Anyone hear anything?

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Sylvia
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I am told that there was something on the radio moments ago saying that Perry Dunlop’s appeal was turned down as “spurious.”  Has anyone heard anything?  I have searched and can find nothing.

Sylvia

(cornwall@theinquiry.ca)

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2 Responses to Anyone hear anything?

  1. John says:
    April 28, 2010 at 6:10 pm

    “spurious”……sham, bogus,mock feigned, phony, decietful. Did we expect anymore from the powers that be. Times they are a changing……………..hang in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  2. Sylvia says:
    April 28, 2010 at 7:49 pm

    And here it is. I don’t know that I expected any better, butI am disgusted beyond words :

    Cornwall ex-policeman’s contempt appeal fails

    CBC

    Last Updated: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 | 5:47 PM ET

    The Canadian Press
    Perry Dunlop, shown here in September 2007, served jail time after refusing to answer questions at a Cornwall public inquiry. (CBC)
    Ontario’s highest court has dismissed a former Cornwall, Ont., police officer’s appeals of his contempt convictions.

    Perry Dunlop called the seven months he served in jail for refusing to testify at a public inquiry largely of his own making “cruel and unusual punishment.”

    He was found guilty of civil contempt in November 2007 and sentenced to six months behind bars after refusing to answer questions at the Cornwall Public Inquiry, which was looking into the way authorities responded to widespread allegations of sexual abuse in the Eastern Ontario community. He had been summoned to the inquiry from his home in B.C.

    Dunlop, who blew the whistle on the apparent coverup of a sexual abuse case that eventually led to the inquiry, was found guilty of criminal contempt in March 2008 and sentenced to a further 30 days in jail.

    The Court of Appeal for Ontario, in dismissing Dunlop’s criminal and civil appeals, said Dunlop was given numerous opportunities to make submissions at the inquiry and purge his contempt.

    Dunlop had also claimed that he was unlawfully arrested and denied his right to fundamental justice, which the court called “spurious.”

    Dunlop was told back in 1993 that the local Catholic diocese had paid a former altar boy $32,000 to drop his sexual abuse complaint against two priests. He passed the complaint on to the Children’s Aid Society against orders from his superiors, leading to an OPP investigation and eventually the public inquiry.

    Dunlop said he believed the inquiry was not about finding the truth and his refusal to testify was because he had lost faith in a justice system that treated him as a bad guy.

    I will find and post other coverage later.

    Perry, stay strong. Your day will come. The day will come when those who know the truth about Cornwall and have been silent will speak up. Look what’s happening in the Church. Victims “they” thought would remain silent forever are speaking up.

    You’re a hero Perry. A true hero. You and Helen. What a team 🙂 Mark my words, your day will come. When it comes, there are a lot who who will have a lot to answer for.

    Love you both 🙂

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