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1 STATE ran The Kvening Press Sept. g1, 1984 Binghamton, Y. Naturalist will appeal order to mow his lawn-j O'Connor decried as 'an antagonist' 7 wt 1 7.7 '1771 'I rSP0 n1 Nu vSi. wiriiiir mi iiamniiMiiiMii li rtnirWfc AP I By LAWRENCE KILMAN The Associated Press NEW YORK Two days after the first meeting between a Roman Catholic archbishop of New York and leaders of the gay community, a coalition of gay rights groups picketed in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral and called Archbishop John J.

O'Connor "an antagonist." Although "some progress was made" in the meeting with O'Connor, the demonstration by 100 people was held "because we still have a long way to go before the Catholic Church becomes a friend of the civil rights movement," said Andy Humm, a spokesman for the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights. After coalition leaders met with O'Connor Tuesday, Humm predicted yesterday's demonstration would be "less angry." For the most part, the demonstrators chanted mild slogans and carried placards with moderate messages. However; one man, wearing a T-shirt which read, "Alien Sex Fiend," carried a poster with a likeness of O'Connor which called him "Ayutullah O'Connor" and "bigot." A swastika was emblazoned on the Archbishop's mitre. "We're not claiming him as a friend of the lesbian and gay community," said Humm. "He claims to love us, but they all say that.

In a city with over 1 million gay people, we have a gripe with him." O'Connor, an outspoken advocate of church policy that homosexuality is a sin, was the first Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York to meet with leaders of the gay community. His predecessor, Cardinal Terence Cooke, had refused to meet with the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights for more than 10 years. Humm said O'Connor "did have some sensitivity of what we go through" concerning discrimination and harrass-ment. "He seemed to understand that. He's not an idiot.

He's not a monster." However, Hamm said the Archbishop had refused to compromise on the church's teaching that homosexuality was sinful. The protesters marched in a circle behind police barricades on the sidewalk in front of the cathedral on Fifth Avenue between 50th Street and 51st Street. They handed out leaflets, but most rush-hour pedestrians ignored them. The demonstration was held to protest the archdiocese's opposition to a mayoral order requiring agencies doing business with the city to stipulate they did not discriminate against homosexuals in hiring. By JOHN F.

BONFATTI The Associated Press KENMORE Naturalist Stephen Kenney says he will appeal a judge's ruling that he must to mow his 15-by-15-foot lawn of wildflowers. The 30-year-old disciple of Henry David Thoreau maintains he has the right to grow a lawn as he sees fit as long as it presents no hazard to others. Village Court Justice H. Walker Hawthorne ruled otherwise yesterday. Kenney said the judge's ruling and a possible $50 a day fine don't scare him.

"I ain't paying and I ain't cutting," he said. "We're going to appeal the decision immediately," said Kenney, who rents his home in this Buffalo suburb. "We'll try to get into a higher court and possibly seek an injunction," against the fine. Hawthorne, in finding Kenney guilty of violating three village codes on property maintenance, quoted from the naturalist-philosopher Thoreau. "Even Henry David Thoreau found it necessary to establish some order in his own bean-field.

He states, 'I went so far as to slaughter a woodchuck which ravaged my read the judge's ruling. The judge in the non-jury trial said a letter by Kenney to building inspector Daniel Martin complained about the inconveniences of city life, but failed to mention its amenities which are, "provided by the same system which is governed through village law." "This kind of selective ecology is too transparent and self-serving," the judge wrote. "His neighborhood is not Walden Pond in 1845, and his neighbors don't know what to do with his philosophical approach should they be unable to sell their homes." Walden Pond is near Concord, where the 19th Century naturalist lived in seclusion. Specifically, the judge found Kenney and the owner of the property, David St. Patrick's Cathedral in New Archbishop John J.

O'Connor's 3 Bronx men indicted in day-care sex abuse "Tritchler, guilty of failing to maintain the property "to assure the desirable residential character of the property." The village building code also stated! that maintenance should, "prevent plant growths which are noxious or det-' rimental to health." In imposing a $50-a-day fine on each man, Hawthorne noted that, "the defen- dents have the key to unlock their own solutions by complying with the spirit and intent (of the law) and mowing the yard and commence maintaining it within the standards of the residential, community of Kenmore." I Kenney vowed not to mow the lawn or pay the fines until his appeal is The penalty for the violation can be as high as $1,000 a day, but there is no jail' time involved. "I'm quite disappointed, but not ly surprised," he said of the verdict. Asked why, Kenney said, "It's been my sense of things all along He called the judge's contention that his lawn is a hazard to the area's wel- fare "ridiculous," and questioned why the judge brought Walden Pond into the case. "I never said (the neighborhood) was (Walden Pond)," he said. Tritchler could not be reached for comment on whether he will pay his fines.

Village prosecutor Thomas J. Viksjo was pleased with the decision, saying, "The judge has upheld the communi- ty's right to enact this type of legisla-tion." However, he said he would suggest td town officers that more specific laws regulating grass length he enacted. Kearny's attorney, John A. Galez- I iowski, said the appeal would be based on "a lot of procedural problems" in the non-jury trial and that "the evi- dence was totally insufficient to support the verdict." He said he would also appeal on con- stitutional issues of freedom of expres- sion and selective enforcement. of mmmmmm, Mode abuse "a disgraceful condition that exists not only in Bronx County but throughout the United States." "I assure you those 60 children will be basis of countless other indictments.

I say to all of you, get your heads out of the sand," Merola said at a news conference. "You've got a child-abuse problem." Anthony Suarez, attorney for one of three accused Bronx men, claimed state Supreme Court in the Bronx that Merola was seeking maximum publicity out of the case for political gain. He accused him of "a greedy. Demonstrators march outside York City yesterday protesting views on homosexuality. publicity-hungry persecution of my client." Meanwhile, Herminia Albo, 63, another person arrested as a result of Merola 's probe in conjunction with a joint FBI-police task force, was cleared by a grand jury of charges of sexual abuse involving children.

The district attorney speculated the grand jury may have cleared Albo in part because she was the last witness to appear and the jury was anxious to wrap up its inquiry. "They have been listening to charges of rapes and sodomies for two months." cian who examined the girl a short time later said in another sworn statement that the child had abrasions on her genitals apparently caused by a sharp object. He said the child repeated over and over, "the teacher did it." In the second case, according to court documents, the mother of a 2-year-old girl said her daughter started having nightmares in the summer of 1983, and later told her parents she was sexually fondled by a day-care worker. CUISINARTS INTRODUCES A FREE OFFER a 51 probe called lacking he said. "That the grand jury wanted to get out of there, there's no question about it." The latest defendants indicted were Suarez's client Franklin Beauchamp, 27, charged with 18 counts of rape, sodomy and sexual abuse; Albert Algarin, 21, charged with 83 similar counts; and Jesus Torres, 29, charged with 13 counts of sodomy and sexual abuse.

All worked for the PRACA Day-Care Center and live in the Bronx. Algarin was held without bail, while Beauchamp and Torres were continued free in bail of $15,000 each. Indicted mayor won't resign SAN DIEGO (AP) Mayor Roger Hedgecock, who has surrendered to San Diego County marshals, said he won't resign from office and called the indictment charging him with conspiracy and perjury "a farce." Hedgecock surrendered yesterday, was booked, fingerprinted and released pending a Sept. 28 arraignment on a 15-count criminal indictment. He was indicted Wednesday along with jailed financier J.

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Crain filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Manhattan yesterday on behalf of the parents of the two girls, saying the children were abused by staff workers at the West Point Child Development Center. A spokesman for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point said the charges of sexual abuse were investigated by the Army's Criminal Investigations Division and the FBI, and both staff workers implicated passed lie detector tests. No criminal charges were filed, but an investigation is continuing.

In one case, a 3-year-old girl was treated in July for vaginal bleeding allegedly caused by being molested with a sharp object. In the other case, a 2-year-old girl allegedly was fondled by a staff worker over a period of months, beginning in 1983. The parents of both children are stationed at West Point. Crain said the parents turned to federal court because they were not satisfied with the investigations by the Army and the FBI. He said the motion filed in Manhattan will preserve evidence and testimony for a possible damage action in the future.

A hearing date is set for Oct. 16. "A principle goal in the bringing of this motion," Crain told the court, "is the hope that the military structure will agree to accept legal responsibility for the wrongs committed under their supervision and agree to provide long-term psychological counseling and treatment." Maj. Alex Mondragon, a West Point spokesman, said the FBI investigation was continuing. He told the Middletown Times Herald-Record that "we feel that Peale giving up pulpit preaching NEW YORK (AP) The Rev.

Norman Vincent Peale, in what he called "a heart-rending decision," will stop delivering his weekly sermons from the Marble Collegiate Church pulpit where he has preached for the past half -century- The decision does not mean that Peale, internationally acclaimed author of "The Power of Positive Thinking" and the originator of "Dial-A-Prayer," will retire or stop his weekly 28-minute radio sermons, an official of the Manhattan church said. "He's only giving up his preaching responsibilities," the official said. "He mains senior minister of the Collegiate churches in the metropolitan area." Peale, 86, made his announcement in a letter dated Tuesday and sent to all members of the church. The author of 29 books said his health was fine, but he wanted to cut back on preaching before any health problems arose. Peale became pastor of the landmark Park Avenue church in 1932 and delivered his final sermon there on June 1 before taking his annual sabbatical.

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