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4A St. Cloud Times Local Thursday, Nov. 14, 2002 14 -a i NV for 'h i From Page 1A Search be here right now." Search continues St John's officials are trying to lower the water level in Stumpf Lake, which sits between Metten Court and Guimond's residence in St. Maur House. A bloodhound given a scent of Josh Guimond's clothing on Monday led sheriff's deputies to a culvert in Stumpf Lake.

Sheriff's officials continue searching the lake today, Kostre-ba said. Deputies will drag the lake, which is described as shallow and murky on the bottom. Organized searches of land at St John's are finished. If Guimond is in Stumpf Lake, the weather could play a large part in when he's found. If the air temperature remains as it has the past few days, he could surface in the next two to four days, Kostreba said.

If temperatures drop into the teens for a few days, ice could form and trap his body until spring. "We had to chip a half inch to three-quarters of an inch of ice off today" Kostreba said. Water temperature on Wednesday was 38 degrees, he st" Key events in Joshua Guimond's disappearance Late Saturday or early Sunday: Joshua Guimond leaves a party on St. John's University campus. 2:30 p.m.

Sunday: Guimond misses a mock trial meeting. Sunday: A cursory search of the campus is conducted. His car is found in a campus parking lot; his passport and glasses are found in his room. Monday: Sheriff's deputies search a lake and wetlands along a route from the party to his dormitory. Tuesday: Search continues with 250 volunteers, bloodhounds and horses; FBI looks for links to three other missing college-age students.

Gov. Jesse Ventura agrees to deploy National Guard to help search. Wednesday: About 100 National Guard troops assist the search, which at day's end has covered more than 20 square miles. Ground searches at St. John's end, but authorities will continue to drag a lake located between the party site and Guimond's residence.

for help from deer hunters this weekend to keep their eyes attentive for anything that might look like a clue. As the darkness and cold rain replaced the sheriff's and Guard trailers, he walked quietly and slowly to a waiting vehicle. He wasn't sure if he'd return to St. John's today. "It's good and bad," he said of Wednesday's search for his only son.

"They're clearing more area out there, but they aren't finding any sign of him." Times photo by Kimm Anderson, kandersonstcloudtimes.com About 100 Minnesota Army National Guardsmen assemble before searching for missing St. John's University student Joshua Guimond. It's good and bad. They're clearing more area out there, but they aren't finding any sign of him. Brian Guimond Joshua's father have been searched in the past three days, Kostreba said.

Some areas have been searched "three to four times," he said. Meanwhile, Guimond's parents received support from missing children's advocates Patty Wet-terling and Fred and Rita Reker. Wetterling's son, Jacob, remains missing after being abducted 13 years ago in St Joseph. The Rek-ers lost two of their daughters more than 25 years ago, when they were abducted and killed in Stearns County. Their bodies were found, but their killings remain unsolved.

"Of course, in my shoes, things aren't happening fast enough and they're not telling me enough," Brian Guimond said. "But, according to Patty, it's been going OK. She should know. She's been through it. She's still going through it" Brian Guimond has been spending the past few nights staying in his son's St.

Maur House residence, "brainstorming" possibilities with Josh's roommates. "It ain't easy," he said. "You don't get much sleep, but at least you're with his friends." He urged anyone within 200 miles of St John's to search their basements, outbuildings and their land. Brian Guimond also pleaded said. Wednesday's search Guard troops searched heavily wooded and sometimes wet land in brisk temperatures Wednesday in groups of about a dozen.

A sheriff investigator and a St. John's security officer accompanied Guard soldiers. "It's pretty dense out there and wet," Capt Mike Pazdernik said. "Some of those guys are getting wet" Some soldiers commented that the terrain was so dense in the remote wooded areas that it would be difficult for anyone to get back there in the first place. It took soldiers about three hours to search from Stearns County Road 51, north to Old Col-legeville Road.

The soldiers took 25 minutes for a bag lunch, then broke into two groups to search more land. Two National Guard helicopters, along with Guard soldiers and volunteers on all-terrain vehicles searched for most of the day. More than 20 square miles Bishops attempt to balance fairness with justice the Faithful, created in response to the molestation scandals, said the plan created "a cumbersome procedure" that overlooks "the spiritual and pastoral needs of the survivors." The policy allows bishops to conduct a confidential, preliminary inquiry when a molestation claim is made to determine whether it is plausible. If it is, the accused priest is to be put on leave, then must go before a clerical tribunal to determine his guilt or innocence. Bishops are compelled to obey local civil laws when it comes to reporting abuse claims, but no more than that The church leaders, however, pledged to report all allegations involving children to civil authorities.

At least 325 of the nation's 46,000 priests have resigned or been removed from their posts because of accusations. Assuming the Vatican backs the policy, many of those cases will be heard by church courts, George said. Asked about the chance the plan will win approval in Rome, a Vatican official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that "the climate here is favorable." The bishops are trying to heal a church under siege, facing grand jury investigations, hundreds of civil lawsuits and parishioner dissent In his opening address of the meeting, Bishop Wilton Gregory, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said critics were capitalizing on the scandal to push their agendas. The Vatican still must approve the policy to make it church law, and therefore binding on the bishops, but the revisions were worked out with officials from the Holy See.

U.S. prelates are certain the document will receive Vatican approval. The bishops voted 246-7 with six abstentions to approve the changes, which were developed to ensure due process protections for accused priests. The prelates stressed that the policy still promises clergymen will be removed from public ministry after "even one act of sexual abuse of a minor? WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. Roman Catholic bishops overwhelmingly approved a compromise sex abuse policy Wednesday after the Vatican demanded they make changes to balance fairness to priests with compassion for victims.

Weary of scandal, bishops hoped the new plan would restore their credibility after 10 months of revelations that church leaders have sheltered molesters in the clergy. Victims and some rank-and-file Catholics were dissatisfied, and pledged to fight for greater accountability. A few bishops said the plan was unfair to priests who had been rehabilitated. Washington's Cardinal Theodore McCarrick responded: "We had no choice. We must move forward." The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests said the policy gives too much discretion to bishops, whose negligence caused the abuse crisis.

"Bishops have voted to give themselves more power and backtracked from their earlier promises," said Barbara Blaine, the group's president The lay reform group Voice of Points of interest in the revised charter to ffld to GSErtte The policy allows bishops to conduct a confidential, preliminary inquiry when a sexual abuse claim is made to determine whether it is plausible. If it is, the priest is to be put on leave and go before a clerical tribunal. Bishops are compelled to obey local civil laws when it comes to reporting abuse claims, but no more than that. The church leaders, however, pledged to report all claims involving children to civil authorities. The Roman Catholic Church's statute of limitations requires a victim to come forward by age 28, though bishops can still ask the Vatican for a waiver.

Review boards including lay people will continue to monitor abuse claims, but the policy reasserts that it is the bishops who have the authority to manage clergy. Web information U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: www.usccb.org. Survivor's Network of Those Abused by Priests, known as SNAP: www.sur-vivorsnetwork.org. The Diocese of St.

Cloud: www.stcdio.org. The Associated Press contributed to this report. From Page 1A Bishops even more for survivors and offenders, to create a form of healing for concerned parties," he said. Instead, Martin said, "the conflict that's taken place now feels very threatening to me." The Dallas policy had stressed bishops' authority to pull priests out of their jobs as soon as an alleged victim made a claim. That worried Vatican officials, who said the U.S.

bishops weren't following global church mandates on protecting the rights of priests. They asked a Vatican-American commission to craft several policy revisions. The bishops insist the new plan shows they are deeply committed to reform and say they have not backed away from their commitment to remove molesters from active ministry. St Cloud Bishop John Kinney was at the conference and unavailable for comment. Support for new plan Chicago Cardinal Francis George, who worked on the revisions, said the revised policy balances compassion for victims with fairness to priests.

"We are sometimes asked to choose between the accuser and the accused," George said. "We cannot choose one or the other. We have to choose both. We have to love both." St John's Abbot John Klassen said in a statement that he is pleased the bishops approved the new norms for handling abuse allegations, saying the norms give priority to healing of victims and prevention of future abuse and match the priorities of the abbey's policy. "We will continue to work closely with the whole American Church to implement practices that are responsive to the needs of survivors and conform to the laws of the land," Klassen said.

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Maple Grove, MN (800) 696-9039 Critics and concern The Rev. Thomas Doyle, a Roman Catholic priest who helped write a 1985 report to the U.S. bishops on the problem of priests molesting children, said the new plan is problematic in that the process remains "totally controlled" by the bishops. "The bishops proved themselves incapable of dealing with the problem of sexual abuse for centuries," Doyle said. He said the new policy returns control to bishops and has "glaring loopholes" that could allow proven sexual offenders to return to or continue in ministry.

Not all the revisions are bad, he said. Several "positive improvements" include the fact that full compliance is mandated and each diocese must have pastoral care for victims and a review board. "But on balance they appear to be a significant step backward in what many have hoped would be a gradual path toward hierarchical accountability," Doyle said. Bob Ethen, of St Cloud, took issue with the bishops' decision to reinstate the statute of limitations, mandating an age of 28. Ethen settled a lawsuit in the 1990s with the Catholic Church after accusing a diocesan priest of sexually abused him during the 1960s.

Ethen was in his late 30s when he came forward. "In my case, it was repressed memory," he said. Bishops can still ask the Vatican for a waiver in special cases, but Ethen said he doesn't trust this. "If a victim comes forward and he's a 45-year-old man, they can say "Nah, we have the he said. "They seem to be spending an awful amount of time worrying about the priests," he said.

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