the Rev. David L. Blizard, 57 was found
innocent of charges of assault and battery of a person over 14
on August 17, 2004 in Brockton Superior Court.
Worcester District Attorney John J. Conte
initially investigated but turned the case over to the Plymouth
County district attorney because the offense allegedly happened
July 25, 1988, in Wareham.
This is the second recent
criminal court case that was initiated by an investigation from Worcester
District Attorney John J. Conte office, which has resulted in
the exoneration at trial.
Brother Louis Laperle,
was found innocent in
Fitchburg district court in March.
August 24, 2004
DSS probes case of boy hit
by truckLEOMINSTER -- The Department of Social Services is
investigating how a 5-year-old boy was hit by a pickup truck
Tuesday while walking with his father.
Matthew Derry, 5, of 22 Lorchrist St., was struck by a
Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Bennie Baca of 5 Calva St., on
Viscoloid Avenue.
The boy's father, Timothy Derry, said Wednesday the driver
was at fault, despite DSS's investigation into possible neglect
in the case.
Denise Monteiro, a spokesman for DSS, said the agency
received an anonymous complaint Tuesday night on the 24-hour
Child-At-Risk Hotline.
The matter was transferred to the North Central Massachusetts
branch of DSS, which was investigating the matter with the Derry
family Wednesday.
Voice note: A 6 year old FOSTER child,
in state custody can
fall out a second floor window unsupervised, then be
discovered alone two blocks away injured and DSS finds no
neglect. A truck in a street hits a 5 year old child who
darts out and the Natural parents are now subject to a
neglect charge from a so called anonymous complaint! DSS
is out of control, and should be subject to a CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION. However, your children are of little concern to
DA John Conte who continues to turn a blind eye and fail our
children. All while his friends that surround the child
abuse "cottage Industry" continue to line their pockets and grow
wealthy at the expense of Worcester County children.
Vatican paper a key to
abuse suits
Defendants battle to keep out evidence about church's
manual
Is the 1962 Vatican document called Crimen Sollicitationis a blueprint for
the cover-up of clergy abuse within the Catholic church, or is it merely an
internal policy manual for handling certain kinds of abuses within the
sacrament of confession?
Lawyers are battling this issue out in the context of several civil lawsuits
filed by alleged clergy abuse victims around the country.
The issue moves to Washington, D.C., today as the Rev. John P. Beal, a canon
lawyer who said he has studied the Vatican document, is scheduled to be
deposed this morning in connection with a Texas civil suit involving the
Rev. Thomas H. Teczar of Dudley, Mass., a priest of the Diocese of
Worcester.
August 23, 2004
Worcester's
DA Conte has failed to act on clergy sexual abuse.
The Worcester
District Attorney first issued a subpoena for clergy abuse
information in April 5, 2002.
District Attorney
John J. Conte in 2004 listed 57 priests as being subject to
sexual abuse allegations.
In all this time,
was there not one piece of evidence that would lead to
prosecution of those responsible for crimes against children and
adults of the Worcester Diocese?
One must wonder
what the district attorney’s office has been doing in all this
time.
August 21, 2004
2 boys in DSS case turn up
Fitchburg parents grilled by judge Children appear at
court
WORCESTER-
The two sons of a
Fitchburg couple charged with contempt of court for refusing to disclose the
sons' whereabouts were left yesterday by an unknown adult at Worcester
Juvenile Court, then turned over to the state Department of Social Services.
"I had nothing to do with it. I saw the children here,"
said Mr. Hession, who has been involved in many cases against the DSS and
has an anti-DSS Web site, MassOutrage.com,
which describes "actual tactics used by the DSS to illegally kidnap children
from families."
Outside court, Ms. Richard and Mr. Hession lashed out
against the DSS.
"The children were safe and they didn't want to go to the DSS," Ms. Richard
told reporters. "I did nothing wrong. I've been a mother for 16˝ years and
I've been wrongly accused of neglect, and my husband has been accused of
abuse and my children have never been abused."
Mr. Richard, whom his wife described as self-employed, declined comment. Ms.
Richard said she cleans houses and takes care of children for a living.
Mr. Hession charged that the DSS had pressured Ms. Richard to get
restraining orders.
"This is totally contrived," he said. "This involves egos and judges.
These restraining orders are used as a weapon. This is one of the dirty
tricks they use to break up families."
The Richards, Mr. Hession continued, "have a good relationship despite the
stress of this and they look forward to living together."
The abuse restraining
order law is one of the worst tyrannies ever foisted upon the people in this
Commonwealth. It has destroyed more families, scarred more children, and
caused more pain, than any law except the parallel child abuse statute.
(Chapter 119, Section 51A) It rarely prevents abuse (massoutrage.com)
August 19, 2004
Mother of two behind
bars
Judge demands children's location
WORCESTER-
A judge ordered yesterday
that a Fitchburg woman remain behind bars until she reveals the whereabouts of
the two children she and her husband were supposed to surrender to the state
Department of Social Services last month.
Judge Carol A. Erskine found Annette Richard, 36, in civil
contempt after a hearing in Worcester Juvenile Court and ordered that she be
held in custody at Framingham State Prison until Aug. 30, when another hearing
will be held.
Voice note:
The Richard family made the only choice to protect their
children. Judge Carol A.
Erskine, should be removed from the bench and brought up on charges of gross
misconduct. Based on DSS interruption any parents that argues is guilty of
abusing their children! This is OUTRAGEOUS!
With
out any evidence of a crime,
this family was convicted. DSS will destroy your family, kidnap your children
all with no fear of accountability from the legal system. District Attorney John
Conte, and the Massachusetts state police once again have failed the
children of Worcester county !
August 16, 2004
Judge agrees with diocese; throws out
papers in suit
SPRINGFIELD- Judge John A. Agostini of Hampden Superior
Court has upheld the Diocese of Worcester's contention that certain
documents be stricken from Jane Martin's lawsuit against the diocese
involving allegations of sexual abuse by the Rev. Robert E. Kelley.
Ms. Martin's lawyer, Michael P. Ascher, accused the judge and the legal
system in Massachusetts of further victimizing Ms. Martin and said the judge
has effectively taken away Ms. Martin's claims that the diocese acted beyond
the scope of its charitable purpose when it allowed Rev. Kelley to continue
as a priest.
Mr. Ascher said Ms. Martin met April 14 with Bishop
Daniel P. Reilly, who has since retired. Bishop Reilly "looked her in the
eye and promised to settle her case before Bishop McManus' arrival," he
said.
"He asked her to draft a written letter with an itemization of what she
needed to settle her claims. She apparently did so and delivered it to
Bishop Reilly. She followed up with several telephone calls, and we were
then served with a letter that essentially told Jane to stop communicating
with the bishop directly, although he had solicited the letter," Mr. Ascher
said.
Voice note: This "repulsive"
scandalous behavior by Bishop Daniel Reilly, once again PLAINLY illustrates
that still in 2004, the Worcester dioceses is still demoralizing victims and
spending the faithfuls money on SELF PROTECTION. DA Conte's continued
failure to even investigate the diocese is once again evident. DA
Conte, still gives his campaign money to the church and ADA Christopher Hodgesn and State police captain Thomas Greene have received professional
promotions, with financial rewards, all while NO prosecution has occurred.
August 18, 2004
Future stories to be published on web site in August:
Were are the prosecutions for clergy sexual abuse from DA John Conte's
office? After two years plus of secret grand Jury subpoenas, why has Bishop
Daniel Reilly, Monsignor Thomas Sullivan, Monsignor Edmond Tinsley, and
Auxiliary Bishop George Rueguer, himself accused of clergy sexual abuse
never been questioned by C-Pac state police detectives, in Auburn attached
to John Conte's office. What type of investigation, if any has occurred, and
who does go to trial?
Shame on, ADA Christopher Hodgens, of
Hopedale for this cover-up and Captain Thomas Greene, of Blackstone for
their commitment to self preservation, and advancement of their own
personnel careers at the expense to safety of innocent children. As we know,
since 2002, when the clergy abuse crisis was revealed both received from DA
John Conte recent promotions with financial rewards, yet no real prosecution
has ever occurred in Worcester.
August 16, 2004
Missing Molly, to be rebroadcast.
(CBS) Wed., Aug.
18, 10 p.m. ET/PT, Missing Molly
In 2000, Molly Bish, 16, vanished from a local swimming hole
in Warren, Mass. where she had a summer job as a lifeguard.
After several years, and one of the biggest criminal
investigations in the state’s history, there was still no
sign of Molly. Then a disgraced ex-cop got involved in the
search, and found dramatic new evidence. Can he solve the
mystery?
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/48hours/main3410.shtml
August 14, 2004
Figure in Holley parole fired
N.M. gov. outraged over handling of convicted sex
offender
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson yesterday fired the
executive director of the Adult Parole Board for his handling of the parole
of the Rev. David A. Holley, a convicted sex offender.
Rev. Holley, a priest of the Worcester, Mass., Catholic diocese, was serving
a 55- to 275-year jail term for sexually abusing eight boys in the
Alamagordo area. He pleaded guilty to the charges in 1993. He was quietly
paroled on May 26 after 11 years of incarceration, without the victims being
notified.
August 13, 2004
Holley's parole a mistake N.M.
failed to tell molested victims
WORCESTER-
The Rev. David A. Holley,
a priest of the Diocese of Worcester serving a maximum 275-year jail term in
New Mexico for molesting boys in that state, is still in prison although the
state parole board agreed to release him in May.
Plans were to release the 77-year-old priest with
"stringent conditions" including six to 12 months of treatment at a state
inpatient center for sexual offenders in northern New Mexico, he said. The
state would pay the costs of treatment, he said.
Mr. Saviano gave a statement to state police in the early
1990s and met with an investigator in the office of District Attorney John
J. Conte, he said. Mr. Saviano decided not to go forward with criminal
prosecution after Rev. Holley received the lengthy jail term in New Mexico,
because he believed the priest was in no position to harm more children, he
said.
Rev. Holley was ordained as a priest in Worcester in
1958. He served several parishes here until leaving the state in 1969. The
Worcester Diocese sent him to the now defunct treatment center operated by
the Servants of the Paraclete in New Mexico, which is how he got to that
state.
Priest told parole board release
terms oppressive
August 9, 2004
SOUTHBRIDGE - Parishioners at
St. Mary's Parish are bewildered at the contempt and fiscal
mismanagement regarding how the Worcester Diocese and
newly-installed Bishop Robert McManus have handled the
construction of the new parish center. We are concerned that
neither gave a proper and true evaluation of the situation at
the parish center.
Most Honorable
Bishop McManus,
It is devastating to read in our
current St. Mary's church bulletin that you have approved the
removal of two sides of the new parish center and are
contemplating the demolition of the entire building. This
action would be an exorbitant waste of money. These resources
could have been better spent feeding the poor, caring for the
elderly, or housing the homeless.
St. Mary’s parishioners vote to keep parish center
