Perry Dunlop is in jail. Thanks to Justice Normand Glaude, the man who blew the whistle to protect children is behind bars at the Toronto Detention Centre.
Charlie, an ” alleged” paedophile, doesn’t want to testify at the inquiry. Where is the subpoena for Charlie? Would Justice Glaude ever ever ever charge Charlie with contempt of court? Would Justice Glaude ever ever jump up and down to have Charlie severely punished? for anything? Would Justice Glaude ever ever insist that Charlie should be tossed in jail? for anything?
Charlie knows more about the institutional response to David Silmser’s sex abuse allegations than Perry will ever know. Charlie’s a Roman Catholic priest. He knows the story from the inside. Charlie knows lots about Ken Seguin. He knows lots about a lot of people.
Where oh where is Charlie?
Charlie is the man at the heart of this sex abuse scandal. He’s the one got the $32,000 under way. He knows the story.
And here we are. Perry Dunlop is in jail. Where is Charlie?
No jail for Charlie!!!!!
Where for that matter is Justice Colin McKinnon? Where is this man who served as legal counsel for former Chief Claude Shaver and the Corwnall Police Service? The man who saw to it that Perry was charged under the Police Services Act for taking the sex abuse complaints against Charlie and Ken Seguin to Children’s Aid Society. And then actually took the bench at the sex abuse trial of lawyer and Church canaon lawyer Jacques Leduc.
Where is McKinnon?
And Father Paul Lapierre? Father Lapierre sings like a canary on the stand. I’ve heard him. Others heard him. Why no sign of him at the Weave Shed? Bring him in. Let him sing. Where is he?
What about all the other real and “alleged” paedophiles who know the institutional response in Cornwall from the inside? First hand. Why no arm twisting and judicial bullying for them?
Why Perry? Why was Perry singled out?
Perry doesn’t have the inside story. The real and “alleged” paedophiles of Cornwall have it.
Let’s block another three months or so to hear from the real and “alleged” paedophiles. What’s another three months after three long tumultuous years? If the object of the exercise at this inquiry trial is really the truth, let’s go for it. If they don’t want to testify, cite them with contempt. If they don’t want to purge, charge them. If they don’t want to purge, convict them. If they don’t want to purge, toss them in jail. If they don’t want to purge, keep them in jail.
Let’s level the playing field here just a wee tad. Perry apparently warrants his lynching because he blew the whistle and now wants no part of a sham bent on protecting the real and ” alleged” paedophiles and those who covered up on their behalf. He doesn’t want the pack walking on his back. They’ve done it before. He knows how it works. Perry is there get out of jail free card.
Why pray tell would Perry even consider aiding and abetting the cause of the pack?
If Perry has it all wrong, then, prove him wrong. Start issuing those subpoenas. There’s more than a few to get out.
Let’s, just for once, at this inquiry trial make what’s good for the goose equally good for the gander.
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Hearings resume at 1300 hours (1 pm) EST, this afternoon, Monday 25 February 2008.
Monday 25 February 2008: Decision on factual overview and on terms of reference
Sue Larivière – former Probation and Parole Officer, Cornwall Probation and Parole Office
Tuesday 26 February 2008: Gary Derochie – Staff Sergeant, Cornwall Community Police Service
Wednesday 27 February 2008: Gary Derochie
Thursday 28 February 2008 Gary Derochie
Luc Brunet – Staff Sergeant, Cornwall Community Police Service
Friday 29 February 2008: Luc Brunet
This afternoon is Glaude decision time regarding the unconscionable rally by several parties to expunge all or parts of the evidence of a raft of victims who have already testified. All this because of the mandate and the recent interpretation of the mandate bu the Ontario Court of Appeal.
Can you believe it? Nearly three years since the inquiry was commissioned they are still bickering and fighting away about definition of terms and scope of the mandate. The problem in it all is of course that as lawyers line their pockets and play their head games it is the victims who suffer. I can not conceive what this is doing to those poor souls who took the stand and now see it maybe all for naught. I personally have my thoughts on who should have been called in the first place, and do believe that the inquiry waters were thoroughly muddied by calling witnesses whose abuse, while very real and horrific, was unrelated to the Cornwall sex abuse scandal per se, BUT, once the commitment was made to hear their evidence, that’s it. You just don’t do this to victims. It is unconscionable. More re-victimization. Is there any chance the gaggle of lawyers bent on protecting their clients in such fashion could be called before a Human Rights tribunal ? They should. Cruel and unusual treatment of victims. How disgusting can lawyers get, and how low can they go?
Anyway, Justice Glaude will rule on this this afternoon. If he rules against the gaggle, they can appeal to Ontario Divisional Court. If he supports them, well, I hate to think how it will impact the victims.
On the other hand Glaude could, I suppose , appeal the Court of Appeal decision which got the expunge-this-that-and-the-other-thing-ball rolling? An appeal would take it to the Supreme Court of Canada. That’s the highest court in the land. The final court of appeal for Canadians. Glaude personally got his knuckles sorely rapped by the justices of the Court of Appeal. He might be vindicated by the highest court in the land. But, then again, if he takes the chance, he might not.
And all this over the mandate!!!
The matter of the factual overview is related to the scope of the mandate. The factual overview was compiled by Correctional Services for the inquiry. It apparently lists names and details regarding sex abuse disclosures by 35 (33?) probationers over the past eight or nine years. When it was about to entered into evidence during probation officer Sue Lariviere’s testimony there was a hullabaloo about that.
So, an “interesting” afternoon in the offing.
Then tomorrow it’s on to the Cornwall Police Service witnesses.
Enough for now
Sylvia