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To: sea_urchin who wrote (22913)	4/12/2005 5:14:16 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 81271

Re: Yes, it would be interesting to be a fly on the wall. And whatever happens as result of the meeting Gus will say... ...I told you so!() The US administration, as I predicted, is orchestrating a smear campaign at the onset of the next conclave: Small Protest Precedes Mass by U.S. Cardinal* Police Intervene at Vatican as 2 Women Allege Law Was Complicit in Clergy Abuse Scandal By Alan Cooperman Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, April 12, 2005 VATICAN CITY, April 11 -- Cardinal Bernard F. Law presided over a Mass in mourning for Pope John Paul II on Monday, a few hours after Italian police broke up a peaceful demonstration by two American victims of sex abuse who were protesting the Vatican's choice of Law for the honor. Barbara Blaine of Chicago, president of the 5,000-member Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, said she flew to Rome because of an "outpouring of outrage in the United States" after the announcement last week that Law would be the only American cardinal to lead one of nine special Masses for the late pope at St. Peter's Basilica. [...] washingtonpost.com Washington's veiled message (or blackmail) is clear: pick the right Pope (Mgr Lustiger) or else... the Vatican's US affiliate as a whole will end up "Chapter 11".(*) () Message 21198558 (last paragraph) () Bankruptcy Protection and the Sexual Abuse Crisis The Portland archdiocese and the Tucson diocese have filed for bankruptcy protection from their creditors (including victims of sexual abuse by priests) after settling large abuse cases, and the Davenport diocese considered bankruptcy protection before settling with 37 victims. The Spokane diocese has decided to file for Chapter 11 protection** after a settlement "could not be reached." Below we offer an archive of materials relating to bankruptcy and church finances, including legal documents, statements by bishops and victims, news, and analysis. [...] 66.102.9.104