Author Topic: SSPX Camp Counselor Arrested for Raping Boys in Post Falls ID (Read 53186 times)

Ladislaus · « **Reply #150 on:** November 02, 2015, 09:51:14 AM »

Quote from: ClarkSmith

The fact that he was buying children expensive gifts and taking over night trips with them should have brought up some red flags.

Correct. This is stereotypical "grooming" activity.

Quote from: ClarkSmith

And how does a guy that gets tossed out of the seminary for trying to perform a circuмcision on himself end up being a counselor of children?

There is a timeline issue here. It said that he was a counselor from 2003-2006 but got bounced from the seminary in 2005. So there was an overlap only at the end with this incident. Perhaps the seminary didn't put out the necessary "All Points Bulletin" to be "on the lookout" for this guy. While he may have been deemed mentally unstable, perhaps no one deemed him an actual threat to anyone else. There are many mentally unstable people (to varying degrees) who don't necessarily pose a threat to anyone else.

JacobRCharpentier · « **Reply #151 on:** November 03, 2015, 07:11:20 AM »

We have been speaking about the "ALL POINTS BULLETIN" and to that point, has the SSPX made any comment on this issue we have spent so much time discussing?

ClarkSmith · « **Reply #152 on:** November 07, 2015, 10:17:01 PM »

Hollywood has a new film out about child abuse scandal in the church called Spotlight. Just in time for the holiday season, eh? :scratchchin:

Mark 79 · « **Reply #153 on:** November 10, 2015, 06:25:49 PM »

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We have been speaking about the "ALL POINTS BULLETIN" and to that point, has the SSPX made any comment on this issue we have spent so much time discussing?

Yes, and a disappointing comment it is: http://icc.id.sspx.org/en/faithful

To me, this is the most troubling statement: "To date, the Society of St. Pius X has not been advised of any report of criminal activity at the church or on the summer camps."

Why the qualifier "...at the church or on the summer camps."? The statement reeks of mental reservation.

According to news reports, "several" people state that they reported Sloniker to the priests, yet the priests continued to allow Sloniker access to children. Whether or not Sloniker's crimes were "at the church or on the summer camps" or elsewhere, the priests had a duty to protect the children.

I would normally be suspicious of the news reports, but the tightly crafted statement reeking of mental reservation turns my suspicions back upon the priests for serious malfeasance.

Even the recognition that Sloniker tried to "circuмcise" (castrate?) himself at the seminary should have alerted the priests to keep Sloniker away from children. I wonder about the "circuмcise" description. It is far more common for pedophiles to attempt to castrate themselves thinking that eliminating their male hormones will eliminate their evil temptations, than to simply circuмcise themselves. Either way, why didn't the priests protect the children?

Has the SSPX learned nothing from the heinous Novus Ordo crimes and enablers? Why are those priests still around children?

MaterDominici · « **Reply #154 on:** November 10, 2015, 07:20:38 PM »

To the Faithful

Society of St. Pius X
Immaculate Conception Church and Academy

PO Box 206
Post Falls, ID 83877

Statement to the Faithful about Kevin G. Sloniker
Kevin G. Sloniker had been attending and serving Mass at Immaculate Conception Church in Post Falls, ID, where he was a volunteer camp counselor in summer camps around a decade ago.

He has been charged in state court with very serious crimes concerning children and is now in police custody.

The Society has been cooperating fully with the police investigation of Mr. Sloniker for more than five weeks.

To date, the Society of St. Pius X has not been advised of any report of criminal activity at the church or on the summer camps. The investigation is ongoing.

The Society of St. Pius X, its priests, and its employees take the protection of minors most seriously. The summer camps are quite structured and supervised, and, since 2012, the Society of St. Pius X has required background checks for all camp counselors.

The Society of St. Pius X assures all victims of abuse and their families of its compassion and prayers.

Any further questions about this statement should be addressed to Fr. Scott Gardner, Legal Secretary: (816) 733-2522.

October 29, 2015