Letter to Newsday from Dave McGuire
Wake up Newsday! How about writing about the real “powerful impact”. I am shocked that you’ve fallen prey to the scare tactics of Bishop Murphy and his puppet “Catholic League”. This bill before congress is not designed to bankrupt the Catholic Church, nor is it a “church sex abuse law” as Bart Jones so poorly reports. It is “The Child Victims Act” and is designed to protect ALL children from adult sexual predators and hold them accountable.
The powerful impact would actually be the fact that the Rockville Centre Diocese would be forced to disclose the personnel files of my abuser Fr. Gene Vollmer. The powerful impact would be that they would be exposed for their knowledge of his (and others) sex crimes and their deliberate failure to report and protect the Catholic Children who were his victims. The powerful impact on my life is the real story here Newsday! I have suffered failed careers, failed relationships, drug addiction and two suicide attempts – how’s that for impact?
This bill (soon to be law) is NOT about the money! Please stop being lulled to sleep by the Catholic League! This bill is about justice for the real victims. If bankruptcy happens it will be because of their own failures. Since when has an offender’s potential consequences been an argument against justice? I am disappointed in you – I thought you knew better.
Dave McGuire
NY
