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Court Documents and Depositions: Franciscans

Posted May 23, 2012
 
FRANCISCAN DOCUMENTS AND DEPOSITIONS POSTED HERE 
 
     In 2011 the California Supreme Court declined to hear the Franciscans' Petition to Review, regarding the release of confidential files and the depublication of the appellate court's ruling in favor of plaintiffs.
 
     May 23, 2012, marks the public release of all relative documents under the terms of the 2006 settlement. SafeNet is posting these documents here and will post other documents as they become available.
 
 All Franciscan documents posted here are links to BishopAccountability.org.
 SafeNet acknowledges and appreciates the efforts of this organization 
 to post these files online and make them readily available to the public.
 
  PLEASE READ BEFORE REVIEWING DOCUMENTS AND DEPOSITIONS 
 
     The documents and depositions presented here have been released by court order and are part of the settlements finalized in 2006 with survivors of clergy abuse within the Franciscan Province of St. Barbara (headquartered in Oakland, California). Materials of and about Franciscan clergy abuse offenders have been organized below accordingly.  
 
     NOTE: The possibility of retraumatization is always high when such documents are made public. We urge all clergy abuse survivors to exercise care when reviewing this and other sensitive material. We suggest a guided review for those in therapy. If you are experiencing anxiety about these disclosures, please seek assistance and support from those you trust.   
 
     SafeNet presents these documents without comment. Our position is to promote and support complete disclosure and greater transparency within the Franciscan order and the Catholic church. Our work remains dedicated to and focused on the healing process and all that it entails.
 
     For those who would like to speak with the Pastoral Outreach Coordinator for the Franciscan province, please contact Angelica Jochim, MFT, a lay, licensed psychotherapist. Her Office of Pastoral Outreach supports and advocates for Franciscan survivors of clergy abuse.
 
     For those who would like to speak with survivors of clergy abuse from St. Anthony's Seminary involved in this and other SafeNet work, please contact Paul Fericano and/or John McCord.
 
Court Released Franciscan Documents and Depositions
 

OFFENDERS

Fr. Mario Cimmarrusti OFM

• Priest Files
        • Personnel [6.4M] – OFM CIMM 1 0001-0212 – Split for Easier Download: 1 2
        • Psychological – OFM CIMM 1 0213-0324 – With Blanks
        • Confidential – OFM CIMM 1 0325-0470 – With Blanks

• Deposition of Witness 6 (Cimmarrusti)

• Depositions of Cimmarrusti Survivors
        • Witness 3 and Exhibits
        • Witness 15 and Exhibits
        • Witness 17
        • Witness 23

• Depositions of Colleagues with Particular Connections to Cimmarrusti
        • Witness 1
        • Witness 2 and Exhibit
        • Witness 9
        • Witness 10 (Harris): Vol. 1 and Exhibits; Vol. 2 and Exhibits
        • Witness 12
        • Witness 16 and Exhibits

        • Plaintiff's Application to Amend Complaint: Cimmarrusti

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Fr. Robert Van Handel OFM

• Priest Files
        • Personnel [6.1M] – OFM VANH 1 0001-0209 – Split for Easier Download: 1 2
        • Confidential [19.2M] – OFM VANH 1 0210-0765 – With Blanks [19.8M]; Split for Easier Download: 1 2 3 4 5
        • Psychological – OFM VANH 1 0766-0801
        • Laicization – OFM VANH 1 0802-0872  – With Blanks

• Depositions of Van Handel Survivors
        • Witness 8
        •Witness 25

        • Plaintiff's Application to Amend Complaint: Van Handel

        • Van Handel's Sexual Autobiography

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Br. David Johnson OFM

• Priest Files
        • Personnel – OFM JOHN 1 0001-0125 – With Blanks
        • Confidential – OFM JOHN 1 0126-0272 – With Blanks
        • Psychological – OFM JOHN 1 0273-0459
        • Laicization – OFM JOHN 1 0460-0496  – With Blanks

• Deposition of Johnson Survivor
        •Witness 25

        • Plaintiff's Application to Amend Complaint: Johnson

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Fr. Gus Krumm OFM

• Priest Files
        • Personnel [5.9M] – OFM KRUM 1 0001-0223 – Split for Easier Download: 1 2
        • Psychological – OFM KRUM 1 0224-0279
        • Laicization – OFM KRUM 1 0280-0326

• Deposition of Johnson Survivor
        • Witness 25

        • Plaintiff's Application to Amend Complaint: Krumm

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Bro. Samuel Cabot OFM

• Priest Files
        • Personnel – OFM CABO 1 0001-0117
        • Confidential – OFM CABO 1 0118-0129
        • Psychological – OFM CABO 1 0130-0219 – With Blanks

        • Plaintiff's Application to Amend Complaint: Cabot

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Fr. David Carriere OFM

• Priest Files
        • Personnel – OFM CARR 1 0001-0224 – With Blanks; Split for Easier Download: 1 2

       • Plaintiff's Application to Amend Complaint: Carriere     

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Bro. Berard Connolly OFM

• Priest Files
        • Personnel [15.8M] – OFM CONN 1 0001-0391 – With Blanks [15.9M]; Split for Easier Download: 1 2 3 4
        • Confidential [13.7M] – OFM CONN 1 0392-0707 – With Blanks [13.7M];
                                                                                   Split for Easier Download: 1  2 [6.1M]  (2A  2B)  3
        • Psychological – OFM CONN 1 0708-0735

        • Plaintiff's Application to Amend Complaint: Connolly

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Fr. Martin McKeon OFM

• Priest Files
        • Personnel – OFM McKE 1 0001-0118 – With Blanks
 

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Fr. Gary Pacheco OFM

• Priest Files
        • Personnel – OFM PACH 1 0001-0056 – With Blanks
        • Confidential [6.1M] – OFM PACH 1 0057-0362 – Split for Easier Download: 1 2
        • Psychological – OFM PACH 1 0363-0388
        • Laicization – OFM PACH 1 0389-0447  – With Blanks

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ADMINISTRATORS AND COLLEAGUES

• Depositions Also Listed Above
        • Witness 1
        • Witness 2 and Exhibit
        • Witness 9
        • Witness 10 (Harris): Vol. 1 and Exhibits; Vol. 2 and Exhibits
        • Witness 12
        • Witness 16 and Exhibits

• Other Depositions
        • Witness 4
        • Witness 5 and Exhibits
        • Witness 7 (Cordano): Vol. 1 and Exhibits; Vol. 2 and Exhibits
        • Witness 11
        • Witness 13
        • Witness 14 and Exhibits
        • Witness 18 and Exhibits
        • Witness 19
        • Witness 20 and Exhibits
        • Witness 21 (Sayovitz)
        • Witness 22 and Exhibits
        • Witness 24 and Exhibits 

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Bro. Tom Thing OFM

• Priest Files
        • Personnel [25.4M] – FRAF 00001-00509, and for easier download:
        • 1A: FRAF 00001-00128 [6.7M]
        • 1B: FRAF 00130-00151 [1.3M]
        • 2:   FRAF 00152-00299 [5.6M]
        • 3:   FRAF 00300-00412 [6.3M]
        • 4:   FRAF 00413-00509 [5.5M]

• Plaintiff's Application to Amend Complaint: Thing

• Coonce Complaint with Description of Alleged Abuse before Las Vegas
• Coonce Settlement

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SELECTED DOCUMENTS

Cimmarrusti

• Mother's Letter about Cimmarrusti's Abuse of Her Son and Its Effects on the Family (11/27/92)

• Profile Prepared during the Board of Inquiry (8/21/93)

• Psychological Assessment of Cimmarrusti Commissioned by Franciscans (11/18/93) – medicine a "guise" for abuse, younger boys

• Sexual Deviancy Evaluation of Cimmarrusti (12/9/93) – 250 boys age 13-15

• Report to After-Care Program Director (3/18/2002) – Cimmarrusti admits to abusing minors in Mexico

• MacDonald Letter Describing Cimmarrusti at San Damiano Retreat Center (8/8/02) – capable of living within the guidelines?

• Follow-Up Letter by MacDonald (8/26/02) – to whom will Fr. Mario be responsible and accountable?

• Letter from West to Cimmarrusti (5/31/03) – restrictions at San Damiano

Krumm

• Interim Guidelines Restricting Actions and Contacts, Signed by Krumm (12/10/02) – misplaced in Cimmarrusti file

Thing

• Assignment Record

• Negative Vote for Candidacy (5/78); see also all votes, including mention of immaturity

• Description of Alleged Abuse before Las Vegas, from the Coonce Complaint (3/14/11); see also the Coonce Settlement (6/12)

• Solemn Vow Evaluation Mentioning "Difficulties and Tensions" in Las Vegas (5/1/87)

• Letter from Thing to Provincial Saying That the Provincial Asked Thing to Leave Youth Ministry in Walnut Creek (1/17/89)

• Letter from Thing to Provincial on Provincial's "Well Founded Concerns" about Thing As Director of Youth Ministry in Utah (12/23/92)

• TARA Assessment of Thing after 1993 Allegation; Thing Refused Polygraph (5/24/93)

• Letter from Provincial Office to Thing on Settlement of "Unfair" Allegation (2/8/95)

• Partial Summary of Allegations (No Date)

• Report of Investigation of Sexual Misconduct with Young Friar, Including Thing's Admission of Wrongful Power Difference (12/6/00)

• Thing Assessed As Lying about Sexual Relationship with USD Student (2/5/01)

• Restrictions Recommended by Clinical Psychologist after Polygraph (2/23/01)

• Provincial Tells Psychologist That Thing Was"Crestfallen" to Be Ordered Out of USD in 60 Days (2/23/01)

• Letter from Province Official to Therapist Saying That if Thing Takes Leave, He Still Cannot Work As University Chaplain (4/1/01)

• McGovern Memo Again Recommending No University Position for Thing (5/9/02)

• West Memo about Thing's "Unethical and Immoral" USD Misconduct and Prohibited Ministry to Young Adults (3/13/03)

• West Email about a Mother Telling the Las Vegas Franciscans That Thing Had Molested Her 12-Year-Old Son (11/25/03)

• Letter Describing Thing's Request for Dispensation from Solemn Vows (4/2/04)

Van Handel

• Parents' Letter to Van Handel, Provincial, and Bishop Ziemann (4/23/92) – led to prosecution of Van Handel

• Parents' Letter to Cardinal Mahony (11/9/92)

• Van Handel's Sexual Autobiography (mid-1990s)

• Profile Prepared during the Board of Inquiry (8/19/93)

• Letter by Provincial Minister to Van Handel at Retreat Center on Board of Inquiry Report (11/21/93) – concealing the names

• Social Worker's Evaluation of Van Handel for Probation Officer (5/18/94) – the actual and potential damage I've caused to young men

• Letter by Provincial Minister to Van Handel in Prison on Abuse Cases, Insurance, Wolfe, and Krumm (12/12/94)

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 All Franciscan documents posted here are links to BishopAccountability.org.
 SafeNet acknowledges and appreciates the efforts of this organization 
 to post these files online and make them readily available to the public.