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Disconnect, Pt 2: Subpoenas are for the little people

April 19, 2012 Joelle CasteixClergy Abuse Crisis

Earlier this year in Kansas City, SNAP’s David Clohessy was ordered to give a six-hour deposition in a child sex abuse lawsuit. Neither SNAP nor David himself were a party or even knew the victim. Critics piled on Clohessy, calling him evasive and a con-artist. In the end, the deposition has nothing to do with…Continue reading Disconnect, Pt 2: Subpoenas are for the little people

Do I detect a disconnect?

April 18, 2012April 18, 2012 Joelle CasteixClergy Abuse Crisis

From today’s Stockton Record: From left, Bishop Stephen Blaire, consultant Michael Heenan and Monsignor Richard J. Ryan walk down a hallway inside the San Joaquin County Courthouse on Tuesday morning, when jurors in Michael Kelly’s trial were sent home for the day. (emphasis mine) Consultant? As a PR person myself, I don’t fault Heenan for…Continue reading Do I detect a disconnect?

Breaking News: Jury says Fr. Michael Kelly Abused Victim

April 6, 2012April 6, 2012 Joelle CasteixClergy Abuse Crisis

The jury came in with a unanimous verdict for Michael Kelly’s victim. If a jury can determine that in less than two hours, why did the Diocese of Stockton allow him to keep working with kids? For years?

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