IBERS : Michael Geilenfeld, un américain accusé de pédophilie dans la Presse aux Etats-Unis et en Haiti, autorisé à diriger 3 centres d'accueil pour enfants à Port-au-Prince et à Jacmel.

Haïti - pédophilie : 1983 - 2011, 28 années d'exploitations sexuelles sous les yeux de Saint-Joseph.   (Photo de Michael Geilenfeld en compagnie des enfants de son Centre d'Acceuil "Maison Saint-Joseph pour Petits Garcons".) Par Cyrus Sibert, Cap-Haïtien, Haïti. Radio Souvenir FM, 106.1 : souvenirfm@yahoo. fr Le Ré.Cit. (Réseau Citadelle) : www.reseaucitadelle.blogspot.com Il existe à Port-au-Prince et à Jacmel trois (3) maisons d'accueil pour enfants qui représentent trois (3) foyers d'exploitations sexuelles. Aux dires de plusieurs jeunes qui ont fréquenté ces établissements, ces trois (3) » Maisons Saint-Joseph pour Enfants » réunissent un nombre important d'enfants de rue venant du Centre d'accueil de Carrefour, des bidonvilles de la Capitale et des villes de province. Elles sont dirigées par Michael Geilenfeld, un religieux au passé ombrageux qui est accusé d'abus sexuels sur des enfants démunis d'Haïti. Sa tactique est connue. Il habitue les enfants à des attouchements corporels allant de simples caresses des membres, des parties du tronc, des fesses, jusqu'à la sodomie. Son chien méchant appelé Micky lui servait d'arme privilégiée pour intimider ses victimes. Plusieurs anciens de Saint-Joseph Home For Boys rapportent avoir été mordus par ce chien sur l'ordre de Geilenfeld. Des pratiques d'abus sexuels et d'exploitation qui ont provoqué plusieurs mouvements de protestation en 1983, en 1991, et en 2005. Des jeunes danseurs des centres d'accueil Saint-Joseph, en déplacement aux Etats-Unis, ont fait des déclarations dans la presse Américaine dénonçant des abus sexuels de Michael Geilenfeld. Des victimes ont été jusqu'à déposer une plainte formelle, au Consulat Américain de Port-au-Prince, contre leur Bourreau. Ils ont indexé Michael Geilenfeld. Madame Déjean de l'IBERS a été informée à 4 reprises, selon ses témoignages. Geilenfeld a été traîné devant la justice haïtienne, ses accusateurs critiquent son influence sur des juges, de grands avocats de Port-au-Prince, des policiers, et le comble, sur des officiers de l'Ambassade des États-Unis à Port-au-Prince. Pourtant, des missionnaires américains ayant travaillé dans les différents Centres d'Accueil Saint-Joseph d'Haïti ont rapporté des faits compromettants allant dans le sens des témoignages des victimes. Mary Kolhaas et Mitchelle Finch sont deux américains qui ont eu le courage de mettre leur témoignage sur papier par devant un notaire Américain en janvier1991. ( Lisez tous les documents sur le site : http://www.dossiergeilenfeld.blogspot.com/) Le nombre de victimes se compte par centaines. En 28 ans, ils sont nombreux ceux qui déclarent avoir connu les assauts de Geilenfeld. Lors d'un voyage d'enquête à Port-au-Prince, Réseau Citadelle a rencontré environ une douzaine d'adultes, anciens enfants de Saint-Joseph Home for Boys. Les récits sont les mêmes: Geilenfeld leur a caressé le cou, la figure, le ventre, les fesses, il les a pressés contre son sexe en érection, et finalement les moins violents, ou les plus naïfs, ont été sodomisés. Parfois, il utilise des haïtiens pédophiles et surtout bisexuels, membres de son staff, pour les premières attaques sur les enfants fraîchement arrivés. Les victimes de Geilenfeld sont réparties partout à travers le monde: États-Unis, Europe, Amérique du Sud et Haïti. Après plusieurs tentatives pour stopper cet homme puissant, ils perdent confiance dans la lutte et voient en leur bourreau un homme intouchable au-dessus de la loi, grâce au pouvoir de l'argent. Les jeunes rencontrés sur le dossier n'ont pas cessé de répéter le fameux proverbe de Madame Déjean: "Lajan fè chien danse". Plusieurs sont morts dans des conditions troublantes, d'autres ont tenté le suicide, la grande majorité s'est réfugiée dans le silence de l'impuissance. Cependant, avec l'annonce de la condamnation de Douglas Perlitz à Connecticut le 21 décembre 2010, ces jeunes marqués par les abus subis dans les Maisons Saint-Joseph reprennent confiance. Ils nous ont contacté pour les aider à relancer la campagne pour que justice soit faite. C'est dans cette perspective que nous avions interrogé les plus déterminés et lancé, avec l'aide d'amis américains, une enquête journalistique et un plaidoyer, en vue de forcer les autorités concernées et les membres du Conseil d'administration de "Hearts with Haiti", l'ONG américaine qui supporte les activités de Michael Geilenfeld, à faire la lumière sur les accusations répétées d'exploitation sexuelle des enfants. Faut-il signaler que plusieurs pédophiles recherchés par la justice pour abus sur des enfants haïtiens ont passé un bon moment avec Michael Geilenfeld. C'est le cas pour Michael Brewer, Thony, Phillip Morris -homosexuel marié à un jeune garçon haïtien en Angleterre et de John Duarte, un prêtre catholique condamné au Canada pour pédophilie en Haïti. Comment un tel homme peut-il avoir l'autorisation administrative et morale pour continuer à diriger, en toute quiétude, 3 maisons d'accueil pour enfants? Quel réseau se cache derrière Michael Geilenfeld? RÉSEAU CITADELLE (Ré.Cit.), le 10 mai 2011, 15 heures 49. --------------- "Ne doutez jamais qu'un petit nombre de citoyens volontaires et réfléchis peut changer le monde. En fait, cela se passe toujours ainsi" Margaret Mead (1901-197 ____________________ "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 SibertReconstruction 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.)

HAITI-PEDOPHILE : Victims advised not to speak to private investigators.

Mr Hamlyn,

Child protection advocates are advising the abuse victims not to speak with private investigators hired by you.

I strongly urge that you dedicate yourself to ensuring that law enforcement officials conduct the investigation.

Sincerely,
Paul Kendrick

Envoyé par mon BlackBerry
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"Ne doutez jamais qu'un petit nombre de citoyens volontaires et réfléchis peut changer le monde. En fait, cela se passe toujours ainsi" Margaret Mead (1901-1978) 

____________________

"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.)  

Haiti-Pedophile : Child protection advocates voice concerns about proposed investigation of child sexual abuse at St. Joseph's Homes in Port au Prince, Haiti by Hearts with Haiti organization. (see letter below)

IGNATIUS GROUP________

 

For immediate release:
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

 

Child protection advocates voice concerns about proposed investigation of child sexual abuse at St. Joseph's Homes in Port au Prince, Haiti by Hearts with Haiti organization (see letter below).

Here are the steps you need to take:

 

1) Call the police. Report your suspicions to U.S. Homeland Security ICE Investigations, Haitian National Police, United Nations Police and the Haitian Child Welfare office.

 

2) Remove Michael Geilenfeld, a U.S. citizen, from Haiti until the investigation is completed. Ensure that Geilenfeld has no further contact with potential witnesses and/or victims.

 

3) Get out of the way of law enforcement professionals. Forensic investigators are specially trained to investigate child abuse and to interview child sexual abuse victims.

 

www.sjfamilyhaiti.org

www.heartswithhaiti.org

 

Dossier Michael Geilenfeld, accusé de pédophilie www.dossiergeilenfeld.blogspot.com

_______________________________________________________________________

 

Here is a copy of Tuesday's message from the Executive Director of Hearts with Haiti:

 

From: Geoffrey Hamlyn [mailto:ghamlyn@heartswithhaiti.org]
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 2:27 PM
Subject: Response to Accusations

 

Dear Friends and Supporters of Hearts with Haiti and the St. Joseph Family,

 

On November 8th, 2011 the Board of Trustees of Hearts with Haiti voted unanimously to commission an independent and objective investigation of the allegations against Michael Geilenfeld and the St. Joseph Family.  Hearts with Haiti remains supportive of Michael and of the St. Joseph Family, and believes strongly that the St. Joseph Family homes are safe and positive places for children.  While this is our belief and our efforts to fund-raise and support the work continue, it is important to us that these charges be answered in a responsible manner.

 

Yesterday, December 5, 2011, without knowing when the investigation began or the details of its execution, Mr. Davis? communications appeared to disregard his own demand for the very investigation he now challenges as invalid in advance of its conclusion.

 

The execution of this investigation will remain fully objective and independent.  Therefore, Hearts with Haiti will have no further comment on the matter until the Board has received the report, in which Hearts with Haiti will have no input.

 

In addition, Hearts with Haiti is aware that the United States government has also been investigating the allegations.  Hearts with Haiti and the St. Joseph Family will continue to cooperate with the authorities of the United States and Haiti.

 

Mr. Davis? unauthorized use of the same mass distribution list used by the St. Joseph Family to send updates on the outstanding achievements of this ministry is unfortunate and disreputable.

 

Hearts with Haiti and the St. Joseph Family wish to apologize for compromising your contact information to such individuals.

 

Sincerely,

 

Geoffrey S. Hamlyn

Executive Director

Hearts with Haiti

 

Rev. Patrick S. Hamrick

Chair, Board of Trustees

Hearts with Haiti

_______________________________________________________________________

 

The Ignatius Group includes those who care about protecting children from abuse.

 

For more information:
Paul Kendrick, Freeport, Maine, 207 838 1319
Cyrus Sibert, Cap-Haitien, Haiti 509 3686 9669

 

_______________________

 

Mr. Sibert,

 

I apologize, I do not speak or write French or Creole.

 

I have visited St. Joseph's Home for Boys in October of 2010 and October 2011. Upon returning several weeks, I learned about the sexual abuse allegations regarding Mike Geilenfeld. I have talked and exchanged many emails with concerned people on both sides, read postings on the internet. I am convinced that at minimum, Mike Geilenfeld and the St. Joseph communities need to be thoroughly investigated.

 

I have many questions. Please forgive my long list of questions.

 

· Is the Haitian Govt. investigating Geilenfeld?

 

· Is the US Govt. investigating?

 

· Are the two governments cooperating?

 

· If Geilenfeld is an offender, how has he been doing it for so long and getting away with it?

 

· Hearts With Haiti Foundation (located in North Carolina, USA) raised $500,000 in 2007, $250,000 in 2008, $400,000 in 2009, and $2 million in 2010 (see this report ). St. Joseph's has a $6 million capital campaign underway to rebuild two orphanages (St. Joseph's Home for Boys and Wings of Hope). Does it cost this much in Haiti to build two orphanages?

 

· How about operating costs - could they be as much as $500,000 a year for three orphanages (Trinity House as well).

 

· If Geilenfeld is an abuser, how much does it take to buy off the social services (IBSER)?

 

· Is he paying people off to look the other way?

 

· Who inspects the orphanages in Haiti?

 

· Is any governing body, the IBSER perhaps, inspecting the St. Joseph's orphanages?

 

· If so, can you get a report proving that St. Joseph's has been inspected?

 

· St. Joseph's claims the IBSER as well as the US Embassy exonerated Mike Geilenfeld in 1991 when he was accused of sexual abuse. Do you have official documents that reflect this claim?

 

· Why don't graduated orphans speak out against him, if they have been abused?

 

· What can naive Americans do to facilitate stopping sexual abuse as is alleged against Mike Geilenfeld?

 

· John Duarte signed a letter written in December of 1990 defending Geilenfeld against sexual abuse charges. The newspaper articles I have read say Duarte was convicted for sexual abuse he committed in Port au Prince and Labodie. One article I found says Duarte helped at a mission in Port au Prince in the early 90s. Was this mission St. Joseph's?

 

· Are Duarte and Geilenfeld part of a network of "humanitarians" in Haiti perpetuating sexual abuse crimes?

 

 

· Have you met Don Lojoie of Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario). He wrote about the John Duarte case in Labadie and Cite Soleil. I hope you two collaborate. Please call him.

 

I hope you have time to reply.

 

Robert Bryan Davis
Atlanta, Ga USA

_______________________

"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.)

HAITI - PEDOPHILE : STOP EVERYTHING HEARTS WITH HAITI AND CALL THE POLICE

OPEN LETTER

December 8, 2011

Geoffrey Hamlyn

Executive Directorl

Hearts with Haiti

27 Horne Street
Raleigh , NC 27607

Dear Mr. Hamlyn,

Fully Independent and Objective Investigation?

Two days ago you made the following announcement: "On November 6, 2011, the Board of Trustees of Hearts with Haiti voted unanimously to commission an independent and objective investigation of the allegations against Michael Geilenfeld and the St. Joseph Family…the execution of this investigation will remain fully objective and independent."

Yet, in the same letter you say, "Hearts with Haiti remains supportive of Michael (Geilenfeld) and of the St. Joseph Family, and believes strongly that that the St. Joseph Family Homes are safe and positive places for children."

Do you hear yourself? You've issued the verdict before an official investigation by law enforcement professionals has concluded.

In a separate letter, Pastor Rick Barger, Founder and Executive Director of the Haitian Timoun Foundation, makes a different point: "…We believe…that even the slightest allegation of abuse should be reported to the proper governmental agency or their designated agent for investigation. We hold less faith in non-governmental investigations as such processes are often subject to detractors…because of the current investigation, we have suspended fundraising efforts for them pending a clean exoneration of all charges."

The Voices of the Victims of Child Sexual Abuse Will be Heard

Like you, Rev. Barger maintains his support for Mr. Geilenfeld:"We have long been aware of the 20 year accusations against Michael Geilenfeld. We are also aware that there has not been one investigation that failed to clear him of all charges."

I am not entirely sure what Rev. Barger means by "20 year accusations" (I think he means twenty year-old accusations), but to clear matters up, the allegations of child sexual abuse being brought against Mr. Geilenfeld span a period from 28 years ago to the near present.

(N.B. One wonders how many child sex abuse allegations, no matter how long ago the abuse is alleged to have occurred, an individual can have on his or her resume before the Hearts with Haiti trustees disqualify such a person from having access to children at your orphanages in Haiti.)

Sadly, Mr. Hamyln, neither you nor Rev. Barger make any mention of the courageous individuals who have put aside their own desire for privacy to testify that they were raped and sodomized by Mr. Geilenfeld when they were children.

Protection and Safety of Abuse Victims and Witnesses

Before I continue, I want to make it very clear to you that you and your fellow HWH board members are to be held responsible and accountable for the safety and well being of the abuse victims, witnesses, supporters and others who have information about crimes being committed against children by Michael Geilenfeld.

As trustees, you are mandated to oversee the care and well being of the children at the St. Joseph 's Homes. Therefore, you must immediately suspend Mr. Geilenfeld from his duties in Haiti and return him to the United States until such time as law enforcement authorities have completed their investigation. In addition, you must ensure that Geilenfeld is not able to threaten or intimidate victims and witnesses, as he has done over and over again in the past.

"Kangaroo Court"

I have already likened your 'fully objective and independent"investigation to a 'Kangaroo Court."

Here's what you must do:

1) Call the police with your suspicions. Contact ICE - Homeland Security Investigations, the Haitian National Police, United Nations Police and the Haitian Child Welfare office.

2) Remove Mr. Geilenfeld, a U.S. citizen, from Haiti until the investigation is completed. Ensure that Geilenfeld has no further contact with potential witnesses and/or victims. Make a public announcement to this effect.

3) Get out of the way of law enforcement professionals. Forensic investigators are specially trained to investigate child abuse and to interview child sexual abuse victims.

Sincerely,

Paul Kendrick

Freeport, Maine

207 838 1319 (cell) 

---------------
"Ne doutez jamais qu'un petit nombre de citoyens volontaires et réfléchis peut changer le monde. En fait, cela se passe toujours ainsi" Margaret Mead (1901-1978)

___________________

"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.) 

Haiti-pédophile : Un missionnaire ayant visité la MAISON SAINT-JOSEPH écrit à Cyrus Sibert de RESEAU CITADELLE : I am convinced that at minimum, Mike Geilenfeld and the St. Joseph communities need to be thoroughly investigated.

(Publication autorisée par Mr. Robert Bryan Davis)

 

Mr. Sibert,

 

I apologize, I do not speak or write French or Creole.

 

I have visited St. Joseph's Home for Boys in October of 2010 and October 2011. Upon returning several weeks, I learned about the sexual abuse allegations regarding Mike Geilenfeld. I have talked and exchanged many emails with concerned people on both sides, read postings on the internet. I am convinced that at minimum, Mike Geilenfeld and the St. Joseph communities need to be thoroughly investigated.

 

I have many questions. Please forgive my long list of questions.

 

· Is the Haitian Govt. investigating Geilenfeld?

 

· Is the US Govt. investigating?

 

· Are the two governments cooperating?

 

· If Geilenfeld is an offender, how has he been doing it for so long and getting away with it?

 

· Hearts With Haiti Foundation (located in North Carolina, USA) raised $500,000 in 2007, $250,000 in 2008, $400,000 in 2009, and $2 million in 2010 (see this report ). St. Joseph's has a $6 million capital campaign underway to rebuild two orphanages (St. Joseph's Home for Boys and Wings of Hope). Does it cost this much in Haiti to build two orphanages?

 

· How about operating costs - could they be as much as $500,000 a year for three orphanages (Trinity House as well).

 

· If Geilenfeld is an abuser, how much does it take to buy off the social services (IBSER)?

 

· Is he paying people off to look the other way?

 

· Who inspects the orphanages in Haiti?

 

· Is any governing body, the IBSER perhaps, inspecting the St. Joseph's orphanages?

 

· If so, can you get a report proving that St. Joseph's has been inspected?

 

· St. Joseph's claims the IBSER as well as the US Embassy exonerated Mike Geilenfeld in 1991 when he was accused of sexual abuse. Do you have official documents that reflect this claim?

 

· Why don't graduated orphans speak out against him, if they have been abused?

 

· What can naive Americans do to facilitate stopping sexual abuse as is alleged against Mike Geilenfeld?

 

· John Duarte signed a letter written in December of 1990 defending Geilenfeld against sexual abuse charges. The newspaper articles I have read say Duarte was convicted for sexual abuse he committed in Port au Prince and Labodie. One article I found says Duarte helped at a mission in Port au Prince in the early 90s. Was this mission St. Joseph's?

 

· Are Duarte and Geilenfeld part of a network of "humanitarians" in Haiti perpetuating sexual abuse crimes?

 

· Have you met Don Lojoie of Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario). He wrote about the John Duarte case in Labadie and Cite Soleil. I hope you two collaborate. Please call him.

 

I hope you have time to reply.

 

Robert Bryan Davis
Atlanta, Ga USA

____________________

"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.) 

mercredi 7 décembre 2011

Haiti-Pedophile : Child protection advocates voice concerns about proposed investigation of child sexual abuse at St. Joseph's Homes in Port au Prince, Haiti by Hearts with Haiti organization. (see letter below)

IGNATIUS GROUP________

 

For immediate release:
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

 

 

Child protection advocates voice concerns about proposed investigation of child sexual abuse at St. Joseph's Homes in Port au Prince, Haiti by Hearts with Haiti organization (see letter below).

Here are the steps you need to take:

 

1) Call the police. Report your suspicions to U.S. Homeland Security ICE Investigations, Haitian National Police, United Nations Police and the Haitian Child Welfare office.

 

2) Remove Michael Geilenfeld, a U.S. citizen, from Haiti until the investigation is completed. Ensure that Geilenfeld has no further contact with potential witnesses and/or victims.

 

3) Get out of the way of law enforcement professionals. Forensic investigators are specially trained to investigate child abuse and to interview child sexual abuse victims.

 

www.sjfamilyhaiti.org

www.heartswithhaiti.org

 

Dossier Michael Geilenfeld, accusé de pédophilie www.dossiergeilenfeld.blogspot.com

_______________________________________________________________________

 

Here is a copy of Tuesday's message from the Executive Director of Hearts with Haiti:

 

From: Geoffrey Hamlyn [mailto:ghamlyn@heartswithhaiti.org]
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 2:27 PM
Subject: Response to Accusations

 

Dear Friends and Supporters of Hearts with Haiti and the St. Joseph Family,

 

On November 8th, 2011 the Board of Trustees of Hearts with Haiti voted unanimously to commission an independent and objective investigation of the allegations against Michael Geilenfeld and the St. Joseph Family.  Hearts with Haiti remains supportive of Michael and of the St. Joseph Family, and believes strongly that the St. Joseph Family homes are safe and positive places for children.  While this is our belief and our efforts to fund-raise and support the work continue, it is important to us that these charges be answered in a responsible manner.

 

Yesterday, December 5, 2011, without knowing when the investigation began or the details of its execution, Mr. Davis? communications appeared to disregard his own demand for the very investigation he now challenges as invalid in advance of its conclusion.

 

The execution of this investigation will remain fully objective and independent.  Therefore, Hearts with Haiti will have no further comment on the matter until the Board has received the report, in which Hearts with Haiti will have no input.

 

In addition, Hearts with Haiti is aware that the United States government has also been investigating the allegations.  Hearts with Haiti and the St. Joseph Family will continue to cooperate with the authorities of the United States and Haiti.

 

Mr. Davis? unauthorized use of the same mass distribution list used by the St. Joseph Family to send updates on the outstanding achievements of this ministry is unfortunate and disreputable.

 

Hearts with Haiti and the St. Joseph Family wish to apologize for compromising your contact information to such individuals.

 

Sincerely,

 

Geoffrey S. Hamlyn

Executive Director

Hearts with Haiti

 

Rev. Patrick S. Hamrick

Chair, Board of Trustees

Hearts with Haiti

_______________________________________________________________________

 

The Ignatius Group includes those who care about protecting children from abuse.

 

For more information:
Paul Kendrick, Freeport, Maine, 207 838 1319
Cyrus Sibert, Cap-Haitien, Haiti 509 3686 9669

 

_______________________

 

Mr. Sibert,

 

I apologize, I do not speak or write French or Creole.

 

I have visited St. Joseph's Home for Boys in October of 2010 and October 2011. Upon returning several weeks, I learned about the sexual abuse allegations regarding Mike Geilenfeld. I have talked and exchanged many emails with concerned people on both sides, read postings on the internet. I am convinced that at minimum, Mike Geilenfeld and the St. Joseph communities need to be thoroughly investigated.

 

I have many questions. Please forgive my long list of questions.

 

· Is the Haitian Govt. investigating Geilenfeld?

 

· Is the US Govt. investigating?

 

· Are the two governments cooperating?

 

· If Geilenfeld is an offender, how has he been doing it for so long and getting away with it?

 

· Hearts With Haiti Foundation (located in North Carolina, USA) raised $500,000 in 2007, $250,000 in 2008, $400,000 in 2009, and $2 million in 2010 (see this report ). St. Joseph's has a $6 million capital campaign underway to rebuild two orphanages (St. Joseph's Home for Boys and Wings of Hope). Does it cost this much in Haiti to build two orphanages?

 

· How about operating costs - could they be as much as $500,000 a year for three orphanages (Trinity House as well).

 

· If Geilenfeld is an abuser, how much does it take to buy off the social services (IBSER)?

 

· Is he paying people off to look the other way?

 

· Who inspects the orphanages in Haiti?

 

· Is any governing body, the IBSER perhaps, inspecting the St. Joseph's orphanages?

 

· If so, can you get a report proving that St. Joseph's has been inspected?

 

· St. Joseph's claims the IBSER as well as the US Embassy exonerated Mike Geilenfeld in 1991 when he was accused of sexual abuse. Do you have official documents that reflect this claim?

 

· Why don't graduated orphans speak out against him, if they have been abused?

 

· What can naive Americans do to facilitate stopping sexual abuse as is alleged against Mike Geilenfeld?

 

· John Duarte signed a letter written in December of 1990 defending Geilenfeld against sexual abuse charges. The newspaper articles I have read say Duarte was convicted for sexual abuse he committed in Port au Prince and Labodie. One article I found says Duarte helped at a mission in Port au Prince in the early 90s. Was this mission St. Joseph's?

 

· Are Duarte and Geilenfeld part of a network of "humanitarians" in Haiti perpetuating sexual abuse crimes?

 

 

· Have you met Don Lojoie of Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario). He wrote about the John Duarte case in Labadie and Cite Soleil. I hope you two collaborate. Please call him.

 

I hope you have time to reply.

 

Robert Bryan Davis
Atlanta, Ga USA

_______________________

"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.)

Haiti-pédophile : Un missionnaire ayant visité la MAISON SAINT-JOSEPH écrit à Cyrus Sibert de RESEAU CITADELLE : I am convinced that at minimum, Mike Geilenfeld and the St. Joseph communities need to be thoroughly investigated.

(Publication autorisée par Mr. Robert Bryan Davis)

 

Mr. Sibert,

 

I apologize, I do not speak or write French or Creole.

 

I have visited St. Joseph's Home for Boys in October of 2010 and October 2011. Upon returning several weeks, I learned about the sexual abuse allegations regarding Mike Geilenfeld. I have talked and exchanged many emails with concerned people on both sides, read postings on the internet. I am convinced that at minimum, Mike Geilenfeld and the St. Joseph communities need to be thoroughly investigated.

 

I have many questions. Please forgive my long list of questions.

 

· Is the Haitian Govt. investigating Geilenfeld?

 

· Is the US Govt. investigating?

 

· Are the two governments cooperating?

 

· If Geilenfeld is an offender, how has he been doing it for so long and getting away with it?

 

· Hearts With Haiti Foundation (located in North Carolina, USA) raised $500,000 in 2007, $250,000 in 2008, $400,000 in 2009, and $2 million in 2010 (see this report ). St. Joseph's has a $6 million capital campaign underway to rebuild two orphanages (St. Joseph's Home for Boys and Wings of Hope). Does it cost this much in Haiti to build two orphanages?

 

· How about operating costs - could they be as much as $500,000 a year for three orphanages (Trinity House as well).

 

· If Geilenfeld is an abuser, how much does it take to buy off the social services (IBSER)?

 

· Is he paying people off to look the other way?

 

· Who inspects the orphanages in Haiti?

 

· Is any governing body, the IBSER perhaps, inspecting the St. Joseph's orphanages?

 

· If so, can you get a report proving that St. Joseph's has been inspected?

 

· St. Joseph's claims the IBSER as well as the US Embassy exonerated Mike Geilenfeld in 1991 when he was accused of sexual abuse. Do you have official documents that reflect this claim?

 

· Why don't graduated orphans speak out against him, if they have been abused?

 

· What can naive Americans do to facilitate stopping sexual abuse as is alleged against Mike Geilenfeld?

 

· John Duarte signed a letter written in December of 1990 defending Geilenfeld against sexual abuse charges. The newspaper articles I have read say Duarte was convicted for sexual abuse he committed in Port au Prince and Labodie. One article I found says Duarte helped at a mission in Port au Prince in the early 90s. Was this mission St. Joseph's?

 

· Are Duarte and Geilenfeld part of a network of "humanitarians" in Haiti perpetuating sexual abuse crimes?

 

· Have you met Don Lojoie of Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario). He wrote about the John Duarte case in Labadie and Cite Soleil. I hope you two collaborate. Please call him.

 

I hope you have time to reply.

 

Robert Bryan Davis
Atlanta, Ga USA
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Cyrus SIBERT

Journaliste membre de RCPN (Regroupement des Correspondant de Presse du Nord d'Haiti), de l'AJH (Association des Journalistes Haïtiens), de SPJ (Society of Professional Journalists), de l'UPF (Union Internationale de la Presse Francophone), de l'ACM (Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers) et de l'IRE( Investigative Reporters and Editors), PDG de Radio Souvenir Fm et de "Le Ré.Cit -Réseau Citadelle" , Juriste. ''Le Ré.Cit. - RESEAU CITADELLE'' est fondé le 13 Septembre 2005. Il est enregistré au Cap-Haitien et immatriculé: NIF 000-508-271-1. (Tous les droits réservés / All rights reserved.)

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"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.)

Catholic Relief Services Doesn't Protect Children Against Child Sex Offenders. No Background Checks For Missionaries.

Catholic Relief Services Doesn't Protect Children Against Child Sex Offenders. 

No Background Checks For Missionaries.

Haiti Conference in Washington, D.C.

Sponsored by Catholic Relief Services and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

June 1 -3, 2012

Click Link Below to Listen To Audio Presentation of Child Protection Sessions:

You will hear child protection advocate, Michael Sweatt and Haitian journalist, Cyrus Sibert, asking repeated questions of Catholic Relief Services employees about CRS's policies and procedures regarding background checks of workers in the countries that CRS serves. 

http://soundcloud.com/reseaucitadelle/crs-has-no-child-protection

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June 1, 2012 Press Conference in Washington, D.C.

Boston Attorney Mitchell Garabedian discusses the filing of civil lawsuits in Federal Court in Connecticut on behalf of 22 Haitian boys who were sexually abused at Project Pierre Toussaint in Cap Haitian, Haiti by U.S. citizen, Douglas Perlitz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA8Uf2D3_zM

Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: A Decade of Crisis, 2002-2012

Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: A Decade of Crisis, 2002-2012

On May 11, 2012, Santa Clara University hosted a one day conference, "Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church. A Decade of Crisis, 2001-2012." Dominican priest, Rev. Thomas Doyle, was a keynote speaker at the conference.

Santa Clara University May 11, 2012

A RADICAL LOOK AT TODAY AND TOMORROW

Thomas P. Doyle, J.C.D., C.A.D.C.

I want to begin by sharing the nature of my involvement in the phenomenon of sexual abuse by Catholic Clergy. I chose the word "phenomenon" intentionally because I do not believe any of the commonly used descriptors -- "crisis," "scandal," "problem," come even close to naming what this has been and what it is today.

My name is Tom Doyle. I was ordained a Dominican priest in 1970, forty two years ago. I received my doctorate in Canon Law in 1978. I first became involved in the issue of sexual abuse of minors when I had a position at the Vatican embassy in Washington. My initial experiences involved not former Father Gilbert Gauthe from Louisiana, but two bishops, both of whom are now deceased. The year was 1982 but my most intense involvement, shared with Fr. Dr. Michael Peterson and attorney Ray Mouton, began in 1984 and has not ended.

I would like to begin by stating my conclusion. Since 2002 the revelations of widespread sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy and religious men and women have spread to Europe, Latin America and to some Asian countries. In the US the Catholic bishops have created a number of programs and policies and have aggressively implemented their "Zero Tolerance" policy. In spite of these policies and the expensive public relations efforts they have implemented, the attitude of the bishops as a collective group has not only not changed but it has gotten worse. Their disdain for the victims has become more and more obvious. The true measure of their understanding of the horrific nature of the issue and their commitment to change is not the programs, policies, documents or speeches they generate but their unqualified attitude of compassion toward the victims and this is scandalously lacking. The bishops simply don't get it or if they do get it, they don't care.

I have been directly and intimately involved in most dimensions of this travesty. I have been asked by accused priests to help with canonical and fraternal support. I have given workshops and seminars to groups of diocesan and religious priests. I have been an expert witness and a consultant in over a thousand civil and criminal cases throughout the United States, in Canada, Ireland, England, Belgium, Australia and New Zealand. I have been a consultant to or expert witness for several of the grand jury investigations in the U.S. including the Philadelphia grand juries of 2005 and 2011 and most recently I testified at the criminal trial in Philadelphia. I have served as a consultant or expert witness for the government commissions in Ireland beginning with the Ferns Commission and for the Cornwall Inquiry in Canada.

The real truth about what has happened and what continues to happen is not found in any reports or so-called audits provided by church sources but in the documents obtained from dioceses and religious orders by victims' attorneys or surrendered in the course of grand jury or similar official investigations. In 2010 I was asked to address the special commission of the Belgian parliament.

Over these 30 years I have met and spoken with thousands of persons involved in one way or another.

I am sharing all of this for no other reason than to illustrate the extent of my experience and the context from which I make the remarks that follow.

The most important experiences I have ever had as a Christian and as a priest have been the times spent with victims of sexual violation and spiritual betrayal by Catholic priests and bishops. With nearly every victim I have had the privilege of knowing, by far the most painful moment for me has been when I have apologized for what we, the clergy, have done to them. Without exception, every man and woman has told me that it was the first time anyone from the clergy has done so. It is not a matter of parroting meaningless phrases such as "I'm sorry for your suffering" or "I apologize for the pain you have endured," or "I regret if mistakes were made" as the pope and some bishops have phrased it. For me the only honest way to express this important sentiment has been to say, "I am deeply sorry for what we have done to you and deeply ashamed that we, the clergy, have hurt you in such a profoundly shameful manner."

The most heart-breaking moments have been the many times I have been with parents who have shared with me the indescribable pain they experienced when they learned that their little boy or little girl had been sexually violated by a Catholic cleric.

These experiences that have changed my life and have reached to the core of my being. These are the experiences that should have been the norm for the bishops but sadly, they have been the very rare exception.

In spite of the assurances from Church officials that the worst is behind us, this is clearly delusion and not reality. Until the primary focus shifts from the hierarchy, to the victims, there will be no fundamental honesty in the Church's response and nothing will change. Until the security of creating policies and programs aimed at protecting the children of the future is superseded by the risk of reaching out with honest, unqualified compassion to the victims of today, there will be no true healing and no authentic movement forward. Until the efforts to blame the secular culture, the media, the sexual revolution, anti-Catholicism, victims' lawyers, Woodstock or Janis Joplin are abandoned and replaced with a fearless, probing examination of the clerical culture and the hierarchical exercise of power, the collective hope that this terrible nightmare will someday be "the worry of a distant past" will never happen.

With respect to Tom Plante and Kathleen McChesney, I do not agree with their statement at the beginning of chapter One that the "crisis" began on January 6, 2002 in Boston. It was and is not a crisis and it did not began in Boston.

The sexual violation of minors and adults by clerics of every rank has been a tragic part of the Catholic Church from the first century. The scandalous evidence of this is found in the Church's own official documentation. The tragic chapter of this saga written in our own era did not begin in 2002 or in 1984. Those were moments of revelation and exposure of a culture that had been hidden not too far beneath the Church's surface. The difference between the present and the past is this: whereas in prior centuries the institutional Church maintained control over the response to waves of revelation, in our era it is not the pope and bishops who are shaping the continuing history of clergy sexual abuse and hierarchical cover- up, but the victims.

What we have seen publicly exposed since the fall of 1984 has not been a "crisis" of sexual abuse by clergy. A crisis is a happening with a beginning and an end that is responded to either effectively or clumsily by the relevant powers. This has been the revelation of the dark and toxic dimension of the institutional Catholic Church. The focus has been on the sexual violation by Catholic deacons, priests, bishops and cardinals as well as men and women religious.

But this tragedy is not fundamentally about sex. It is about the abysmal and treacherous abuse of power --- ecclesiastical power, church power, power that has been given by the Creator only to do good but power that has been selfishly perverted by those to whom it has been entrusted and which has brought some of the most despicable harm imaginable to the most innocent and vulnerable members of Christ's Church. The harm has been sexual, emotional and physical but I believe that in the end, the most devastating harm has been the assault on the spirit.

A fundamental flaw inherent in every dimension of response has been the concept of the Church reflected in the response. The image that consistently comes through from the papal speeches to the scripted apologies of bishops to the various protection programs, is the traditional though seriously flawed image of the Church as institution, governed by the hierarchy, all celibate male clerics, none of whom have ever experienced parenthood. The persistent struggle of the pope and the bishops to maintain control over this nightmare that never ends is painfully obvious: a struggle to exonerate themselves, a struggle to direct and determine every aspect of the response and above all, a struggle to maintain some semblance of superiority over the victims. We are constantly reminded of the grave harm done to the Church and of the hope that someday the image and integrity of the Church will be restored. We are constantly reminded that the bishops acted as they did out of a misguided belief that they were acting for the good of the Church. But the good of the Church has been their good and not the good of the victims or even the Christian community.

The fundamental fault from the earliest centuries to the present has been the failure to respond not as a papal monarchy, but as what the church really is, The People of God.

We are constantly reminded of the many ways that dioceses and religious orders have worked to protect the children of today and tomorrow. The National Review Board, the diocesan review boards, the child protection offices, the background screening protocols, the mandatory awareness programs -- are more than simply commendable but are a remarkable movement to change the meaning and reality of child safety in our society. But none of these endeavors would have happened had they not been forced upon the institutional Church by the victims, the media, the courts and the angry public.

There is however a dark side to the self-congratulatory picture painted by today's hierarchy. Efforts to change state laws to ensure justice and healing to all victims and to put more perpetrators out of commission are vigorously and sometimes viciously opposed by the bishops in every State where such legislation has been introduced, and this opposition comes at the cost of millions of dollars donated by the remaining faithful. The excuses given for this organized sabotage are so self-serving they are not worth mentioning. The true reason is the fear of even more exposure and the appearance of more victims.

In spite of messages of compassion directed at victims and in spite of Pope Benedict's direct orders to the bishops to do all in their power to heal, victims who have the courage to go to court are most often subjected to embarrassing, humiliating, brutalizing and revictimizing treatment not only by the lawyers hired by the bishops but often by their public relations firms and by clerics themselves.

  

The victims will not be told by the institution that enabled their abusers what efforts they may use in their attempts to heal. They go to court, contrary to the libelous remarks of some, especially the apparent unofficial mouthpiece of at least the archbishop of New York, Bill Donohue, not because they and their lawyers want to bleed the Church of its money but because the civil courts have been the only venue that has consistently provided justice and validation of the terror suffered by these men and women. In reality a massive drain is the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on defense lawyers to fight victims and the equally exorbitant amounts spent on public relations firms hired to create the illusion that the Church is doing what it was founded to do.

The most recent egregious example of this hypocrisy has been directed at the main source of hope and recovery for countless victims; the concerted attempts to destroy SNAP and defame its leaders for no other reason than the fact that they have had the courage to stand up to and challenge the integrity of the institutional Church.

The recent John Jay study on causes and contexts provided important data that placed the sexual abuse from one chronological period into a broader socio- cultural context but this study didn't come close to examining the true causes. These causes are in the sacrosanct domain the institutional Church goes to every length to protect but it is the domain where we will begin to find the answers: the clerical sub-culture and the narcissistic hierarchical elite that has allowed this nightmare to happen and has failed to comprehend the profound depth of the damage done, not to the Church as institution, but to the most important persons among God's people, the victims.

This dark and toxic side of the Church will only began to fade when popes, bishops, priests, religious and laity understand that when we 

say "Church" we refer not to the hierarchy, the government or the power structure, but those harmed, abused, marginalized and rejected by 

a Church that that forgot that before all else it is the People of God.