Saturday, October 25, 2008

Is the Cornwall sex inquiry a sham?

In 1995, John MacDonald approached Charles Hardwick, the newly minted Attorney General of Ontario with an allegation of sexual molestation against a local Catholic Priest.  His was not the first, nor the last, allegation against the priest and in fact it was a drop in the bucket in what has slowly turned into a bucket of crap that has engrossed the Church, the judicial system, governments of three political stripes and ruined the reputation and health of countless victims, policemen and politicians.  And for what?  Jollies and expediency?

It wouldn't even be funny if it was a joke.  And it is no joke -  and it isn't remotely funny.

John MacDonald was abused.  He wanted justice to be applied to the abuser by the system.  What John got instead was a brick wall to smash his head against.  Lies, politics, whitewash and abuse of power - that's also what John got.

The so-called inquiries into what happened in Cornwall have been going on for years.  They are currently in the fourth in a string of inquiries into the abuse of John and countless other young boys in Cornwall.  The current government has told the Justice in charge that the inquiry must wrap up.  Report to us in February or March, says the Premier.

Is the Premier pushing to end the inquiry because it is taking too long and has cost $50 million?  Or is it because the inquiry is getting a bit too close to revealing the involvement of police, CAS workers, politicians and former Ontario governments in the cover-up that has characterized this sewer of a situation for over 40 years?

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