----- Original Message -----From: Phyllis HollettTo: Angela RoseSent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 11:47 PMSubject: [justicenews] Fw: Police Witness Excused At Inquiry - Perry Dunlop critics look stupidIn Canada, Perry Dunlop a former Cornwall police officer has gone on record and is now jailed for refusing to continue to testify to a justice system which he feels has 'coverups' regarding child sexual abuse. The 3 million dollar investigation dubed Project Truth which includes Dr. Jaffe and many other prominent Canadians who have tried to expose the situation for what it is has seen the clery pay one victim off and seen many of those mplicated in the sexual abuse investigation committe suicide or died suddenly.Another police officer who testified that 'it was non of his business' was made Chief of Toronto's police force and now top of all of Ontario's Police force.Perry is being held in the East Detention Centre, 55 Civic St; Toronto, Ontario. 416-750-3513 visiting hours 9-10 am and 1-3 pm. He is not allowed phone calls but we all can show our support in some way. He is due to appear in court again on March 5.Please continue circulating this and have a voice. The media story below shows the twisted, munipulated spin which sooths the public.
Dear Mr. Egan,
Last Wednesday Ottawa Citizen published an article "Enough already: Dunlop must testify" that you wrote in at least two different versions.
In original version of that article you wrote quote,
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/columnists/story.html?id=bbbfc7f8-2f29-4596-99cb-36c266090faf
Kelly Egan
Enough already: Dunlop must testifyKelly Egan, The Ottawa Citizen
Published: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Perry Dunlop can come down off his cross anytime now. Excessive martyrdom is a tedious spectacle.
Mr. Dunlop, 43, was arrested in B.C. on Sunday on a Canada-wide warrant that was issued for his refusal to testify before a provincial inquiry into a sexual abuse scandal in Cornwall.
The atmosphere, in the words of one reporter, was "almost circus-like." Almost? When was the last time an hour-long support rally was organized, culminating in a plea to police to arrest the guest of honour?
Yet this was the scene at the Dunlop home, minutes before he was taken away in an RCMP cruiser.
"Hero," went the cry.
Mr. Dunlop is the former Cornwall police officer who began investigating allegations of sexual abuse in Cornwall in the early 1990s.
It wasn't long before the original premise grew to shocking proportions: a ring or clan of pedophiles that reached into the city's highest corners -- priests, a bishop, a Crown attorney, lawyers, probation officers, possibly senior police officers.
Because so many powerful people were involved, went the theory, the original investigation was blocked, forcing Mr. Dunlop to circle around his own police force. He was the whistleblower extraordinaire, unafraid to put his career on the line to protect abused children.
He is, clearly, a key witness in the inquiry, which began in February 2006.
There is so much water under the bridge on this issue, it is easy to lose track of what's important.
But consider this. Mr. Dunlop's role in the case, however well intended, has contributed to a breathtaking expenditure of public resources -- time and money -- not to mention the stain on an entire community.
And Mr. Dunlop doesn't want to talk about it?
Briefly, there were two Cornwall police investigations in 1993, an Ontario Provincial Police probe in 1994 and, finally, the launching of Project Truth in 1997. It spared nothing: The allegations of 69 complainants were investigated, leading to 672 interviews.
Four years later, the OPP were satisfied there was no pedophile ring in the city, but laid 115 charges against 15 individuals. There was but one conviction.
We still weren't done. Not by many millions.
The commission of inquiry, headed by Justice Normand Glaude, began hearings into the whole mess two years ago.
Before it wraps up later this year, it will have sat more than 200 days and spent in excess of $15 million. This is not child's play. It is serious business, with hard-won reputations at stake.
At least one of the witnesses -- an original complainant -- has testified he never saw evidence of a pedophile ring, contrary to an earlier written statement. Those named in the statement? Nah, never saw them. The statement itself? Didn't even read it, he testified.
He claimed he was pressured into making the statements by one Perry Dunlop. Nor was he the only witness to retract outlandish allegations.
"I did anything (Mr. Dunlop) told me to do," said one alleged victim.
Cornwall columnist Claude McIntosh has gone so far as to label the pedophile ring story a hoax.
Is it not rather important to hear from Mr. Dunlop directly on these matters? Surely, he has a duty to testify, if only because it is the law.
More to the point: has he not desired, lo these many years, a public forum in which he is free to bring forward any and all evidence against high-ranking citizens of the city?
If his investigative efforts were suppressed, let him stand up and say it. If the Children's Aid Society botched things, let him stand up and say it. If the Roman Catholic Church is party to a coverup, let him stand up and say it.
But, as a former police officer, surely he understands this: anything he says, under oath, can and must be tested under cross-examination. This is not a witch-hunt.
Mr. Dunlop told reporters in B.C. he's lost faith in the system. "It's a toxic environment. They'll twist my words."
You know what? For all its frailty, it's the only system we've got. Twist your words? Isn't that rich, coming from him?
People see what they see. Something interesting happened only weeks after Judge Glaude was appointed. Before a single witness was heard, there was an allegation of potential bias because two of Judge Glaude's distant relatives were potential victims.
There were calls for him to step aside. Stinks already, some said.
Absurd. But an insight into the problem. Some people had no faith in the inquiry from the word go. Apparently, Perry Dunlop is one of them.
He has earned a stint in jail, a court date this morning and, possibly, more legal consequences. But sympathy? Save it.
Contact Kelly Egan at 613-726-5896 or by e-mail, kegan@thecitizen.canwest.com
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In a second short version of same article you wrote quote,
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=bbbfc7f8-2f29-4596-99cb-36c266090faf&p=2
Enough already: Dunlop must testify
Kelly Egan, The Ottawa Citizen
Published: Wednesday, February 20, 2008Is it not rather important to hear from Mr. Dunlop directly on these matters? Surely, he has a duty to testify, if only because it is the law.
More to the point: has he not desired, lo these many years, a public forum in which he is free to bring forward any and all evidence against high-ranking citizens of the city?
If his investigative efforts were suppressed, let him stand up and say it. If the Children's Aid Society botched things, let him stand up and say it. If the Roman Catholic Church is party to a coverup, let him stand up and say it.
But, as a former police officer, surely he understands this: anything he says, under oath, can and must be tested under cross-examination. This is not a witch-hunt.Mr. Dunlop told reporters in B.C. he's lost faith in the system. "It's a toxic environment. They'll twist my words."
You know what? For all its frailty, it's the only system we've got. Twist your words? Isn't that rich, coming from him?
People see what they see. Something interesting happened only weeks after Judge Glaude was appointed. Before a single witness was heard, there was an allegation of potential bias because two of Judge Glaude's distant relatives were potential victims.
There were calls for him to step aside. Stinks already, some said.
Absurd. But an insight into the problem. Some people had no faith in the inquiry from the word go. Apparently, Perry Dunlop is one of them.
He has earned a stint in jail, a court date this morning and, possibly, more legal consequences. But sympathy? Save it.
Contact Kelly Egan at 613-726-5896 or by e-mail, kegan@thecitizen.canwest.com
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Yesterday Commissioner Norman Glaude decided to put you on the spot once again and his response was swift, read below quote, “The commissioner has excused Heidi Sebalj from taking the stand due to medical reasons. …After looking at a doctor's report, Commissioner Norman Glaude says Sebalj should not take the stand. The matter was a bit of a surprise as Sebalj was not scheduled to testify this week.”
What are you going to do now Kelly???? Are you going to jump on Heidi Sebalj and Commissioner Norman Glaude for making such decision?? Are you going to draw distinction between a woman police officer Heidi Sebalj and man ex-police officer Perry Dunlop??? Are you going to support Commissioner Norman Glaude’s decision regarding police officer Heidi Sebalj just because she is a woman and keep condemning Perry Dunlop just because he is a man???
Perry Dunlop was a centre of ridicule and subject of harassment for 15 years, by now he should be used to abuse and drive by smears by any and all self proclaimed jurors of Alabama Court of Swift Justice, Justice Lynch presiding.
I am quite sure that Perry Dunlop will supply you with his own nails, and you seem to know how to use the hammer.
Go ahead Kelly crucify Perry Dunlop and light up the cross, what are you waiting for???
Sincerely,
Karol Karolak P. Eng.
Police Witness Excused At Inquiry
Cornwall News AM 1220February 25, 2008 — A key Cornwall police witness will not testify at the Cornwall Public Inquiry. The commissioner has excused Heidi Sebalj from taking the stand due to medical reasons. She's the one who was responsible for investigating David Silmser's allegation against a city priest. Silmser was offered a $32,000 settlement by the church in the early 1990s after bringing allegations forward. After looking at a doctor's report, Commissioner Normand Glaude says Sebalj should not take the stand. The matter was a bit of a surprise as Sebalj was not scheduled to testify this week.
City police investigator won't testify at inquiry
Cornwall Standard Freeholder
25 February 2008
Cornwall (Staff)
The former Cornwall police officer who handled the allegations of a number of abuse victims, including David Silmser, will not be taking the stand at the Cornwall Public Inquiry.
Inquiry commissioner Normand Glaude excused Heidi Sebalj from testifying after receiving a psychologist's report on her mental and physical health. Glaude said the report indicated Sebalj had been under medical care for the past 10 years and that testifying at the inquiry would have "some very adverse effects" upon her mental state.
Sebalj was assigned as the principal investigator in 1992 when Silmser made his allegations of sexual abuse against Rev. Charles MacDonald and former probation officer Ken Seguin.
City police concluded there was not enough evidence to charge MacDonald, though he was later charged by the OPP in 1996. Those charges were stayed in 2002 and MacDonald has always maintained his innocence.
Seguin committed suicide in 1993 and was never charged.
A 1994 OPP investigation into how the Cornwall force handled Silmser's complaints concluded that Sebalj was far too junior of an officer to handle the case.
She had been scheduled to appear at the inquiry in the coming weeks.
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Mr Dunlop lost Faith in the system
http://maxpages.com/sexualabuse
To: Phyllis Hollett
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [justicenews] Fw: Police Witness Excused At Inquiry - Perry Dunlop critics look stupid
Phyllis, thanks for the information, I just e-mailed Kelly Egan to let her know I will be back at Parliament Hill protesting again on Wednesday, March 05/08 at 9 am. My flight arrives on Tuesday and I'll be at Parliament the following day. Please pass on my message to everyone and ask them to ask there MP to say hello and lend me their support.
Byron Prior
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