Monday, October 29, 2007
TOLEDO PRIEST BACK IN THE NEWS
According to an article at the Toledo Blade website, the 6th District Court of Appeals said the statute of limitations does not bar the claims made by a Toledo woman who accuses Gerald Robinson of ritual sexual abuse and torture during satanic rites.
Robinson was convicted of the ritual murder of Sister Margaret Ann Pahl in May 2006
The woman has sued anonymously as "Survivor Doe". According to the reporter, David Yonke, "For the last five years, the church has been able to hide behind the statutes of limitations, which prevent the merits of the case from being heard...Now the actual facts of the case can be explored and exposed, which can make for a scary Halloween for the Catholic Church."
The North County Gazette also covers the decision of the Appellate Court. In this article the victim claims the priests involved in the satanic rituals "dressed in nuns’ habits, used women’s names and engaged in bizarre rituals, victimizing her." That statement brought to mind the recent activities of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence who also dress as nuns and use women's names. However, in this case, the perpetrators are said to be Catholic priests.
The case hinges on repressed memory syndrome which has gotten a bad rap in recent years.
A reader sent in this tragic story of a woman who was persuaded by medical personnel that her father had sexually abused her. The details she recalled from her "repressed memories" turned out not to be true.
In any case, if this civil suit against Robinson goes forward, it will likely bring in the world press again, just as the murder trial did.
