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The skilled labor crisis is hitting companies across the manufacturing industry and beyond, but smart business owners are not complaining—they are working to create pipelines for future talent. For Timber Products Company, our work includes connecting with experts in other industries impacted by the lack of highly skilled individuals applying to roles being left by retiring Baby Boomers.
Through the Rogue Workforce Partnership, an organization funded through a state grant to get businesses, education and public services to work together, we are building relationships to help grow the local economy. One of Rogue Workforce's accomplishments has been a Business Education Partnership aiming to connect today's students with future careers.
"We're exploring how to create career pathways for kids to earn a living doing what they're wired for," says John Underwood, Timber Products' Southern Oregon Region Human Resources Manager.
"The reality is probably 30 percent of kids who go to high school will actually go to college," Underwood says. "We feel our education system is teaching kids how to be students instead of how to be who they are wired to be and have great careers doing that."
Rogue Workforce is working to inform students that there are options beyond college that can lead to incredibly rewarding careers. "The hard part is finding how to connect what a student wants to do with what they're learning in high school and with the jobs that are actually out there and the skills that businesses actually need when hiring," Underwood says.
The program has gotten attention. For starters, other Timber Products manufacturing branches are watching the work being done by Rogue Workforce and exploring their own ways to get communities involved in creating a defined vocational training track for today's high school students.
This work has also gotten attention at the statewide level, as it attracted the interest of Oregon Governor Kate Brown, who visited the wood products company in the spring.
"Gov. Brown wanted to see if she could take what's happening here and scale it out to other regions in the state," Underwood explains.
Among the solutions that caught the governor's attention was Timber Products' Leadership University. It's a one-year training program aimed at developing future leaders. Applicants are hired as management trainees and spend two months in each of the business' six segments. "They learn our entire business from beginning to end, and at the end of the year, we promote them into a line leadership role," Underwood says.
Since launching the program in 2012, Timber Products has developed a number of the leaders serving the company today.
There is no single solution to the skilled labor issue, but by working together as a community, solutions can be found.
As Underwood puts it, "That's what we're working on: trying to break down the silos, getting people talking and working toward good, practical solutions."


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February was a busy month here at Acroprint! We recently announced the release of an upgrade to our popular timeQplus time and attendance software, to include some cool new features and support for two new terminals.
If you already use timeQplus, you may find something you like in this updated version. Contact Acroprint today to find out more about your upgrade options so you can start taking advantage of these new features right away.
If you don't yet use timeQplus, perhaps one of these new features will be just the thing to convince you to step up to this powerful and easy-to-use workforce management solution.
Now, let's take a closer look at what's new.
The Software
First we'll check out the new software features. We've added several top customer-requested features while making the software even easier to configure and use.
- Job costing: This has been a big "wish list" item for many of our customers. By using the software's work codes feature, you can now easily track employee time by project or job, making accurate and timely job costing a breeze.
- More informative terminal display: Now, when an employee clocks in or out using one of the badge or biometric terminals, the terminal will display their hours worked summary and current "in/out" status. (Another popular customer request.) Employees can now see at a glance their status and know if they've missed a punch.
- Improved hardware installation tools: With a new terminal "auto-detect" feature and other installation tools, it's even simpler than ever to connect and configure terminals.
- Updated software graphical interface: We've refreshed the look of the Administrator windows. Existing users, don't worry — you'll still find all the reports and screens you're familiar with. They just look a little snazzier now.
- Support for additional terminals: We've added support for two new badge terminals (more on them in a minute) for even more flexibility. As always, you can mix-and-match multiple data collection options on the same system to suit your business needs.
The Terminals
The upgraded timeQplus now includes support for two new badge-swipe terminals. In addition to the existing PC-punch, proximity badge terminal and biometric terminal options, we now also offer terminals that use magnetic-stripe badges or barcode badges.
As always, you can mix-and-match your choice of data collection options on a single timeQplus system. For instance, the people in the office can clock in and out using the networked PCs on their desks, while the folks in the warehouse could clock in and out using a badge-swipe or biometric terminal.
A timeQplus system can accommodate as many terminals as you need to effectively manage your business. Install terminals where ever you need them for efficient clocking in and clocking out. You can designate which terminal(s) each employee can use to clock in and out.
All four of the timeQplus terminals can now be configured to display in your choice of English, Spanish or French to meet your needs and those of your workforce. Like the existing proximity and biometric terminals, the new barcode and magnetic-stripe terminals feature a bright, easy-to-read LCD display and include a numeric keypad so employees can clock in using a PIN if their badges are forgotten, lost or damaged.
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To read more about the updated timeQplus software and the two new terminals, see complete specs, download a software demo or place an order online, visit our web store. Got additional questions? Give us a call at 800-334-7190 for more information or to place an order over the phone.
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At long last, the World Cup kicked off in its most successful nation. With protests still ongoing off-the-pitch, Brazil were hoping to distract from those issues with a worthy performance. The final scoreline had more to do with some suspect officiating (and goalkeeping) than any majesty from a Brazilian team still plagued with the same problems since Dunga's exit in 2010.
Luiz Felipe Scolari sent out his team in a 4-2-3-1, while new Croatian manager Niko Kovac set up in a 4-4-1-1 with the youngest of his creative midfield trio, Mateo Kovacic, playing behind lone striker Nikica Jelavic.
Contrary to Kovac's claims before the game, Croatia did not appear to be concerned with keeping possession and did mainly look to park the bus. Nevertheless, there was no shame in sitting deep and letting Brazil have the ball as the hosts have frequently found it difficult to get the ball to their attackers.
The opening game was no different. Whenever they won possession of the ball Brazil would routinely form a 3-3-4 formation: Luis Gustavo would drop between the centre-backs, the full-backs would push on a little bit to be in line with Paulinho and the attacking quartet would be out of reach high up the pitch. Cue endless passing backwards and forwards between the defensive players. Kovacic would try to stop the ball being played into Paulinho, while Jelavic watched Gustavo and Croatia's two banks of four kept everyone else quiet.
This difficulty in getting the ball to their creative players has often been a concern for Brazil despite their defence's ability on the ball and wasn't helped in this game by the unusual positioning of their attacking midfield trio. Typically, Neymar would be left and Hulk right of Oscar in the middle, but for this game they were rearranged, presumably so Neymar, their best player, could take advantage of defensive weakness in the centre of midfield. Instead it meant neither him nor Oscar saw much of the ball, while Hulk, whose physical presence might have otherwise given them a simple way of getting the ball into the final third, was wasted on the wrong side.
The obvious method for Brazil to get the ball forward was via the full-backs, but their reluctance to venture any further than Paulinho meant this too was a squandered opportunity. Perhaps worries over leaving the defence exposed meant Marcelo and Dani Alves' attacking instincts were curbed, but it didn't really do them much good as the Croatians constantly caught Brazil out on the flanks. Sitting deep meant they had a lot of space to venture into whenever they snatched back the ball, so Ivica Olic and Ivan Perisic would drive towards the byline. If Luka Modric or Ivan Rakitic had the ball, they would run at Brazil, forcing players into confronting them to make pace for the wingers, or if Olic or Perisic already had it, they would steam forward and swing in a cross. The Croatians had already whipped two dangerous balls across the Brazil box before Marcelo bundled in their opener, and Jack Wilshere had exposed Brazil's difficulty in having anyone willing to run at them way before this.
Croatia continued to look dangerous via this method, but Brazil did manage to save face after an embarrassing start. This came from two changes: firstly, the full-backs now drove forward, deep into Croatia's half, allowing Brazil to hit longer diagonal balls towards them; secondly, Oscar and Neymar starting to come short to pick up the ball, allowing for passing moves that weren't just sideways balls between the centre-backs.
These changes had the best effect on Oscar, who had been anonymous for the early part of the game. A frequently repeated move due to its success for Brazil involved him coming short to pick up the ball and drawing players in while Dani Alves stormed past him, left in space as Ivica Olic was reluctant to follow the full-back that deep into his own half. Oscar's scrambled assist for Neymar's equaliser exposed the Croatian midfield's lack of ball-winning ability to some extent, and it was his cross that led to Fred's penalty topple, but obviously his toe-poked finish to seal the victory was his finest contribution.
Equally, each of those goals should have been stopped by Stipe Pletikosa however and there were some huge question marks caused by the referee's favouritism towards the home team that left a sour taste about what should have come across as a fairly convincing win. For the most part, the hosts weren't good, and for the same reasons that have troubled them for several years.


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TECH-B21 Experience Others' Experience
Ken Polleck, IBM Software Services for Collaboration Senior Lab Services Manager
Everyone wants to know others' experience before we make decisions. We ask friends for recommendations, we get referrals for healthcare and household maintenance, and we love amazon.com and iTunes ratings. Join this highly interactive session moderated by IBM Software Services to learn how others are using the various technologies to create exceptional digital experiences—and bring your tablet or mobile device, because you will be providing the input live in this session. (Level: Introductory)
This video is a recording of a session held at the Exceptional Web Experience Conference, Anaheim 2014.
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The Internet Doctor
Google is considering offering medical care on the internet. I have to say I think it is a bad idea.
A Convenient Resource
I am a healthcare provider; a nurse for 6 years and then a Certified Nurse-Midwife for 20 years. I have seen the internet slowly creep into my practice over time. Initially, I found the internet to be very convenient. It was helpful to use the internet to look up medication doses when I didn't have the book to reference. And our website has helped advertised our practice so that women around the state are able find us and the kind of care they desire.
Over Reliance on the Internet for Medical Information
But over time, with the advent of smart phones in particular; the internet has negatively impacted the patient/provider relationship. As a primary care provider for women of all ages, I am no longer their subject matter expert. The internet is. When a woman calls asking about her situation, she has already googled her question and poured over the internet looking for an answer. I am then called. As I ask her to describe her complaint, she is pulling me in the direction of the diagnosis given to her by the Internet Doctor with the kind of information she gives me. She is unhappy with my lack of concern when she calls reporting that she ate meat that was not cooked medium well. The fact that she currently feels well, that that the meal has been eaten and that her situation cannot be changed escapes her reasoning as she panics. The thought that her baby might be suffering from lysteriosis, a very rare consequence to eating meat infected with Lysteria, has her lying awake in a near state of hysteria. My job in the morning is to talk her off of the ledge that her Internet Doctor has pushed her onto.
Dr. Internet Is Creating Chaos
The Internet Doctor is taking no responsibility for the chaos it is creating by giving information to people who have no way of discerning what is relevant to their situation or not. Worst case scenarios are at the forefront of the information given and the practical, common sense type of advice that our grandmothers received is hidden away and incredibly hard to find. Dr. Internet is taking away my own confidence as a provider too. I was taught in my education "don't go looking for a zebra when there is a horse right in front of you". The reality is, (thank God) most people do not have the pregnancy-complicating disease like listeriosis but most likely the problem is a common and unconcerning diagnosis, like diarrhea from a stomach bug. But I am often left wondering if my clients are disappointed in my matter-of-fact approach to their care.
The Damaging Effects of Information Overload & Stress
Women are unaware of the effects of panic and chronic worry on the health of their pregnancy. The baby will begin to develop chemical defense mechanisms in utero to survive in the world of his mother. Because the fact is, if a woman is stressing while the baby is in utero, it will be way worse once the baby is out. There is increasing data to support the effects of maternal stress on the neurodevelopment of the baby. "The apple does not fall far from the tree." We are creating generations of people who cannot find peace and trust in their world because their environment is so stressful starting from their intrauterine life.
A preliminary study of pre- and postpartum women and their infants suggests that prenatal stress may cause adverse effects on neonatal development. The study was conducted by Pathik Wadhwa, M.D., Ph.D. and his associates. Dr. Wadhwa concludes that"…there is increasing evidence from both animal and human studies that maternal stress "may play a significant role" in the etiology of intellectual deficits and psychiatric and behavioral disorders, he remarked. The mechanisms underlying these effects are partially mediated by maternal stress hormones and consequent changes in "the set points of developing neurotransmitter systems in the fetus," said Wadhwa. psychnews.org/pnews/98-05-01/stress.html
Midwifery, A History Of Trust
Midwifery has a history of trust. Trust in the woman's body and in her fetus to grow and birth, strong and healthy. Trust in the ancient Art of Midwifery to guide and support the woman through the challenges of pregnancy and birth and mothering. The internet is destroying the faith that we used to easily achieve with our clients. We gained her trust by having knowledge and wisdom that we applied to the client that sat before us. The trusting, relaxed Earth mother rarely walks through our door these days. She has been replaced by a high tech mama who wants what we do because she has read on the INTERNET that she should. She is not, however convinced that we can be trusted without consulting her internet MD too.
Beyond Information, the Human Element
I do not consider myself the expert that the Internet Doctor is. I do not claim to know everything about pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and gynecology that this huge "physician" knows, but I know my client. I am able to evaluate her with my senses and with my intuition and my knowledge. I have tried different approaches to all problems over the years of dealing with hundreds of women and I have developed an ability to care for different women in different situations. I can see when I am scaring a woman with the information I am giving and re-phrase myself. I can give hugs and reassurance and encouragement which the indifferent, information-spewing Dr. Internet cannot. I am confident that I offer what women want and need in a care provider. I am just hoping to convince them of the same.
The message I am trying to convey is that being a healthcare provider is not just being a container of knowledge and information. We add discernment, wisdom and love to the mix. The Internet can't do that!


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2008 November 28
The large watch fashion trend is still going strong. It makes quite the fashion statement when you see an elegantly dressed woman or celebrity wearing a large sporty timepiece. It exudes confidence and attitude, while still being functional and incredibly easy to read.
2008 November 19
The other day I chanced upon a broadcast of singer Pink on Much Music's Live @ Much. Pink (officially P!nk) definitely has her own style and, while always fashionable and well put together, she is never mainstream and mundane.
2008 October 01
Paul Newman, known for his piercing blue eyes, boyish good looks and stellar performances in scores of hit Hollywood movies, has died. He was 83.
2008 September 18
During the 1970s the watch industry was turned on its head with the advent of inexpensive, production line, watch manufacturing that mainly took place in Japan. Swiss watchmakers were affected strongly by the new Japanese market and a crisis ensued. While old independent companies like Rolex and Patek Philippe where not in direct competition with the Japanese giants, two of the world's major watch manufacturers, USUAG and SSIH could not cope with the competition. In 1982, the two companies' creditors hired Hayek Engineering in an attempt to save the giants from bankruptcy. The work that Nicolas Hayek did during this time secured him his spot in watch making history and has often been credited with saving the entire Swiss watch industry.
2008 September 13
As the high-end market continues to flourish in these economic hard times, the watch trend is really going towards people wanting to wear something no one else has. The days of wearing a Rolex has been termed as a Texas Timex. In the past it seemed like as soon as you made a little success for yourself, one of the first thing you did is go out and get a Rolex. Although Rolex, Breitling and Cartier will always own a huge chunk of the market, Bell & Ross, Corum, U-Boat are creeping up and becoming in demand.
2008 July 28
Being a watch salesman, we go through all sorts of people with their questions and opinions on what sort of watch to buy. There are a lot of factors involved, and it's very hard to tell you what to buy. Whether it is an investment grade piece, or just something that you saw in a magazine or on some celebrity's wrist. Choosing a Brand or Model can and should be a fun experience.
2008 June 06
As the tourists start rolling in for the Grand Prix, U Boat continues to draw them in from our store front window. There's something about their look that everyone seems to like. We have a vast array of watch brands, and every price range Bell & Ross Tourbillon, solid Gold Corum Admirals Cup Challenge 44 and the list goes on, but U Boat seems to be what every client has been drawn in to see.
2008 February 26
Once again Rihanna was spotted wearing her Pianegonda jewelry. In the Style Watch section of February's People magazine (right), she was pictured proudly wearing a necklace and a bracelet from the Glittering Love Collection. Pianegonda's young and glamorous look mirror's the talented artist's own style.
2008 February 02
Rosario Dawson: The popular American actress Rosario Dawson wears the silver earrings Vicious line.
2008 January 24
Sylvester Stallone was on David Letterman recently, not sporting a Panerai, which is his usual watch of choice, this time he is wearing a U Boat watch.
2008 January 23
The circle is one of nature's most pleasing shapes. Take this perfectly balanced form, re-create it in a precious metal, adorn it with beautifully gleaming diamonds, and you got yourself the classic Circle of Life pendant.
2008 January 16
With the popularity of the Bell and Ross BR01 and BR03 and BR02 Instrument line growing. There are many celebrities jumping on the band wagon.


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The 1,600th Lockheed Hercules is a stretched C-I30H(S) for Indonesia. The aircraft is similar to the civil L-IOO-30 and to the Royal Air Force's Hercules C.3. Two fuselage plugs increase length by 15ft Pakistani airpower build-up PAKISTAN plans to build 12 new air bases and form five more fighter squadrons, a report published in India suggests. By the end of 1981 the country will have three squadrons operating Chinese-supplied Shenyang A-5 Fantans and two units equipped with Dassault-Breguet Mirage 5s now on order from France. The report also alleges that 50 Pakistani pilots have been trained on Northrop F-5Es and that the Air Force can activate at short notice three squadrons of F-5Es now operated by "three west Asian countries." The PAF now has 40 air bases, twice as many as in 1971 the report notes, and has installed a new air- defence network consisting of six Westinghouse TPS-43 mobile three- dimensional radars. According to the Indian report, a further 12 bases are to be built and facilities at others ex panded. It is suggested that Pakistan is considering supplementing Thom- son-CSF/Matra Crotale surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) with Raytheon Hawk SAMs. There are also plans to acquire some form of airborne early warning system. Pakistan is alleged to be seeking Hughes 500MD anti-tank helicopters. Bell AH-1 gunships and Boeing-Vertol CH-47 medium-lift helicopters along with additional Lockheed C-130 tacti cal transports. In addition to Matra Magic dogfight missiles now being supplied, Pakistan is thought to want AIM-9L Sidewinder and AGM-65 Maverick missiles. Pakistan is a poten tial customer for the General Dynam ics F-16/79 intermediate export fighter. France is willing to supply up to 75 Mirage F.ls, the report alleges, and negotiations for the purchase of Mirage 2000s—financed by a "west Asian country"—are under way. Engine mods follow Farnborough F-18 crash GENERAL Electric will carry out some detail re-design of the F-404 engine following the failure of the low-pressure turbine disc which caused the crash of the TF-18 as it left Farnborough on September 8 (see Flight, October 11, page 1413). The low-pressure turbine (LPT) disc bore area is to be recontoured as are the LPT bolt-holes. The LPT seals and high-pressure turbine (HPT) blade retainers will have addi tional and larger bolt-holes to reduce stress concentration. Other parts to be replaced, with components made from denser material, are the LPT seals and the HPT disc and blade retainers. France tests M4 SLBM FRANCE has fired a prototype Aero spatiale M4 submarine - launched ballistic missile from an Army test range in the Landes, The three-stage missile carried an inert payload and achieved successful separation of the six independently targeted re-entry vehicles. The "warheads" burnt up on re-entry. The firing took place on November 18 and some two weeks later France carried out the latest in a series of nuclear warhead tests at the Muroroa range in the Pacific. The 2,500 n.m.-range M4 will arm the sixth French Navy nuclear-powered ballistic- missile submarine L'Inflexible which is scheduled to enter service in January 1985. Tracer ... General Dynamics has received a $130 million contract for the las* 20 of 75 F-16s for Israel. The total contract is worth $5,300 million. Boeing has received a $125 million award for conversion of an E-4A Advanced Airborne Command Post to the improved E-4B model. China is reported to have carried out the fifth test firing of its CSS-X-4 intermediate-range ballistic missile on October 30. The missile was launched from a base in Chilin state, north eastern China, to a target 2,500 n.m. away in Shinkian state. Dormer's transonic wing testbed takes off for its December 12 first flight. The Transsonik Tragflugel (TST) aircraft is based on Alpha jet Al 98t '33-' ,<*«, ftnt '«» TUp
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In Edwards' debut novel, a young witch in the 16th century fights for her independence in a society that grants few rights and privileges to women.
Alainn McCreary's father is intimidated by her budding magical abilities. He sends her to be raised as an apprentice to the village's healer, an elderly woman named Morag. The old woman fears that Alainn will gain the terrible power that led Mara, the only other witch in town, to curse the O'Brien clan's noble family with terrible infertility, miscarriages and infant mortality; as a result, she encourages Alainn to suppress her magical talent. However, when Alainn helps heal Killian, one of only three heirs of the O'Brien nobility, she lets him in on her magical secret. The pair become fast friends, and he arranges for Alainn to receive an education alongside him and his cousins, Rory and Riley. Killian and Alainn soon begin a love affair, and she has no delusions that they'll be allowed to be together long term, but Killian, who's unaccustomed to being told no, has more romantic—albeit less realistic—aspirations. Edwards' debut novel gets off to a bit of a slow start, and some of the characters' back stories are difficult to keep track of. However, she ultimately delivers an exciting, well-researched first series installment; its ending, in particular, will challenge readers. Alainn provides a beautiful example of a strong, self-determined female character, as she struggles in a patriarchal society that uses overt sexual violence to keep power. Readers will be delighted to follow her as she works to forge her own happy ending, especially when that means defying society's expectations.
A powerful, surprising fantasy that will leave readers excited for the next book in the series.


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Today's LUS mask is going to be Red Ginseng essence mask.
I personally found this product interesting because I have never used Ginseng as skin care, although I was aware of it's amazing effects, since this is one of the popular beauty ingredients in Korea of all time.
If you haven't read my review on the other LUS essence mask, click the links below
You can get LUS essence mask on eBay.
I am thinking not many of you are aware of what Ginseng is, and its benefit for you.
Ginseng is one of the eleven species of slow-growing perennial plants with fleshy roots. They are only found in certain area such as the Northern Hemisphere: North America, Korean, Northern China, and Easter Siberia, in cool climates.
Ginseng has many benefits when it comes to both health and beauty.
For health benefit, Ginseng is used a lot in many ways.
In Korea especially, people take ginseng roots as adaptogens, aphrodisiacs, nourising stimulants, as well as for natural treatment for type 2 diabetes.
Ginseng has effect on lowering blood sugar levels for those who are suffering type 2 diabetes.
It is also good for weight loss, because ginseng gives an energy boost which helps you to be more active.
Not only that, Ginseng is used in many females in Korea for their health.
If you are suffering with abnormal menstruation and strong PMS symptoms, Ginseng will help you.
I sometimes make tea out of ginseng roots and drink it during winter time.
This helps me to make my body give the warmth it needs.
Now let's go to beauty benefit!
Drinking ginseng tea is good for refining and re-hydrating the skin effectively.
Not only that, it also promote skin cell regeneration by increasing oxygenation to skin cells.
And since ginseng is known for boosting blood circulation as well as clearing the blood, it will help you to remove any toxins and your skin can gain better complexion!
According to its short description, this mask pack is good for skin emollients, clearing out skin, and boost up elasticity that skin needs.
Which sounds great since my face has been feeling little lack of elasticity due to not enough time to rest.
As you can see before apply the mask, my skin looks little bit saggy, have red blemishes, and really bad dark circle.
However after 15 minutes of application, my skin instantly got more elasticity as well as getting whitened.
I haven't used Ginseng on my skin before so I was really surprised about the effect of it.
My skin still feels very bouncy and whitened, without having to put any additional skin care on it.


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Pro-War Propaganda From The Globe and Mail
Barack Obama's high-risk war wager that sent tens of thousands of U.S. troops surging into Afghanistan is showing signs of success, U.S. officials say. The raging Taliban insurgency is being defeated, but foreign troops are still years away from heading for the exit. "Our joint efforts are paying off," said Robert Gates, U.S. Secretary of Defence.
Canadians "Divided" About Afghan Mission
A strange story about how an Angus Reid survey finds that 48 per cent of respondents to a poll support the government's decision to keep soldiers in a non-combat role in Afghanistan while 44 per cent disagree. The strange part is that the same poll finds that 56 per cent of overall respondents oppose Canada's current military mission in Afghanistan, while 36 per cent are supportive.
Makes you wonder how they phrase their questions.
Violence Rises Ahead of US Review of Afghan War
Six U.S. troops were killed Sunday when a man rammed a minivan packed with explosives into a newly built military installation in Kandahar Province, U.S. and Afghan officials said. A NATO airstrike killed at least 25 in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, while violence elsewhere left 22 civilians dead in a wave of attacks days before the White House issues a review of U.S. war strategy, officials said.
The modest deal wrangled out by the 200 countries meeting at the Mexican resort of Cancún may have done more to save a dysfunctional UN negotiating process from collapse than protect the planet against climate change, analysts said today.
To give you an idea of where things are headed vis-à-vis taking action on Global Warming, both the Liberals and the NDP called the Cancun climate talks a success even though the meeting concluded with no binding agreement for reducing greenhouse gases.
The Bolivians hold a unique point of view on the direction the talks should have taken: The Bolivian government and its grassroots allies wanted a binding agreement that would force significant reductions in greenhouse gases. They wanted an agreement that respected indigenous rights. They wanted an agreement grounded in a new concept -- the rights of nature -- that acknowledges that she who gives us life and abundance has as much right to exist as humans.
And from over at Climate Progress, a story about climatologists are speaking out because they are convinced now more than ever that Global Warming poses a clear and present danger to civilization. Maybe it;s because the evidence has been piling up for quite some time. And speaking of piling up, the snow has been doing just that locally and in Europe and in parts of the U.S. so that means the always predictable climate science deniers are busy claiming this falling white stuff is proof of no climate change, so here's a reminder that even while Global Warming is happening there will still be winter and snow -- here's why.
A story from CTV about how scientists say polar bear moms and their cubs near Churchill in northern Manitoba are suffering the worst effects of a late freeze-up of sea ice on Hudson Bay. This is just one more grim reminder of the effects of Global Warming. The bears are currently making their way out on weak ice. Only 17% of Hudson's Bay was frozen at the end of November as opposed to the usual 50% for this time of year.
Alternet.org hands out awards for the 5 most heinous climate villains. Go check and see if your favourite idiot is on the list.
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Mormon Media Observer: Church lawyer sets record straight on child-abuse column
by Joel Campbell
The LDS Church's chief outside legal counsel has responded to a critical column on the legal website Findlaw, saying the church's system for reporting and responding to child abuse is the "gold standard."
Von G. Keetch, chief outside legal counsel for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, responded to highly critical column [see article below] written by Marci A. Hamilton that among other things suggested the LDS Church's approach to child abuse is similar to that in the Roman Catholic Church, which has been embroiled in a priest-child abuse scandal.
Keetch responded in a recent column [see article below]:
"The LDS Church has long had a highly effective approach for preventing and responding to abuse. In fact, no religious organization has done more. Although no one system is perfect and no single program will work with every organization, the LDS Church's approach is the gold standard."
Hamilton — based on interviews with attorneys, reading of case law and a read of a Doctrine and Covenants lesson manual — suggested the following:
"Thus, the LDS Church has created essentially the same opaque system that the Catholic Church has employed when it comes to child sex abuse. While the polygamy, child brides and sex abuse endemic to the polygamous sects are not permitted or encouraged by LDS, the structure of the organization, the importance of its self-image as a leader of virtue in the world, and its intent to protect the church from liability have, together, yielded a cycle of abuse that is not at all unlike that which has been widely documented in the Roman Catholic Church."
Hamilton's main assertion throughout the column is that the LDS Church is more concerned about its image than responding to abuse and the church's doctrine and practice fosters little outside review.
Keetch wrote the following:
"The LDS Church takes significant precautions to guard against abuse within its congregations. Official church policy states: 'All members, especially parents and leaders, are encouraged to be alert and diligent and do all they can to protect children and others against abuse and neglect.' Members are taught to be aware of the issue and to alert law enforcement and church leaders if they believe a child is in danger. The church fully supports compliance with child abuse reporting laws and regularly encourages members to report. The suggestion that the church instructs members to keep abuse issues solely within the church is false. The church enforces a 'two-deep' policy so that adult males who work with children or youth are never alone with a minor. At great expense, the church is currently installing windows in the classroom doors of thousands of its meetinghouses so that children are never out of sight. As a result of these and many other efforts, abuse on church properties or during church activities is rare."
Hamilton's credibility comes into question when she doesn't get some of the basic facts right, including a suggestion that Mitt Romney would be considered a prophet if elected and ahw erroneously ties the LDS Church with polygamist sects and their practices. In her column, Hamilton, who is the Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, suggested she welcomes response from the LDS Church authorities. While she may be a lawyer, she could learn something from journalists who try to get their facts straight before they publish an article. If she really wanted a balanced column, wouldn't she have sought out the facts from LDS authorities before she published her piece on the Web? Of course, Hamilton gets the last word, with her response to Keetch's column [see article below].
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FindLaw - April 15, 2010
How Other Religious Organizations Echo the Roman Catholic Church's Rule Against Scandal – A Precept that Entrenches and Perpetuates Cycles of Child Sex Abuse: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Part One in a Two-Part Series
By MARCI A. HAMILTON
Recently, the world's attention has been trained on the Vatican and the Pope, as they try to respond to the outcry from sexual abuse victims and those who want to see them obtain justice in numerous countries – including Austria, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, and the United States.
As I explained in a recent column for this site, the similarity between the policies that have been applied in each country by Catholic bishops represents either a gigantic, uncanny set of coincidences, or a policy orchestrated from Rome. And anyone without a vested interest in defending the Roman Catholic hierarchy knows which option is by far the more likely.
In a column in The Huffington Post, I recently urged the until-now silent United States government to take action to protect children against these human rights violations. We need to remember that these stories are first and foremost about children being brutally victimized and callously treated. The Vatican, with its history and veneration, has drawn all attention to itself with the force of a black hole. Understandably, the stories of powerful men falling from grace have an irresistibly compelling element, but the real story here lies in the morally transcendent issue of the suffering of child sex abuse victims.
Before the Vatican achieves a 21st Century miracle and succeeds in tamping down this story – and it is capable of doing that if the media, Catholics, and the public permit it to do so –- I would like to bring to the world's attention the fact that this is not the only religious patriarchy that operates this way. To the contrary, children are being, and have been, sexually abused within other large, mainstream religious organizations, yet their stories, too, have been held captive by theological rules of secrecy that parallel the Catholic Church's rule against scandal.
There are actually many such organizations, but I will focus in this column on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (which I'll refer to as "LDS" or "the Mormons"), and in my next column, on Orthodox Judaism. [see next entry in this blog] I understand that believers hold their religious institutions dear, and such feelings are to be respected, but I see no other way to protect children than to place such beliefs and practices under the public spotlight. This is not about persecution but rather protection of our most vulnerable.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: Beliefs that Foster Silence and Cover-ups Regarding Child Sex Abuse
Let me begin by saying that I am not a member of the LDS Church and that I have drawn the following conclusions based on reported cases, based on interviews of lawyers who represent victims, and by reading LDS materials, including the Doctrine and Covenants and the Doctrine and Covenants Student Manual. If I do get any of the following principles wrong, I welcome correction from LDS leadership.
LDS texts establish beliefs and practices that operate to keep child sex abuse secret, in the same way that the Catholic Church's principles have done so. First, as with the Roman Catholic Church, one of the LDS's central beliefs is in keeping the public image of the Church pure. According to LDS's Doctrine and Covenants Student Manual, "it is our great mission to be a standard to all the world. . ." Achieving that goal, the manual teaches, requires measures that "safeguard the purity, integrity, and good name . . . or moral influence of the Church[.]" When one of the missions of a church is to be a moral example for the world, and to protect its "good name," the incentive to prevent the appearance of tarnishment is powerful, as it has been in both the Catholic and Mormon traditions. This means that the institution will work hard to keep the damning information inside the organization and away from outsiders.
The interests of the child sex abuse victim are persistently demoted beneath the goals of the organization and its leadership. Just as Catholic bishops have been directed for decades, if not centuries, not to cooperate with civil authorities in clergy child sex abuse case (at least until last Sunday, when the Holy See issued a statement that bishops should report cases to the authorities if civil law requires), so too Mormon leaders are discouraged from cooperating with authorities in cases involving abuse. They are not supposed to testify in abuse cases involving their own members (unless the Church itself is implicated), and they must confer with their Office of Legal Services or the Area Presidency before talking to civil authorities. In other words, there must be a pause between learning of the horror of abuse and picking up the phone to involve the authorities. Moreover, they are not supposed to persuade victims to testify (or not to testify) against LDS members.
In addition, while there is no hierarchy, in the sense of a monarchy, within LDS, its leadership is made up of "prophets," who "speak[] for God." Indeed, when they speak, it is as though they are God. (That would include potential Presidential nominee Mitt Romney.) And believers are expected to be completely obedient to the prophets. If they are, it is taught, then blessings will flow. Like the Catholic bishops, then, the LDS leaders have impressive power to persuade believers to put the interests of the organization ahead of the victims.
LDS's Troubling Precepts Relating to the Reporting of Child Sex Abuse
While Mormon doctrine, like Catholic doctrine, includes a general proposition holding that members should obey the law, there is no requirement within Mormon doctrine that reports about abuse must be made to the authorities.
Rather, the LDS system is constructed so that abuse stays internal, victims have no escape route, and perpetrators can have a field day. Church leaders are supposed to be "sensitive" to victims, but the primary focus is on how to handle the perpetrator: Doctrine requires that the perpetrator must be disciplined within the Church, but later may be given full membership status or readmitted.
Like the Catholic Church, the Mormons have followed a pattern of merely urging counseling for perpetrators within their own system. Leaders and bishops are directed to call LDS Social Services, so that counseling will be "in harmony with gospel principles."
The strongest suggestion within LDS doctrine regarding reporting abuse to civil authorities requires urging an abuser to turn him or herself in: If a bishop or stake president learns of a "member's abusive activities," he "should urge the member to report these activities to the appropriate government authorities." But of course, the abuser has every incentive not to make such a report.
There is no requirement within the Catholic Church that child sex abuse must be reported routinely. The Vatican's new rule is simply that bishops should report abuse if the law makes such reporting mandatory; it is not a requirement that abuse be reported in each instance. The same principle holds in the Mormon universe: There is an implicit acquiescence to the reporting of abuse to the authorities by the leadership if the law of the state at issue includes mandatory reporting, but only then, and LDS has worked hard in the states to ensure that this requirement is narrowly interpreted for churches.
When reporting does occur, the leader is required to "encourage the [abusing] member to secure qualified legal advice." The same is not said about a victim.
The Confessional Exception to States' Clergy Abuse Reporting Requirements
In Utah, clergy are required to report abuse unless it is obtained during a "confession." Utah Code Ann. § 62A-4a-403 (2009). The same is true in Arizona, Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 13-3620 (LexisNexis 2009); Oregon, Or. Rev. Stat. § 419B.010 (2007) (incorporating by reference the clergy-penitent privilege at Or. Rev. Stat. § 40.260 (2007)); and California, Cal. Penal Code § 11166(d) (Deering 2009).
Yet the states differ as to how broadly or narrowly they interpret the term "confession" when it appears within these laws. The LDS Church and other religious groups have repeatedly argued that most clergy communications satisfy the "confession" exception to the requirement to report.
That argument succeeded in Utah, Montana, and Washington, but not in California, which has held that "In order for a statement to be privileged, it must satisfy all of the conceptual requirements of a penitential communication: (1) it must be intended to be in confidence; (2) it must be made to a member of the clergy who in the course of his or her religious discipline or practice is authorized or accustomed to hear such communications; and (3) such member of the clergy has a duty under the discipline or tenets of the church, religious denomination or organization to keep such communications secret."
LDS, Like the Catholic Church, Must Change Its System So that Child Sex Abuse Is Reported to Civil Authorities
Thus, the LDS Church has created essentially the same opaque system that the Catholic Church has employed when it comes to child sex abuse. While the polygamy, child brides, and sex abuse endemic to the polygamous sects are not permitted or encouraged by LDS, the structure of the organization, the importance of its self-image as a leader of virtue in the world, and its intent to protect the Church from liability have, together, yielded a cycle of abuse that is not at all unlike that which has been widely documented in the Roman Catholic Church.
So is there serious abuse in the LDS Church? Absolutely. Why don't we know more about it? Because of the Church's internal beliefs, rules, and the acquiescence of its believers – just like in the case of the Roman Catholic Church. In addition, the laws and precedents in Utah have served to cover it up very effectively. If there is one state in the United States that is anathema to lawyers representing child sex abuse victims because the odds of success are so low, it is Utah.
Those on the outside of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints are in the same position outsiders were in with respect to the Roman Catholic Church and clergy abuse before 2002, when the Boston Globe broke the cover story. I have no doubt that what I am saying will provoke defensive and even angry responses. I also know, having dealt with the Catholic Bishops for as long as I have, that there will be powerful temptations to attack me personally. So be it. But I sincerely hope it will also lead to real reforms that result in sunshine on dangerous practices and a reordering of priorities that will put their own vulnerable children atop the list of priorities.
Marci Hamilton, a FindLaw columnist, is the Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and author of Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect its Children (Cambridge 2008). A review of Justice Denied appeared on this site on June 25, 2008. Her previous book is God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law (Cambridge University Press 2005), now available in paperback. Her email is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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FindLaw - May 27, 2010
Protecting Children in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
By VON G. KEETCH
Marci Hamilton's recent column entitled "How Other Religious Organizations Echo the Roman Catholic Church's Rule Against Scandal . . ." (Thursday, April 15, 2010) [see article above] contains numerous inaccuracies about how The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("LDS Church") handles child abuse. I have worked very closely with the LDS Church on child abuse issues for twenty years and am fully familiar with its approach. I have also served as an ecclesiastical leader in the LDS Church. And I have worked closely with other religious organizations on abuse issues. With this background and firsthand knowledge, I write to set the record straight.
Child abuse is a society-wide problem that affects people of all demographics. Tragically, every organization with families and children—religious or otherwise—faces the issue. That is particularly true of large and diverse organizations, such as the LDS Church, whose very purpose is to welcome and minister to all people.
The LDS Church has long had a highly effective approach for preventing and responding to abuse. In fact, no religious organization has done more. Although no one system is perfect and no single program will work with every organization, the LDS Church's approach is the gold standard.
For decades, the LDS Church has repeatedly, publicly, and unequivocally denounced child abuse as an "insidious evil" and a "sin of the darkest hue." Church leaders at the highest level began making such statements and aggressively addressing the issue even before clergy-abuse cases raised public awareness in the mid-1980s. Since 1976, more than 50 articles have appeared in Church publications condemning child abuse or educating members about it. As wrenching as the topic is, Church leaders have given sermons about it more than 30 times at the Church's worldwide conferences. Preventing and responding to child abuse is the subject of a regular lesson taught during Sunday meetings. The Church has produced and distributed extensive training materials for local leaders and members alike. To this day Church leaders continue to speak publicly about abuse and forcefully address it. The Church's official instructions for ecclesiastical leaders sums up the approach: "Abuse cannot be tolerated in any form."
While clergy-abuse cases continue to grab headlines, the LDS Church has had almost no child abuse problems with its clergy. The Church has a part-time lay clergy at the local level. Leaders of congregations are called bishops. Bishops are selected from the local membership to serve as uncompensated volunteers for about five years. Most have lived in the community and attended their congregations for many years and thus are well known to Church members before they are selected. Bishops are called by more senior ecclesiastical leaders, but before a bishop is installed all congregation members first vote to sustain his selection. The Church takes abuse allegations so seriously that even one member with a credible concern can derail the selection. And even after a bishop assumes office, any credible allegation of abuse against him would quickly result in the Church's terminating the calling and selecting another bishop. Because termination does not result in loss of salary or living arrangements (local clergy are uncompensated), there is no need for a lengthy internal process. This zero-tolerance approach risks problems with false allegations, but the Church has chosen to err on the side of caution. The result is that abuse by LDS clergy is exceedingly rare and swiftly addressed.
LDS clergy also have powerful incentives to protect children from abusers within their congregations. All bishops are married and most have children of their own, often young ones, who attend their respective congregations and participate in their activities. Bishops are therefore personally invested in the safety and well-being of their Church community. When a child abuser threatens the safety of his congregation, a bishop has no incentive, financial or otherwise, to do other than protect his Church family as he does his own.
The LDS Church takes significant precautions to guard against abuse within its congregations. Official Church policy states: "All members, especially parents and leaders, are encouraged to be alert and diligent and do all they can to protect children and others against abuse and neglect." Members are taught to be aware of the issue and to alert law enforcement and Church leaders if they believe a child is in danger. The Church fully supports compliance with child abuse reporting laws and regularly encourages members to report. The suggestion that the Church instructs members to keep abuse issues solely within the Church is false. The Church enforces a "two-deep" policy so that adult males who work with children or youth are never alone with a minor. At great expense, the Church is currently installing windows in the classroom doors of thousands of its meetinghouses so that children are never out of sight. As a result of these and many other efforts, abuse on Church properties or during Church activities is rare.
Despite these precautions, child abuse sometimes occurs within a member family or between two members. With over five million members in the United States alone, the LDS Church cannot monitor its member's private lives. The Church is not a police force; nor should it be. Local clergy hold full-time secular jobs and thus perform much of their ministry during their free time on Sundays or in one or two weekday evenings after work. There is much they don't know about the lives of their congregation members.
When local clergy learn of alleged abuse, Church policy states that their first priority "is to help those who have been abused and to protect those who may be vulnerable to future abuse." But as anyone with experience in the area knows, dealing with alleged abuse can be very complex. Because its clergy are laymen without professional training or qualifications in social work, in 1995 the LDS Church established a 24-hour Help Line and instructed its ecclesiastical leaders to call it immediately when they learn of abuse. The Help Line is staffed by licensed social workers with professional experience in dealing with abuse. They advise clergy about how best to protect the victim from further abuse, protect others from abuse, deal with the perpetrator, and aid the healing process for victims. Child abuse is a crime with serious legal consequences. The Help Line provides legal counsel to aid clergy in complying with the law and working with law enforcement.
Reporting abuse can raise difficult legal and personal issues. State reporting laws vary greatly. A broad majority of states exempt confidential communications with clergy from reporting duties. Why? Because public policy makers have concluded that confidentiality helps victims and perpetrators alike come forward and get help. A confidential confession to a clergyperson often breaks the cycle of abuse and is the first step in a process that leads to voluntary reporting by the perpetrator, victim, or others.
Abuse victims themselves often demand confidentiality. Many victims who reveal tragic abuse experiences to clergy—some of which may have occurred decades earlier—do not want to be traumatized again by a criminal investigation and public prosecution. In navigating these complex and wrenching situations, Church clergy are instructed to comply with the law. The Church routinely reports child abuse to law enforcement. And even where reporting is not mandatory, the Church usually finds ways to get abuse reported while still respecting the victim's desire for privacy.
The LDS Church is one of the only religious organizations that actively disfellowships or excommunicates ordinary members for child abuse. Excommunication terminates a person's membership in the Church, which is the harshest ecclesiastical punishment possible. Its purpose is to induce the person to stop his crimes and seek forgiveness from God, to protect other Church members, and to demonstrate institutional condemnation of such evil conduct. After many years, perpetrators who truly change their lives can be readmitted to Church membership, but their membership record is permanently marked with an annotation that precludes them from ever again associating with the Church's children or youth.
The LDS Church's policies and practices have evolved over the years. The Help Line, for example, has been highly successful since its creation over 15 years ago. The LDS Church continues to look for ways to refine and improve its approach to abuse. To be sure, tragic situations have arisen. The Church's response is always to help victims of abuse. At times the Church has to defend itself in court against spurious allegations and overreaching demands, most arising from situations that allegedly occurred decades ago. But for many years the LDS Church has had the highest standards among religious organizations.
One final point: The LDS Church has not taken these measures to protect its reputation but to protect children. Mormons are well known for their love of children. Church leaders and members treasure the innocence of childhood and take seriously Jesus Christ's severe condemnation of anyone who harms a child. See, e.g., Matt. 18:6 ("But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.") The LDS Church's deep concern for children has led to a system that is highly effective at preventing abuse, protecting and helping victims, ensuring that Church clergy comply with the law, and disciplining and expelling abusers.
Von G. Keetch is chief outside legal counsel for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
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FindLaw - May 27, 2010
A Reply to Von Keetch's Comments on Clergy Child Sex Abuse and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
By MARCI A. HAMILTON
On April 15, FindLaw posted my opening column [see article above] on the issue of how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (which I will call the "LDS Church" or "LDS") handles clergy child sex abuse. As I stated there, I welcome further discussion of this important issue. In raising and discussing clergy sex abuse in the contexts of different religious institutions and faiths, I am interested solely in the truth and the protection of children.
Since then, Von Keetch, chief outside counsel to the LDS, has responded to my column, and FindLaw has also posted his response. [see article above] As Keetch notes in his column, he has worked closely with the LDS Church on child abuse issues for twenty years, and has served as an ecclesiastical leader in the Church. In this column, I will discuss Keetch's points — but first, I will briefly summarize the immediate responses to my column that I received via email.
The Responses I Received from LDS Church Members
Except for one individual's email, the responses I received were unfailingly polite, which is a credit to the LDS Church and its values. And they ran the full gamut. There was the LDS public relations person, who responded very quickly to defend the Church. There were men who had been, or are now, in some positions of leadership who said they believe the Church's rule is to always report abuse. One told me that if that is not the rule, he does not care, because he will do what is right regardless.
But there were more who wrote to me to thank me for my column, saying that the LDS has work to do in this field. These included current members, ex-members, and child-sex-abuse survivors from within the LDS community. According to these correspondents, LDS bishops have ignored reports about abuse, and have often discouraged reporting. In addition, they say that LDS members have been shunned for telling the authorities or outsiders about abuse. Based on the comments I received, there also seems to be a strong value placed by LDS on keeping families together even when that means a child remains captive to an abusing parent. In light of these emails, I approach Keetch's lawyerly response with some skepticism.
Assessing Keetch's Points
Keetch is, of course, correct that child sex abuse is a "society-wide problem" that spans groups and families. The largest segment of victims is composed of persons who were victimized by family members or acquaintances. That is why I started my book on clergy child sex abuse, Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect Its Children, with an email from a victim of incest. This is — and always should be — about children. The reality is that organizational mishandling of the issue is just the tip of the iceberg.
Since we are primarily concerned with protecting children, I would warn every parent to be extremely careful about any organization that claims, as Keetch does, that it has set the "gold standard" on these issues. That has been the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy's mantra since 2003, but recent revelations have made it abundantly clear that a "gold standard" in this arena can be more about public relations than actual child safety.
Many believed, erroneously, as it turns out, that the Boy Scouts had set the highest standard, but the recent revelations detailed in the court case in Oregon in which the jury awarded both compensatory and sizable punitive damages, Lewis v. Boy Scouts of America, et. al., and the news coverage accompanying it — such as this article in The Oregonian, and this one — show that the Boy Scout organization has not lived up to its image of being child-protective.
Moreover, the problem with claims like "the LDS Church has had almost no child abuse problems with its clergy," is that only the LDS higher-ups would know for sure. While the Catholic bishops were telling everyone that the 2002 revelations in the United States were peculiar to the United States, no one outside the system knew, as the bishops themselves did, that routine cover-up of child sex abuse by clergy was actually a worldwide problem. In addition, given that the vast majority of abuse occurs in the family, I take cold comfort from the argument that LDS bishops are family men with children of their own.
Why Keetch's Explanations Raise More Questions than Answers
In fact, Keetch's explanations leave more questions than answers in my mind. Keetch states, "The Church fully supports compliance with child abuse reporting laws and regularly encourages members to report." However, I am not persuaded — for several reasons.
First, the same does not seem to be true for LDS leadership. This is what the 2006 Church Handbook of Instructions states:
"To avoid implicating the Church in legal matters to which it is not a party, Church leaders should avoid testifying in civil or criminal cases reviewing the conduct of members over whom they preside. In the United States and Canada, a leader should confer with the Church's Office of General Counsel if he is subpoenaed, is considering testifying in a lawsuit, is asked to communicate with attorneys or civil authorities regarding legal proceedings, or is asked to offer verbal or written testimony. Outside the United States and Canada, leaders should contact the administration office to obtain local legal counsel in these situations."
"Church leaders should not try to persuade alleged victims or other witnesses either to testify or not to testify in criminal or civil court proceedings."
Church Handbook Book (2006), 178.
How do these directives square with Keetch's portrait of the Church as transparent on these issues and devoted to zero-tolerance? Not well. A true zero-tolerance policy would encourage LDS members to testify in civil and criminal proceedings involving allegations of clergy child abuse within the LDS.
Second, the LDS Church has invested heavily in arguing against liability for its own victims in the courts. Most recently, it filed a joint amicus brief in the Nevada Supreme Court with the Catholic bishops, arguing that the First Amendment should protect the Church from liability for negligent handling of abuse. If the LDS Church has truly put children first and established "the gold standard" in this area, then why does it need constitutional protection from its negligent handling of child sex abuse? We know from other religious organizations, including the Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Jews, that concerns about internal power, public image, and a greater concern for the preservation of wealth than victim suffering typically drive such arguments. Keetch has not explained why the LDS Church would be any different.
Third, Keetch's defense reaches the level of the ridiculous when he states, "Reporting abuse can raise difficult legal and personal issues. State reporting laws vary greatly." The public needs to understand what is really going on here. Keetch attributes the differences to "public policy makers." Yet, he knows full well who is lobbying to keep churches and clergy from having to report abuse: Churches are, with the LDS Church and the Catholic bishops at the forefront.
This reminds me of the qualification that the Vatican attached to its recent statement that bishops should report abuse: The Vatican encouraged reporting, but only when civil law requires it. Most media picked up this statement as if it had embraced a requirement that bishops report abuse, period. But the bishops themselves knew full well that they had lobbied hard in the United States to gain exemptions to reporting requirements, and broad interpretations of the so-called "confessional privilege." (I addressed the confessional privilege in a previous column.) When child advocates proposed a reporting requirement in Maryland without a confessional exception (under such a requirement, if priests knew about child abuse, they would have to let the authorities know, regardless of the source of the knowledge), the bishops pulled out all of the stops, including loudly accusing the child advocates of being anti-Catholic, and handing out flyers in the pews on Sundays that demanded that members call their elected representatives to reject the bill. Instead of offering a reporting bill that includes clergy, but has a confessional exception, they killed the bill altogether. So much for putting children first.
My position on these matters is simple: I will take seriously the religious organizations' apparent encouragement to report abuse as soon as they stop lobbying against, and start lobbying for, reporting requirements. That means they have to stop the lobbying behind-the-scenes, as well as in the public spotlight, and they have to sink their resources into laws that protect children.
Overall, It Still Seems Clear that the LDS Must Work on These Issues
Finally, one statement that Keetch made indicated to me that the emails I received from those inside the LDS Church saying that much needs to be done were correct. Keetch states, "A confidential confession to a clergyperson often breaks the cycle of abuse and is the first step in a process that leads to voluntary reporting by the perpetrator, victim, or others."
But that was the entire point of my initial column, and my work as a whole: Clergy have proven to be ineffective in stopping cycles of abuse — keeping abuse confidential (i.e., keeping the authorities out of the picture) is one sure way to ensure that a father who is having sex with one child can move onto the next one, and a teacher who is fondling a student will feel confident about going after the next one. As Keetch admits earlier in his response, LDS clergy are not trained professionals; rather, they take on these issues in addition to their other career and family obligations. Without professional training, all they have is what the Church tells them, and as the quote above from their own materials indicates, the LDS Church is not as clearly dedicated to the protection of children as Keetch would suggest. So this statement favoring confidential confessions to clergy undermines virtually everything else Keetch says.
Marci Hamilton, a FindLaw columnist, is the Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and author of Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect its Children (Cambridge 2008). A review of Justice Denied appeared on this site on June 25, 2008. Her previous book is God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law (Cambridge University Press 2005), now available in paperback. Her email is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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