Allegations Against Fr. Timone Found Credible and Substantiated

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This is truly heartbreaking and another blow for the “Courage” Apostolate 😦 :cry:

Allegations Against Father Timone Found Credible and Substantiated - Catholic New York

Father Donald Timone, a retired priest of the archdiocese, has been removed from priestly ministry after allegations of sexual abuse made against him have been found credible and substantiated by the …
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To add to this, someone from the SpiritualFriendship.org has written an article attacking Fr. Phillip Bochanski and accusing him of cover-up:

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Cardinal Dolan, Courage Leadership, and the Sexual Abuse Scandal

Last Thursday, Catholic New York, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of New York, published a notification that Fr. Donald Timone has (at long last) been removed from priestly ministry. He w…
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No, but let the criminal justice system handle it.
 
I live in Canada so there’s nothing I can do about it. I’m more angry about the attack on Fr. Phillip Bochanski!!
 
I didn’t like the way the article implied that Fr Harvey was implicit in the sex scandal as if he had either molested or covered up for others.

He had a very strong sense of right and wrong, and he wanted to see people set free from their sins. He felt that therapy could fix priests who molested kids. He was wrong insofar as being able to fix them. But he also held that they shouldn’t be around kids, either.

It was complicated.
 
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Hmmm…

I don’t know enough about Fr. Harvey to really say anything. But as a childhood survivor, I have always believed that society (and eventually the church-once I converted) should place offenders with each other in sequestered communities where they would not live near children. Problem is, many offenders have children of their own.
 
How do you guys feel about the accusations made against Fr. Phillip Bochanski?
 
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How do you guys feel about the accusations made against Fr. Phillip Bochanski?
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I’m confused as to what the allegation is. I mean, the author is really upset, but what precisely did Fr Bochanski do?

I’ve read this article a couple times, but what would really be helpful is a timeline of events, because it’s hard to figure out guilt and innocence (or stupidity) without knowing “this happened, then this, then this”.
 
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I’m confused as to what the allegation is. I mean, the author is really upset, but what precisely did Fr Bochanski do ?
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Wrote some letter that some blogger didn’t like, apparently, because it didn’t emphasize enough that Dolan was a big leader and Timone was the keynote speaker of a conference instead of just being there.

One would think that if Dolan and TImone had these huge visible roles in the organization, it would not be necessary to spell out in big capital letters in a public communication all the stuff they did, because the members would know what they did because they were so visible.

I’m not seeing a huge coverup here, then again I’m not a member of the organization. The sad fact is that whatever one discloses or does when it comes to a sexual abuse allegation, someone is always going to say it’s not enough, it should have been done different, you’re covering up, etc. You really can’t win.
 
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Ron B. basically accuses Fr. Phillip of lying by omission by not telling how Fr. Timone was executive director for one year in the 1990’s. This seems insignificant as it was just Fr. Don Timone replacing Fr. Harvey for one year. A majority of his role was being a chaplain and a speaker at the Conferences. Also keep in mind that he is a Priest of New York and since Courage began in New York he was more or less bound to be involved.

Frankly, Fr. Phillip has been most transparent this last year so the accusations are unfair.

I also question if this person, Ron B. still watches and contributes to EWTN as they have had their share of Scandals over the years (Fr. John Corapi, Fr. Francis Mary Stone, etc.)

I also question who these alleged past and present Courage members who are sickened by the leadership and the way these cases were handled. In terms of the present members he referenced, they should have the guts to discuss this with Fr. Phillip rather than badmouthing him and Fr. Check (Fr. Harvey possibly as well) through this article!

Now Fr. Timone does maintain his innocence and has done so over the last few decades, but as we know declaring ones innocence is not a guarantee they are innocent (even Priests whose allegations against were found to be credible have pleaded their innocence) But since the new evidence isn’t being released and there is not going to be a trial we might not ever know the truth…
 
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Is this Ron B. person somebody important/ influential, or just another one of the dozens of bloggers on the Internet?

Unless Ron B. has some actual influence, I think his personal views on the situation can be set aside as simply one blogger’s opinion.
 
Ron Belgau is a contributor to the “Spiritual Friendship” blog which advocates LGBT language and self-identifying as Gay, rather than simply saying they experience SSA.

While some members such as Eve Tuschnet, Joseph Prever, and Melinda S had some connections to Courage in the past they have since fallen into the Catholic and Gay camp, hence the “Spiritual Friendship” blog.

Ron Belgau also smeared Fr. Harvey by calling him an architect of the sex abuse scandal!
 
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