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Link to
photos of Dallas Eyes Wide Open exhibit, Feb
28-March 1, 2005
Catholics struggling for integrity in our Church
Pray that Pope Benedict XVI will make
decisions reflecting the need to protect children first.
You may email him at
benedictxvi@vatican.va
On
2-8-05 Bishop Grahmann said he wanted to be "totally transparent" regarding the
handling of sexual abuse allegations within the Diocese. If that is true
why does he continue to ignore questions about that issue that have been sent to
him?
Why does he not invite and answer such questions at a public meeting? If
such a meeting is too uncomfortable, why not do the same thing online,
publishing the answers on the Diocesan Web site?
The sections on the Diocesan web site that were
dedicated by the Diocese to "The Truth" in this issue have apparently
been closed. That web site was at
www.cathdal.org/thetruth.htm in 2003. It cannot now be located
online. A
web location with an ongoing dialogue between the Dallas Catholics and Bishop
Grahmann could provide a relaxing and comfortable place for Bishop Grahman to
respond to questions. It could provide a very positive and healing place, unless the truth
is
something less than comforting.
"If the scourge of sexual abuse is to
be effectively eliminated, then the energy of the whole Church needs to be
directed to this end."
From Bishop Wilton D. Gregory's
11-11-03
Presidential Address to the opening of the Catholic Bishop's Meeting
(Click on photo to see larger copy.)
Demonstrations at the Dallas Chancery, spring of 2003.
Bishop Grahmann admitted under oath in 1997 that 5 years earlier he warned Fr. Rudy Kos:
"Don't have
the little boys overnight ...
I'll move you if you do"*
What if a lawsuit had never been filed to
stop Rudy Kos, and
instead Bishop Grahmann had moved Fr. Rudy Kos into your parish where he almost
certainly would have again
molested? Maybe molesting a child you love?
Bishop Grahmann refuses to respond
in any way other than silence to
questions. Do not we as parents, and
as Catholics, have a
responsibility to ask questions?
(*You
may click here to see these quotes in context on page 7616, lines 16-19
of
Bishop Grahmann's testimony
during the 1997 Rudy Kos Liability Trail,
1/3 of which is online at
www.wearethechurch.org/kos.)
Grace in truth,
not in
secrecy |
