dimanche 14 septembre 2014

Commentary / An Examination of Conscience.- (By Paul Kendrick)


(Paul Kendrick)

I KNOW THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

SO, WHAT'S STOPPING ME?

US FEDERAL JUDGE JOHN WOODCOCK IS THREATENING TO PUT ME IN JAIL AND/OR FINE ME TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IF I PROVIDE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY TO POLICE AND JUSTICE OFFICIALS IN HAITI.

DO I SIMPLY GO ALONG WITH JUDGE WOODCOCK AND ALLOW THE CRIES FOR HELP FROM FRIGHTENED AND SUFFERING ABUSE VICTIMS IN HAITI TO TAKE A BACK SEAT TO JUDGE WOODCOCK'S COURT ORDER TO SEAL ALL DOCUMENTS IN A CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST ME?

Law enforcement and Justice officials in Haiti have launched a criminal investigation against 
U.S. citizen, Michael Geilenfeld, director of an orphanage in Haiti and the same multi accused child molester who is suing me for defamation.

As a result of the discovery process in my civil trial, I am in possession of important and timely information that will assist the Haitian National Police in their investigation of criminal child sexual abuse charges against Geilenfeld in Haiti.

My lawyers and the lawyers representing Geilenfeld have the same information. 

Judge Woodcock has threatened me with "contempt of court" and ordered me not to disseminate any of the documents obtained during the discovery process.

Sadly, I cannot rest assured that Judge Woodcock fully comprehends the cultural complexities of a place like Haiti where child sexual abuse is epidemic.

Time is of the essence. 

Eight days ago, on Friday, September 5, 2014, Geilenfeld was arrested by the Haitian National Police on suspicion of charges of indecent assault of children and criminal conspiracy, Port-au-Prince General Prosecutor Charles Kerson told the Associated Press. Geilenfeld is now imprisoned at a penitentiary in Port au Prince.

Portland, Maine Attorney Peter DeTroy, Geilenfeld's lead attorney in the civil case, is exerting extreme pressure and influence on Haiti government officials in an attempt to obtain Geilenfeld's release from a Haiti prison, thus enabling Geilenfeld's quick return to the US where he will be safe from prosecution in Haiti.

By his comments to a US newspaper, DeTroy is paying great insult to Port au Prince Prosecutor, Charles Kerson, Haiti National Police and Haiti Justice officials, all of whom participated in the arrest of Geilenfeld and the closing of his orphanage.

DeTroy and his law partner, Attorney Russell Pierce, are telling reporters that the charges against Geilenfeld brought by Prosecutor Kerson and Haiti government officials are "false and suspicious...baseless...without merit," insinuating in a very real way that Prosecutor Kerson and Haiti government officials are puppets and stooges of outside special interest groups. 

Child protection advocates know from experience that if Geilenfeld remains in jail until his trial (and is not granted bail); a) children will be safe from his abuse / Geilenfeld is a multi accused child molester; b) Geilenfeld, now under extreme pressure, will not be able to threaten and intimidate victims and witnesses; (c) more victims will come forward if they can be assured that Geilnfeld cannot retaliate against them and; d) Geilenfeld will not have an opportunity to escape from Haiti to avoid prosecution.

We must show respect to the people of Haiti. The children who were abused, and their families, and the Haitian society, have a legitimate right to see Michael Geilenfeld brought to justice for crimes committed against Haitian children in the Haiti judicial system.

In February 2013, Geilenfeld and Hearts with Haiti, a North Carolina-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that raises money for Geilnfeld's orphanages in Haiti, filed a defamation law suit against me in federal court in Portland, Maine, alleging that, for the previous two years, I published "false and heinous" allegations of Geilenfeld's involvement in child sexual abuse.

The civil trial will begin in three weeks. At least seven Haitian men will offer their testimonies that they were sexually abused by Geilenfeld when they were children living in Geilenfeld's care at his orphanage in Haiti.

I believe the courageous men who will testify at trial. 

I stand by them.

It is painful for me to listen to the horrific and disgusting things that Geilenfeld did to them when they were children. The world will soon share in their suffering. 

These men have placed themselves at great personal risk to help protect other children from abuse in Haiti.

They are heroes.

Paul Kendrick
Freeport, Maine
207-838-1319
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RESEAU CITADELLE : LE COURAGE DE COMBATTRE LES DEMAGOGUES DE DROITE ET DE GAUCHE , LE COURAGE DE DIRE LA VERITE!!!
"You can fool some people sometimes, 
But you can't fool all the people all the time."
 (
Vous pouvez tromper quelques personnes, parfois, 
Mais vous ne pouvez pas tromper tout le monde tout le temps.
) dixit Abraham Lincoln.

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