BREAKING: Exchange of Emails “Implicates” Schori in Conception Abbey Abuse Scandal

from Stand Firm by David Ould 

Conception Abbey Abuse have posted up a letter written to Abbot Gregory Polan which claims to cite emails sent to him previously. Of particular interest is the involvement of Katherine Jefferts-Schori.

*** During our first telephone conversation, on Monday, April 25, 2011, you shared the following information:

1) You heard something about Bede’s 1981 misconduct at St. John’s “at the time of the incident”.

2) You were aware of an incident involving Bede Parry with a member of the abbey’s choir in the summer of 1987.

3) Bede Parry was sent to New Mexico soon after the 1987 incident.

4) When Bede Parry tried to enter another monastery, he took psychological tests that showed a “proclivity toward sexual misconduct with minors.”

5) You called Parry’s boss at an ambulance company and a woman bishop with the Episcopal Church with the information.

6) You identified the woman bishop as Katharine Jefferts Schori.

7) You told Katharine Jefferts Schori not only about the allegations [plural] against Bede, but also of Bede’s attempt to join another monastery, the psychological testing and his “proclivity”.

8 ) That Katharine Jefferts Schori, despite your revelations, “allowed him to continue to work.”

If true, this will be very damaging to any claim that Schori might make that she was unaware of this issue.

Any word yet from 815? Not a whisper.