*survivors

You’re a class act my friend. Most appreciated. I am an active participant in therapy. I have a great support system and have a nice quiet life. Every couple of months I like to remind the diocese that I’m here and not going away. Not too loud, and not too quiet. Even if they never reply, I’m getting what I need. Sharing my experience on reddit has been a positive experience for me as well. Interactions like this reaffirm my hardwon notion that the world is generally a cool place no matter how cynical I can get. There was a very long time where that notion was not my go to. I also just like the fact that a lot of people in DC see this sub.

They are bound by attorney client privelege. I am sure outside counsel wants to see justice done or whatever a resolution looks like for those affected. I dont really have a gripe with them. I spent twenty years doing protection work for the 1 percent. Keeping my mouth shut came with the job. I understand their position.

Mark I thoroughly appreciate your response. Truth told just writing down what I wrote, and sending it out to the DC subreddit is the help I was seeking. One day I’m going to send something out and a survivor of Montgomerys predation is going to see it and reach out. Knowing that there are others out there, and not being able to share our experiences is difficult for me. It would be really validating to talk to someone that has stood in the guys presence and knows what I know about him. Because his name is still remembered with a ton of undeserved admiration. And that just doesn’t sit well with me.

Using outside counsel to conduct an investigation makes a ton of sense. I have no issue with that at all. Additionally, I have no problem with the people who conducted the investigation. The person who headed up the investigation is VERY good at his job, ethical as hell, and a verifiable truth teller. But, there is no denying that the results are much easier to cover up when the investigators firm is being paid by the employer of the investigated. They can do whatever they want with the results of that investigation. Which sucks.

The folks in the Baltimore Diocese should all be held personally responsible for the atrocities in Maryland. Catonsville Maryland specifically. A church in Catonsville had 11 predator priest transferred in and out of its parish in a decade.

I attended in the 80's. He was there for a very long time.

I am no longer catholic or christian, but I appreciate what you said.

Thanks for the response and info. The person at the office of child protection did her job well and is someone I actually trust a bit. She has nothing to do with the investigation. The office where the report is currently located is the Moderator of the Curia and I dont trust anyone in that office. The head honcho is a graduate of the same place that turned out the predator who abused me, and a shitload of other predators. I’m a where there’s smoke, then there must be a fire kind of person. Mt. St Marys Seminary in Emmitsburg Maryland is thick with smoke. So I am not expecting anything positive from the Moderator of The Curia office.

Everyone is a critic.

Yeah...or you can just read the word salad and recognize it for what it is.

I said that what you posted was a misleading word salad...regardless of source. Nothing more, nothing less.

A misleading word salad is precisely why congress holding a hearing about DC crime is a bullshit grandstanding ramp up of election year culture war grievance crap. Violent crime was down in 2022, and violent crime in DC is currently running even with 2022 stats according to your word salad. Again...the GQP has no interest in governing. Political theater, grievances, and culture war bullshit is all they care about.

Neither are concerning enough to have a hearing over. This is GQP grandstanding for their ramp up of election year culture war bullshit. If Rand Pauls staffer, or the congresswoman who was robbed were targeted because of their affiliation with the House or Senate, then I would be concerned. But, living in a city comes with city crimes.

Well if anyone wants to fuck up some white supremacists, they are advertising where they’re going to be.

A person wandering the train spraying an unknown substance on other passengers in an underground tube without their consent during rush hour…sounds lovely.

I hope they’re still there next month. If magas want to randomly threaten folks in the neighborhood, they should not be allowed to do it without pushback. I am well beyond sick of maga bullshit.

Used to buy those in rolls along with my red “student” metro card back when cigarettes cost 99 cents a pack and 9:3O Club was at 930 F street.

Pauls Liquor on Wisconsin Ave has a good selection of single malts, whiskey, and tequilas.

Fletchers Boathouse and the canal tow path=super quiet.