(Born Maurice Joseph Dale Mulvey)
Died on October 12, 2010 age 74. A grateful, recovering alcoholic, in hiss 25th year of sobriety. A “friend of BilI W.” Son of the late William James Crampton and Mary Margaret Walecke.. Brother of the late Patricia Anne Crampton. Funeral service and interment have taken place. Appreciation to extended family and friends who gave him a kind word or a moment of their time. To those who “shared their experience, strength and hope” with him since February 25th, 1986, his date of recovery, and beginning of a wonderful new life thanks! Apologies to those he offended in life.
KELLY FUNERAL HOME
CARLING CHAPEL • 613-828-2313
(Ottawa Citizen, 23 October 2010)
I don’t believe Father Crampton had any input into this obit. Whoever penned it, I believe the choice of words in the last sentence leaves much to be desired. Better to have said nothing than: “Apologies to those he offended in life.” For his many victims, “offended” doesn’t come close.
Not much of an amend in that last statement, really a sad legacy for someone who was in recovery. I am glad that he did stay sober as this may have tempered his sickness and stopped him from re-offending, Was there new charges after his sober date ? I agree he did not write this and so the depth of how he hurt people is not evident. A prayer for those he hurt and a prayer for his sickended soul may he answer and account to his Higher Power
I don’t believe you mean sickness as in sickness of mind or body do you Michel? Sickness of the soul I can go. And perversion of the mind I can go. But I can’t go with sickness of the mind or sickness of the body. Heaven help us if we reach the point of believing that sex abuse/paedophilia is excused as a sickness over which the molester/paedophile has no control. I have deep fears that we are headed in that direction so don’t mind me because I do tend to jump when I see the word sickness used in conjction with child molesters.
Yes, a prayer for all his victims. And, yes, a prayer for the soul of Father Dale Crampton who has by now stood before and answered to his Maker. God knows what we do not. I leave him in God’s hands.
Child abuse is a crime period, his sickness was his obsession for sex with children. No excuse he made his choices and he knew that it is a crime to assault children. He was a molester and chose to act on his impulses with grave consequences for his vicitms. These men will need to be supervised well after their legal accounting to the state because they are obsessed with crimiminal acts towards children if they own their crap perhaps a circle of supervision can be put in place. The abuser has to own his perverse propensity for unacceptable behaviour and alter it, friends and family can help by identifying decisions made by the abuser that may put them in situations leading to abuse. I am not defending him just saying if he accepted how wrong he was as a consequence of following his steps he may have stoped abusing once sober
If he was genuinely repentant, he would have made amends… over and over and over. Having that said that; I agree these words may not be his. But even a mention of having hurt others is marginally better than the obituary the victims of MARTIN HOUSTON got to read!! Houston was buried as if he were a shining prince of the church. Shame on those who ordained Houston AFTER he served a prison sentence as a sadistic sexual predator. Shame on Archbishop Legatt for participating in the farce ofuneral.
(continuede) participating in the farce of Houston’s funeral. Crompton’s obit is bad. Houston’s is so much worse.
‘A greatful recovering addict’…greatful for what exactly? Greatful that many more boys didn’t speak out against him? I have known my husband for 10yrs and I am the only one that he has confided in regarding the horrific acts that that pervert subjected him to between the ages of 6-13 years of age. I am very close to having him accept help so that he can truly begin his life to the fullest.
What a coward.
I took your email address ot cklundy. If you meant for it to be there I will put it back.
Keep encouraging your husband to seek the help he needs – with yout love and support he will eventually get the courage to seek the help he needs
Dear Lord above, how many suffering Crampton victims are there out struggling through life, – trying to find a way to cope with the pain?