? I am out of patience.
Carolyn: one wonders, indeed, whether he was trained in abuse prevention.Jim: clericalism as the tendency of clergy to protect and increase their power and prerogatives at the expense of the people they should be ministering to - I don't think of it quite that way. A mere tendency to increase one's power at the expense of the people over which one has some authority, as you write, well, that's just natural everywhere and in other settings as well. Instead, I think of clericalism as setting clergy apart from and above lay people, as though they were better because they are clergy, as though the rules that apply to others don't apply to them because they are clergy. All the things that sharpen the separation between lay and clergy (for example, elaborate vestments, physical barriers between the sanctuary and the rest of the church, reserving a special foreign language to clergy, lay people kneeling in front of a standing priest, reserving the communion cup to the clergy, repeating ad nauseam that priest = Christ, and even celibacy requirements for clergy) heighten the risk of clericalism, and all the things that emphasize what we have in common decrease it.
Carolyn - you're much more eloquent on this than I could be.Claire - I don't think we're far apart on clericalism. Your examples are primarily liturgical, but clericalism can manifest itself in many ways, and I'm suggesting that the way it manifests itself in a sex-abuse incident is what we've seen play out in Newark: both Bochicchio and Myers apparently believe that Fugee is exempt from both laws and common-sense rules and precautions. Perhaps you're right that Bochicchio would be loyal to a fault with any of his friends, whether clergy or lay, but Carolyn states what I had in mind: there is a pervasive pattern of priests being loyal to a fault with brother priests. Barbara once wrote something very perceptive, which I don't know how to find or retrieve from the archives, but which would bear another reading: that when a priest discovers evidence of another priest's abusive behavior, he must blow the whistle, not only on a confrere, but on a personal friend. Many priests have failed the test of valuing the protection of victims over the bonds of personal friendship. I understand that, as I have failed many tests in many situations over the years. Yet because we find a personal failure to be understandable, we needn't and mustn't excuse it. This is why I find Bishop O'Connell's reaction to the Colt's Neck situation to be bracing. I hesitate to gush about it, because bishops as a whole never seem to reach the bottom in their capacity to disappoint when it comes to their management of sex-abuse scandals, but I think it's the very best reaction by a bishop to a sex-abuse situation that I can think of.
Yes, the Trenton bishop's statements are hopeful. We need that hope, Jim.But please excuse my "hermeneutic of suspicion" if I add, "trust, but verify (first)."
Carolyn, yes, both his statements and his actions.
Claire: I think a primary tool of clericalism IS stonewalling.
An array of NJ politicians now are calling for Myers to resign.http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/05/senate_president_stephen_sween_...
... and here is more on calls from NJ politicians for Myers to step down.http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/05/as_criminal_probe_continues_se.... live 1000 miles from New Jersey and claim no knowledge of its politics or personalities. But at the risk of gross generalization, I just want to call attention to the surnames of the people who are calling Myers to account. From this news story:SweeneyVitaleVainieriBuonoMolinelliParentaThese are "Catholic names". I think it's likely that most of these folks have some connection with the Catholic church - they are Catholic themselves, and/or have a Catholic heritage. It seems to me that this might be an instance of the Church - which most certainly includes the laity - holding the hierarchy of the Church accountable.
Here's the Catholic lay person whose voice could actually lead to accountability. So far he is sitting on the fence;http://www.politickernj.com/65363/christie-says-he-talked-archbishop-phone
http://nj1015.com/fr-fugee-furor-will-you-still-donate-to-the-church-poll/Jim Goodness, the archdiocese spokesman, has confirmed that Fugee attended weekend retreats with the St. Marys of Colts Neck youth ministry over the past few years.He insisted Fugees involvement did not violate the agreement with prosecutors, because youth ministry staff were in supervision, but noted that Fugees association was unofficial and unknown by archdiocesan officers until press inquiries about the trips.In other words: First, we didn't know Fr Fugee was ministering at St Mary's, and second, if we did know about it, then it was done according to the legal agreement.
This is a welcome move in Paterson. http://www.northjersey.com/news/Paterson_Diocese_asks_for_reports_on_emb... continue to be encouraged that the bishops of Paterson and Trenton might push for real action here.
"In other words: First, we didnt know Fr Fugee was ministering at St Marys, and second, if we did know about it, then it was done according to the legal agreement."Or in still other words: If we haven't been sued yet over this, we're preparing to be sued, and tailoring our public statements accordingly. This is the Good News according to the apostle's lawyer.Admittedly, this notion of proclaiming the Good News through the medium of one's lawyer is interesting. Here is one possibility:The Disciples and the Sabbath - and the Lawyer23As he was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, his disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain.24At this the Pharisees said to him, Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?25He stood aside to let his lawyer speak. And his lawyer said to them, It is not yet proved that it is the sabbath. Nor is it proved that these are my disciples. Nor is it proved that they actually picking the heads of grain. But if these are my disciples and it is the sabbath and they are picking the heads of grain, then it is lawful for these disciples to pick these heads of grain on this sabbath."
From the article to which Jack Marth linked in his most recent comment:"Though he said it certainly is unusual, victims advocate Mark Crawford had a mixed reaction to the Paterson Diocese statement. Crawford said its a sign of progress that the diocese is making a strong effort of reaching out to victims. But he said church officials should encourage people with information about sexual abuse to go straight to investigators in law enforcement agencies. Crawford said he has known priests to have discouraged victims from coming forward by saying they or their families would be embarrassed if the news became public."My view is that people with information about sexual abuse should go to both law enforcement and the church, independently (i.e. don't rely on the church to inform law enforcement; do it directly)*. The reason is that, to do a complete job of removing an abusive cleric, both secular law enforcement and church law enforcement need to take the actions that are appropriate to their spheres of competency. On the part of secular law enforcement agencies, it is to investigate whether any crimes have taken place, and file charges and prosecute the offenders as necessary. On the part of church officials, it is to investigate whether the accusations are credible, and if so, to remove the offender from ministry and initiate the process to have him removed permanently from the clerical state.One of the lessons we've learned from these scandals, in my opinion, is that law enforcement agencies can't always be relied on to completely solve the problem of abusive clerics in ministry. One reason is that they are constrained by such things as statutes of limitations or a lack of evidence that meets their threshold for moving forward with a prosecution. And law enforcement agencies don't always exhibit sound judgment; in my view, the prosecutor who entered into the agreement with Fugee and the archdiocese that left Fugee in public ministry did not serve the people of New Jersey well; it would have been better if Fugee had been retried for (and hopefully convicted of) the criminal charge that the appellate court had vacated. None of this is to excuse the archdiocese, Pretty clearly it dropped the ball, and people are right to distrust its ability to process these cases in the interest of the people it is supposed to be serving. But ultimately, both the secular law enforcement agencies and the diocese are the only games in town for their respective spheres of responsibility. If either or both drops the ball, the remedies are the ones we've seen pursued time and time again: shine the light of publicity on them, and pursue reparations via the courts.* For people who are mandated reporters of the sexual abuse of children - clergy, teachers, health care workers and the like - there is a third set of reporting that must be done, to the agency charged with investigating these crimes.
both secular law enforcement and church law enforcement need to take the actions that are appropriate to their spheres of competency. On the part of secular law enforcement agencies, it is to investigate whether any crimes have taken place, and file charges and prosecute the offenders as necessary. On the part of church officials, it is to investigate whether the accusations are credible, and if so, to remove the offender from ministry and initiate the process to have him removed permanently from the clerical state.Jim, I do not want to defend clergy who have committed sexual abuse. Too many have been able to do it unchecked for a long, long time, and a rigorous, systematic pursuit of crimes is necessary to redress the mentalities. But your comment shows with clarity the unfairness of the procedure. It is the job of secular law enforcement to deal with crimes. That's what police, law and justice are for. Church officials do not have the same qualifications. It secular justice cannot determine that it is probable that a crime has taken place, then neither can church law enforcement. So why should they come and do their own separate assessment? It is not because there are acts that they consider to be sexual abuse and that are not a crime in the eyes of secular justice. Unlike, say, the case of women's ordination, there is no reason for them to do their own police work. In my view their role in such matters is to cooperate with and help secular justice, not to substitute their own version. Otherwise it leads to situations such as Fr Fugee condemned by justice but judged by church officials to be innocent! - until they are pressured by the media, that is, and then they change their mind; or it leads to some priests against which secular justice decides that accusations cannot lead to reasonable evidence, but whom church officials decide to get rid of anyway, under the pressure of the media and out of fear for themselves - hardly the context for a just decision. More like a kangaroo court! (Since statutes of limitations have been revealed, in the case of child sexual abuse, to be an impediment to carrying out justice, we must work at changing them, not substitute a fake church-led "justice" that flaunts all the principles safeguarding the integrity of secular justice.)
Not sure how long it will be there -- but check out the front page of the Trenton Diocese website:http://www.dioceseoftrenton.org/Again, Trenton and Paterson are clearly dealing with this in the way the Dallas Charter demands. Striking contrast with Newark where Myers seems more concerned about liability than protecting children:http://www.northjersey.com/columnists/doblin/doblin_051013.html?c=y&page=1
I should have noted that when you click on the "For More Information About Father Michael Fugee..." link on the front page of the Trenton Diocese website, you get a very straightforward summary of the case.http://www.dioceseoftrenton.org/page.aspx?pid=1334I was particularly struck by this paragraph:"In 2001, Father Fugee, while serving in Wycoff, was convicted of criminal sexual contact with a minor. That conviction was later overturned on appeal for procedural reasons. Rather than retry the case, authorities offered Father Fugee the opportunity to undergo counseling and rehabilitation and agree to limited ministry that would preclude access to children and youth. In compliance with those restrictions, the Archdiocese had given Father Fugee responsibilities in the Chancery in Newark."Trenton gives a much clearer and honest description of Fugee's legal process regarding the criminal conviction-- "overturned on appeal for procedural reasons". This is a lot different than the misleading characterization out of Newark:"acquittal and final vacating of the charges." (see Gene Palumbo's post of 04/30/2013 - 12:09 pm)
There's also this, on the homepage of the diocese of Paterson:http://www.patersondiocese.org/index.cfm
" It secular justice cannot determine that it is probable that a crime has taken place, then neither can church law enforcement. So why should they come and do their own separate assessment? It is not because there are acts that they consider to be sexual abuse and that are not a crime in the eyes of secular justice."The two entities- secular law enforcement, and the church - have their own separate spheres of competency. The concern of secular law enforcement is to redress the disorder caused to society by crimes, by prosecuting and punishing offenders and protecting potential victims from further crimes. Their responsibility is to society. The job of the church, in this instance, is to ensure that its members are not subjected to abuse, and to protect the integrity of its holy orders, the good name of the church and the church's assets. The latter three are no concern of secular law enforcement but they are important concerns of the church. But the first of these, ensuring that its members are not subjected to abuse, has some overlap with the concerns of secular law enforcement. This is why I think the agreement between the prosecutors and Fugee was a bad idea: it served the goals neither of the state nor the church.I don't consider the two entities and their law enforcement to be substitutes for one another, but rather complements. That they are substitutes is claimed from time to time, but it is, or should be, a fallacy. It is no different than the case of an employee of a secular organization who commits a crime that also violates a company rule - say, he embezzles money from the company. He will be prosecuted by the state for the crime, and his employment will be terminated by the employer. The two actions do not substitute for one another - they complement one another.You mentioned ordination of women as an example of an action that violates church laws but not secular laws. It can work the other way as well: those three Plowshares activists violated secular criminal law but, arguably, not church law. But when an act violates the laws of both entities, it's appropriate and necessary that both entities apply the discipline that is appropriate to their sphere of competency.
Claire, as a follow-on to my previous comment: I note this statement on the homepage of the Paterson diocese, which Gene linked to a couple of comments above:"If anyone has any information about inappropriate behavior on the part of Father Fugee, please notify your County Prosecutor's Office. Please also inform the diocese by contacting Monsignor James T. Mahoney, Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia (973-777-8818, ext. 205) or Sister Mary Edward Spohrer, S.C.C., Chancellor (973-777-8818, ext. 248)."This seems to me exactly right: people with information should contact both the prosecutor and the diocese, as two independent actions.
Star Ledger Editorial which denounces Myers' silence and praises O'Connell.http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2013/05/appreciation_for_those_who..."And not all members of the hierarchy treat the problem as casually as Myers has. Trenton Bishop David OConnell acted swiftly to accept the resignation of the Rev. Thomas Triggs, pastor of St. Marys Parish in Colts Neck, whose youth ministers invited the abusive priest, Michael Fugee, to attend youth retreats and other activities with teens in the parish.A diocesan priest, the Rev. John Bambrick, is an advocate for victims of clergy sexual abuse, has been outspoken about Myers behavior, saying Myers has erased 10 years of hard work by the church in the United States to ensure people are safe.It is gratifying to see Myers silence answered with such conviction. This is not just a church matter. Myers representative signed a legal agreement with prosecutors in Bergen County. Any citizen has a right to object. The politicians who have done so, and the members of the church who have, deserve our gratitude for stepping up on behalf of children."
"It secular justice cannot determine that it is probable that a crime has taken place, then neither can church law enforcement. So why should they come and do their own separate assessment? It is not because there are acts that they consider to be sexual abuse and that are not a crime in the eyes of secular justice"Claire, I may have misunderstood your comment in my previous replies, so let me try again :-). A couple of points:* I'm not sure I agree that the church is incompetent to determine whether a violation has taken place. I believe the theory of a grand jury in secular law enforcement is that average citizens have the capacity to determine this; it doesn't take years of specialized training. And the diocesan review boards tend to be staffed by people with some expertise - in law, in child social work, and so on.* The standards for secular crime may be different than the church's violations. The Dallas Charter's definition of abusive behavior is quite broad - I'd think it encompasses a number of possibilities that wouldn't qualify as clear-cut criminal behavior under secular law. Whether this is good or bad is an interesting topic to consider. But it should be possible to find an accusation credible, under the standards of the Charter, even if it doesn't rise to a crime as defined by secular law. This why it is so troubling that the Newark diocesan review board, as reported by Goodness, found the accusations against Fugee to not be credible. It's extremely difficult to understand how that can be. More information is needed. Perhaps a member of the review board will offer an explanation. This is one of the most worrisome aspects of the case. As things stand now, Fugee is removed from ministry despite, rather than because of, the review board. (Also - happy Mother's Day, to you, Irene, Jean, Mollie, Gerelyn, and all the other moms who hang out here.)
Jim, I've been sitting on your previous comment, not sure how to reply. Think about this: who decides who gets to be on diocesan review boards? Who decides which cases are brought to the attention of the review board? Who decides which documents are given to he board and what information they have to work with? Who ultimately decides on a case? Is the bishop impartial or does he have some skin in the game? What are the safeguards ensuring a modicum of justice? Etc, etc. I think that secular justice does an incomparably better job of balancing everyone's needs for justice and fair treatment.
Claire - I agree that the possibility of gaming the review board process is there - we know it is; reports of it in at least one other diocese has been published on dotCom. More information on Newark's process would be helpful.
The pressure continues to escalate: the NY Times has now picked up the story.http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/nyregion/newark-archbishop-is-criticiz...
I was disappointed by the NYTs article. It reads the Memo of Understanding wrong and plays into the original Newark/Catholic League misinterpretation of the MOU. The MOU reads:"shall not assign or otherwise place Michael Fugee in any position within the Archdiocese that allows him to have any unsupervised contact with or to minister to any minor/child under the age of 18 or work in any position in which children are involved. This includes, but is not limited to, presiding over a parish, involvement with a youth group, religious education/parochial school, CCD, confessions with children, youth choir, youth retreats and day care."Unsupervised" only modifies contact As to ministering or working, theres nothing about supervision; the prohibition is absolute. No ministry with minors supervised or otherwise period. It is made even more clear from the list of prohibited activities. Will Donohue praise the NYTs for adopting his incorrect reading of the MOU?In the print version of the Times it said Trenton is an Archdiocese. I see that is corrected. What are the chances the Times will correct this much more important mistake? If anyone is interested -- I suggest contacting the public editor to get this corrected.
Bp Myers fires his vicar general, Msgr Doran, and writes a letter to be read in all parishes: http://blog.nj.com/njv_guest_blog/2013/05/myers_newark_archdiocese_is_do...
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"I'd argue for those of you with teenagers and preteens, you should probably have the online talk before the sex talk with your kids," advised Schmidt. In other words, talk to them about virality before STDs.
Schmidt's own daughters are well past the age where they need the birds, bees, and bits talk, but a new survey from the Pew Center and the Berkman Center suggests that today's parents are well aware of the need to talk to their kids about their online bodies.
In a survey of 802 parents and their teens, parents were particularly freaked out by their kids mixing it up with strangers online, but "reputation management" and "impact on future opportunities" also rated high when it came to the worries that keep them up at night. And across the board, parents are worried about the information advertisers are collecting from their kids.
As for the 15% of parents who are "not at all concerned" about how their child manages their reputation online, please read this article.
A good number of parents are acting on these worries and counseling their kids on "Just Saying No To Being Stupid Online." Via Pew:
- 59% of the parents of teen users of social networking sites (SNS) have talked with their child because they were concerned about something posted to their profile or account. (That translates to 46% of parents of all online teens.)
- 39% of the parents of teen users of SNS have helped their child set up privacy settings for a social networking site. (That translates to 31% of parents of all online teens.)
Pew revealed there's a big privacy awareness gap when it comes to household income and race though:
And of course, rather than just talking to their kids, some parents are actively monitoring them. Half of the parents surveyed say they use parental controls on electronic devices or software to monitor, block, and filter what their kids see.
In a focus group, one 14-year-old boy says his parents simply monitor him and his siblings by friending them on Facebook, and he doesn't mind: "We don't have to worry much about what we put up, because what we put up we know that our family is going to see, so it's like if there's something that we don't want—I remember like my mom told me don't put anything you wouldn't want your grandparents to see or something."
But of course, others are savvy enough with their privacy controls to outsmart their parents. Another 14 year old: "So it's like, now when they go online, they see info, and then it's like — they see, like, my likes and interests [...] but they don't see my posts, see my pictures…"
Meanwhile, 42% of parents Googled (or Binged) their kids to "see what information is available about him or her." The percentage of parents who do this shoots up to 61% when their kids are 17, i.e., applying for college. (This is also a good thing to do before your baby even arrives, just to see what kind of online footprint exists for your proposed name.)
Astonishingly, 44% said they'd actually read the privacy policies of websites or social networking sites that their child uses. Bravo, parents. Apparently, there are people in the world who read privacy policies.
So, it's fair to say that Schmidt's words are not landing on deaf ears. Though it's hard to say whether "the talk" will result in kids practicing "safe surfing."
"We've got a real problem," said Schmidt at the end of the Reuters interview. "We're going to bear the cost of people being inattentive to the fact that there is no delete button on the Internet and that it's easy to lose your privacy. That's my basic message: It's in our control, it's in our behavior and in the way we advocate things."
H/T on Schmidt talk: BetaBeat


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After sweeping the Southwest District regular season and tournament championships, Carroll County's volleyball team has been recognized with four players on the All-SWD team.
After tying the Cavaliers for the regular season championship before losing a one-game playoff, Marion also had a strong showing in all-district voting, taking both the Player of the Year (Amanda Henshew) and Coach of the Year (Callie Mellinger) honors.
Like Marion, Carroll placed two players on the all-district first-team in junior Jessica Sheek and sophomore Eustacia Smith. Senior Autumn Hill and junior Megan Alderman were tabbed to the All-SWD second team, while Rachel Farmer, Samantha Hill, Ashton Huff, Grace Lindsey and Cheyenne Strickland all received honorable mention accolades.
Sheek and Smith, both outside hitters, finished one and two in most offensive categories to help lead the Cavaliers to a 19-5 season, including a stretch of 18 wins in 19 contests. Smith led Carroll in kills with 342 and aces with 39. She finished third on the team in blocks with 39 and led the Cavs with 326 service points, although Sheek finished with a higher per-game average. Smith was also second on the team in digs with 207. She also earned All-Region IV honorable mention accolades.
Sheek finished the season with 318 service points with a team-leading 4.2 service points per game. She was second on the team in kills (219), aces (34) and blocks (39), and fourth in digs (106). Sheek also was honored to the All-Region IV second team.
Junior setter Alderman earned her way onto the All-SWD second team by leading the Cavs with 339 assists, more than twice as many as anyone else for Carroll. Alderman also finished third on the team in digs (158), serving percentage (.929) and aces (26). She was fourth in serving points per game (2.8).
One of two seniors, Hill placed third on the team in kills with 140 and fourth in serving percentage (.928). The right side hitter also was fourth in blocks (30).
Junior libero Grace Lindsey had a big year for Carroll, leading the team in digs (250) and serving percentage (.961), while placing third on the squad in aces (26) and serving points (288) to head the list of honorable mentions.
A sophomore middle hitter, Farmer led the team in blocks by a large margin with 92 and was fourth in kills with 110. A senior, Huff setter was third on the team in assists with 130 and sixth in both serving percentage (.926) and serving points (171).
Junior Samantha Hill was one of Carroll's most important players as she served a number of roles on this year's team.
"She played a little bit of everything, back row, right side hitter, she was so valuable because we were able to move her around and she filled so many roles for us," Carroll County head coach Cindy Edwards said. "If you get a kid like that and can move them around and play anywhere, that is very valuable to the team. She did a great job with that."
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Ah, summer vacation. Isn't it great? Your college student gets time to relax, work a summer job and hang out with friends at the beach. It's also a perfect time to earn a few college credits at Trident Technical College before returning to his or her college in the fall.
Students earning credits at TTC while pursuing a degree at another college or university are called "transient students." We welcome them to take classes at TTC with the understanding that they plan to return to their home institution to complete their degree. There are a couple of great reasons for a student to become a transient student at TTC this summer.
The first reason is that it pays to plan ahead. Taking courses over the summer can result in a lighter load, and possibly better grades, in the fall. A freshman pre-med student at the University of South Carolina visited TTC's Mount Pleasant Campus during his spring break to register for a summer biology course. He is planning ahead now and will enjoy a more manageable course schedule in the fall.
I can personally attest to the effectiveness of this strategy because I did the same thing once many years ago while at The Citadel. I needed to retake statistics, so I also knocked out a sociology course at the same time. This decision helped my GPA — I could really focus on those two courses, so I was able to get super grades during the summer. Having a lighter load for fall semester helped me to keep my grades up.
The second reason is that summer at TTC is a great opportunity to retake a course or two for a lower tuition cost. If your college student has struggled a little bit while at college — we may not like to think about it, but it does happen — he or she can retake those courses at TTC while home for the summer. Tuition at Trident Technical College is only $153.45 per credit hour for residents of the tri-county area, making TTC a great investment for transient students.
Taking summer courses at TTC kills not two, but three, birds with one stone. Your student can enjoy the summer at home in Mount Pleasant, save money living at home and paying lower tuition cost at TTC, and take (or retake) courses with credits that transfer.
The process for transient registration is very easy. The first step for your student is to give us a call at 958-5810 or drop in to TTC's Mount Pleasant Campus at 1125 John Dilligard Lane (next to Wando Crossing shopping center on Highway 17). We would be happy to meet with you and your college student to discuss the best plan of action to make the most of this summer.
Mike Patterson is the dean of the Mount Pleasant campus of Trident Technical College.
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Google Trends has something new: a daily Zeitgeist. Google lets you see the 100 queries that had the biggest evolution in a certain day. For now, Google only shows the "hottest" queries in the US, but other countries should follow.
For each query, you can see a graph that shows the popularity of the query, related searches and the top results from Google News, Blog Search and Web Search. These results should explain why the queries are popular.
Like the old Zeitgeist, Google Hot Trends will be an archive of the most important queries. That means you can select a day from the past and see the people, the events, the questions which defined that day.
According to Reuters, "Hot Trends (...) will be refreshed several times daily, using data from millions of Google Web searches conducted up to an hour before each update".
The list for May 21 includes two very long and improbable queries:
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* #90: [who was the first new world explorer to take a dip in the springs of what's now hot springs arkansas]
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'Magic of Christmas': Jim Brickman brings holiday show to Stranahan TheaterWritten by Vicki L. Kroll | | firstname.lastname@example.com
Jim Brickman's sparkling piano playing is as synonymous with the season as softly falling snow.
Listen to "The Magic of Christmas." Released last month, the disc features Brickman's fine key work on 14 new recordings of holiday favorites and includes two new songs penned by the pianist.
Johnny Mathis, Megan Hilty and Sandi Patty are guest vocalists on the CD.
"I wanted the whole album to feel beautiful and nostalgic and have a quality to it that was extremely unique and timeless," Brickman said. "And when I thought about as guests who that would be, I thought when you're talking about timeless and classic Christmas, I can't think of anybody more perfect and beautiful than Johnny."
So began the quest.
"I was pretty tenacious in my pursuit of [Mathis] singing on the album," Brickman said and laughed. The iconic crooner performs the pianist's 2003 original, "Sending You a Little Christmas."
In a rare recorded vocal, Brickman sings "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"
"I was going after the nostalgia, and I felt like the tone of what I did with that [song] fit with everything else," he said. "Although I tease about the fact that it's probably the only time you'll ever hear Jim Brickman and Johnny Mathis singing on the same album."
The Cleveland native is best-known for hits while collaborating with other artists: Martina McBride on "Valentine," Collin Raye on "Peace" and "The Gift," Rebecca Lynn Howard for "Simple Things," Jane Krakowski on "You" and Lady Antebellum for "Never Alone."
During a call before a show in Bloomington, Ill., the musician talked about being on the road for his 18th holiday tour.
"It's become a tradition to gather not only in a community way to celebrate the antidote of the chaos of the holiday season, which is what I think this is. But also there's a special quality which is why I call it 'The Magic of Christmas.' It's a really special couple hours; it's beautiful, but it's also lighthearted. It's very honest and it's very authentic. We are who we are," he said.
"And because [singer] Anne Cochran is there with me, and we have such an organic history of going to high school together and performing for our whole lives together, the audiences come to know there's a very familial quality to [the show]."
Brickman will bring "The Magic of Christmas" to Stranahan Theater at 3 p.m. Dec. 22. Tickets are $28-$48.
Taking the stage with the pianist will be electric violinist Tracy Silverman and guitarist Luke McMaster.
"If you're playing music in the background of something, I don't care if you're having a baby in the hospital or you use my music for trimming the tree, there has to be moments of silence as much as there has to be moments of sound," Brickman said. "It gives people a chance to take it in, to breathe a little bit.
"And I don't want it to be intrusive; I just want it to be beautiful. It's made for the backdrop to moments."
Fans can see Brickman at a meet-and-greet from 11 a.m. to noon Dec. 22 at Barnes & Noble, 1430 Secor Road. He and McMaster will play songs, field questions and sign autographs.
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