http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue7gKW3GT4I
In early 2010 it emerged that the Belgian Bishop Vangheluwe had abused his nephew. Belgian Cardinal Danneels was found to have been aware of this, but claimed he could not take action. The investigation into the abuse as well as the alleged cover-up is ongoing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Vangheluwe
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Resignation
On 23 April 2010 Pope Benedict XVI accepted the bishop's resignation after the Belgian admitted he had repeatedly abused his nephew for 13 years, starting when the boy was just 5 years old. The abuse began when he was a priest and continued after Vangheluwe was made a bishop. His is the first episcopal resignation in Belgium relating to sexual abuse of minors.[4][5][6]
His resignation was announced at a press conference by Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard. Leonard said that Vangheluwe's resignation shows the Catholic Church in Belgium wants to "turn over a leaf from a not very distant past."[7]
As late as 21 April 2010 the former bishop had written a column in a regional edition of the Flemish catholic weekly Kerk en Leven (Church and Life), saying that "at present we suffer from the scandals that batter the Church: everywhere there are stories of priests abusing children. It's horrible to see these things surface, and they hurt us deeply. Nevertheless, this shouldn't blind us from the fact that the majority of priests lead exemplary lives and represent a support to many. (...) They aspire to imitate Jesus."[9]
http://irishsalem.blogspot.com/2010/07/scandal-in-belgian-church-cardinal.html
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Vangheluwe
Excerpt:
Resignation
On 23 April 2010 Pope Benedict XVI accepted the bishop's resignation after the Belgian admitted he had repeatedly abused his nephew for 13 years, starting when the boy was just 5 years old. The abuse began when he was a priest and continued after Vangheluwe was made a bishop. His is the first episcopal resignation in Belgium relating to sexual abuse of minors.[4][5][6]
His resignation was announced at a press conference by Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard. Leonard said that Vangheluwe's resignation shows the Catholic Church in Belgium wants to "turn over a leaf from a not very distant past."[7]
[edit] Pre-scandal public statements on pedophilia
When asked during a university lecture on 19 April 2010 how pedophilia should best be discussed in class, the former bishop replied :"I think you need to be well informed about these things. In a way, it's not a tougher subject than many others. Yes, it's embarrasing, it's scandalous. But then again, so are many other things [...] Also, there have been some articles that imply that pedophilia is nowhere so little prevalent as in the Church [...]".[8]As late as 21 April 2010 the former bishop had written a column in a regional edition of the Flemish catholic weekly Kerk en Leven (Church and Life), saying that "at present we suffer from the scandals that batter the Church: everywhere there are stories of priests abusing children. It's horrible to see these things surface, and they hurt us deeply. Nevertheless, this shouldn't blind us from the fact that the majority of priests lead exemplary lives and represent a support to many. (...) They aspire to imitate Jesus."[9]
[edit] Retirement
On 26 April 2010, it was reported Vangheluwe had retired to Westvleteren Abbey[10][11] with a state pension of about US$3,600 a month.[12]http://irishsalem.blogspot.com/2010/07/scandal-in-belgian-church-cardinal.html
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
Scandal in Belgian Church - Cardinal Godfried Danneels
This is a Comment I made on Rod Dreher's Blog BeliefNet that sums up my attitude to the scandal in the Belgian Church. His article is called Danneels approved pedophilic catechism? and I wrote this on 30 June 2010:
I have gathered together a dozen different artcles on this scandal on my website www.irishsalem.com. The url of the relevant section is
http://www.irishsalem.com/international-controversies/europe/index.php
I have not had time to do a commentary yet but one thing that strikes me is the similarity to the Father Paul Shanley scandal in the USA. Shanley was a promiscous homosexual and also a "gay" icon in the 1960s and 70s. Many conservative Catholics complained bitterly to the Church authorities about him and eventually, in 1979, he was removed from his "gay outreach" project in Boston. He was not however, removed from the priesthood. Even his supporters acknowledge that he was probably having sex with adolescent boys who were about (or below) the age of consent but "liberals" didn't bother about that at the time.
Then in 2002 Shanley was accused of having raped FOUR eight year children decades before. His 4 accusers - all of whom knew each other - declared that they had "repressed" their memories for decades but had just "recovered" them. All of Shanley's gay and liberal friends believed this proposterous story and deserted him. He was convicted on Recovered Memory evidence alone and the Massacheutetts Supreme Court recently refused his appeal and affirmed the validity of this voodoo brain science.
Cardinal Danneels is no Paul Shanley in his personal life but there are certain similarities. Belgian liberals loved the "liberal" Cardinal and sneered at his conservative critics - like Alexandra Colen when she protested at this repulsive "catechism". Now they have turned on the Church and see nothing wrong in desecrating tombs in order to search for hidden documents - straight out of the Da Vinci Code! The Belgian Church degraded itself by adopting the values of the world and now the world despises it and wants to destroy it. It is an end without honour or dignity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shanley
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Paul Richard Shanley (born January 25, 1931), is an American defrocked priest who was accused and convicted of raping a child. He served at St. Jean's Parish in Newton, Massachusetts and was a prominent figure in the Boston clergy sex abuse scandal.
http://www.newsfollowup.com/barney_frank.htm
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2009/04/24/outrage
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Friday, Apr 24, 2009 15:45 ET
I have gathered together a dozen different artcles on this scandal on my website www.irishsalem.com. The url of the relevant section is
http://www.irishsalem.com/international-controversies/europe/index.php
I have not had time to do a commentary yet but one thing that strikes me is the similarity to the Father Paul Shanley scandal in the USA. Shanley was a promiscous homosexual and also a "gay" icon in the 1960s and 70s. Many conservative Catholics complained bitterly to the Church authorities about him and eventually, in 1979, he was removed from his "gay outreach" project in Boston. He was not however, removed from the priesthood. Even his supporters acknowledge that he was probably having sex with adolescent boys who were about (or below) the age of consent but "liberals" didn't bother about that at the time.
Then in 2002 Shanley was accused of having raped FOUR eight year children decades before. His 4 accusers - all of whom knew each other - declared that they had "repressed" their memories for decades but had just "recovered" them. All of Shanley's gay and liberal friends believed this proposterous story and deserted him. He was convicted on Recovered Memory evidence alone and the Massacheutetts Supreme Court recently refused his appeal and affirmed the validity of this voodoo brain science.
Cardinal Danneels is no Paul Shanley in his personal life but there are certain similarities. Belgian liberals loved the "liberal" Cardinal and sneered at his conservative critics - like Alexandra Colen when she protested at this repulsive "catechism". Now they have turned on the Church and see nothing wrong in desecrating tombs in order to search for hidden documents - straight out of the Da Vinci Code! The Belgian Church degraded itself by adopting the values of the world and now the world despises it and wants to destroy it. It is an end without honour or dignity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shanley
Excerpt:
Paul Richard Shanley (born January 25, 1931), is an American defrocked priest who was accused and convicted of raping a child. He served at St. Jean's Parish in Newton, Massachusetts and was a prominent figure in the Boston clergy sex abuse scandal.
http://www.newsfollowup.com/barney_frank.htm
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2009/04/24/outrage
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Friday, Apr 24, 2009 15:45 ET
Re-outing Charlie Crist
A new film about closeted gay Republicans attacks the media's hesitation about outing, but doesn't deliver any surprises of its own.
A movie premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival this week is bound to cause at least a little bit of outrage. That's not surprising, considering it's, well, called "Outrage," and is a documentary made by a former aide in the Clinton White House about about closeted gay politicians.
Outrage Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaTsmXaw5NQ
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,432501,00.html
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Outrage Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaTsmXaw5NQ
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,432501,00.html
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Friday, October 03, 2008 
By Bill Sammon
By Bill Sammon
WASHINGTON — Unqualified home buyers were not the only ones who benefitted from Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank’s efforts to deregulate Fannie Mae throughout the 1990s.
So did Frank’s partner, a Fannie Mae executive at the forefront of the agency’s push to relax lending restrictions.
Now that Fannie Mae is at the epicenter of a financial meltdown that threatens the U.S. economy, some are raising new questions about Frank's relationship with Herb Moses, who was Fannie’s assistant director for product initiatives. Moses worked at the government-sponsored enterprise from 1991 to 1998, while Frank was on the House Banking Committee, which had jurisdiction over Fannie.
Both Frank and Moses assured the Wall Street Journal in 1992 that they took pains to avoid any conflicts of interest. Critics, however, remain skeptical.
http://paxalles.blogs.com/paxalles/2011/05/nepotism-barney-frank-helped-lover-herb-moses-get-job-at-fannie-mae.html
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Barney Frank's Former Boyfriend Herb Moses A Fannie Mae Executive
http://paxalles.blogs.com/paxalles/2011/05/nepotism-barney-frank-helped-lover-herb-moses-get-job-at-fannie-mae.html
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Barney Frank's Former Boyfriend Herb Moses A Fannie Mae Executive
“If it is (a conflict of interest), then much of Washington is involved (in conflicts),” Frank told the Herald last night. “It is a common thing in Washington for members of Congress to have spouses work for the federal government. There is no rule against it at all.”
http://tallcotton-ppjakajim.blogspot.com/2008/10/barney-franks-herb-moses-bill-clinton.html
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When I read that Clinton was proclaiming that he had tried to increase oversight of Fannie and Freddie but was unable to because of the Democrats I knew that he was getting out in front on the issue to avoid any personal blame.
http://www.queerty.com/keith-edwards-has-a-few-questions-for-bill-clintons-gay-former-adviser-richard-socarides-20110523/
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What happens when you combine a chipper, optimistic young gay with a thoughtful, politically seasoned gay who’s been around and knows the score?
You get Keith Edwards‘ interview with Richard Socarides (former adviser to President Clinton and son of stridently anti-gay psychiatrist Charles Socarides).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Socarides
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Charles W. Socarides (January 24, 1922 - December 25, 2005), was an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, physician, educator, and author. Socarides was born in Brockton, Massachusetts. Socarides focused much of his career on the study of homosexuality, which he believed can be altered.[1] He helped found the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) in 1992[2] and worked extensively with the organization until his death.[3] He did not consider the underlying desires of homosexuality immoral, stating that "Once my patients have achieved an insight into these dynamics - and realized there is no moral fault involved in their longtime and mysterious need - they have moved rather quickly on the road to recovery."[4]
As a 1995 New York Times profile put it, "Socarides offered the closest thing to hope that many gay people had in the 1960s: the prospect of a cure. Rather than brand them as immoral or regard them as criminal, Socarides told gay people that they suffered from an illness whose effects could be reversed."[4]
http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2007/01/mea_culpa_and_o.html
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I've got to say, I committed the same kind of mistake I laid into the Times for. Writing for a pop outlet, I checked Wikipedia and a few articles through google, and went with my impression. (Of course, in my case it was not the focus of the post, it was not done deliberately, and I am writing a correction now.) I could always pass the buck to the sites I got the info from -- it emphasizes how important it is to keep the pop record of science "clean" -- but in the end the mistake is mine and I take responsibility for it. I should have looked deeper.
Here's a summary of the study at issue, from a recent review on animal models of human sexuality by Michael Baum:
If there's anything you'd like to get off your chest, this is an open thread.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Throckmorton
Excerpt:
E. Warren Throckmorton is an associate professor of Psychology at Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania.
Throckmorton's academic work has been published by journals of the American Psychological Association, the American Mental Health Counseling Association and the Christian Association for Psychological Studies. Throckmorton is past-president of the American Mental Health Counselors Association and is past-chair of the Ethics Committee. For six years, Throckmorton served on the National Provider Advisory Board of Magellan Behavioral Healthcare, the largest behavioral healthcare company in the world. In 2004, he wrote and produced the documentary I Do Exist, about people who say they have changed their sexual orientation. In 2005 he produced a shortened version called Sexual Orientation: Is Change Possible.[1][2] Throckmorton has appeared on the O'Reilly Factor, Fox News Live, CNN, Prime Time America and numerous other TV and radio talk shows.
His columns have been published by over 100 newspapers in the United States.[3][4] His research interests include sexual orientation, anti-bullying policies, abstinence education and mental health service delivery and financing. He runs a personal blog.[5]
http://tallcotton-ppjakajim.blogspot.com/2008/10/barney-franks-herb-moses-bill-clinton.html
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By STEVEN A. HOLMES (New York Times)
Published: September 30, 1999
In a move that could help increase home ownership rates among minorities and low-income consumers, the Fannie Mae Corporation is easing the credit requirements on loans that it will purchase from banks and other lenders.
The action, which will begin as a pilot program involving 24 banks in 15 markets -- including the New York metropolitan region -- will encourage those banks to extend home mortgages to individuals whose credit is generally not good enough to qualify for conventional loans. Fannie Mae officials say they hope to make it a nationwide program by next spring.
Fannie Mae, the nation's biggest underwriter of home mortgages, has been under increasing pressure from the Clinton Administration to expand mortgage loans among low and moderate income people and felt pressure from stock holders to maintain its phenomenal growth in profits.
When I read that Clinton was proclaiming that he had tried to increase oversight of Fannie and Freddie but was unable to because of the Democrats I knew that he was getting out in front on the issue to avoid any personal blame.
http://www.queerty.com/keith-edwards-has-a-few-questions-for-bill-clintons-gay-former-adviser-richard-socarides-20110523/
Excerpt:
What happens when you combine a chipper, optimistic young gay with a thoughtful, politically seasoned gay who’s been around and knows the score?
You get Keith Edwards‘ interview with Richard Socarides (former adviser to President Clinton and son of stridently anti-gay psychiatrist Charles Socarides).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Socarides
Excerpt:
Charles W. Socarides (January 24, 1922 - December 25, 2005), was an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, physician, educator, and author. Socarides was born in Brockton, Massachusetts. Socarides focused much of his career on the study of homosexuality, which he believed can be altered.[1] He helped found the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) in 1992[2] and worked extensively with the organization until his death.[3] He did not consider the underlying desires of homosexuality immoral, stating that "Once my patients have achieved an insight into these dynamics - and realized there is no moral fault involved in their longtime and mysterious need - they have moved rather quickly on the road to recovery."[4]
As a 1995 New York Times profile put it, "Socarides offered the closest thing to hope that many gay people had in the 1960s: the prospect of a cure. Rather than brand them as immoral or regard them as criminal, Socarides told gay people that they suffered from an illness whose effects could be reversed."[4]
http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2007/01/mea_culpa_and_o.html
Excerpt:
I've got to say, I committed the same kind of mistake I laid into the Times for. Writing for a pop outlet, I checked Wikipedia and a few articles through google, and went with my impression. (Of course, in my case it was not the focus of the post, it was not done deliberately, and I am writing a correction now.) I could always pass the buck to the sites I got the info from -- it emphasizes how important it is to keep the pop record of science "clean" -- but in the end the mistake is mine and I take responsibility for it. I should have looked deeper.
Here's a summary of the study at issue, from a recent review on animal models of human sexuality by Michael Baum:
Three independent groups of investigators (Allen et al., 1989, Byne et al., 2001 and LeVay, 1991) have published results showing that the volume of the third interstitial nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus (INAH3) [a part of the brain] is significantly greater in (presumptive) heterosexual men than women. In a widely publicized study (LeVay, 1991), LeVay reported that the volume of INAH3 was significantly greater in heterosexual than in homosexual men. The homosexual men whose brains were analyzed in this study had nearly all died of HIV/AIDS whereas the heterosexual subjects typically died of non-HIV related causes. This difference in cause of death led some critics to attribute the differences in INAH3 volume observed between homosexual vs. heterosexual men to the presence of HIV infection in the homosexual sample as opposed to a difference in sexual orientation. A more recent study (Byne et al., 2001) suggested, however, that there was no effect of HIV infection on the dimensions of INAH3 in either heterosexual or homosexual male subjects. These investigators also reported only a non-significant trend for INAH3 volume to be greater in heterosexual as compared with homosexual men. Thus, the original report of LeVay (1991), while intriguing, still awaits full replication.And, just to be clear, I stand by my criticism of the Times piece -- and welcome them to step up and print a similar correction.
If there's anything you'd like to get off your chest, this is an open thread.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Throckmorton
Excerpt:
E. Warren Throckmorton is an associate professor of Psychology at Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania.
Throckmorton's academic work has been published by journals of the American Psychological Association, the American Mental Health Counseling Association and the Christian Association for Psychological Studies. Throckmorton is past-president of the American Mental Health Counselors Association and is past-chair of the Ethics Committee. For six years, Throckmorton served on the National Provider Advisory Board of Magellan Behavioral Healthcare, the largest behavioral healthcare company in the world. In 2004, he wrote and produced the documentary I Do Exist, about people who say they have changed their sexual orientation. In 2005 he produced a shortened version called Sexual Orientation: Is Change Possible.[1][2] Throckmorton has appeared on the O'Reilly Factor, Fox News Live, CNN, Prime Time America and numerous other TV and radio talk shows.
His columns have been published by over 100 newspapers in the United States.[3][4] His research interests include sexual orientation, anti-bullying policies, abstinence education and mental health service delivery and financing. He runs a personal blog.[5]
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