No money coming from Fairfield U. for Haiti sex abuse victims Michael P. Mayko, Staff Writer Published: 08:16 p.m., Saturday, October 23, 2010 1 of 8 View: Larger | Hide Child abuse advocates, led by Paul Kendricks, in center, a Fairfield University alumnus, gathered at the main gate at Fairfield University to protest on Saturday October 23, 2010. The demonstration was over the school's refusal to pay for the schooling for children caught up in the scandal involving Project Pierre Toussaint's former director, Douglas Perlitz. Photo: Christian Abraham / Connecticut Post | Buy This Photo Child abuse advocate Bob Sidorowicz, of Quincy MA, hands out flyers durng a protest held at the main gate at Fairfield University on Saturday October 23, 2010. The demonstration was over the school's refusal to pay for the schooling for children caught up in the scandal involving Project Pierre Toussaint's former director, Douglas Perlitz. Photo: Christian Abraham / Connecticut Post | Buy This Photo Child abuse advocate Bob Sidorowicz, of Quincy MA, hands out flyers... Child abuse advocates, led by Paul Kendricks, a Fairfield University alumnus, gathered at the main gate at Fairfield University to protest on Saturday October 23, 2010. The demonstration was over the school's refusal to pay for the schooling for children caught up in the scandal involving Project Pierre Toussaint's former director, Douglas Perlitz. Photo: Christian Abraham / Connecticut Post | Buy This Photo Child abuse advocates, led by Paul Kendricks, a Fairfield... Child abuse advocates, led by Paul Kendricks, a Fairfield University alumnus, gathered at the main gate at Fairfield University to protest on Saturday October 23, 2010. The demonstration was over the school's refusal to pay for the schooling for children caught up in the scandal involving Project Pierre Toussaint's former director, Douglas Perlitz. Photo: Christian Abraham / Connecticut Post | Buy This Photo Child abuse advocates, led by Paul Kendricks, a Fairfield... Child abuse advocate Kevin Waldrip, of Montclair, NY, hands out flyers at the main gate at Fairfield University during a protest on Saturday October 23, 2010. The demonstration was held becuase of the school's refusal to pay for the schooling for children caught up in the sex scandal in Haiti involving Project Pierre Toussaint's former director, Douglas Perlitz. Photo: Christian Abraham / Connecticut Post | Buy This Photo Child abuse advocate Kevin Waldrip, of Montclair, NY, hands out... Child abuse advocates, led by Paul Kendricks, a Fairfield University alumnus, gathered at the main gate at Fairfield University to protest on Saturday October 23, 2010. The demonstration was over the school's refusal to pay for the schooling for children caught up in the scandal involving Project Pierre Toussaint's former director, Douglas Perlitz. Photo: Christian Abraham / Connecticut Post | Buy This Photo Child abuse advocates, led by Paul Kendricks, a Fairfield... Child abuse advocates, led by Paul Kendricks, a Fairfield University alumnus, gathered at the main gate at Fairfield University to protest on Saturday October 23, 2010. The demonstration was over the school's refusal to pay for the schooling for children caught up in the scandal involving Project Pierre Toussaint's former director, Douglas Perlitz. Photo: Christian Abraham / Connecticut Post | Buy This Photo Child abuse advocates, led by Paul Kendricks, a Fairfield... Child abuse advocates, led by Paul Kendricks, a Fairfield University alumnus, gathered at the main gate at Fairfield University to protest on Saturday October 23, 2010. The demonstration was over the school's refusal to pay for the schooling for children caught up in the sex scandal in Haiti involving Project Pierre Toussaint's former director, Douglas Perlitz. Pictured, Paul Kendrick, right, speaks with Paul Fanning, who's son attends the school. Fanning also works in Haiti as the Director of Development at the St. Boniface Haiti Foundation. Photo: Christian Abraham / Connecticut Post | Buy This Photo Child abuse advocates, led by Paul Kendricks, a Fairfield... FAIRFIELD -- Paul Kendrick woke up Saturday morning with confidence and hope. The Maine advocate for victims of sexual abuse at Doug Perlitz' Project Pierre Toussaint in Haiti was confident he would convince Fairfield University President Jeffrey von Arx to contribute $25,000 to help school, feed and treat 20 of the young victims. After all, Kendrick claims Fairfield University is partly responsible. They promoted Pertliz and heaped honors on the 1992 graduate who created a three-stage program to help feed, clothe and educate street boys in Cap-Haitien, Haiti's second largest city. Then in August, following a yearlong legal battle, Perlitz pleaded guilty to a federal charge of traveling to Haiti to engage in sex with one minor boy. "I'm going to tell von Arx I have a desperate situation and they are partly responsible," said Kendrick, a 1972 Fairfield University graduate who had sought this meeting for nearly a year. "I need the money to get these kids through April." As Kendrick made the walk to the meeting, his associates -- including the Rev. Robert Hoatson, who operates Road to Recovery in Livingston, N.J., for victims of sexual abuse by clergy; Paul Kellen, a founder of National Survivor Advocates Coalition; Dick Regan and Kevin Waldrip, both victims -- and others handed out 300 leaflets describing the plight to people entering the North Benson Road gate to celebrate Parents' and Homecoming weekend. About an hour later, Kendrick returned dejected and disappointed. "It was low tone and cordial," Kendrick said before adding, "He's not going to help us. I've just got to keep trying to Band-Aid this." Kendrick then gave a lengthy filmed interview to CNN. The station plans to broadcast a lengthy segment about the Perlitz case during its Dec. 20 edition of "Anderson Cooper 360." It will come the night before Perlitz is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton at the federal courthouse in New Haven. "I warned Paul the church usually uses these events not to reach out in a positive Gospel manner, but to avoid more negative publicity," said Hoatson, who, because of his work with survivors of clergy abuse, is on administrative leave from the Newark Diocese. The State Department and the Department of Homeland Security are arranging to fly six of the victims and two of the officials from the school to speak at the sentencing. Also expected to come is Cyrus Sibert, the journalist who exposed the abuse in a 2007 series of reports. Mark Gregorio, a spokesman for Fairfield University, said the school would not be making a comment on the private meeting. Earlier he released a statement in which the university maintains it has "identified partners in Connecticut and Cap-Haitien" and is in discussion with them with the hope of reaching "a resolution soon on how best to provide significant assistance to the children of Cap-Haitien and the former residents of Project Pierre Toussaint." "I can't tell you how disappointed I am," Kendrick said. "I'm a guy who never ceases to be amazed by leaders of the Catholic Church." ____________________ "La vraie reconstruction d'Haïti passe par des réformes en profondeur des structures de l'État pour restaurer la confiance, encourager les investisseurs et mettre le peuple au travail. Il faut finir avec cette approche d'un État paternaliste qui tout en refusant de créer le cadre approprié pour le développement des entreprises mendie des millions sur la scène internationale en exhibant la misère du peuple." Cyrus Sibert Reconstruction d'Haïti : A quand les Réformes structurelles? Haïti : La continuité du système colonial d'exploitation  prend la forme de monopole au 21e Siècle. WITHOUT REFORM, NO RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN HAITI (U.S. Senate report.)