Friday, November 23, 2007

Hold Your Nose, More From Alaska

Lundowski molested more children than any other Alaska clergyman, said the lead lawyer in the Alaska abuse cases, Ken Roosa of Anchorage. He puts the number of still-living Lundowski victims who are part of the lawsuit at 59. Lundowski targeted Native boys as he traveled from spot to spot with the Rev. George Endal, Roosa said. Endal was a priest who was accused of knowing what Lundowski and another volunteer did, and of abusing children himself. He's dead as well. Endal's complicity was critical to the settlements involving the predatory missionary since Lundowski wasn't a Jesuit, Roosa said. Lundowski gave communion, said the rosary and preyed on boys in his catechism class, Niksik and Kobuk said. "The guy would have a signal, you know, in the church," Niksik told the state Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this year. He'd scratch a boy's palm during a special handshake for peace. The full article (here)

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