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Now THAT looks cool! If only it didn't require that hardware to be plugged into the iPad, but I understand why it is needed. Maybe one day the receiver will be built into the iPad....?
Cregle iPen promises to be the first active stylus for the iPad
The Cregle iPen promises to become the first ever active stylus available for the iPad. The project has just received Kickstarter funding blowing its required $35,000 goal with pledges totalling a massive $162,000. The iPen is totally different to any iPad stylus available today.
The Cregle iPen transforms the iPad into a content creation device, not just a content consumption device. iPen is the first active digitizer stylus that allows you to write with precision directly on the iPad. Unlike the passive digitizer used in the typical iPad stylus, iPen writes like a real pen with accurate positioning and palm rejection features that passive products simply cannot achieve. With the Cregle iPen's active digitizer, the attached receiver picks up the iPen's signal and its precise position as it hovers above the screen. This crucial advantage allows iPen to actively transmit 60 samples per second to pinpoint the pen's exact location.
The iPen has now received funding and should go into production early next year. In order to use the iPen, apps will need to include code to support it. Some apps have already decided to support iPen such as PDF-Notes, Procreate, Ghost Writer notes and a few others. We expect this to increase dramatically especially as the iPen will be under Apple's own MFi (Made for iPad) program. The iPen should retail for around $89 when it eventually hits store shelves.
Cregle is also working on iPen 2 which promises to support pressure sensitive features. This would allow a user to alter the thickness of lines by pressing harder or softer on the screen with the iPen; now that would be a huge development should it prove possible.
Source: Kickstarter
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Cregle iPen promises to be the first active stylus for the iPad
On the other hand: $89 for a pen? Again, I completely understand why the price would have to be higher because it is a piece of technology, but would the average person buy it?
Awesome. I will buy it.
I'm a backer of this and I'm extremely excited to get mine.
@Daniel: A year? It's coming out at the end of January 2012. Secondly, that stylus you mentioned only works with 1 program(theirs) and you can't buy it, so not sure how you got one...
@James: There is. When the pen gets close to the screen, the pen becomes the only thing to interact with the screen. it's only when you pull the pen away that you can then use your hand again.
The only thing this thing is missing is pressure sensitivity. Supposedly, that's to be in the next one (something I think should've been in this one from the start).
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George W. Bush and Barack Obama have several things in common. One of the most important is that both favor using the power of government to privilege math and science education with federal funding and national prestige.
It's a popular policy, surrounded by sense of urgency that's reached fever pitch with the latest round of jobs and education data. Employment, as the White House crows, is up. Yet as David Frum warns, the numbers foretell an "American economy characterized by chronic under-employment for years to come."
At times like these, it stands to reason, we need legions of smart young people freshly trained to construct and operate the tangible things that catalyze economic performance and maintain robust growth. Or, in bumperstickerese, more nerds, fewer hipsters. Alex Tabarrok puts it bluntly:
Economic growth is not the only goal of higher education, but it is one of the main reasons taxpayers subsidize higher education through direct government college support, as well as loans, scholarships, and grants. The potential wage gains for college graduates is reason enough for students to pursue a college education. We add subsidies to the mix, however, because we believe that education has positive spillover benefits for society. One of the biggest of those benefits is the increase in innovation that highly educated workers theoretically bring to the economy.
Thus, an argument can be made for subsidizing students in fields with potentially large spillovers, such as microbiology, chemical engineering, and computer science. But there is little justification for subsidizing sociology, dance, and English majors.
For liberals, it's about being Greater Together. For conservatives, it's about pulling the plug on our nation's losers. "About 4 million Americans are born every year," warns David Burge; "about 90k Americans graduate college with art degrees. One out of 44." With few exceptions, our bitterly divided ideological camps speak as one on education. Up with scientists! Down with artists!
Before we decide to make a policy of that slogan, we'd better perform the due diligence of properly casting blame. The popularity of artistry may not be the culprit it seems. To see why, consider that for a long time now our criticism of artistry has been a criticism of the actor's mentality. Andy Warhol illustrated how the pinnacle of modern art is to make it all an act, but the primacy of acting in the democratic arts was recognized as early as 1887, when Friedrich Nietzsche broached the subject.
Nietzsche wasn't very interested in the sociology of cultures dominated by professional actors. He wanted to figure out how to understand why civilizations fill up with amateur actors. For Nietzsche, societies full of people defined by their what they did for a living were transitional. They fell midway between societies in coercive aristocratic eras and "truly democratic ones" — where the typical individual "is convinced he can do just about anything and is up to playing any role." There, "everyone experiments with himself, improvises, experiments again," and "enjoys experimenting," so much so that "all nature ends and becomes art." Nietzsche called this crazy self-confidence "the American faith." Every time one of us discovers the extent to which we can be an actor, he or she really becomes an actor. In today's America, "the actors, all types of actors, are the real masters."
Who's that bad news for? Our fretful national-greatness boosters, left, right, and center:
another human type becomes even more disadvantaged and is finally made impossible; above all, the great 'architects': the strength to build is now paralyzed; the courage to make far-reaching plans is discouraged; the organizational geniuses become scarce [...]. [W]hat from now on will never again be built, can never again be built, is — a society in the old sense of the term; to build that, everything is lacking, mainly the material. We are all no longer material for a society; this is a timely truth!
If Nietzsche is right, we're destined to lose the struggle to revitalize American commerce by raising a big new generation of planners, engineers, and organizers. Instead of a broad, popular base of publicly-trained nerds, we'll get a cadre of technicians who are ever more disconnected from the growing masses of amateur actors. Where else will that cadre end up but in government, or in the handful of mega-corporations that end up in such close partnership with government? (We can already see this disconnect in the tension between the ramshackle, theatrical Occupy Wall Street crowd and the well-groomed technocratic elite that can't effectively co-opt them.)
What light does this shed on our college arts problem? It's simple. We shouldn't be bothered that so many kids these days are artsy and think like actors. We should be bothered by the fact that we've guided them into a system where your talents and proclivities are frowned on unless they're credentialized. We expect our kids to get degrees in whatever they care about most — and then to get whatever jobs those degrees qualify them for. This is a recipe for embarrassing, ridiculous case studies like the underemployed Occupy guy with the bachelor's in puppetry. This guy's problem isn't that he's underemployed. It's that he hasn't created his own job. Sure, he might now be better off if he'd chased his dreams with a degree in something more marketable than puppetry; but he's likely the sort of guy who could never be made into a computer technician or an electrical engineer, and even as a certified puppetmaster the skill he needs most is entrepreneurship.
And if there's one thing college doesn't teach you….
In sum, what's wrong with higher education today isn't best blamed on the artsy actor's mentality of our many young hipsters. Blame should be pinned on the ideology of credentialism that our meritocratic elites mistakenly believe is all that stands between the perpetuation of American greatness and its eclipse by those dreaded millions of disciplined, quant-heavy Chinese and Indians. Hand in hand with that credentialism is a failure to understand and propagate the value of entrepreneurship, which goes up, not down, when things like fashion, art, fame, and novelty come to captivate a culture. Fortunately, our civilization is still robust enough to provide us with a vanguard of savvy, self-actualized hipsters, as competent at starting and running businesses as they are at navigating the leading edge of stylishness.
I should know: I live among them. I'm married to one. What they're doing is working — and it can work for America, if our managerial class doesn't ruin it for us first. Our enterprising hipsters will never destroy the market value of a good scientist. But our natural and social scientists will never master our culture or remake it in their image. And our politicians and policymakers will just deepen our economic and educational woes if they view this as the kind of disaster that only more legislation and more regulation can forestall.

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The following incidents were obtained from Berkeley County Sheriffs Office reports:
On Jan. 24 a man reported that he found several air conditioning units in the Francis Marion National Forest. The complainant gave directons to a forest road off Bullhead Road outside the Moncks Corner area. The units were sitting a few hundred yards to the left of the road, which would require a truck to travel down due to poor road conditions. The deputy collected the serial numbers of an XE 1000, a Goodman CK 18-18, an Energy Star unit and a Carrier unit. None of the items were collected as evidence due to the deputy being unable to transport them or get their vehicle to the scene. None of the units were listed as stolen in NCIC.
On Jan. 24 a deputy responded to Atkins Landing Lane near Moncks Corner in regard to a dispute between two men. The victim said he was walking to his vehicle at about 3 p.m. that day when the subject rode by and started cursing at him. The victim got in his vehicle and started following the subject to Kitfield Road. Thats where the subject stopped in the middle of the road, got out with a handgun and cursed at the victim. The victim said the subject left toward Atkins Landing. About 10 minutes later the subject returned, pulled in front of the victims vehicle and started cursing at him again. The victim called 911 and the subject left. The subject returned to Broughton Road, where he told a deputy he did not have a gun and he did not threaten the victim. The subject said he and the victim did not get along and they have had problems in the past. Both parties agreed to keep their distance from each other.
A man was arrested after attempting to shoplift $120 worth of beer from a grocery store at Cane Bay Plantation. A deputy spoke to a man in a vehicle who said he had taken his friend to the grocery store to buy beer. The man took the deputy to his friends location. The subject admitted to taking the merchandise but said he gave it to another friend of his. The deputy spoke with a grocery store employee, who showed the deputy surveillance video of the theft. The subject was placed under arrest for shoplifting. He was taken to the detention center.
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A Study to Assess Cardiovascular Outcomes Following Treatment With MK-3102 in Participants With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (MK-3102-018)
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
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First received: October 5, 2012
Last updated: July 20, 2015
Last verified: July 2015
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|October 5, 2012
|Last Updated Date
|July 20, 2015
|Start Date ICMJE
|October 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date
|October 2017 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Time to first event in primary cardiovascular (CV) composite endpoint (CV-related death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, or unstable angina requiring hospitalization) [ Time Frame: up to 156 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
|Change History
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|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Brief Title ICMJE
|A Study to Assess Cardiovascular Outcomes Following Treatment With MK-3102 in Participants With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (MK-3102-018)
|Official Title ICMJE
|A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study to Assess Cardiovascular Outcomes Following Treatment With MK-3102 in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
|Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the cardiovascular (CV) safety profile of MK-3102 in participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The primary hypothesis is that treatment with MK-3102 25 mg once weekly is non-inferior to treatment with placebo and active comparators across the MK-3102 program with regard to the risk of developing a confirmed event in the primary CV composite endpoint.
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|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|United States, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Slovakia, Israel, Korea, Republic of, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Ukraine, United Kingdom
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Toledo fire, police teams represent city in recent Detroit eventsWritten by Sarah Ottney | Editor in Chief | email@example.com
Members of the Toledo fire and police departments recently participated in a regional Battle of the Badges basketball tournament.
Toledo Fire & Rescue Department (TFD) finished second to the Detroit Police Department in the seven-team competition, held March 5 at the Palace at Auburn Hills.
Also competing were the Detroit Fire Department, Wayne County Sheriff's Department, Macomb County Sheriff's Department and the U.S. Border Patrol.
"There were some really tight games," said Jonathan Thomas, a 16-year veteran of the Detroit Fire Department and vice president of First Responders 4 Fitness, the nonprofit organization that organized the tournament.
The tournament took place before a Detroit Pistons-Chicago Bulls game. Most of the tournament participants went out for dinner and then stayed to watch the NBA game.
TFD rented a charter bus and brought along a group of about 35 people, including players, family members and friends.
TFD Pvt. Keith Szenderski said the all-day event was fun.
"Just being on the Pistons floor and taking it all in was the best part," Szenderski said. "It was all about getting together and being with a bunch of guys and having fun."
Thomas said he was happy with the turnout.
"We really appreciated Toledo for coming," he said. "They were really excited. They chartered a bus, brought their wives and kids and really put a lot of effort into coming. Hopefully they will be back for our tournament in August."
First Responders 4 Fitness is planning another Battle of the Badges competition Aug. 22-24 on Belle Isle in Detroit. That event will include another basketball tournament as well as a 5K/10K walk/run and occupation-related challenges such as vehicle extrication and water rescue competitions.
First Responders 4 Fitness is dedicated to promoting the health of first-responders. The group organizes sporting competitions, health fairs, seminars and more.
"Our vision and mission is to help all first-responders, whether police, fire, EMT, nurses, doctors – anyone who would be the first responder in a disaster situation – to be more conscious of their own health," Thomas said. "Police and fire have some of the highest incidence of heart disease. I can't tell you how many guys retire and don't cash one retirement check. A life of longevity – that's what we're promoting."
For more information, visit www.fr4f.org.
Fight for Air Climb
Toledo firefighters also recently participated in the Fight for Air Climb, an annual fundraiser for the American Lung Association.
Participants were timed climbing the 70 floors (1,035 steps) of the Detroit Renaissance Center in Detroit on March 2. The event included a category for firefighters doing the climb in full gear. Five Toledo firefighters were among the 250 firefighters who participated.
"Every year I get about 15 floors up and think, 'What am I doing?'" said TFD Capt. John Schnorberger, laughing, who said he's done the climb three or four times.
The other Toledo firefighters were Doug Harmon, Greg Szumigala, Matt Brooks and Nick Simon. Harmon was the top finisher from TFD, finishing 18th overall with a time of 12:46.
This year, Schnorberger's wife, Amy, and 8-year-old son, Drew, also participated, with Drew finishing first in his age group.
"My son finished in 12:15 — without gear, of course — but we like to tease [Harmon] now, saying 'An 8-year-old beat you!'" Schnorberger said.
Livonia Fire Department had earned the right to start first since they raised the most money at last year's climb, but the department offered the starting position to Toledo's team in honor of TFD Pvts. Stephen Machcinski and James Dickman, who were killed fighting a fire on Jan. 26.
"That was a very nice gesture by the Livonia Fire Department," Schnorberger said. "It just shows how firefighters take care of each other, even though we don't know any of those guys. We had a lot of people come up and ask how we were doing. It was a neat feeling for them to do that."
Schnorberger's son also offered a tribute to the fallen firefighters at his Boy Scout Pinewood Derby on March 8. He raced a fire truck labeled with a No. 3, the engine number Machcinski and Dickman were assigned to.
For more information, visit www.FightForAirClimb.org.
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Aiken County is working towards giving SCE&G the OK to install and operate electric utilities to the new government center on University Parkway.
At tonight's meeting, County Council will consider first reading of an ordinance granting SCE&G an easement so that the utility company can provide the new building electricity via underground cables.
Administrator Clay Killian said putting the electric utilities underground was definitely one of the things the County wanted to explore for its new administrative offices. The cost to do so was roughly equal to the cost of installing new, elevated polls with cable to power the building.
"At least right in front of the building, on the 20-acre tract, the lines will be underground," Killian said.
The ordinance granting the easement will undergo two more readings and a public hearing.
The new government center, which has been under construction for several months, will reach a point soon when it can be "topped out," meaning the final steel beams will be put into place, according to Killian.
Aiken County Council will meet at 7 p.m. in chambers located at 736 Richland Ave. W.
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This letter clarifies a lot of questions...including selling a rifle built on a homemade receiver. I copied this from the "other" forum.
"To whom it may concern:
I am writing to request clarification regarding the ATF?s current legal stance regarding Hungarian AMD-63 and AMD-65 rifles. ?Parts kits? from these rifles have recently begun appearing in the marketplace in large numbers. I have two specific questions regarding these rifles, and two more general questions regarding the ?making? of firearms by a nonlicensee as mentioned in ?Questions and Answers? section (A7) of the Federal Firearms Regulations Reference Guide (2000 edition). If any of these questions are inappropriate for your office, please simply refer me to the appropriate organization.
1) With reference to the parts listed in Title 27, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 478 (formerly Part 178), section 478.39(c): You will note that the AMD-63 and AMD-65 both have a forward pistol grip attached to the lower handguard. Is this forward grip counted as part of the handguard, as part of the ?pistol grip?, as an additional pistol grip, or is it uncounted?
Note that my question is narrowly focused on correctly ?counting? this forward pistol grip.
2) With reference to assembling a working semiautomatic rifle from AMD-63 or AMD-65 parts, which is compliant with Title 18 USC ? 922(r) and Title 18 USC ? 922(v): Would such a rifle be considered a ?machinegun? if the rifle were assembled using a commercially available semiautomatic trigger group as well as a receiver without mounting holes for an auto?sear?
3) With reference to a nonlicensee who assembles an otherwise legal semiautomatic rifle for their own personal use (non-NFA, and compliant with Title 18 USC ? 922(r) and Title 18 USC ? 922(v)), but who fabricates their own receiver: Are there any additional restrictions or prohibitions against the eventual sale or transfer of such a rifle to family members, heirs, or third parties?
Note: One of the many things I have been told is that a nonlicensee who fabricates a receiver may never transfer the resulting firearm, and that it must be destroyed in the event of the maker?s death. Thus, I am specifically interested in any record keeping, marking or labeling requirements, excise taxes, etc. necessary to have the ability to transfer or sell such a firearm.
4) Is a licensed collector who is not a licensed manufacturer considered a ?nonlicensee? for the purposes of ?making? a firearm?
While it is not my desire to cause your office any unnecessary workload, given the potentially serious consequences of even inadvertent violations of Federal Firearms law, I am left with little alternative. I have been unable to locate clear answers to these questions despite extensive research. And thus, I sincerely appreciate your efforts in responding to this letter.
ATF Response
Dear XXXXXXXXXX:
This refers to your letter of July 27, 2004, to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Firearms Technology Branch (FTB), in which you posed several questions. In general, you requested clarification regarding the classification of Hungarian AMD-63 and AMD-65 selective-fire rifle parts sets, as well as information regarding the manufacture of semiautomatic copies of these firearms.
As you know, the National Firearms Act (NFA), 26 U.S.C. ? 5845(b), defines the term ?machinegun? as follows:
?any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. This term shall also include the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any part designed and intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and intended, for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun, and any combination of parts from which a machinegun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person.
Further, with respect to your inquiry regarding the classification of the forward grip of the AMD-63 or AMD-65 based on 27 CFR ? 478.39 (formerly 178.39), you should be aware that this is an integral part of the forearm, and, consequently would serve as the ?forearm? as listed in 478.39(c)(1 7).
Concerning the manufacture of a semiautomatic copy of the AMD-63 or AMD-65 selective-fire rifle, this is possible only if the receiver is redesigned and incapable of accommodating the original fire control components. Further, the firearm must be designed to operate from the closed-bolt position. The redesigned receiver may be manufactured from new material or from the remnants of properly destroyed receivers. Proper destruction entails the diagonal torch cutting of the receiver in three critical locations. Each cut must displace at least ? inch of material.
We should add that prior to utilizing sections of a destroyed receiver, the features that make it capable of firing automatically?the machinegun sear pin hole and the slotted right receiver rail must be removed.
Also, for your information, a nonlicensee may manufacture a semiautomatic rifle for his or her own personal use. As long as the firearm remains in the custody of the person who manufactured it, the firearm need not be marked with a serial number or name and location of the manufacturer. However, if the firearm is transferred to another party at some point in the future, the firearm must be marked in accordance with the provisions set forth in 27 CFR ? 478.92 (formerly 178.92).
Finally, a licensed collector may acquire, hold, or dispose of firearms classified as ?curios or relics? as that term is defined in 27 CFR 478.11 (formerly 178.11). The collector?s license does not authorize the holder to manufacture a firearm for commercial resale.
For further details on issues related to your inquiry, please refer to the enclosed ATF publication, Federal Firearms Regulations Reference Guide 2000 (ATF P 5300.4). The text of 27 CFR 478.41(d) (formerly 178.41) appears on page 53; that of 27 CFR 478.93 (formerly 178.93), on page 58.
We thank you for your inquiry and trust that the foregoing has been responsive.
Sincerely yours,


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Problem solved.
Here is an easy and fun tutorial on how to marble your fingernails, or how to give them a tie-dyed feel.
Step 1: Materials
2. Scotch tape (or any different preffered type of resist - such as rubber cement)
3. Paper towel (just to keep things from getting too messy)
4. A couple toothpicks
5. Needle
6. Nail polish
- one color for a base coat
- at least two more for the designs
7. Not pictured: clear coat of polish
Step 2: Paint a base coat
I chose pink for mine. :)
Step 3: Tape your finger
Step 4: Start putting drops in the water
Choose another color (I chose teal-ish) and let paint drip from the brush into the saucer of water.
When it drips into the water it should disperse a little bit.
Take your second color (I chose yellow) and let it drip in the same manner, in the middle of the first color.
Keep doing this, alternating colors just a few times. The more colors you use the more you can alternate - since I only used two colors I only alternated about 4 times. But you can really do it as many as you please.
Step 5: Swirl!
With the needle draw some lines in the colors. This will make everything swirl and twist, and be wonderful!
I really like this idea! Thank you for keeping it posted even now 2 years later.:)
So just try and work quickly when you get your drops in the water. You may even have to restrict the number of drops you use if they take too long to fall from the brush.
And admittedly, my very first attempt at this was not perfect. Like most things, practice makes perfect.
Could it have to do with the type of nail polish? Only two of the four I tried would expand in the water.
And even if the polish doesn't disperse in the water as you would like, you should still be able to spread it around a bit with the needle.
I hope this helps a little. Let me know how they turn out next time!
Such an awesome idea and saves the $$ on maincures!!!^^
YES you can use latex, vaseline, glue, or rubber cement as a mask, and it would peel off.
NO, enamel paint will not stick to any wet surface, your nail (or other thing) would have to be dry for this to work.
I imagine this would also work for the glue on nails too. You could take a small piece of silly putty or something temporary & attach it to a popsicle stick to dip them before you need them.
Thank you!
cool stuff . I may try your polish trick for a bicycle frame badge
Awesome look, and would be a fun way to finish off those lingering bits of nail color near the end of the bottle.


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Grant Gallicho December 5, 2012 - 5:02pm
Last Friday, Mollie did a superb job cataloging Bill Donohue's shortcomings both as a crusader against anti-Catholicism (which obviously includes using the occasion of World AIDS Day to call people with HIV promiscuous) and as a surrogate for the conservative movement (giving Dick Morris a run for his money). Her conclusion was pointed: "Seriously, your excellencies and eminences: what will it take to make you rethink the wisdom of encouraging Bill Donohue to act as your public interpreter?"
Wish I knew. Donohue has said lots of offensive things on a variety of topics, but his record on one subject in particular ought to give Catholic bishops considerable pause before lending him support: the sexual-abuse scandal.
Over the weekend, the New York Times reported that the clergy of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph are divided on the question of whether their bishop should resign after being found guilty of one count of failing to report suspected child abuse. (A diocesan school principal warned the diocese about about Fr. Shawn Ratigan's "inappropriate behavior with children" in May 2010; seven months later disturbing photos of little girls were found on Ratigan's laptop; Bishop Robert Finn didn't restrict Ratigan until February 2011; and the police weren't notified until May 2011.) The Times story is ugly: One priest goes on the record recommending the bishop step down. Another says his liberal colleagues are using Finn's travails to push for a new, less conservative bishop. More than one hundred thousand people have signed an online petition urging Finn to step aside. The diocese has spent $1.4 million on legal fees. And the Times spoke with two priests who say that at a recent meeting of diocesan clergy Finn denied any wrongdoing. Yet he agreed to a set of stipulated facts that led a judge to render a guilty verdict. "I truly regret and am sorry for the hurt these events caused," Finn told the judge at the time. And now he's privately telling priests that he did nothing wrong?
Of course, none of that troubles Donohue. When it comes to defending Bishop Finn, Dr. D. is all in. We've been over this before, so bear with me as I rehearse some of the details. After Finn was convicted, Donohue offered his magisterial shrug, claiming Ratigan's case involved neither child abuse nor pornography. No and no. In August, Ratigan pleaded guilty to federal charges of possessing and creating child pornography. In December 2010, diocesan staff found staged photos on Ratigan's laptop. Child pornography always involves abuse -- the subjects in such photos don't pose themselves. That's why the Vatican amended church norms to include possession of child pornography in its definition of sexual abuse.
No one is hiding those facts. If Donohue had the slightest interest in learning more about the way Finn handled this case, he might have Googled "Shawn Ratigan." There's been no shortage of reporting on the case. But no. He remains undeterred by facts that complicate his view of Bishop Finn as anything other than unjustly accused. And so Dr. D. is at it again, peddling the same old untruths in a brand new press release responding to the latest Times article on Finn.
Observe as Donohue tries his hand at fact-checking:
The Times says that Finns conviction of a misdemeanor stemmed from his failure to report the Rev. Shawn Ratigan to the authorities after hundreds of pornographic pictures that Father Ratigan had taken of young girls were discovered on his laptop in December 2010. That statement is factually wrong. On October 15, 2011 the Times mentioned there was a single photo of a young girl, nude from the waist down, and hundreds of photographs of children showing upskirt images and images focused on the crotch.
No, that statement is what's factually wrong. Dr. D. is selectively citing that October 15 Times story. A "single photo" is mentioned. But it refers to the fact that the Vicar General Msgr. Robert Murphy described only one of Ratigan's photos to Rick Smith, a member of the diocesan review board -- and a cop -- in a half-hearted attempt to figure out whether the images amounted to child pornography. This is one of Donohue's favorite facts about this case. He can't quit using it to distort what really happened.
Thus spake Dr. D.:
Moreover, the diocese described the single photo of a naked girl to a police officer who served on the diocesan sexual review board, and he said it did not constitute pornography.
False. Msgr. Murphy told the cop that the photo depicted a girl in a nonsexual pose. He asked Smith whether such a photo would amount to child pornography. The cop said he'd have to ask around the department. But he hadn't seen the photo. Nor did he know how many others were on Ratigan's computer. When Smith got back to Murphy, he reported the photo as described might or might not be pornographic. What's more, months later, after Murphy had an attack of conscience and decided to come clean about the rest of the images in Ratigan's collection, Smith was not amused. "That's not what you told me," the cop said, giving Murphy an ultimatum: get the laptop to the police today or I'm calling it in myself. And that's just what he ended up doing, because it turned out that Finn had given the laptop to Ratigan's brother, who destroyed it. (The diocese gave the police a disc containing copies of the photos.)
Watch as these facts are run through the Donohue distortion field:
So why would the Times say that hundreds of pornographic pictures were found two years ago this month? The record shows that it was not until after the diocese called the cops in May 2011 that porn pictures were found on Ratigans computer.
That is definitely not what the record shows. First, the diocese did not "call the cops." A cop called the cops. Second, among the hundreds of disturbing photographs found on Ratigan's computer was a series that focused on a young girl's crotch. She was wearing only a diaper, and over the course of several photos the diaper was gradually moved to fully expose her genitals. Those images were among those first discovered in December 2010 by Julie Creech, director of information systems for the diocese. She also found evidence that Ratigan had visited websites selling spy-cams and two-way mirrors -- along with the Facebook pages of several young girls. Third, only after the diocesan review-board member called the police were more photos found on a computer Ratigan used during a previous parish assignment.
Donohue wants you to believe that the "single photo" was the only really offensive thing the diocese had to go on, that a cop definitively declared it nonpornographic, and that the really terrible stuff wasn't found until after the the diocese referred the Ratigan case to the police department. But none of that is true. The diocese did not call the police. Capt. Rick Smith, diocesan review-board-member, said the single photo might be pornographic. And in December 2010 the diocese was aware that Ratigan had dozens of potentially illegal photos on his computer. And on the same day those photos were found, Msgr. Murphy briefed Bishop Finn on the situation. (Wouldn't you know it -- neither Murphy nor Finn say they recall the details of that conversation.)
All of that is a matter of public record. The case was exhaustively examined in a study Finn commissioned -- a study Donohue himself cites in his outrageous closing:
Under Bishop Finn, the review board was contacted, the authorities were notified, and an independent investigation was ordered (the Graves Report). In short, Bishop Finn deserves better. The attack on him, coming exclusively from the Catholic Left, smacks of an agenda.
Gosh, that makes it sound like Bishop Finn couldn't have acted more responsibly. Apparently Dr. D. could not be bothered to read the report he cites. Because if he had, he'd know that nothing could be further from the truth. Bishop Finn did not bring the matter before the review board. Finn did not notify the authorities. No diocesan employee called the police. An unpaid lay member of the diocesan review board did. That is why a judge found Finn guilty of failing to report suspected child abuse. There is no conspiracy on the Catholic left to bring down a conservative bishop. This transcends ideology. Kansas City Catholics want to know what it means to have a bishop who violated both canon and civil law, and as a result could not even be hired as a parish volunteer in his own diocese.
So what is it exactly that Bill Donohue imagines Bishop Finn deserves? To be defended with falsehoods? To be left alone, while the rest of us pretend there's nothing strange about a bishop who was convicted of the crime that drove the scandal to continue in office without so much as a peep from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops? Is the suspended sentence Finn received supposed to be sufficient to restore the trust of the Catholics of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph? What about his responsibility-avoiding apology?
Does Bill Donohue seriously believe that Bishop Finn has gotten a raw deal? Finn imposed appallingly light restrictions on a priest known to possess potentially illegal images of naked little girls, and when he learned that the priest was violating those strictures, he did nothing more than scold him. And what happened during that time? Ratigan continued taking illicit photos of little girls. "The images of my daughters private areas that the FBI showed me, they are forever burned into my brain," one parent wrote to Finn. "Shawn Ratigan was in my house, around my children in February [2011], and I thought my children were completely SAFE!" The parents of those children are scandalized. Bishop Finn is on probation.
So why would any bishop stand up for a man like Bill Donohue, let alone endorse his work? What are Catholics who are still struggling to forgive the bishops for the sexual-abuse scandal supposed to think when they see some of them supporting a person who has such a difficult time telling the truth about the Finn case, a man who has asked why teenagers "allow themselves to be molested"? That the hierarchy has turned a corner on the greatest crisis ever to seize the Catholic Church in the United States? Or that some prominent bishops really do believe that Bill Donohue paints on the "canvas of the cardinal virtues"? One of which is temperance.
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I share your indignation about Bishop Finn.
Grant Gallicho, researcher extraordinaire does it again! This is outstanding: going through the documentation to expose Donohue's rant for the dishonest drivel it is. Thank you, Grant, for expressing outrage in such strong terms.Imagine: that's $1.4 million in legal fees for one guilty criminal who refuses to acknowledge any culpability for his actions. Actually I doubt there are any, let alone many complicit bishops who believe in their hearts they did anything wrong. After all, no one intended any harm.Donohue provides PR cover and his noise so far has been a handy convenience for bishops. Let's also remember Finn's 2007 pastoral letter on pornography linked to in Mark Silk's thread on Donohue yesterday. I believe Jack Barry has covered that in prior posts here.http://www.religionnews.com/blogs/mark-silk/donohue-repeats-his-no-porn-...
Donohue must be doing something right to merit 2 threadlines on such a prestigious blog.
My Diocese is suffering. Our flock feels demoralized, paralyzed and embarrassed by Bishop Robert Finn. Bishop Finn (and any Bishop) serves as our moral, spiritual and administrative leader. He has failed on all accounts. His continued presence in our diocese serves only himself, a handful of supporters, and a conference of bishops awash in mediocrity and inaction.I started the petition for his resignation, to show that forgiveness and change can co-exist, they can and should work together.
As Vatican I states, the Pope " "full and supreme power of jurisdiction, not only in matters of faith and morals, but also in those which concern the discipline and governance of the Church dispersed throughout the world".In other words the buck stops with him. Should probably tweet him about this and ask what HE is actually doing. There is a crisis of leadership and if he is not part of the solution, he is part or actually IS the problem.
Thanks - a couple of other thoughts:- can we suggest that the USCCB's silence is *complicity* in a legal, technical sense- why hasn't the USCCB modified the 2002 statement to include accountability for bishops, cover-ups, etc.? (they appear to pass the buck to Rome)- compare the inaction on Finn with Rome's recent actions against a variety of bishops, priests when they are found guilty of supposed disloyalty, heresies, etc. e.g. Bishop Morris who supposedly voiced a need to discuss priesthood be expanded to others? Ah yes, any mention of women and the priesthood results in almost immediate dismissal; even if it is only to discuss the issue. How can any sane person compare abuse cover-up and possible discussing ordination of women and realize that in the eyes of Rome, the later is the more serious event.As Bishop Geoffrey Robinson says: Hypocrisy.
On Dec 9 ten years ago, 58 Boston priests sent their open letter to Cdl. Law asking him to resign. They wrote: "your position as our bishop is so compromised that it is no longer possible for you to exercise the spiritual leadership required for the church of Boston". By that time, the departure process was evidently underway; Law had flown secretly to Rome and the Pope accepted his resignation on Dec 13. Yet, the letter from the priests was uniquely important among many voices speaking out. Dozens of the Cardinals own priests had found the virtue and courage to speak up together when the Church in Boston had reached the state their letter reflects. http://www.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/stories3/121002_letter.htm (Letter link under picture)
Donohue's willingness to say absolutely anything to distract from the hierarchy's role in, and failure to respond to, the sex-abuse scandal is the number-one reason bishops should distance themselves from him. In my most cynical moments, I fear that it's also the number-one reason so many prominent bishops are his enthusiastic boosters today.
Jack Barry rightly recalls Cardinal Law's disgrace and Roman posting. Now cardinal O'Malley is left with closing more parishes, schools and cleaning up after the demoralized faithful have walked away.. In a few years 'they' will send in the clean up guy to KC .. It's a small potatoes place now with a demoralized clergy and faithful and it will be much much less when the cleanup guy arrives very late as usual. Won't some bishops recall how No. Africa was a thriving Faith place in the time of Augustine and is now a Faith parched desert. Ireland is now becoming the modern Faith desert with a fake green tint. .
"In a few years they will send in the clean up guy to KC."I don't think so. I suspect that Mark Proska and his ideological confreres will hold the day. Kansas City will have a disgraced conservative bishop for another sixteen years. And he will be an example of how the self-styled "orthodox" and "faithful" and "traditional" Catholics can be as sinful, stained, and scandalous as anyone else. An entire generation of Kansas City Catholics will grow up under a marginalized bishop giving an antigospel example. I'd say it's time to return to one preconciliar practice, just for survival's sake: the local bishop is meaningless.
Jack,There were many actions taken against Law: by the 58 priests, by survivors and their supporters demonstrating at the cathedral, by VOTF's vote for his resignation, and by a grand jury subpoena for his testimony. I have come to believe that none of the measures above were the real reason JPII accepted Law's resignation, after declining it on his first trip to Rome some weeks earlier. It was MONEY, what else, that was the catalyst. After the inadvertent release of the Fr. James D. Foley documents among others on December 3,* 2002, major donors let it be known that Law needed to go. They made it clear to key church officials that they would help rescue the Boston archdiocese financially, but only if Law left. He was in Rome by Dec. 8 and gone Dec. 13. If major donors in Kansas City would act Then again, Finn is in Opus Dei, and they are not known to be a poor organization.Todd,I fear you are right. Rome will not be pushed around by uppity priests and laity, so 16 years may be realistic. If bishops' primary concern were the "care of souls" then Finn would be gone in a minute, but the controlling factors are money and the exercise of power. As Eugene Kennedy wrote in one piece, the message is: "We have power and you do not and we enjoy using it over you."(*Cleric Had 2 Children, Kept Status http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news/2002_12_06_Rezendes_ClericHad.htm)
Jeff W. ==Thank you for initiating action to try to remove a man with criminally bad judgment. Maybe he didn't understand the effects of his inaction. but such bad understanding of human nature disqualifies him from being an effective bishop. He should be removed from office.
To clarify "inadvertent" release of documents: "The archdiocese mistakenly included the files of the Rev. James D. Foley when it turned over to lawyers for alleged victims of sexual abuse the files of the Rev. James J. Foley, who has been accused of sexual molestation.It turned out, however, that Rev. James D. Foley had been caught up in a scandal of a different sort: The records mistakenly handed over showed that he had fathered two children in the 1960s by a woman who subsequently died of an overdose with Foley present. When those documents became public last week, the Rev. James D. Foley was removed from his parish assignment in Salem." Boston Globe
"Should probably tweet him about this and ask what HE is actually doing. There is a crisis of leadership and if he is not part of the solution, he is part or actually IS the problem."George D. --Yes, we should. And we should continue to ask about it until action is taken. There is already a petition to remove Bishop Finn with 150,000 signatures. All of them and the rest of us should continue tweeting the Pope until he acts.Anybody with me?
Here is the link to Jeff Weis' petition:http://www.change.org/petitions/bishop-robert-finn-resign-as-bishop-of-t... Let's all sign.
Carolyn - or Jeff Weil --I went to the site, but there was no place to sign. How does one sign it?
With care, I think that it is possible for people to set Bishop Finn aside, as though he had resigned. For example, instead of contributing to the Diocesan appeal, they can give the money to a local Catholic organization on which he does not have oversight, or to a local Christian organization, or to the diocesan appeal of another diocese which they would "adopt". They can make presents to their parish in kind and not in dollars, so that no fraction of the donation goes to the diocese.They can cancel their subscription to the diocesan paper and subscribe to another paper instead. They can avoid reading anything Bishop Finn has written and avoid listening to anything he has said. They can avoid talking about him, or looking at him, or interacting with him in any way. They can ask for confirmation to be conferred by someone else; defer confirmation if that is not possible; or at least not take pictures of him with the newly confirmed youth.
Priests like Fr. Roy Bourgeois, Fr. William Rowe are punished and Law and Finn are not rebuked. When I think of the US bishops, of the Vatican, I feel a dreadful combination of anger and disgust and contempt. Also a kind of despair - they won't do the right thing of their own accord and we don't have the power to make them. Wish someone would launch a coup.
In a way it's a little bit like the Catholic church in China: they have some bishops that are imposed against their will by the Chinese government and have to make do with the situation as best as they can. What are the recommendations of the Vatican to Catholics in China about how to handle it? They might give useful guidelines.
If you want to do something about criminal bishops, please sign the petition to President Obama at http://wh.gov/5aAQ
I have praised Grant's work before, but this time I am very disappointed.While he accuses Dr. Donohue of distortion, Gallicho commits quite a bit of distortion of his own.For an accurate summary of the Ratigan episode, I recommend that people *actually read* the Graves Report: http://www.diocese-kcsj.org/_docs/8-31-11_Report_of_Independent_Investig... is gambling that people will not actually click the link he provides. One will then see that Gallicho is very selective in his facts, and Donohue's presentation is actually accurate. What is shocking about the whole episode is that there were SEVEN diocesan employees (including two computer techs!) - and Bishop Finn was *not* one of the seven - who saw the images but did not call the police. Why not? The prosecutor clearly seized upon the issue to target a bishop, and she succeeded.And even as the Times article begrudgingly admits, even without the Ratigan episode, half of priests would vote to get rid of Finn because they are dissident and liberal, and Finn is a conservative. The fact that there is 1000% more anger at Bishop Finn than Ratigan himself is proof of this.And as far as Gallicho's claim that "There is no conspiracy on the Catholic left to bring down a conservative bishop," I am stunned by such blatant dishonesty.But Gallicho's biggest distortion is the "100,000 +" signatures to get rid of Finn. The petition is on a far-left web site (change.org), where various kooky, 'progessive' causes are espoused. 99.9% of the signatures are from people outside of Kansas City who have nothing to with the issue.And Gallicho's claim that bishops "stand up" for Donohue, that is a straw man if there ever was one. Donohue does what he does. He defends the Church when he feels that it has been wronged. And ...?I am saddened by Gallicho's egregious deceit and guile. It is palpable that the exploitation of children does not really bother Gallicho. It is simple an issue with which he can attack a conservative bishop. How despicable. Gallicho should be ashamed.
I can't stop looking at his sunglasses. It's like he's a really flush Asa Hawks.
If you want to do something about criminal bishops, please sign the petition to President Obama atJerry,You have to be joking... Or do you expect Obama to create the next Thomas Beckett or Thomas More? Btw, a little perspective might be useful here. Finn's crime is a misdemeanor. And I would guess that everyone reading or writing on this site has been guilty of one as well since misdemeanors include crimes like speeding. (Excessive speed is responsible for a third of all fatal accidents) Not suggesting that we should encourage our Bishops to break any laws
I wish even one bishop would say publicly that the very name "Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights" is a lie. Donohue does absolutely nothing to protect the religious and civil rights of Catholics, because the Constitution does not give Catholics the right to force other people to say only nice things about our faith. And if I were denied housing or employment because of my religion, I would turn for help not to the Catholic League but to the ACLU, which has tons of experience in this area. All I could expect from Donohue would be a press release--and since I favor the ordination of women and marriage equality, probably not even that. By his yardstick, I myself am an anti-Catholic bigot.@ DPierre: "begrudgingly" means enviously. I assume you mean "grudgingly," which means reluctantly.
I think they're Gucci. I kind of covet them.
@Bruce, re: "begrudgingly"Begrudge: "to be reluctant to give, grant, or allow" (def. #2)http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/begrudgingly"Begrudgingly" is fine as I used it.
DPierre: The one thing that was omitted by Grant that makes a difference to me is that Fr Ratigan tried to commit suicide when found out. To me, that explains why Bp Finn cut him some slack. But it does not justify it and is not legally relevant, which I guess is why Grant omitted it. You say in defense of Bp Finn that he did not see the pictures, but that is already irresponsible on the part of the bishop. He chose not to ask for the pictures. His repeated bad judgment renders him unfit to lead. Bruce, yes, his crime is a mere misdemeanor: like a school bus driver who is found guilty of reckless driving, he should be terminated from his job, but after that things might not need to go much further than that. He simply needs to be moved out of a position where he has responsibilities for which he is unfit. If he were a school bus driver, was kept on the job, the company said not one word blaming him, and he started denying wrong-doing in private, I would also be indignant.
I am concerned that too many Catholics are just adapting to whatever is dished up by the latest scandal. Feeling unable to do anything to change an unjust situation in our Church, they give into it.This response is sinful in itself. But because it's a manifestation of social sin, it is not questioned or denounced. The whole situation conspires to make people sin the more. I am looking for prophetic voices to name what is happening, not to the hierarchy, but to the faithful because of this ongoing problem.
Claire: According to the Graves Report, doctors initially thought Ratigan would not survive his suicide attempt, and that's partly why Finn didn't remove him from ministry straightaway. Within ten days it was clear that Ratigan would fully recover. Of course, like several other bishops who made bad decisions when advised of dangerous priests, Finn was confused about what canon law allows when it comes to suspending priests. He mistakenly believed he couldn't just put him on administrative leave pending investigation. Bishops always have that option. (Also, I included Ratigan's suicide attempt in a previous post, which I linked to above.)As for DPierre's attempts to rebut me, he's also confused. I've distorted nothing. I encourage everyone to read the Graves Report. I didn't say Finn saw the images on the laptop. But they were described to him, as was Creech's detailed memo about them. He didn't ask to see them -- which boggles the mind. People are upset with Finn because he failed to follow canon and civil law. He put children at risk. The only deceit here is DPierre's.
Donohue has a habit of referring and responding to things he hears or reads without telling his readers what he's talking about. It's hard for me to say whether this is sloppiness or evasiveness; I think it's usually a bit of both. But I do think it's pretty ridiculous for "DPierre" to criticize Grant for linking to the source he's accused of distorting, when Donohue does not link to or even clearly identify the NYT story he's misrepresenting. He never does. To amplify his bullying, Donohue relies on people who take what he says as credible (God knows why) without ever looking into it themselves. So, today, a new Catholic League tweet: "Bishop Finn's foes are so anxious to get him that they become the new puritans. To wit: Mark Silk equates child nudity with child porn." Here's the Mark Silk blog post Donohue is apparently referring to. It would be interesting to hear Donohue actually respond to what Silk wrote. It strikes me as bizarre that instead he wants to dismiss as puritanical anyone who might be alarmed by nude photos of children in a particular context. Even someone who doesn't bother to find out what Donohue's griping about here should be given pause by the way he attempts to wave it off, don't you think?
Apparently it doesn't matter to Donohue that Ratigan pleaded guilty to federal charges of possessing and creating child pornography.
Well obviously that just means Ratigan himself is part of the liberal Catholic plot to make it look like Bishop Finn did something wrong.
"I am concerned that too many Catholics are just adapting to whatever is dished up by the latest scandal. Feeling unable to do anything to change an unjust situation in our Church, they give into it."This response is sinful in itself. But because its a manifestation of social sin, it is not questioned or denounced. The whole situation conspires to make people sin the more. I am looking for prophetic voices to name what is happening, not to the hierarchy, but to the faithful because of this ongoing problem."Rita, way to lay on the Catholic guilt! Only half teasing b/c I'm not sure what you think people should do. Seems to me that Grant's identifying blind obedience/collusion with corruption in high places here and Eugene M's piece on the Dolan-Donohue-Anderson troika are good starts. I no longer give to the bishop's appeal (and he knows why if he reads his mail). And we can pray, certainly.But are we supposed to stop going to mass? Move to new dioceses? What do you think the answer is?
Rita, like Jean it is not clear to me what you would propose.The most natural adaptation mechanism, it seems to me, is to ignore the bishop. That leads to a weakening of episcopal authority. In the US, that is perhaps a good thing. Eventually, one day, we may get leaders who are humbled by their powerlessness. That could be good. Less temporal power, more holiness: it's a good trade!In the meantime we have to bear with the absence of obvious leaders. It's no fun, but maybe it's good for us too.
I am not going to defend Bishop Finn.What concerns me is that Commonweal recently showcased an article by Rembert Weakland, former Archbishop of Milwaukee. We all know that Weakland paid out hush money to keep his former male lover quiet. This money came out of archdiocesan funds money that could have been used in assisting the local poor. Moreover, Weakland told abuse whistleblowers that archdiocesan lawyers would scrutinize their complaints for libelous remarks. He would later refer to the actions of these people as squealing (although he eventually apologized for that remark.) Weakland wrote in his book, "A Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church,"We all considered sexual abuse of minors as a moral evil, but had no understanding of its criminal nature Weakland also said that he initially "accepted naively the common view that it was not necessary to worry about the effects on the youngsters: either they would not remember or they would 'grow out of it.'"Archbishop Weakland is a theological and political liberal; Bishop Finn is a conservative. If Finn resigns, will Commonweal defend his right to publish in a Catholic weekly? Will he, like Rembert Weakland, be welcomed back into the public discourse of the People of God?
Mr. Donohue wrote a book on the four cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance? That is so hugely ironic. Is the book any good?
Finn pleaded guilty to CRIMINAL misdemeanor involving the health, safety, and welfare of little children. Earlier, the bishop sent Ratigan to a psychiatrist affiliated with an organization that helps clerics in trouble; if I recall, the MD (apparently not concerned with acquiring or maintaining professional board certification in psychiatry) bought the cleric's story about people out to get him! Finn obviously put ecclesiastical considerations ahead of any possible concern for kids.Finn needs to go! And Pope Benedict XVI, if he wants to demonstrate genuine concern in this matter, needs to fire Finn pronto! In any other scenario, the bishop's butt would have been out the door back in September.What can KC-St Joe Catholics do? They can stop money to parish and diocese. If they receive the local church paper by paid subscription, they can let it lapse or inform the publisher to terminate their subscription. (I've also said in the past that concerned parishioners should work with sympathetic attorneys/accountants to set up separate parish expense accounts that cannot be touched in any way, direct or indirect, by the bishop.)The laity and local clergy must hold accountable. This is not about forgiveness but, instead, about assuming responsibility for his knowing and willing dereliction of duty in one of the most sensitive areas of church life today.Finn's continuing presence in the diocese is a disgrace and an outrage.
I no longer give to the bishops appeal (and he knows why if he reads his mail).And we can pray, certainly.But are we supposed to stop going to mass? Move to new dioceses? What do you think the answer is?Jean,I find this commentary really sad. I assume you are a lay Catholic just like me. Most of us have never even met our local bishop, a few might have had their picture taken with him and fewer still know and work with him. But our duties as lay Catholics are really quite independent of the bishop, and even more independent of our opinion of him. Of course we are to attend mass, receive the sacraments, pray, give alms - even to the bishops appeal, etc. It is our obligation to give, its the recipients obligation to use the money well. St. Therese's of Lisieux little way in terms of a commitment to the tasks and to the people we meet in our everyday lives is really what being a lay catholic is all about. This handwringing over the hierarchy is completely misdirected.
Bruce --We are obliged to give to the poor. We are not obliged to give to any particular charity, not even the bishop's. I happen to have a decent bishop, but I can understand people who do not wish their incompetent bishops to remain in office. It does seem true -- money is the only language the papal nuncio and the Vatican understand. I used not to think that, but the evidence has forced me to change my mind.
Frank Gibbons,I do not defend Rembert Weakland's record in the abuse scandal or his personal conduct. Neither apparently does he. I do find instructive his open penance laying prostrate in a packed cathedral. When people erupted in applause at the end of the penitential service, he stopped it, and insisted on leaving the altar in silence.Finn's conduct is equally instructive: a refusal to admit he did anything wrong, and I suspect he heartily welcomes any applause that comes his way.Those differing responses are meaningful to me.
If the pope and bishops are going to be so strict with charities when it comes to the use of the non-proprietary term "Catholic," they might consider the same goose sauce for the gander "Catholic" League.I realize that might cost them some financial support, but life sux sometimes.
Carolyn,Let me reiterate that I do not defend Bishop Finn.Perhaps Rembert Weakland apologized publicly for using archdiocesan funds to pay off his accuser. However, according to SNAP, Weakland has never apologized for his mishandling of sexual abuse in Milwaukee. The following is from a SNAP Wisconsin press release of 10/4/12."Finally, Weakland has never apologized publically to victim/survivors and their families, and he could have used the interview with Gibney to perform this one decent gesture, knowing victims of priests he was responsible for would be undoubtedly watching the film. He could have apologized for his written remarks he once made in the Catholic newspaper that not all victims of priests are so innocent and that some victims are street wise and savvy. He could have apologized when in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal, around the very time he was sending secret reports about Murphy to Ratzinger, he opines that once a priest loses sexual interest in a child that is when the squealing starts and you have to deal with it. Perhaps he had in mind some of the deaf victims of Murphy who were causing him so much consternation. And he could apologize as to why he commissioned a bronze relief of himself in the cathedral, which is still there, depicting himself in the place of Christ shepherding little children, when so many childrens lives were destroyed under his care."
As long as people continue to provide financial support, nothing will change.
Solidarity forever: http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/thanks-commomweal-taking-bill-donoh...'s appropriate that the theme movie about the current state of Catholicism is coming soon: Les Miserables.
Abp. Weakland is out of the actively ministering picture. Finn should be. THAT is the shame of it all.And, yes, I deliberately left Finn's title off. As far as I am concerned, he doesn't deserve to used it anymore.
"I no longer give to the bishops appeal (and he knows why if he reads his mail). "While it feels good to individuals to stop giving and to let the bishop know why, it is unfortunately relatively meaningless.But if an entire parish refuses (as has mine for the last 10 years!) that is noticed. We have been in constant "negotiation" with the archdiocese of San Francisco for the past 3 years and our compromise is to give our unwilling "donation" to either Catholic Charities or a specific list of parish schools. Our nut is about $55,000 a year.There are ways to do these things that cause notice to be taken ... and can eventually involve the parish in determining how its money will be used.
Frank G. - -There are huge differences between the Weakland and Finn cases. The Weakland case involved a young man in his 20s. The Finn case involved a prepubescent little child. Archbishop Weakland resigned, has shown great contrition, and has testified as to how the cover=ups were done, while Bishop Finn sometimes still doesn't admit he did anything wrong. I've forgotten where I read this, but years ago I read that the money which Weakland paid the young was money he had earned making speeches and given to the diocese. He didn't use money from the laity.And, if you'll notice, it seems that many of us are willing to forgive -- when there is repentence that seems genuine.
"Archbishop Weakland is a theological and political liberal; Bishop Finn is a conservative. If Finn resigns, will Commonweal defend his right to publish in a Catholic weekly? Will he, like Rembert Weakland, be welcomed back into the public discourse of the People of God?"As it happens, Commonweal's editors wrote on this topic about nine years ago - not in reference to Weakland and Finn, but Weakland and Law. The editors' criteria at that time seem to me to strike the right balance, and I'd think they answer your question, Frank G.http://commonwealmagazine.org/rembert-weakland-1
About the Bishop's Fund: for the last some years I've made a token contribution to the local Catholic Charities, with the check thus made out. I used to explain why
Sorry, pushed the wrong button again. I used to explain why in a letter, but after never getting any response, spared myself the trouble. There are plenty of secular organizations that do charitable work -- food banks, homeless shelters, medical centers, etc. etc. etc. One thing that the Catholic Church in this country has shown us is that it is a feckless steward of its (and our wealth), pouring out vast sums to victims, to lawyers, and so forth (to say nothing of ecclesiastical finery), and our dollars probably are more beneficial to society if given to institutions we trust, and that are accountable.


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It's been awhile... but I wanted to drop in and see what everyone's been up to lately. This board will always hold a special place in my heart :)
Ryan and Dylan will be 11 months old tomorrow! I can't believe they're almost one- wow. I don't think I ever actually thought I'd get to keep them during my pregnancy until they were finally here. I look at them now and I am amazed I did it, that my body cooperated long enough. I think back to when we found out it was twins and the MFM telling me I should do selective reduction and that I'd be lucky to make it to 22 weeks...
Anyway, they are doing wonderful! Ryan (I don't know if you remember, but he was diagnosed with cancer- retinoblastoma- at 4 months) finished his last round of chemo recently and his follow up MRI looked great- tumors are 'shriveled up and dead' according to his oncologist. He has regained more vision than we dared to dream, and still will see the ophthalmologist for the laser treatments of the scars from the tumors. She's been using the lasers to burn them off.
Now that he's done with chemo, he's feeling so much better and catching up with his brother- finally sitting up, trying to crawl, pulling up... OMG I'm going to have TWO mobile babies very soon. Scary! LOL
We're doing our local March of Dimes walk on Saturday. I am so excited to finally be able to raise money after all these years of having preemies- I was always pregnant again or my husband was deployed and I didn't want to go it alone.
The anniversaries of Raime & Connor's stillbirths were last month- I find it gets easier through the years with those two. Elora's is harder, but I think that's because she lived for so long and we really thought she was coming home.
I have TONS of pictures of the twins and my other kids in my blog (link in my siggy) if you want to see how huge they've gotten. BIG difference from the 3 and 4 pounders they were at birth!
Thanks for listening to my rambling update! I'm off to read about how you all are doing :)
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Wando baseball opened the 2014 season with a win and two losses in this weekends Comporium Tournament at Gilbert High School.
Wando (1-2) pulled off a seventh-inning win over Byrnes in Saturdays opener, before falling to Gilbert and Spartanburg on Sunday.
Wando 2, Byrnes 1
With one out and the game tied in the the seventh inning, Oliver Hill drove a sacrifice fly into center field to score Owen Ravenel and give Wando a 2-1 opening day win Saturday.
Jeff Gottesman earned the win for Wando, allowing two hits and one earned run over seven innings while striking out eight and walking two.
Ravenel helped Wando get on the board in the second inning, reaching on an infield error with two outs while Barrett Walton scored from third.
Wando gave the run back in the top of the seventh with an error at the plate to allow Mason Streater to tie the game for Byrnes.
Down one out in the seventh, Ravenel walked, and Payton Muller and Trevor Pederson hit back-to-back singles to set Hill up for the game-winner.
Walton finished the day 2-3 with a run scored, Hill 1-3 with an RBI, and Pedersen 1-4.
Gilbert 8, Wando 4
Wando rang up nine hits but left six runners stranded in an 8-4 loss to Gilbert Sunday.
Ethan Keane took the loss for Wando, allowing three earned runs off two hits and a walk in one inning.
Wando jumped on top of a couple Gilbert errors early, reeling off three runs with two outs in the first inning. Harrison Smith scored from second while Kep Brown reached on an outfield error. Brown then scored off another Gilbert outfield error while Noah LoCascio reached third. Walton drove in LoCascio in the next at-bat to put Wando on top 3-0.
Caleb Watkins got two back for Gilbert in the bottom frame with a two-run double to center. Gilbert scored two more runs in the fourth, three in the fifth and another in the sixth.
LoCascio drove in Brown in the top of the fifth to score Wandos only other run. Smith finished 2-4 with a run scored, while LoCascio and Walton both went 1-3 with an RBI.
Spartanburg 9, Wando 6
Wando wrapped up the weekend with a 9-6 loss to Spartanburg, giving up eight runs through the first three innings.
Brown sparked a five-run rally for Wando in the top of the first with a two-run homerun over the leftfield wall. Ravenel singled to left to drive in Gervais DuPre, and Hogan Kelly followed with a single to right to score Walton and Ravenel.
Spartanburg scored four runs in the bottom frame with two outs, including a two-run triple by Banks Wise.
Smith singled to center to score Pedersen in the top of the fourth to pull Wando within two runs of Spartanburg. But the Warriors managed just one more hit the rest of the day.
Smith suffered the loss for Wando, giving up three hits, eight runs, one earned through three innings while striking out five and walking four.
Brown hit 2-4 with a homerun, a double, two RBIs and a run scored. Smith finished 1-4 with an RBI and a walk.
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