European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes . Saturday november 13,1993 Chicago Cardinal accused of sex abuse Chicago a a 34-year-old aids victim filed a lawsuit Friday accusing roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph l. Bcrnardina of Chicago of sexually abusing him As a teen Ager during the 1970s. Bcrnardina denied the accusation. Quot i know that Lam innocent a said Ber Nardin 65, who was archbishop of the Cincinnati diocese from 1972 to 1982. A my life has been an open the lawsuit was filed in . District court in Cincinnati by Steven j. Cook of it Philadelphia. It alleges that the abuse occurred sometime Between 1975 and 1977, while Cook attended a program at a Cincinnati Seminary. It seeks $10 million in damages. Bcrnardina the spiritual Leader of 2.3 million catholics in the nation s second largest Arch diocese is among the highest ranking . Catholics Ever to be accused of such abuse last year he set up a toll free hot line to report e priests who May ave molested i non in the Chicago archdiocese and set up an Independent Board to investigate allegations. Bernardin Cook said the molestation at the age of 17 increased his risk of contracting aids. A their sexual abuse of me incr atari my risk of getting aids Mega Mega Vega fold a he said. Cook said he is asking for $10 million not because he wants the Money but because it is the Only Way the Church can apologize to him for what happened. He also said he filed the suit because he wants Bernardin removed from his administrative duties. According to the suit Cook waited More than 15 years to make the accusations because be is just now beginning to recall the incidents. 7 the lawsuit alleges that Cook was first abused by the Rev. Ellis Harsham who took Cook to Bernardine a quarters to be sexually abused. According to the 19-Page complaint Bernardin sodomized Cook at least one time. Harsham could not be reached for comment. A woman answering the Telephone at the St. Luke Catholic Church in the Dayton suburb of Beavercreek where he lives said he was out of town and could not be contacted. She declined to give her name. In a statement issued thursday Bernar Din said he had never abused anyone. A while i have not seen the suit and i do not know the details of the allegation there is one thing i do know and i state this categorically 1 have never abused anyone in All my life anywhere anytime any place a the statement said. The suit was filed against Bernardin Harsham the archdiocese of Cincinnati the current Cincinnati archbishop Daniel e. Pilarczyk and Francis Voellmecke the former Rector of the Seminary. Bernardin was appointed archbishop of Chicago in 1982 and became a Cardinal a Short time later. He is a former president of the National conference of Catholic Bishops and is chairman of the Bishops committee on marriage and family. . Judge leans is Washington a a Gay Marine will Proba Bly prevail in his suit challenging the Pentagon a ban on homosexuals the judge hearing the Case has indicated. . District judge Stanley Sporkin said sgt. Justin c. Elzie Quot a Strong Case that he will probably succeed in establishing that the policy Banning homosexuals from the military solely on the basis of status serves no legitimate governmental Sporkin offered that glimpse into his thinking late wednesday in an order instructing the Pentagon not to discharge or take Quot any Adverse action against Elzie while his Case is pending. Elzie has sued the Secretary of defense the Secretary of the Navy and the commandant of the Marine corps for trying to discharge him because he announced he is Gay. His suit is one of two that oppose the ban. The other suit filed by Petty officer 1st Gass Keith Meinhold was endorsed by . District judge Terry Hatter jr., who de dared the ban unconstitutional. The government is appealing Hatteras ruling to the 9th circuit court of appeals in san Francisco and has won a . Supreme court ruling that limits enforcement of it to Meinholdt Scase. Sporkin a order was made Public thursday by Elzieu a attorney Lanny Breuer who called it Quot a very important decision for the rights of Gay people throughout the i Breuer said he will probably ask for a summary judgment in Elzieu a lawsuit a meaning he will ask spor Kin for an immediate decision in Elzieu a favor. In a 13-Page opinion Sporkin said Elzie Quot has performed in a Sterling fashion for 11 years a negating the Pentagon a assertion that homosexuality is incompatible with military service. Elzie a did not become any less of a Marine on the Day. He announced his sexual orientation a Sporkin wrote. Elzie 31, declared his homosexuality Ina television interview Jan. 29, the Day president Clinton said he intended to lift the ban. After a intone a announcement opposition to ending the ban resulted in a policy of a a done task Don t Tell done to pursue a under which recruits were not to be questioned about sexual orientation. But members of the military who publicly revealed their homosexuality were placed on standby Reserve. Elzie was one of about eight service members placed on standby Reserve until Congress could act on Clinton a policy. He was returned to Active duty oct. 20, with All Back pay and is stationed at Camp Lejeune . About 115 service members Are at some stage of being discharged from the military for homosexuality according to col. Doug Hart a Pentagon spokesman. Firefighters Hose Down a wrecked engine thursday after two trains slammed into each other near Kelso Wash. 3rd body found in train wreckage Kelso Wash. Apr rescuers aided by portable floodlights and a Crane Early Friday recovered the body of a third crewman killed in the fiery collision of two freight trains. Two others were still missing. Investigators picked through the wreckage for clues As to Why the trains were travelling in opposite directions of the same track at 40 to 55 Mph. The freight trains were pulling More than 80 cars each when they slammed into each other Early thursday near Kelso a town in southwestern Washington. Leaking fuel ignited causing a fire. Quot the train just started tumbling and flying straight up in the air. It was horrible just horrible a said Randy Pinson who was nearby on interstate 5. The crash involved a a southbound Burlington Northern train in route from Everett to Portland ore., with five engines 110 cars and a Crew of three. A and a northbound Union Pacific train headed from North Platte neb., to Seattle with 83 can three locomotives and Crew of two. The track owned and operated by Burlington Northern has an automated electronic signal system to control traffic. It was foggy at the time of the crash with visibility put at about three quarters of a mile. The railroads and investigators from the Federal railway administration and the National transportation safety Board said it was too soon to speculate on a cause. One crewman a body was found near the wreckage soon after the crash. A second body was found thursday evening. Clinton vows to keep up Aid Send fighter jets to Israel Washington a president Linton pledged Friday to use american loan guarantees to help Israel Quot defray the Cost of peace and promised new . Jet fighters to bolster israelis Security even As it seeks peace with its Arab neighbors. Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin thanked Clinton for his pledges saying Israel needed to maintain its Quot qualitative military Edge in the Region even As it negotiates peace with its Arab neighbors. Clinton pledged to keep . Aid at current Levels. And he said he would work with Congress on ways to use loan guarantees and unspecified Quot other forms of assistance to help Israel Cope with the economic turmoil caused by a peace agreement signed with the palestinians. Clinton said the United states was negotiating to make Quot a number of planes available to the israeli military but he would not say if the package As expected would include advanced f-15 fighters. But Rabin hinted it would. Clinton also called on Yasser Arafat chairman of the Palestine liberation organization to denounce recent Arab attacks on jewish settlers saying Arafat was duty bound to condemn it under the september peace agreement with Israel the president refused to say what the United states w Ould do if Arafat refused. After an Oval office meeting Clinton and Rabin saluted Progress in peace talks Between Israel and Jordan. But they noted that More elusive agreement with Syria was critical to any lasting Mideast peace. A we believe that the substantial common Agenda just concluded with Jordan and further efforts made since can serve As the basis for a major development on the Foad to the treaty of peace Quot Rabin said. We also look Forward to achieve results in the negotiations with Syria and
