Monday, February 21, 2005
EMAIL FROM DR. BOND
Dear Friends,
Here is the link to the latest article from the Scranton Times on the Society of St. John:
http://www.scrantontimes.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13952797&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=8
As most of you know, Fr. Eric Ensey filed bankruptcy in an effort to prevent the federal lawsuit from going forward and, more importantly, to prevent the release of his psychosexual evaluations. Now that the bankruptcy court has lifted the stay, the lawsuit can more forward again. We should expect, however, that Fr. Carlos Urrutigoity and/or the Society of St. John will soon step forward to file bankruptcy in an effort to obtain yet another delay. Indeed, we are witnessing a classic case of the perverse manipulation of law in order to prevent a victim of abuse from having his day in court.
Does anyone remember the early days of this scandal when the Society of St. John and its supporters were proclaiming their eagerness to defend themselves in a court of law? How many times did we hear that the SSJ priests could not wait to clear their names? Yet these same priests have done everything possible to delay their day of judgment, for they know on that day they will be buried by the evidence against them.
Pax vobiscum,
Dr. Jeffrey M. Bond
