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Father Gilbert Gauthe, a Roman Catholic priest, delivered spellbinding funeral sermons, won local respect by rescuing a man who was trapped under an overturned tractor, and impressed many older women with his charm in Louisiana's Vermilion Parish. But most of all, he was a Pied Piper for the children. He would take them on wilderness trips, play games and invite favored boys to spend the weekend in the rectory...
Among the current cases: Father Mel Baltazar of Boise was sentenced to seven years in prison last January for lewd conduct with a 15-year-old boy. Father David Boyea of White Lake, Wis., goes on trial this month on three felony charges involving minor boys. Rhode Island Priest P. Henry Leech is scheduled for an August trial on eight such charges, and in that same state Priest William O'Connell, who was already facing 24 charges relating to perhaps twelve or more youths, was arraigned last week on two additional counts. In San Diego, Monsignor Rudolph Galindo, former rector...
Pederasty is a puzzling perversion, which to many experts seems essentially incurable. The only solution, they suggest, is eliminating close contact between pederasts and boys. The disorder does not appear to affect any particular occupational group and remains a rarity among priests. Reporter Editor Thomas Fox says that there is a heightened awareness of child abuse and "parents are more willing to go to court to pursue justice instead of asking the bishop to reassign the priest...
...never regained consciousness. After Karen had remained in a coma for three months with no prospect of recovery, her parents asked her two doctors to take her off the respirator and let her "pass into the hands of the Lord"; the doctors refused. With the support of their parish priest, the parents went to court to ask permission for Karen to die "with grace and dignity." No U.S. court had ever granted such a right, and the controversy attracted international attention...
...emotional distress" by a wealthy Virginia Beach couple who claimed that Walker snooped around their home in varied disguises: as a birdwatcher wearing a green bag with eyeholes over his head and carrying a telescope; as a Boy Scout leader looking for a place to camp; as a Catholic priest. Next, Walker went into business for himself, digging up evidence in divorce cases and probing phony insurance claims. He also swept business offices for hidden microphones and telephone taps, which could have given him a chance to plant listening devices in the offices of defense contractors while pretending to protect...