Marci Hamilton, a Cardozo Law School professor who represents a man who says he was abused by convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky, was among the victim advocates who blasted NBC and the “Today” show on Monday for broadcasting excerpts of an interview with the former Penn State defensive coordinator.
Here is the statement they sent to the media:
“This morning, NBC News and “Today” show Executive Producer Don Nash have collaborated with independent filmmaker John Ziegler to air portions of prison interviews recorded by Ziegler with convicted child rapist Jerry Sandusky. Ziegler is seeking to profit by capitalizing on the controversy of the Sandusky scandal by producing and distributing a film. By airing these interviews, and capitalizing on the ensuing storm of controversy unleashed by this announcement, NBC has chosen to give national exposure for a second time to a child rapist whose indisputable guilt on over 40 counts of sexual abuse of children was agreed upon by a jury of his peers.
“These interviews have no independent news value, and will publicize and quite likely provide additional funding to Ziegler’s independent project. It should be noted that members of the Paterno family have disavowed any connection to this project. Airing these clips will re-victimize some of the survivors of Sandusky’s crimes. It also serves as highly unethical (and possibly illegal) harassment by Sandusky of his victims. NBC’s decision to air these interviews places them in the role of abetting and assisting this harassment. Further, it serves to give credence to Ziegler, who has publicly proclaimed his doubts that Sandusky’s behavior constituted sexual abuse.
“Despite repeated efforts on the part of many advocates, attorneys, and therapists NBC News and producers of the TODAY show have refused to give a moment of air-time to anyone who represents the interests of survivors of childhood sexual abuse. By making this decision, NBC NEWS and Ziegler are choosing to shamelessly profit while causing survivors of sexual abuse needless harm. To air clips of Sandusky speaking from jail without ensuring survivors are given a chance to respond violates one of the basic principles of journalism – that both sides of a story be given an opportunity have their views aired.
“Survivors of sexual abuse struggle with shame, stigma, and are often shoved to the sidelines. It is the stories of survivors of sexual abuse that should be told in the wake of abuse scandals. Sexual abuse is a public epidemic, with more than 20% of the US population reporting having experienced some form of sexual abuse during their lifetimes. Survivors suffer from far higher rates of anxiety, depression, dysfunctional interpersonal relationships, heart disease, substance abuse, and suicide. However, time and again these facts and the survivors’ voices are marginalized and drowned out in the rush to give platforms for criminals and abusers to pronounce their innocence.
“NBC News had an opportunity to promote healing by supporting survivors of abuse and using this time to share information that would help survivors heal. Instead they have needlessly harmed many survivors and placed more children at risk by giving attention to a controversial filmmaker of self-serving motives and a convicted child rapist.”
Christopher Anderson, Executive Director,
MaleSurvivor
Marci Hamilton, JD, Paul N. Verkuil Chair of Public Law,
Cardozo Law School
John Salveson, President
Tammy Lerner, Vice President
Foundation to Abolish Child Sex Abuse
Bryn Mawr, PA
Roger Canaff, President, Board of Directors
End Violence Against Women, International
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Saying the net effect would be exposing child sexual abuse and its hidden perpetrators, state Reps.Michael P. McGeehan, D-Phila., and Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, this week rallied support for their amendments to establish a window for filing civil lawsuits in cases where that ability has legally expired.McGeehan and Rozzi said many child predators and the institutions that protected them have escaped detection and justice over the years simply because the statute of limitations blocks legal action against them. They said their amendments to H.B. 342 would remove that roadblock.
McGeehan’s Amendment 188 would open a two-year window for victims to file civil charges in cases where the statute of limitations has expired – and would suspend the sovereign immunity that protects school and government officials from prosecution in such cases.
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He spent six summers at CYO camp in Ft. Wayne, IN and worked at Hastings High School and St. Cecelia High School.
5/22/1965 Diocese of Ft. Wayne
5/1965 Camp Wawasee in Indiana
#2: 8/26/1965 Immaculate Conception Monastery in Hastings, NE
#3: 1966 Priest Director of CYO Camp at Our Lady of the Lake Seminary in Syracuse, IN
1967 Boy Scout Chaplain for the Warsaw, IN troop
1968 Wawasee Prep, Syracuse, IN
#4: 1970 St. Odilia’s in St. Paul, MN; also works at YMCA while at St. Odilia’s
#5: 1975-1976 St. Thomas Aquinas School in Ft. Lauderdale, FL; also assistant to the pastor at Our Lady of Martyrs, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
#6: 1976 Enlists as Military Chaplain in the U.S.A.F. and is assigned to Lackland AFB in Texas. Hospital Chaplain at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, TX and coached 12-15 y/o basketball
#7: 1977 Chaplain at Ramstein AFB in Germany
#8: 1979 Crosier Community in Onamia, MN; Prefect of sophomores/freshman, P.E. teacher, driver’s education, religion, and swimming instructor
#9: 1980-1982 Chaplain for Cathedral High School and John XXIII Middle School in St. Cloud, MN; Unit Chaplain at Minn-St. Paul IAP, Air National Guard
#10: 7/14/1982 Appointed to Damien Memorial School by Bp. Ferrario
1982 -1984 Damien Memorial School in Honolulu, HI as full time teacher and
Chaplain with the Irish Christian Brothers and Air National Guard
#11: 1984-1985 Palma High School in Salinas, CA
#12: 7/1/1985 Crosier Community at Saint Stephen’s in Anoka, MN
8/10/1985 Granted faculties in the Archdiocese of Minneapolis-St. Paul
#13: 4/21/1986 Assignment terminated at Saint Stephen’s; Funcheon moves to St. Ann Church in Lafayette, IN
5/23/1987 Terminated from the Crosier Order
7/31/1987 Incardinated into the Diocese of Lafayette, IN
1990s Receives treatment at St. Michael’s and Dittmer House in MO
Sept. 2004 Moves to Florida; no faculties granted in the Diocese of St. Petersburg
Sept. 2012 Living in Dittmer, MO at St. John Vianney Renewal Center funded by the Diocese of Lafayette, IN
(Honolulu, Hawaii) At a news conference on 3/20/13 in Honolulu, attorneys presented gripping video testimony of predator priest Father Gerald Allen Funcheon admitting the sexual abuse of children during 40 years of assignments in Indiana, Nebraska, Minnesota, Florida, Texas, Hawaii, California, on military bases in the United States and Germany and during travels to Spain.
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Madeleine Baran of MPR links the Shattuck sex abuse case with legislation moving in St. Paul: “The child sexual abuse allegations involving a Shattuck-St. Mary’s teacher have become a focal point for state lawmakers backing a bill that would make it easier for victims of past abuse to file lawsuits against institutions that failed to protect them. …Lobbyists who represent religious organizations in Minnesota are scrutinizing the bill that would eliminate civil statutes of limitation for child sexual abuse.The initial draft introduced in the House would have eliminated all civil statutes of limitations for victims of child sexual abuse. Rep. Simon later amended the bill, in response to concerns from religious groups, to create a different process for victims of past abuse.”
3/21/13 Shattuck case becomes focal point in bill to aid sexual abuse victims | MinnPost, By Brian Lambert
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HARRISBURG – Legislation to overhaul Pennsylvania’s child-abuse reporting system is on a fast track.
More than two dozen bills – including ones that would broaden the definition of child abuse – are under consideration in the House and Senate, four months after a task force released its report in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
At a news conference in the Capitol on Monday, a bipartisan group of lawmakers announced a 16-bill package based on recommendations by the task force.
Among the proposals is a bill expanding the definition of child abuse to include a range of actions such as kicking, biting or throwing; shaking a child less than a year old; driving with a child while under the influence; and leaving a child in the care of a sexual predator.
Under current law, a perpetrator must be found to have caused serious injury to a child in order to be charged criminally.
“Unless someone is wearing black-and-blue marks, we may not recognize them as the victim of child abuse,” said State Sen. Bob Mensch (R., Berks), chairman of the committee on children and youth.
Another bill would expand the list of mandatory reporters – legally required to report child-abuse allegations to authorities – to include after-school supervisors, coaches, scout troop leaders, and camp counselors.
Sandusky, a longtime assistant Penn State football coach, used the charity he founded for troubled teenagers to gain access to boys whom he later molested, according to a grand jury’s report.
Some of the proposals predate the Sandusky case, such as a bill sponsored by State Rep. Wayne Fontana (D., Allegheny) requiring school employees to report abuse to police or other outside authorities.
Senators said they hoped to have the package enacted before their summer break. Similar bills are moving through the House.
Cathleen Palm, a child advocate whose calls for a task force on child abuse predated Sandusky’s 2011 arrest, said she was glad to see both chambers “actively engaged” on the issue.
But sharp differences remain between some of the House and Senate proposals. A House version, for instance, lets parents and others use limited force in disciplining children – which Palm contended wrongly sets “degrees of pain” and thus lowers the bar for abusers. “It’s worse than what we have now,” she said.
Several House members are also pushing measures to address statutes of limitations for adults abused as children to bring claims against their alleged abusers. Currently, accusers cannot sue after age 30; criminal cases cannot be brought after age 50.
Reps. Michael P. McGeehan (D., Phila.) and Mark Rozzi (D., Berks) held a news conference Monday focusing on legislation to create a temporary two-year window allowing accusers to sue after age 30. The lawmakers also want to suspend the sovereign immunity that protects school and government officials from civil liability in such cases.
Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler, who headed the task force, said the panel did not look at that issue. He said he believes the existing statute of limitations works.
Professor Marci Hamilton, MaleSurvivor, FACSA issue statement on TODAY show and NBC’s airing of Sandusky interview
/in Pennsylvania /by SOL ReformMarci Hamilton, a Cardozo Law School professor who represents a man who says he was abused by convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky, was among the victim advocates who blasted NBC and the “Today” show on Monday for broadcasting excerpts of an interview with the former Penn State defensive coordinator.
Here is the statement they sent to the media:
Marci Hamilton, JD, Paul N. Verkuil Chair of Public Law,
Cardozo Law School
John Salveson, President
Tammy Lerner, Vice President
Foundation to Abolish Child Sex Abuse
Bryn Mawr, PA
Roger Canaff, President, Board of Directors
End Violence Against Women, International
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McGeehan, Rozzi amendments would expose child sexual abuse, perpetrators
/in Pennsylvania /by SOL ReformFuncheon Updates & Information
/in Hawaii, Hawaii Window /by SOL ReformPress Release:
March 21, 2013
In shocking video testimony, accused predator priest admits to molesting dozens.
Unabated by his church superiors Father Gerald Funcheon was moved around the country
Children in 14 different schools, camps and military installations in 8 states and Germany and Spain were blatantly put at risk.
View Entire Press Release as PDF
View PDF of Funcheon statement View PDF of Rossi Letter as PDF
Sworn Testimony:
Map of Assignments:
View map as PDF
Assignment History:
Fall 1958 Seminary – Brighton, MA
#1: 1959-1960 Crosier Novitiate – Hastings, NE
He spent six summers at CYO camp in Ft. Wayne, IN and worked at Hastings High School and St. Cecelia High School.
5/22/1965 Diocese of Ft. Wayne
5/1965 Camp Wawasee in Indiana
#2: 8/26/1965 Immaculate Conception Monastery in Hastings, NE
#3: 1966 Priest Director of CYO Camp at Our Lady of the Lake Seminary in Syracuse, IN
1967 Boy Scout Chaplain for the Warsaw, IN troop
1968 Wawasee Prep, Syracuse, IN
#4: 1970 St. Odilia’s in St. Paul, MN; also works at YMCA while at St. Odilia’s
#5: 1975-1976 St. Thomas Aquinas School in Ft. Lauderdale, FL; also assistant to the pastor at Our Lady of Martyrs, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
#6: 1976 Enlists as Military Chaplain in the U.S.A.F. and is assigned to Lackland AFB in Texas. Hospital Chaplain at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, TX and coached 12-15 y/o basketball
#7: 1977 Chaplain at Ramstein AFB in Germany
#8: 1979 Crosier Community in Onamia, MN; Prefect of sophomores/freshman, P.E. teacher, driver’s education, religion, and swimming instructor
#9: 1980-1982 Chaplain for Cathedral High School and John XXIII Middle School in St. Cloud, MN; Unit Chaplain at Minn-St. Paul IAP, Air National Guard
#10: 7/14/1982 Appointed to Damien Memorial School by Bp. Ferrario
1982 -1984 Damien Memorial School in Honolulu, HI as full time teacher and
Chaplain with the Irish Christian Brothers and Air National Guard
#11: 1984-1985 Palma High School in Salinas, CA
#12: 7/1/1985 Crosier Community at Saint Stephen’s in Anoka, MN
8/10/1985 Granted faculties in the Archdiocese of Minneapolis-St. Paul
#13: 4/21/1986 Assignment terminated at Saint Stephen’s; Funcheon moves to St. Ann Church in Lafayette, IN
5/23/1987 Terminated from the Crosier Order
7/31/1987 Incardinated into the Diocese of Lafayette, IN
1990s Receives treatment at St. Michael’s and Dittmer House in MO
Sept. 2004 Moves to Florida; no faculties granted in the Diocese of St. Petersburg
Sept. 2012 Living in Dittmer, MO at St. John Vianney Renewal Center funded by the Diocese of Lafayette, IN
View Assignment History as PDF
Sworn Video Statement of Gerald Funcheon
/in Hawaii, Hawaii Window /by SOL Reform(Honolulu, Hawaii) At a news conference on 3/20/13 in Honolulu, attorneys presented gripping video testimony of predator priest Father Gerald Allen Funcheon admitting the sexual abuse of children during 40 years of assignments in Indiana, Nebraska, Minnesota, Florida, Texas, Hawaii, California, on military bases in the United States and Germany and during travels to Spain.
Shattuck case becomes focal point in bill to aid sexual abuse victims
/in Minnesota /by SOL ReformView as PDF
3/21/13 Shattuck case becomes focal point in bill to aid sexual abuse victims | MinnPost, By Brian Lambert
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Bills would overhaul Pa.’s child-abuse reporting system
/in Pennsylvania /by SOL ReformHARRISBURG – Legislation to overhaul Pennsylvania’s child-abuse reporting system is on a fast track.
More than two dozen bills – including ones that would broaden the definition of child abuse – are under consideration in the House and Senate, four months after a task force released its report in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
At a news conference in the Capitol on Monday, a bipartisan group of lawmakers announced a 16-bill package based on recommendations by the task force.
Among the proposals is a bill expanding the definition of child abuse to include a range of actions such as kicking, biting or throwing; shaking a child less than a year old; driving with a child while under the influence; and leaving a child in the care of a sexual predator.
Under current law, a perpetrator must be found to have caused serious injury to a child in order to be charged criminally.
“Unless someone is wearing black-and-blue marks, we may not recognize them as the victim of child abuse,” said State Sen. Bob Mensch (R., Berks), chairman of the committee on children and youth.
Another bill would expand the list of mandatory reporters – legally required to report child-abuse allegations to authorities – to include after-school supervisors, coaches, scout troop leaders, and camp counselors.
Sandusky, a longtime assistant Penn State football coach, used the charity he founded for troubled teenagers to gain access to boys whom he later molested, according to a grand jury’s report.
Some of the proposals predate the Sandusky case, such as a bill sponsored by State Rep. Wayne Fontana (D., Allegheny) requiring school employees to report abuse to police or other outside authorities.
Senators said they hoped to have the package enacted before their summer break. Similar bills are moving through the House.
Cathleen Palm, a child advocate whose calls for a task force on child abuse predated Sandusky’s 2011 arrest, said she was glad to see both chambers “actively engaged” on the issue.
But sharp differences remain between some of the House and Senate proposals. A House version, for instance, lets parents and others use limited force in disciplining children – which Palm contended wrongly sets “degrees of pain” and thus lowers the bar for abusers. “It’s worse than what we have now,” she said.
Several House members are also pushing measures to address statutes of limitations for adults abused as children to bring claims against their alleged abusers. Currently, accusers cannot sue after age 30; criminal cases cannot be brought after age 50.
Reps. Michael P. McGeehan (D., Phila.) and Mark Rozzi (D., Berks) held a news conference Monday focusing on legislation to create a temporary two-year window allowing accusers to sue after age 30. The lawmakers also want to suspend the sovereign immunity that protects school and government officials from civil liability in such cases.
Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler, who headed the task force, said the panel did not look at that issue. He said he believes the existing statute of limitations works.
Source: By Amy Worden, INQUIRER HARRISBURG BUREAU
http://articles.philly.com/2013-03-19/news/37846867_1_child-abuse-child-abuse-jerry-sandusky
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