The Fat Lady Hasn't Sung Yet

Dear Readers,

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I need to explain why I'm still publishing after The Battle has been lost. As I have said before, I was planning to quit after the city of Onamia bent every which way but loose to accommodate Nexus in obtaining their Conditional Use Permit, which was, of course, tailor-made specifically for the sex offender institution. For me, personally, there seemed nothing more for ME to do which might influence the local government to stop the destruction of the 38.81 acres down the street. For a year of my life, I'd attended their meetings and "public hearings" trying to stop them from making the mistakes they made. Of course, they went ahead with their mistakes no matter what I said or printed or did... Apparently Hannabelle had no impact. But you must admit I gave it my all.

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The D'Angelo/Freeman lawsuit has forced me to continue my involvement, whereas I'd have preferred to move on to greener pastures. Recently it occurred to me that just because Hannabelle is sick and tired of fighting all this crap, you might think the War is over. Friends, it is not over. I had hoped that my part in it was finished, but I'm still stuck in the combat zone.

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As you know, I initially tried to save my neighborhood from having 94 convicted sex offenders in an unlocked facility located a few minutes run from my defenseless mother. She is elderly and in poor health. But as soon as I got involved, I immediately realized that something was wrong... By the time the Mille Lacs News and Bradbury Buzzz was created, my opposition was directed at the city council, who was intent upon supporting a private corporation which, in my opinion, was detrimental to the community. The "benefits" of the sex offender institution remaining in Onamia were greatly overshadowed by the negative aspects.

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I could easily expound on my participation over this past year and a half. Originally, I'd planned to dedicate only one year of my life. But of course, things didn't play out that way. Like stepping into quicksand, I'm now up to my neck in muck. And since I'm stuck here, unable to escape, I continue to work towards influencing the local and county government (to gain favorable government action).

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Although the War with Nexus is not over yet, there hasn't been much activity lately. I haven't been attending meetings since the CUP public hearing in April. Nexus isn't on the agenda. In the meantime, I've been directing a lot of my writing towards the city and county officials that read my stuff. These men have tunnel-vision when it comes to Nexus.

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For instance, Nexus barely met the qualifications for county tax abatement. To qualify, they needed to score points on a worksheet. Nexus scored 86, the minimum requirement. The finance committee generously duplicated points for the same issue (number of jobs), thus ensuring that Nexus would pass the "test". Without those jobs, Nexus doesn't make the grade. Also, our research indicated that the numbers Nexus provided to the county commissioners were nebulous, vague, misleading... First Nexus said that they spend $2 million dollars in the county annually. When asked to provide more detail about that, Jim D'Angelo reduced the figure from $2M to $610,000 he claims Nexus spends in the county annually. His figures, however, still did not add up. Ours came to only about $98,800, close to the figure quoted to us by a Department of Corrections source. Our request for the finance committee to further investigate was, of course, denied. Commissioner Dave Tellinghuisen stated that if Nexus cannot fulfill the requirements within the allotted time-frame, (such as creating several new jobs), tax abatement may be withdrawn.

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This is extremely significant. The new jobs which Nexus has outlined to meet qualifications were based on Nexus privatizing their school. A new school principal, teaching positions, aid positions, etc. If Nexus would privatize, 15 Onamia school employees would lose their jobs in the process. At an Onamia public hearing, former Nexus CEO Jim D'Angelo stated that those positions would not be lost, but those employees would work for Nexus instead of for the Onamia School district. He hedged when questioned if those jobs would be counted as "new positions" to meet qualifications for tax abatement. D'Angelo said that Nexus intended to, in fact, "double" the number of jobs. hmmm.

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However, Onamia school superintendent John Varner, along with the school board were against the privatization of the Nexus school. Privatization was denied. Without privatization, Nexus will not be able to create the school jobs they promised to deliver when they submitted their tax abatement applications to the city and county - there will be no private school at Nexus.

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So you see, Dear Readers... as Mayor Larry Milton recently said, this deal ain't done quite yet. Nexus now has to find another way to meet the conditions for the tax abatement already granted to them. Will they be able to do it?

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Although I opposed the annexation, purchase by the city, rezoning (incorrect zoning classification for the facility, along with improper zoning of the property), resale of the 38.81 to the corporation, as well as being opposed to the manipulation of laws, rewriting of ordinances to benefit one specific private company, the lack of a Planning Commission - the city council got around this by declaring themselves to be the planning commission! (see YouTube videos), lack of a Comprehensive Municipal Plan, improper procedures, violations of the Open Meeting Law, spot-zoning, lack of a traffic study, the impact on the environment - especially at such close proximity to the river and lake, as well as finding conflict of interests within the city council, and a serious discrepency in data provided by Nexus - such as conflicting statistics about safety (police and sheriff's reports), providing false and misleading information to obtain public funding, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. - BESIDES all that, I oppose property tax abatement for Nexus, who has been denied tax exemption in Mille Lacs, Crow Wing, and Mower counties. The Minnesota Department of Revenue has stated that NEXUS DOES NOT QUALIFY AS A CHARITY.

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So you see, the War goes on. There are still a few battles left to engage in. There is not much to "do", but hopefully my attempts at educating the public and public officials will be successful in the end. While the 38.81 acres has been destroyed, it is not too late for the city and county governments to reconsider giving tax abatement to Nexus, a multi-million dollar private corporation. As you know, if Nexus' tax abatement is not withdrawn, now that the school will not be privatized and promised jobs will not be created, citizens will make up the difference with a hike in THEIR tax dollars.

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Nope, this Fat Lady ain't sung yet. But after this long, long tour of duty, I'm starting to hum. I'm more than ready to be discharged from service. At least I know that I earned an honorable discharge. That's more than I can say for most ...

God Sues Hannabelle!

A few days ago I wrote about how natural disasters such as tornadoes, floods, etc. etc. can totally destroy a person's life. And since, as you know, everything I have written this past year and a half has had to do with stopping the government from inappropriately sticking a large, commercial institution, owned by a private corporation, into our rural, residential neighborhood, I used this "natural disaster" vs "unnatural disaster" analogy to illustrate the devastation this company has caused me, my family, and my neighbors. I assure you, my intent was to gain public support against the government who, acting as an agent for the private corporation will continue to oppress We The People by continuing to make irrational, illogical mistakes like granting property tax abatement which will raise our property taxes. Of course, my intention was also to point out how the damages to the victims of the "unnatural disaster" were caused knowingly, with malice, with disregard for our Constitutional Rights, and blah, blah, blah. (You know it all by now.) WHAT HAPPENED TO US COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. But it wasn't.

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My Story

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So, sure enough... Yesterday St. Peter (no relation) arrived at my nonpearly gate with yet another lawsuit against Hannabelle. (As if two bogus, frivolous SLAPP suits weren't already enough... Sheesh!) As St. Peter (no relation) placed the golden scroll into my trembling hands, he shook his head sadly and said, "Nothing personal, ma'am. I'm just doing my job."

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Well, you can imagine my anxiety as I unfurled the golden lawsuit to find that I am being SLAPPed by God, Himself! Talk about PRESSURE!

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God
Plaintiff

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Hannabelle
Defendant

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It seems that God is suing Hannabelle for DEFAMATION. The Plaintiff's case states that "when the defendant [allegedly] "defamed The Weather", which God Himself created and is therefore responsible, her comments caused God damages which will be specified sometime in the future. By publishing information about The Weather on the Bradbury Buzzz blog for the "whole world to see", it caused His Son Jesus some slight embarrassment, the Holy Spirit gave Him a disapproving frown, and Gabriel tooted his Horn for six straight days. (On the seventh, he rested.)" [It goes on and on...]

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Lawyers for the Plaintiff have sworn to "show no mercy" in SLAPPing down the defendant. Hannabelle has twenty days to answer this new lawsuit against her. Otherwise she will lose by default, because... that's the way the system was designed. Either way, it will be HELL for her.

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Hannabelle's lawyers insist that God's lawsuit is frivolous. "We intend to call upon witnesses such as Moses (The Ten Commandments will be Exhibit A), and of course Job, (as soon as he gets out of the hospital) and even Jesus Himself (as a hostile witness) to prove that God uses The Weather to BULLY and intimidate people into placing large donations into the collection plate. God has a long history of Scape-goating, bullying, ostracizing, and using The Silent Treatment. What is being done to our client is purely wrong. People have a right to complain about The Weather."

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Disclaimer #1: The above story is NOT true. God is NOT suing Hannabelle.

I wrote the above story to illustrate the difference between writing a fictional story as opposed to exercising my First Ammendment Rights to advance a position. Freedom of Speech is a Right which MUST be protected. We know that the above story is a metaphor. It is fictional. How do we know this? 1) God cannot sue Hannabelle because God doesn't exist. 2) Alternatively, if God DOES exist, we know God cannot sue Hannabelle because - everyone knows there are no lawyers in Heaven.

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***I learned that "Alternatively" trick from you, Vic.

Thanks

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Disclaimer #2: In the D'Angelo/Freeman SLAPP suit against me, I've been wrongfully accused of sitting at [my] computer and just making things up because [I] think it is funny. To say this about me is defamation. To tell the court that information I have shared in the Mille Lacs News and Bradbury Buzzz has not been researched (they said that too) but simply "made up" is FALSE. It is obvious that the Plaintiffs are "projecting" their own methods onto me. I am not the one who lied on sworn his affidavit. I am not a liar at all. Yes, sometimes I TRY to be funny. I want my readers to be entertained while they learn about our cause. If you don't see the humor in a Jay Leno monologue as he criticizes the President... well, then you probably have a problem and are no fun at parties. Of course I'm no Jay Leno... And to me, fighting to save my farm has NOT been fun OR funny. I do, however, stand by what I have written. I have published the Truth as best I can as well as offering tons of opinion. I have done my best to procure favorable government action through alerting the public and public officials of the Truth. It is an effort which continues.

County Board Games

Pro/Con: Do the tall ships leave Duluth in historically troubled waters?
Duluth News TribunePublished Sunday, August 03, 2008

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"...the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians is experiencing hostility from the Mille Lacs County Board, which has adopted an official policy that the reservation no longer exists, despite all of the legal precedence and federal government’s position upholding reservation existence and tribal sovereignty."

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The Mille Lacs County Board: Phil Peterson, Frank Courteau, Jack Edmonds, Dave Tellinghuisen, and Roger Tellinghuisen (and yes, Virginia, there is NEPOTISM in Mille Lacs County. The Tellinghuisens are brothers.)

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Do you see? Do you see??? It is so obvious to people OUTSIDE of the county HOW BAD the Mille Lacs County Commissioners really are. When are the citizens in Mille Lacs County going to WISE UP and vote these jokers out?! People - Do your homework. Pu-leeez. You've got the Internet. Look up how this group of commissioners has particularly and majorly SCREWED UP with a PATTERN OF POOR DECISIONS. Check out for yourselves how their BAD JUDGMENT has affected YOU. (Hint: higher taxes for instance...) ITS AN ELECTION YEAR! Get EDUCATED.

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Do it for yourself. (Hannabelle's busy.)

Absence of Malice

Well, Dear Readers... our first court proceeding in the Jim D'Angelo/Peter Freeman (of the Nexus Corporation) vs. Hannabelle (of We The People) trial is fast approaching. Mid-August... I'm looking forward to it. You know, before Nexus rudely bashed its way into my insignificant, obsolete little life, my benign hobbies included collecting marbles, reading, and learning to speak German. Now my primary hobbies are - writing about the horrible things Nexus has done, and getting sued for expressing myself. It has been a life-altering time of self-discovery for me. For instance, I've found that I'm much more talented at researching this crap than I am at German. (Wie schade!)

Naturally, I've had to spend time researching and learning SLAPP suits (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) and all sorts of court stuff. Frankly, I'm encouraged.

One of the things that the notorious D'Angelo/Freeman team has to prove is "MALICE" on my part. And they can't do it. I don't have any. Oh, don't get me wrong. Everyone knows how angry I am to have the rights of our citizens discarded by the local government in order to kiss the ass of the mighty corporation which has invaded our formerly peaceful neighborhood, bringing in 94 convicted sex offenders, raising our taxes, lowering our property values and making it difficult if not impossible for us to sell our homes so that we can move to a DECENT community somewhere over the rainbow where they RESPECT the Rule of Law and the Constitution. Who wouldn't be angry at having capricious people who, on a whim, decide to fuck up your life? But malice?

mal·ice
n.
1. A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite.
2. Law The intent, without just cause or reason, to commit a wrongful act that will result in harm to another.

hmmm. I don't believe that reporting malfeasance, uncovering lies, telling the Truth and exposing a local government which has abused its power to best serve a multi-million dollar corporation (with very questionable ethics...) qualifies as "malice". Considering the safety-risk to my family, it sounds more like Self-Defense.

If you build it, she will tell...

And they have given me plenty to talk about... Jim D'Angelo and Peter Freeman may feel differently, (at least according to statements in their lawsuit) but last time I looked, telling the Truth is not a "wrongful act". Maybe they don't want anyone to know how they really are. Maybe they don't want people to see the letter from the Minnesota Department of Revenue denying them property tax exemption because they shuffled money between bank accounts and then claimed it as "donations"... Maybe they don't want people to know how they lied about the number of criminal incidences and escapes at the Mille Lacs Academy. We've uncovered a whole lot of things that I'm sure Nexus doesn't want people to know. Telling the Truth is not defamation. And if the Pronexus and Nexusians are entitled to their opinions - such as it is okay to change the ordinances to allow this commercial facility into my residential neighborhood and that in three years I'll wonder what all the fuss was about and their fucking "small footprint", etc. etc. Well, I'm entitled to MY opinions too. If they don't like my opinions, well, too bad. I don't like theirs. But I was not the AGGRESSOR and I am not the SUER.

My intent has never been to cause anyone harm. My intent was to stop an improperly classified sex offender institution from being built down the street on property which is improperly zoned. My intent was to do what I could to protect my family. I attended city council meetings, went to the County Board. How malicious is that? Nothing I did stopped Nexus. Nothing I did harmed them. They have no case.

However...

Let us not forget that Jim D'Angelo said they were suing Hannabelle because "We thought you'd go away." [SLAPP]

After being awarded 7 years of tax abatement from the county, he said, "Game Over. You lost."

Commenting on my mother's perforated ulcer last winter (we almost lost her), which the doctors stated was caused by severe stress, Jim D'Angelo said to me, "I think it was her daughter that caused the stress..." Right.... Nexus bullying her and imploding her life had nothing to do with it.

Then there was the time when Jim D'Angelo told Hannabelle that if she would just cooperate, that she would be welcomed back into the Fold, like the Prodigal Daughter.... (That was the first time I realized I'd been ostracized from "the Fold" - another Scapegoating strategy...)

Or how about Mille Lacs Academy director Paul Smith telling me that D'Angelo was suing me because I "didn't show Mr. D'Angelo the proper respect."?

And let us not forget Peter Freeman, who after refusing to acknowledge Hannabelle (a strategic technique familiar to this Social Work teacher with special interest in "Scapegoating"), after rudely slamming the phone in her ear, sent her a short email which said: "Thank you for your interest in Nexus Treatment Centers".

How about threats and innuendo by MLA employees and their families? Let's talk about carefully orchestrated harassment and general Scapegoating on the part of Nexus to intentionally harm Hannabelle, knowing full well what they were doing. (They are, after all, experts on abusive behavior.) Now, THAT'S MALICE, my friends. There is plenty of malice on the Jim D'Angelo/ Peter Freeman side. Malice towards an American citizen who is exercising her RIGHT to free speech to inform her fellow citizens as to the Truth about Nexus. Citizens have a right to know. Especially since we subsidize the sex offenders with our tax dollars. It isn't "defamation". It is "debunking". A tough job, but somebody's got to do it.

"The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it,

ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is"

Winston Churchill

Loch-ness Monster Resigns

Gone, but (unfortunately) not forgotten...

Although the "Loch-ness Monster" has resigned from the Onamia City Council and is moving out of the city he was elected to represent (but failed), the damage caused by this yes-man is everlasting, un-do-able, un-fix-able, AND citizens will be paying for Mark Loch's bad judgment and absence of testicular fortitude for many years to come.

Milton's Marionette

Mark Loch is the quintessence of what is wrong with local governments throughout small town America today. However he got on the city council, he did not belong there. After observing him at city council meetings over the past year, it became clear that Mark Loch's only function on the council was to second motions proposed by other councilmen and to help make Mayor Larry Milton's schemes come true. He also fulfilled the requirements for the quorum - i.e. his butt occupied a chair at the council table so that the council could still have a quorum, even with councilman Mickus' frequent absences and councilman Kryzer's wintering in Arizona. But what exactly did Mark Loch contribute? Ideas? No. Checks and balances? No. Was he fair and open to citizens' concerns? NO! Did he serve the community? NO!!! Did he make the town a better place? NO!!!!!!!

In essence, Mark Loch was not a leader. Mark was a follower. And he would follow his fellow lemmings on whatever course Milton set, even if it meant the abolishment of our human rights, our civil rights, ignored our Constitution and was a detriment to the community. You can blame your higher taxes on Mark Loch. You can blame most of Onamia's current problems on Mark Loch because he merely went along. He squandered his vote. Why is Hannabelle so mean to Mark? Because when it came to governing, Mark was a dishrag. He seemed caught up in the junior high school mentality of Milton's town council, succumbing to peer pressure, and like the pawn that he was, doing whatever Bully Milton wanted. Mark Loch may not have served Onamia well, but he definitely served a purpose. Milton's purpose. Nexus' purpose. From that perspective, they were lucky to have him as long as they did. The rest of us - not so lucky.

One of the lessons we should (but probably won't) learn from former councilman Mark Loch's time in office is that POWER is fleeting. But decisions made while in power can be everlasting and devastating. Choose your friends wisely. Yes. But choose your local leaders with extreme caution. They can screw up your life as easily and thoughtlessly as a seventh grade boy throwing spitballs at a classmate. You think your local councilman cares about the people he was elected to represent? You'd better make sure BEFORE you elect him. Will he vote his conscience? Hey, you'd better find out if he has one BEFORE he sits down at the table to determine YOUR life.

Mark is leaving the community but he's also leaving a mess in his wake, a mess of which he has given up all responsibility. What does he care about Nexus and their sex offenders? He doesn't have to deal with them anymore. What does he care about the neighborhood which by his bad decisions was destroyed? He no longer has to face those people. What does he care about the BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP of machines he doesn't have to listen to from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.? He is free to move away, move on and forget about what happened here. Forget what HE DID here. He is free to have a nice life after ruining ours.

The Crosier/Nexus Connection

On June 29th, 2008, Pronexus The Mille Lacs Messenger published this nice little gem about the Crosiers of Onamia, including some Pronexus blurbs (got to love those Crosier/Nexus values....) Here is a portion of the nice little article Brett Larson wrote about this nice group of child molesting pedophiles and Nexus' convicted sex offenders. (I'm getting close to puking, folksies. This is getting surreal.) First read the Mess' article, (click the link for the entire article if you like), then see below.

A new church, an ancient order
by Brett Larson Editor

"In Onamia, their schools have closed, but the Crosiers have continued to host the Mille Lacs Academy. Now, as the Academy builds a new facility, the Crosiers are looking ahead again.Holl said the Crosiers see their community and surroundings as a place of healing for the mind, body and spirit.

Their relationships with Mille Lacs Health System and Nexus have promoted those values, and the renovated church and the new shrine of St. Odilia complement what Holl calls "Onamia commons.""

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Hannabelle doesn't like pedophiles, perverts, toddler molesters - no matter what their age or religion. Is she the ONLY ONE in Onamia who doesn't condone abuse or worship abusers? JEEEZ!

Strange, but True...

Father Jerry Schik is a Nexus Board member. He resides at the St. Odilia facility in Shoreview (where they are apparently sending some of these pedophile priests).

Do the priests molest these poor troubled boys, then turn around and support their victims "treatment"? Of course, I got no answers from Father Jerry... He refused to talk to Hannabelle (see Hannabelle's HALL OF SHAME on millelacsnews.com )
Please read on...

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Crosiers Address Sex Abuse Shoreview Religious Order Identifies Eight Offenders

By Chris Graves, Warren Wolfe and Richard Meryhew Star Tribune [Minneapolis MN]October 10, 2002

A Roman Catholic religious order based in Shoreview on Wednesday publicly identified eight members who sexually abused minors, and it announced a stronger policy against sexual misconduct that is aimed at restoring the public's trust. The eight Crosier priests and brothers who abused minors have been removed from public ministry and are living under restrictions, according to a summary of an independent audit released by the Crosier order.

THE LIST

Eight Crosier members living on restrictions

Eight Crosier members were found to be the subject of credible claims of sexual abuse of a minor.

All have been removed from public ministry; may not perform any work with minors, including volunteer work; cannot be in the presence of a minor without adult supervision, and cannot leave the grounds of a Crosier community without permission.

Some also have additional restrictions. Where the number of victims is not specified below, there were multiple victims, investigators said.

Neil Emon, 61, a priest living in the Crosier Community of Phoenix, Ariz. He served in Hastings, Neb., 1967-74; in Onamia, Minn., 1974-80; at St. Peter Church in St. Cloud, Minn., 1980-89, and at St. Alfred Church in Taylor, Mich., and the Crosier Community in Riverview, Mich., 1989-2000. Since then he has been assigned to the Crosier Community of Phoenix.

Gabriel Guerrero, 66, a brother living in the Crosier Community of Phoenix. He served in Onamia, Minn., 1953-55 and 1958-79; in Syracuse, Ind., 1955-57; in Hastings, Neb., 1957-58 and 1979-90, and in the Crosier Community of New York, 1990-2000. Since then he has been assigned to the Crosier Community of Phoenix.

Gregory Madigan, 67, a brother living under restrictions with another unspecified religious community while his assignment to live as a member of the Crosier Community of Shoreview is evaluated. He served in Hastings, Neb., 1956-58; in Syracuse, Ind., 1958-60; in White Plains, N.Y., 1960-61; in Onamia, Minn., 1961-87; in Chicago, 1988-90, and in the Crosier Community of New York, 1990-2000. Then he was assigned to the Crosier Community of Shoreview, but the Crosiers said in June that Madigan had been moved to an undisclosed location.

Bruce Maxwell, 62, a priest; a single incident of abuse with one minor. Performing administrative duties while completing separation from the military. He served in Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1975; in Hastings, Neb., 1975-82; in the Detroit area, 1983-89, and as a military chaplain, 1989-2002.

James Moeglein, 59, a priest living in the Crosier Community of Onamia, Minn. He served in Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1970; in Onamia, Minn., 1970-88; in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, 1988-89; in the Riverview, Mich., area, 1989-90, and in Hastings, Neb., 1990-99. Since then he has been assigned to the Crosier Community of Onamia.

Thomas O'Brien, 55, a priest; abuse with one minor. Performing internal administrative duties for the Crosier Generalate. He served in Syracuse, Ind., 1974-75; in Onamia, Minn., 1975-87; in Riverview, Mich., 1989-94; in St. Paul, 1994-2001, and in Rome, 2001 to the present.

Richard Ohlemacher, 80, a priest living in the Crosier Community of Phoenix. Retired. He served in Onamia, Minn., 1955-58; in Syracuse, Ind., 1958-75; in Three Rivers, Mich., 1975-79; in the Fort Wayne, Ind., area, 1979-87, and in the Phoenix/Glendale area since 1987.

Justin Weger, 77, a priest living in the Crosier Community of Phoenix. Will become a resident in a long-term-care senior housing facility. He served in Fort Ripley, Minn., 1953-54; in Onamia, Minn., 1954-73 with some service in St. Paul, 1968-72; in Fort Wayne, Ind., 1973-74, and in the Tucson and Phoenix areas since 1974.

Read the full article

Hannabelle highly recommends that you check out BishopAccountability.org

After a long career of child molestation, it appears that many of the pedophile priests retire to sunny Arizona. Hey, isn't that where councilman Jerome Kryzer spends his winters? Co-inkidink?

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