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...intelligence of an 8-year-old, took the stand in December and, eager to please whichever lawyer questioned her, told a story full of contradictions and surprising affection for her attackers. Instead of sealing an acquittal, however, her testimony convinced the jury that the girl was incapable of informed consent and that the well-spoken young men sitting in the courtroom should have known better. Archer and the Scherzers could face sentences of up to 40 years. Since their lawyers plan appeals, Glen Ridge may not yet be able to close its wound altogether...
...statement was further delayed because Katz had to consent to its release before it could be issued, Epps said...
...specifics. But local media reported that five unnamed women say they were sexually involved with him, in some cases as teenagers. One of the five, who claims she received a quiet cash settlement from the church in 1991, said all the women had been above the age of legal consent. Even if no crimes were committed, however, Sanchez apparently violated the priestly celibacy rule, not to mention basic Christian decency. In 1990 Atlanta's Archbishop Eugene Marino became the first American of that rank ever to be forced out of office, after being caught in an affair with a woman...
...rape" and "heterosexuality is the eroticization of dominance and submission" full her speech and writings. (Ironically, MacKinnon herself recently married a feminist man, demonstrating that even she doesn't believe her absurd claims about marriage being rape.) MacKinnon asserts that nearly all heterosexual sex is rape, questioning even "whether consent is a meaningful concept." MacKinnon believes that sex constitutes rape if a woman who consented to sex subsequently regrets her choice, stating that "I call it rape when a women has sex and feels violated." Writing in the New York Times ("The Palm Beach Hanging." December 15, 1991), MacKinnon claimed...
...disagrees with the recommendations of the task force, issuing its own definition of date rape as "sexual intercousre that occurs despite the expressed unwillingness of the victim." The council also creates a special category of "sexual regligenca," that is "any act of sexual intercourse which occurs without the mutual consent of the parties involved." The council also opposes direct student involvement in disciplinary cases involving date rape. The Civil Liberties Union of Harvard (CLUH) later endorses the council's definition in a position paper...