Thursday, August 19, 2010

Project Pierre Toussaint fail

Douglas Perlitz pleaded guilty to the sexual abuse of children. Specifically, he set up a charity called Project Pierre Trussiant in Haiti and then used it as a means to seduce and sexual abuse orphans. He used food, shelter and affection to line up the children for sex. Perlitz was a Jesuit trained catholic. Fairfield University used him as an example of catholic service.

cp0715perlitz-01When I first posted on Perlitz, a catholic apologist gave me this sage (but wrong) advice.

Catholic workers are particularly vulnerable to false charges- ironic additional victims of priests and church leaders involved in these crimes.

In this case, watch for additional evidence to come to light, and for various motives for accusations such as these from a small subset of the relatively large at-risk population that Doug worked with in Haiti. Commencement speakers are not chosen without care, and Fairfield Universlty may, in the end, reaffirm that it made a wise choice, if not an easy one.

Fairfield University and the Catholic church has distanced themselves form Perlitz since his arrest. A pedophile only has friends if he is a priest.

Perlitz was a creep.

According to an indictment, Perlitz provided money and told one of the boys he would not be kicked out of the school even if he failed his classes. He allegedly offered another boy and his family money and other benefits, and in another case gave a television, shoes, clothes and meals to another boy, in exchange for sexual favors and their silence. Those who did not cooperate with Perlitz were denied the benefits, the indictment said.

What do they teach at Fairfield? Is pedophilia 101 on the curriculum?

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I've gotta know... is it depressing to post about pedophiles all the time? You've been doing this since I joined the blogroll over a year ago, and I can't believe it hasn't worn you down. Don't get me wrong, it's great that I can just link to your blog when I have a discussion with a non-Catholic about how it's not just celebate priests that abuse children, but does it take any kind of toll on you?
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I have a calling. Well, not really a calling, let's call it a passion. I believe these people need to be called out. I made a 10 year commitment the project. Given the emails I get from victims, I feel good about what I'm doing. I don't find it depressing at all after a victim if I help a victim or two in the process. I'll admit that I take breaks at times. The depravity is overwhelming and it gets to me.�
I'm glad you do it. At least it isn't a thankless job. Keep it up.

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