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Grass-root efforts in Wichita, Kansas 
Educating To End Abuse
of children and adults perpetrated by religious leaders 

                                            

Kansas House Bill 2100, which would add clergy to Kansas's 'Unlawful Sexual Relations' statute is supported by the
Kansas NOW Chapter  
(National Organization of Women)

To St. Teresa and Holy Trinity parishioners who have found this site out of concern regarding Fr. Nicholas Voelker's behavior, know that you are not alone.  Ban together, demand from Bishop Jackels that Voelker be removed.  You don't need to put up with his mind games and narcassistic behavior. The Church is yours, not the Catholic heirarchys'.  For those parishioners who have contacted me, I commend you for your courage and strength.  My prayers are with all of you.

Educating To End Abuse Show

May 18, 2009

6:00 pm Central Time

watch live on
www.kctu.com

Topic: Clergy Abuse and exploitation by religious leaders

 Call in toll-free with questions or comments 1-866-905-8855

God Bless to all of the show's fans in Boston!
Thank you for your support!

Click here for more information on the FORD FOUNDATION Research project on Adult Clergy Sexual Abuse

Thank you to the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs for an extraordinary conference, May 2008.  It was a honor to be welcomed as a co-presenter of the workshop 'Silent Majority'. 

April 18th, 2008 Janet Patterson & Peggy Warren interview with ABC affiliate KAKE news regarding Pope Benedict's visit to the U.S.

ATTENTION KANSANS:
Victim looking for other victims of Fr. John Haberthier
from the Wichita Diocese transferred to the Dodge City Diocese
please contact me with any information

90% of Clergy Abuse Victims are Adult Women

This website is dedicated to all the adult women and men abused by clergy who contact me on a weekly basis searching for answers, searching for hope and to those women and men who still hold onto the guilt and shame, who think they are to blame, who think it was an affair.   Hopefully this website will shed light on the fact that there is no reason to have guilt and shame, it wasn't your fault.  The clergyman was in the position of power, he held all the cards and he knew what he was doing from day one,
 - he targeted you, groomed you and abused you;
 it wasn't an affair, it was
sexual exploitation.
And to all the little children raped and molested by clergy, I am so sorry for all the pain you have suffered.  Many of you have become dear friends and a wonderful support system for me. 
My love and prayers  go out to each of you. 

To the victims of Fr. Nicholas Voelker,
which include family members, girls from Marion High School and
parishioners from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Wichita, KS.,
St. Rose of Lima, Council Gove, KS.,  and St. Anthony, Strong City, KS.,
I pray that you find the courage to find your voice so that others will not be victimized by this sexual predator.

WARNING RENO COUNTY - Fr. Nicholas Voelker has been reassigned as of June, 2008 to St. Teresa, Hutchinson, KS. and Holy Trinity, Little River, KS.   Parishioners please be on the look out for the 'Red Flags' that I have listed on the Red Flags page of this website.  Take care of yourselves and each other.  You will be in my prayers.

To the Clergy Predators, which includes FR. NICHOLAS VOELKER, that visit my site:  Consider becoming real men and true soldiers in God's army by leaving the ministry.  You are only hurting yourselves, your families and the denomination to whom you serve, not to mention your primary victim, their spouse, children, extended family and the church family.  I would encourage you to find a therapist and I don't mean a fellow minister or priest, to help you figure out why you feel so inferior resulting in the need to control and abuse thus boosting your ego.  Find your own inner peace without using and abusing others to create a fantasy utopia inside your head.  It is time to cast aside the darkness and start living in the light.  Now is the time to start practicing what you preach, get out while you still have a shred of your dignity.  You know you are going to abuse again, that is what predators do, they can't stop but you can change the scenario and get that collar off of your neck and try to live your life in the real world.  It will be hard at first and you will actually have some responsibility and you might even have to get a real job, if you are lucky maybe at a men's fine clothing store, but with the help of a good secular therapist I am sure the transition would be relatively painless.  And if things really go your way you could find a partner that would put up with your narcissistic ways and when you stray and use and abuse your next victim at least the probability of criminal charges being filed would lessen. 
Good luck and God Speed to you getting a clue.

Yours in Christ,

Peggy Warren
 

Clergy Sexual Predators - Click here for more information on making your transition into the real world easier.

The Hidden Truth by Liz Warren
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October, 2007

Pope Benedict with his infamous red Prada shoes, caught with his pants down and money flowing, trying to keep the secrets of abuse within the crooked church but the number of victims is so great that the roof is blown off.  Underneath priests are burning in hell with their Roman Collars intact but decapitated as they don't want to think about and acknowledge all of the pain and suffering they have created.

Click here to email LA County District Attorney Steve Cooley and demand that criminal charges be filed against Cardinal Mahony!




Beware the Celibate

By Vinnie Nauheimer
Copyright 2002, All rights reserved

The celibate priest sang the blues
But his vows were just a ruse.
He used his power to touch and confuse
Performing seduction without any booze.

The priest was so lonely without a date
And God forbid he should masturbate.
Eyeing his parishioners for a suitable mate
Itching for a seduction, he couldn't wait.

Maybe it begins with an arm around the neck
The victim smiles and says, "What the heck!"
Totally ignorant of the impending train wreck,
It was so innocent. A kiss, no, only a peck.

Before you know it, it's turned into an affair
With the woman wondering, "How'd I get here?"
Saying, "To my confessor I laid my soul bare.
When all he wanted was to part my hair."

The priest gets caught satisfying his itch
"It's not my fault! The woman's a witch!"
The poor woman says, "Son of a Bitch!
This man's soul is blacker than pitch."

Now she sits ashamed and confused.
Her life, her soul, her mind all bruised.
She realizes the torture of being abused
Is being a plaything; Discarded when used.

That old white collar is a mighty power
And unsuspecting women it will devour
When worn by a man who's soul is black.
Who only seeks those he can sack!


July 25th, 2007 Interview with Toledo Blade - Adult Victims Must Be Recognized! "Although sexual relations between a priest and an adult is not a crime in Michigan or Ohio, it is illegal in nine states, according to Peggy Warren, founder of an advocacy group called Educating To End Abuse" "As Catholics, we hold these men of God on pedestals and we lay people can never be on the same playing field as a celibate, called by God, Roman Catholic priest,"

Woman fights for bill to prevent clergy abuse WICHITA, Kansas, Feb. 8, 2007

Tom Doyle
August, 2007

I want to circulate my findings in hopes of igniting a fire to get attention for the thousands who have been sexually, physically and spiritually assaulted and abused by nuns, brothers, priests or lay employees in orphanages. 
These are perhaps the most vicious cases because the victims are trapped with no where to turn for help.

Video 11-15-07 Robert VonZurLinde, clergy abuse victim and witness to the murder of beautiful 8yr old, Gilbert Bonneau (1947-1953) by a nun at St. Coleman's Home, an orphanage in upstate New York

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Gilbert Bonneau
beautiful little 8 yr.old boy
murder victim

Click on the book below to purchase Unto Us A Child which recounts the abuses of the Albert children's stay within the Wichita Catholic Diocese orphanage in El Dorado, KS.
A Kansas family beset by hard times lost seven of their nine children to the state in the late 1940's; the other two died as toddlers. The Catholic Church convinced the family that the best place for the children was in the local orphanage run by the church. The children were subjected to sexual, physical, emotional, and mental abuse by both the nuns and priests. Only after one of the girl's deaths did her brothers discovered that she gave birth to an illegitimate child of a priest.  

Click here to enter the website of a courageous, beautiful young man, Arthur Baselice. For his loved ones here on earth Arthur's time with them was too short but his Creator was ready to be reunited with his amazing child. Arthur will live forever in the hearts of his family, friends and advocates for victims of clergy sexual abuse. We must work tirelessly so this kind of unnecessary trauma is eliminated. STOP THE SILENCE, END THE ABUSE!

Click here to see Arthur Baselice talking about his son Art III August 23, 2007

Go to 2007 Educating To End Abuse Shows to view documentation from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia which includes admittance of guilt by Brother Regis Howitz.

STREET JUSTICE VIDEO JULY 2007

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Mike Drabik sits in front of the sign he built which is mounted in his front yard. Why can't more lay people be as couragous as Mike Drabik? Demand truth & justice from your bishops!