I sincerely hope I do not offend anyone with this posting. If so, you may of course delete it; but, please, AS THERE IS A TIME LIMIT INVOLVED, please re-post in any appropriate sites for Native Americans, also on Facebook, etc., and other sites. I saw this ad and was moved to take action.
[From an ad placed in the Seattle, WA "alternative" newspaper, "The Weekly", October 21 - 27, 2009.]
JESUIT SEXUAL ABUSE OF NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN ON RESERVATIONS IN WA, ID, MT, OR & AK
[red and caps in the original announcement]
Did you attend Jesuit Mission or other boarding schools where children were raped, molested and beaten?
You are not alone. It was not your fault.
Some Jesuits were good to Native children but unfortunately, too many were not. The Jesuits dumped their worst child molesters on the Reservations where Jesuit Officials allowed these men to molest and brutalize native children many of whom had been taken away from their parents and placed in Jesuit missions and boarding schools.
If you or someone you know suffered abuse by a priest or other religious, you have important information that will help protect today's children. Speak confidentially to attorneys seeking information about priests and religious serving at missions, schools and parishes in the Northwest since the 1930's. {Partial list below.}
Now the Jesuits are seeking to permanently cut off abuse victims' rights to justice, healing and compensation. The court deadline is fast approaching.
Toll Free 1-888-667-0683
[the partial listing:]
Father John Morse, Omak & Yakima, WA
Brother Jim Gates aka "Brother Jim", Omak, WA
Brother Ben Trautman aka "Brother Ben", Inchellium, WA
Father Augustine J. Ferretti aka "Father Freddy", Desmet & Lapwai, ID, St. Ignatius, MT
Father Edmund Robinson, St. Ignatius, Rocky Boy, Ft. Belknap, MT
Brother Rene Gallant, aka "Brother Charley" St. Ignatius, MT
Father Bernard Harris, Missoula, MT
Father Bernard McMeel, Ft. Belknap, MT
[there follow small photographs of some of these priests]
Northwest Attorneys for Justice www.jesuitabuse.com
[I'm not giving here all the addresses: but the Law Firms include: Pfau, Cochran, Vertetis & Kosnoff, PLLC, in Seattle, WA; Eymann, Allison, Hunter & Jones, P.S., in Spokane, WA; James, Vernon & Weeks, P.A., in Coeur d'Alene, ID; and Chasan & Walton, LLC, in Boise, ID. The website will of course have more info.]
[PLEASE, PLEASE RE-POST THIS IN ALL NATIVE AMERICAN WEBSITES YOU KNOW; and on Facebook, etc. etc. etc. NOTE THAT THERE IS A TIME LIMIT! Some form of Justice, Healing and Compensation is LONG OVERDUE for these victims and survivors of abuse.]
