Lacey priest investigated for alleged abuse of a minor - This Just In - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
A Benedictine priest serving as a member of the monastic community at St. Martin's Abbey is under investigation for alleged sexual abuse of a minor while he served at Sacred Heart Parish in Lacey during the 1980s.
Father Edward Receconi, who served at Sacred Heart between 1984 and 1986, can’t perform public ministry in the Archdiocese of Seattle while the allegation is under investigation, said Greg Magnoni, spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Seattle.
The Archdiocese received word of the alleged sexual abuse late last week from an Olympia-area attorney and forwarded the complaint to the Lacey Police Department, Magnoni said.
“When we get more information, we will begin our own investigation on the allegations of Father Edward,” he said, adding the Archdiocese has no details about the alleged abuse.
Lacey police have received the complaint and will look into the allegations with the prosecutor to see what’s taken place, Lt. Jim Mack said.
Sexual abuse allegations, if proven credible, result in permanent removal from public ministry in the Archdiocese of Seattle and could lead to the priest being defrocked, Magnoni said.
Receconi, 62, attended St. Martin’s College and was ordained as a Benedictine priest in 1979. In addition to Sacred Heart, where he served from 1984 to 1986, his assignments in the Archdiocese of Seattle include St. Edward Parish in Shelton from 1987 to 1993 and Holy Rosary Parish in Tacoma from 1995 to 1996. The Archdiocese of Seattle is asking anyone with information about sexual abuse or misconduct by a member of the clergy, an employee or volunteer to call the archdiocesan hotline at 1-800-446-7762.
Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/03/14/1578879/lacey-priest-investigated-for.html#ixzz1Gd3rBnEm
Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly
In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Monday, March 14, 2011
Unlovely One-A Poem From a Grandmother
I am a grandma, and have just finished the adoption process with my 6 year old granddaughter. It has been hell, and it will be some time before she is really all right.
I wrote a poem about her; thought you might like to share it.
Marantha-March 11,2011
Her mama promised she’d be there to keep the dark at bay,
but then she watched as secretly her mama drove away;
she huddles underneath her bed, for monsters now will come,
a silent little shell who never knew another home.
Policemen sit her in a chair as through the house they search,
their radios crack loud and when they stare at her it hurts;
a lady takes her hand and leads her quietly away,
and promises she’ll never spend another lonely day.
Another house, with strangers making food for her to eat,
they show her to a bed and say that this is where she’ll sleep,
the rules are read aloud so she will know just how to act;
but in their eyes she sees that they expect much less than that.
Monsters quickly found her, all alone there in the night,
she huddled ‘neath the bed to shut them out with all her might;
strangers tried to understand and gently coaxed her out,
but little girls don’t have the words to say what it’s about.
Mama lied to her, and then the quiet lady too;
police are so official that they don’t know what to do;
strangers treat the symptoms but they can’t reach through the veil,
and little girls with monsters in their heads are bound to fail.
Now doctors and the therapists all brightly smile and say
that she’s a lucky girl and soon will learn a better way;
at school the grownups whisper as they watch her carefully;
the church is tall and crowded – but no one there can see.
All these good intenders are just strangers smiling bright;
the one that she belonged to left her crying in the night;
she longs for friends, but children seem to know when one’s adrift,
and shun her second-best attempts at making herself fit.
In time she learned to cope, and monsters stayed beneath the bed,
the bleeding wounds around her heart became a wall instead;
grown-up eyes said many things, but there she did not look,
and every thing they handed her she thanked them for and took.
One day the quiet lady came; her mama had been found,
the court decreed her fit, and so to her the child was bound.
Now back the little girl must go, regardless of the cost, of
a soul so quickly shattered, and hard-won peace now lost.
Her mama promised she’d be there to keep the dark at bay,
But yet again she watches as her mama drives away;
she huddles underneath her bed, for monsters now will come;
a silent little shell who knows there’ll never be a home.
Read more: http://authspot.com/poetry/unlovely-one/#ixzz1GZtfcHTB
I wrote a poem about her; thought you might like to share it.
Marantha-March 11,2011
Her mama promised she’d be there to keep the dark at bay,
but then she watched as secretly her mama drove away;
she huddles underneath her bed, for monsters now will come,
a silent little shell who never knew another home.
Policemen sit her in a chair as through the house they search,
their radios crack loud and when they stare at her it hurts;
a lady takes her hand and leads her quietly away,
and promises she’ll never spend another lonely day.
Another house, with strangers making food for her to eat,
they show her to a bed and say that this is where she’ll sleep,
the rules are read aloud so she will know just how to act;
but in their eyes she sees that they expect much less than that.
Monsters quickly found her, all alone there in the night,
she huddled ‘neath the bed to shut them out with all her might;
strangers tried to understand and gently coaxed her out,
but little girls don’t have the words to say what it’s about.
Mama lied to her, and then the quiet lady too;
police are so official that they don’t know what to do;
strangers treat the symptoms but they can’t reach through the veil,
and little girls with monsters in their heads are bound to fail.
Now doctors and the therapists all brightly smile and say
that she’s a lucky girl and soon will learn a better way;
at school the grownups whisper as they watch her carefully;
the church is tall and crowded – but no one there can see.
All these good intenders are just strangers smiling bright;
the one that she belonged to left her crying in the night;
she longs for friends, but children seem to know when one’s adrift,
and shun her second-best attempts at making herself fit.
In time she learned to cope, and monsters stayed beneath the bed,
the bleeding wounds around her heart became a wall instead;
grown-up eyes said many things, but there she did not look,
and every thing they handed her she thanked them for and took.
One day the quiet lady came; her mama had been found,
the court decreed her fit, and so to her the child was bound.
Now back the little girl must go, regardless of the cost, of
a soul so quickly shattered, and hard-won peace now lost.
Her mama promised she’d be there to keep the dark at bay,
But yet again she watches as her mama drives away;
she huddles underneath her bed, for monsters now will come;
a silent little shell who knows there’ll never be a home.
Read more: http://authspot.com/poetry/unlovely-one/#ixzz1GZtfcHTB
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Mom Arrested After Baby Coos in Library
Mom Arrested After Baby Coos in Library
http://thestir.cafemom.com/baby/117362/mom_arrested_after_baby_coos
Posted by April Peveteaux on March 11, 2011 at 2:15 PM
It's starting to feel like people just really hate babies in this country. Whether it's feeding them in public or strolling them down the sidewalk, people seem to get aggro when in the presence of tiny, helpless infants. Makes you wonder what kind of issues people have when they take out their aggression on the smallest in our society, no?
So here we go again with a story of a mother who was trying to do a job search in the library, and was kicked out, and then arrested. All because her baby dared to let out a little baby talk. That's right, baby talk. Not baby scream, not baby cry. Baby talk.
Serita Foster and her 14-month-old baby were in the library in Decatur, Georgia, so she could use the Internet to search for a job. Her baby made a noise that Foster described as a "coo" and the security guard came over to tell her that her son needed to quiet down or leave the library. Foster gave her baby a bottle, and no further noises came out of the little dude.
However, the security guard came back saying the branch manager wanted her to leave anyway, just in case the baby made any more noise. Seriously. Preemptive banishing in the public library. Foster held her ground, which resulted in a trespassing arrest.
So security guards can bully a mom with a happy baby, but it's still legal to look at porn on the library computers -- when children are around. What's going on in this country that moms are constantly under attack? How is Foster supposed to find a job when the library won't even let her come in if she has her baby with her? As Foster so eloquently said, if her baby had been crying, she would have immediately left the premises. But he wasn't crying, and she needed to use the computer.
Foster actually has a court date coming up, as she was charged with obstruction. What a fantastic use of our tax dollars. If you're in the Decatur area, you should be pissed. Hell, if you're a mother, you should be pissed. How many gum-snapping, coughing, farting, or otherwise noisy people do you think sit in the Decatur library every day -- without being asked to leave? It's mom discrimination, pure and simple.
Do you think Serita Foster should have been kicked out, then arrested?
Image via mkesumaphoto/Flickr
http://thestir.cafemom.com/baby/117362/mom_arrested_after_baby_coos
Posted by April Peveteaux on March 11, 2011 at 2:15 PM
It's starting to feel like people just really hate babies in this country. Whether it's feeding them in public or strolling them down the sidewalk, people seem to get aggro when in the presence of tiny, helpless infants. Makes you wonder what kind of issues people have when they take out their aggression on the smallest in our society, no?
So here we go again with a story of a mother who was trying to do a job search in the library, and was kicked out, and then arrested. All because her baby dared to let out a little baby talk. That's right, baby talk. Not baby scream, not baby cry. Baby talk.
Serita Foster and her 14-month-old baby were in the library in Decatur, Georgia, so she could use the Internet to search for a job. Her baby made a noise that Foster described as a "coo" and the security guard came over to tell her that her son needed to quiet down or leave the library. Foster gave her baby a bottle, and no further noises came out of the little dude.
However, the security guard came back saying the branch manager wanted her to leave anyway, just in case the baby made any more noise. Seriously. Preemptive banishing in the public library. Foster held her ground, which resulted in a trespassing arrest.
So security guards can bully a mom with a happy baby, but it's still legal to look at porn on the library computers -- when children are around. What's going on in this country that moms are constantly under attack? How is Foster supposed to find a job when the library won't even let her come in if she has her baby with her? As Foster so eloquently said, if her baby had been crying, she would have immediately left the premises. But he wasn't crying, and she needed to use the computer.
Foster actually has a court date coming up, as she was charged with obstruction. What a fantastic use of our tax dollars. If you're in the Decatur area, you should be pissed. Hell, if you're a mother, you should be pissed. How many gum-snapping, coughing, farting, or otherwise noisy people do you think sit in the Decatur library every day -- without being asked to leave? It's mom discrimination, pure and simple.
Do you think Serita Foster should have been kicked out, then arrested?
Image via mkesumaphoto/Flickr
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