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The Archive > 33
Other Corroborated Cases of Recovered Memory
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21. Jeffrey Haine's recovered memories of sexual abuse
by Rev, J. Faulton Hodge, a Rutherford County (North Carolina)
Episcopal priest. "Haines, 35, claimed that Hodge repeatedly
molested him and gave him drugs, alcohol and pornography for
12 years starting in 1969 when Haines was only 8, and offered
assurances that 'God will forgive you.'" Haines contended
in his lawsuit, filed suit in August 1995, "that he repressed
memories of the sexual abuse until they were brought out in
therapy in 1993." The case was corroborated by the successful
claim of Jesse D. Hickan, who was also molested by the priest.
Both men had evidence "that church officials — including
Johnson, the bishop of the diocese, and Weinhaurer, the former
bishop — knew about child sex abuse by Hodges, but conspired
to hide it." Clarke Morrison, "Lawsuits Accusing WNC Priest
of Child Sex Abuse Settled," Asheville Citizen-Times (April
13, 1995), p. 1A.
22. Dodds v. Johnson — civil settlement in October
1998 in one of the first recovered memory cases in South Dakota.
Sister verifies plaintiff's recovered memories; mother was
also going to testify in plaintiff's favor. Defendant offered
to settle after the jury was selected.
23. Lund v. Giesen (Scott County, Minnesota) Case
No. 97-19193. Civil settlement immediately after Judge Rex.
Stacey ruled (2/16/99) to allow recovered memory testimony.
The perpetrator admitted as to some of the acts in deposition.
24. Allen Levinson's grown daughter's recovered memories
of child sexual abuse by her father. Corroborated by her father's
sexual-abuse charge and subsequent 15 month prison sentence
for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl in Cook County.
Desiree Chan, "Jail-bound for fraud, Man admits sex abuse,"
Chicago Tribune (February 19, 1998), p. 1.
25. The recovered memory of a Mount Lookout, Ohio
man who, after entering therapy, recalled childhood molestations
by former priest and admitted pedophile, George Cooley. Phillip
Pina and Erin Gibson, "Lawsuit filed against archdiocese,
convicted ex-priest," Cincinnati Enquirer (Jul 16, 1999),
p. D1. The suit was settled right before the case was to go
to trial in July 2000.
26. David Clohessy's recovered memory of child sexual
abuse between 1969 and 1972 by Rev. John Whitely in the Diocese
of Jefferson City, Missouri. His suit was dismissed because
of the statute of limitations, but Mr Clohessy's claim was
nonetheless corroborated when "Whitely was removed from active
ministry in light of what a diocesan spokesman calls credible
accusations against him." Frank Bruni, "Am I My Brother's
Keeper?" New York Times Magazine, May 12, 2002.
27. Lee White's recovered memory of sexual abuse in
1970 by Father James Silva in Newport, Rhode Island. Mr. White
recovered the memory after going into therapy. He filed suit
six months after the memory emerged. See, CNN Talkback
Live (March 18, 2002) [Transcript #031800CN.V14]. The lawsuit settled
several months later.
28-30. "Several cases" (counted, for this Web site,
as 3 cases — it may well have been more) included in
a settlement with the Roman Catholic Diocese in Tucson involved
repressed memory. See, "Diocese settles over civil lawsuits
that alleged molestation," AP State & Local Wire, January
29, 2002. The terms included public and personal apologies
to victims and their families. Note: there was no "advantage"
or "incentive" for these "few cases" to claim recovered memory.
Given the current climate, it is arguable that if they wanted
to be deceptive for gain, it would be more advantageous to
claim continuous memory.
Additional details are provided in a later article. George
Sanchez's memory of being sexually abused at age 12
by the Rev. Julian Sanz during confession in the priest’s
office in Tuscon, Arizona was repressed until 1996. "Sanchez
repressed the memory of what happened while inside Sacred
Heart Church in Douglas, where he was a devout Catholic."
Sheryl Kornman, "Paying the price of sexual misconduct
by priests," Tuscon Citizen; July 9, 2005. Sanz
pleaded guilty to two counts of child abuse in 2003 and is
currently in prison. "Sanchez is of one of a number
of victims with repressed memory whose claims of abuse were
found to be credible by the diocese."
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July, 2005
Project Director
Professor Ross E. Cheit
Taubman Center for Public Policy & American Institutions
at Brown University
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