{"id":1345,"date":"2010-05-28T22:41:59","date_gmt":"2010-05-29T05:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2010-07-14T22:55:49","modified_gmt":"2010-07-15T05:55:49","slug":"abbeys-reports-contradict-its-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/abbeys-reports-contradict-its-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbey’s reports contradict its claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The abbey\u2019s own statements reflect knowledge of Schulte\u2019s misconduct since 1992. The fact that the abbey has failed to reach out to victims of Schulte even while calling on victims of other monks to come forward represents unprecedented deception and hypocrisy.”<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

On May 19, the St. Cloud Times reprinted St. John\u2019s Abbey\u2019s statement regarding the Rev. Francisco Schulte. The ease with which the abbey attempted to deceive a worldwide audience via its website is shocking unless, like a growing number of people, you expected it.<\/p>\n

The abbey\u2019s \u201cStatement on Father Francisco Schulte\u201d is contradicted by its own historical account, as chronicled in its Abbey Quarterly publication and other publications.<\/p>\n

It is untrue that, \u201cFrom that time (1992) through June of 2002, Father Francisco was living at Saint John\u2019s Abbey with \u2018prudent, non-risk\u2019 limitations on his ministry.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to three different Abbey Quarterly reports from that time, Schulte was in Rome in September of 1992 and did not return from Rome until February of 1994. When he did return, he taught college students in the School of Theology and worked \u201cin diocesan locales in multicultural ministry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also, according to a Sept. 4, 1997 report in the St. John\u2019s University Record, Schulte was subprior at St. Augustine\u2019s Monastery in the Bahamas, where he worked with young oblates. St. John\u2019s seemed proud to report in a 1998 Abbey Quarterly that a, \u201cnew area of service is (Schulte\u2019s) ministry to the local Spanish-language community in the Bahamas.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Schulte returned from the Bahamas he, along with the Rev. Allen Tarlton \u2014 who also faces allegations of abuse \u2014 had access to a group of young men in the oblate program (\u201cStudents at CSB\/SJU Nurture Their Faith\u201d, The Oblate, November-December 2001.)<\/p>\n

None of these positions seem \u201cprudent\u201d or \u201cnon-risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

The abbey\u2019s own statements reflect knowledge of Schulte\u2019s misconduct since 1992. The fact that the abbey has failed to reach out to victims of Schulte even while calling on victims of other monks to come forward represents unprecedented deception and hypocrisy.<\/p>\n

St. John\u2019s enormous alumni community, its current and potential student base, and every victim deserves better. It is time for the abbey to do what they should have done when the scandal first became public: Fully disclose any credible allegation of sexual misconduct (by any monk, visiting faculty member or lay employee), attempt to contact every potential victim of misconduct (including graduates, transfers, church members and camp participants) and then care for these victims. And work to prevent future victimization without regard for enrollment, giving and\/or public relations.<\/p>\n

This is the opinion of Patrick J Marker, a 1983 graduate of St. John\u2019s Prep School, an abuse survivor and an original member of the External Review Board at St. John\u2019s Abbey. Marker is an outspoken advocate for victims and a frequent critic of St. John\u2019s handling of misconduct by its monastic and other personnel.<\/p>\n

Read Entire Letter Here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Abbey’s reports contradict its claim
\nPatrick Marker
\nMay 28, 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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