Category Archives: Withholding Donations

Web Site Feedback

Posted on November 9, 2015
Posted in Web Site Updates, Withholding Donations

I’ve followed your site in the past, and the developments of the Jacob Wetterling case brought it back to the forefront of my mind. I just wanted to say “thank you” for all your hard work. I really enjoyed my … Continue reading →

Email re Withholding Alumni Donations

Posted on August 23, 2012
Posted in Isaac Connolly, Opinion, Web Site Feedback, Withholding Donations

Good afternoon, I first came across your site a few years ago and found it extremely disturbing. I had Brother Isaac Connelly as my FR freshman year. Though I never experienced anything with him, I can’t say that I was … Continue reading →

Alum: No Support for Saint John’s

Posted on June 15, 2011
Posted in Michael Cummings, PR Machine, Withholding Donations

We have stopped giving to St. John’s because of the ongoing abuse scandal there. I realize that the administration has claimed that everything has been handled but that is not the case.

SJU Alum: No More Donations

Posted on April 20, 2011
Posted in Web Site Feedback, Withholding Donations

Patrick, as a SJU alum from the 1960s, I commend your difficult but necessary work. The Abbey  is clearly unwilling to  “own” its crimes and shows little regard for those victimized. The abbot is unwilling to to be honest about … Continue reading →

Another Alum Questions Support of St. John’s

Posted on August 16, 2010
Posted in Withholding Donations

I am impressed by your dedication to this important but daunting task. What a pity there has been so much dishonesty by the monks.

Alum Withholding Donations Over Abuse Scandal

Posted on August 4, 2010
Posted in Bruce Wollmering, Opinion, PR Machine, Withholding Donations

I have been wanting to write a letter to both SJU and CSB to let them know how I feel; that I intend to withhold any donations; that I will never intend to send my children there, and that I … Continue reading →

Nick Coleman dumped by SJU

Posted on August 4, 2010
Posted in BS, John Klassen, Nick Coleman, PR Machine, Tom Andert, Withholding Donations

“As long as St. John’s has this man on the payroll, I will no longer give my money to St. John’s,” Busch wrote. “I will not support lies and false statements and half truths about anyone.” [Webmaster’s Note: This quote … Continue reading →

St. John’s bows to pressure and drops Nick Coleman

Posted on August 4, 2010
Posted in Nick Coleman, Withholding Donations

Brother, I suspect St. John’s University will be able to ride it out, but could a big institution look much worse than it does in Erin Carlyle’s City Pages story? The one about the Collegeville school caving in to conservative … Continue reading →