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D12 The Ottawa Citizen. Friday, September 3, 1993 Pom ckMven rescue UNITED STATES Fraud case closes in surprise 'Family3 Sin Airgemiltiinia 4 I rv All-' I 3 i i i a Deaths continued from previous page SHAW, Jessie Mae "Entered rlo the presence ol the I rod on' WeCnesiMy, September 1913. Jkskj M.ie Miliar, beloved wile ol Dorwid Sh.ivv Cherished and loving mother ol O'tjbie Fyte (Gr.ierre) ol Brnnlfoid, John ol Brnnltofd. and Randy (Laurie) ol Woodlawn. oving grandmother ol Derek, Janies, Jessca.

Robert and M.illtiew Loving sstor and be'it tnerd ol Null Doville ol Ottawa, Margarol Millar ol Ottawa, and Robert Millar (Maude) ol Godench Predeceased by sisters, Irene, Mary and Sa'ah and brothers. William and Janes. Also survived by several nieces and nephews She will be londly remembered by her Inends, Ethel and Maiga-rel, Fnends may call at the Kelly Funoral Home. 2313 Carlmg Avenue (west ol Woodrolle), Iron 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.n. Friday and 1 1 a.m.

to 1 pn Saturday. Funeral Service Saturday in the chapel at 1 pm. Interment Capital Memorial Donations to the Liver Foundation or Vincent's Hospital, appreciated SMITH, Janice Lorraine In hospital on Thursday, September 2, (993. Janice Lorraine Smith, age 49. Beloved wile of Wayne Smith.

Loving daughter ol William Lyle Mvanduck and the late Elsie Maranduck. Dear mother ol Troy Lee and Caneron Craig (Catherine). Fond sister ol Eugene Maranduck, Resting at the Kelly Funeral Home. 2370 St. Joseph Orleans, where the family will receive friends from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Sunday. Funeral Monday to St. Bartholomew's Church McKay Street), for service at 2 p.m. Crtmalion Beechwood Crematorium, In memoham donations to the Lupus Association or the Kidney Foundation appreciated. THEELEN, Suzanne On Wedresday, September 1.

1993, Suzanne Provost, age 48 years. Beloved wife of Hank Theelen. Dear mother of Joanne Fannan, Janet and Daniel (husband of Hiedi). Sister of John and Julien Provost. Daughter of the late Yvonne Lalonde and Waldo Provost.

Also su'vived by 5 grandchildren. Dearly loved and will be missed by the Hall family. Funeral service was held Thursday from the chapel of The Kelly Funeral Home, 2313 Carlmg Ave. Donations to the Canadian Cancer Socety WOODSTOCK, Jeanne Claire In a home, on August 30. 1993.

Jeanne Ciai'e Morin, age 83 of Pollimore, wife of the late Paul Woodstock. Dear mother of 2 sons. Percy (Ruth Blackburn) and Elmer. Sister of Leo, Blanche. Georgette and Lillian.

Grandmother of Linda (Cecil Gowan) and Nancy of Poltimore. Great-grandmother of Samantha Gowan. There will be no visiting at the Funeral Home. Friends and relatives may join the family Saturday, September 4th, in St. Louis de France Church, Pol 'vr oka a Cramped slumber: Children sleep Wednesday in home of Argentine cult before they are placed in custody woman were under arrest.

Reuters reported a prosecutor had revised the number of children in custody to 160, put Marquevich said the number was 268. Officials said there was confusion because some children had more than one set of identity papers. According to the U.S.-based Cult Awareness Network, which monitors such groups, adult cult members and children sleep with each other indiscriminately, believing salvation comes through sexuality. In London, the British branch of the Family said the raid was part of a pattern of religious persecution by disaffected ex-members. "The suggestions that we are involved in satanic rituals, child abuse, prostitution, begging, and kidnapping are deplorable," the fro Raid targets cult that practises sex-for-salvation By Nathaniel Nash itir'M mws soniofs BUENOS AIRES, Argentina An Argentine judge said Thursday that a police raid had found 2(i8 children living in cramped quarters, many of them underfed and poorly clothed, as well as literature promoting sex between adults and children.

The raid was carried out early Wednesday on a sex for-salvation cult known as the Family. The judge, Roberto Marquevich, said the police had also found a video showing a father having sex with his daughter. Marquevich ordered 12 leaders and 18 members of the religious cult, which allegedly encourages free sex and prostitution, held on charges of racketeering, kidnapping and violating the rights of children. The raid, involving about 180 police officers, was the culmination of an investigation that began early this year. For several years, the Argentine police have watched the activities of the Family as its members bought homes in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, sold posters and videotapes in the streets, and touched off rumors about prostitution, sex involving children, and drugs.

"We found these children in the virtual state of servitude," said Marquevich, a federal judge who began the investigation and ordered the raids. "The evidence of abuse of children is very strong." Local television newscasts aired amateur videos said to have been shot by the cult, in which girls no older than eight or 10 perform lewd dances with silk scarves and kiss each other. Officials said most of those involved came from the United States, Bolivia, Denmark and France, among others, but that no breakdown was yet available. Earlier reports said some Canadians were among those in custody. However, an External Affairs spokeswoman in Ottawa said the department could not confirm the reports.

She said diplomats were in contact with Argentine authorities and were trying to find out whether any there were any Canadians involved. CBC Radio reported Thursday night that a Canadian man and 70 In Memoriam HANSEN In loving memory of a dear father, Hans, who passed away September 3, 1961; and a dear mother, Eva, September 8. 1985. You dear parents, rest in sleep, Your loving memory we will keep. So dearly missed by all the family.

HANSEN In loving memory of a dear father, Hans, who passed away on September 3, 1961, and a dear mother, Eva, who passed away on September 8, 1985. You dear parents Rest in sleep Your memory I will always keep. Sadiy missed, love daughter Margaret. JAMIESON In loving memory of our dear father and grandfather, George Alvin, who passed away September 3, 1992. Life is not the same since you passed away, A whole year has gone by but it seems like yesterday.

You are missed, Vivian, Carol, Jim and families. LABRECQUE In loving memory of Mark. We knew you for so short a time But you touched our lives so deeply. Love Bill and Betty Griffin. MclNTOSH In loving memory of a dear wife, mother and grandmother, Leona, who passed away September 3, 1991.

Forever in our hearts. And sadly missed. Your family. SILFWEREBRAND In memory of a dear friend, Marion, who went Home to glory, September 3, 1990. Loving thoughts of mes together, Hold memories that last forever.

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FASHION DIGEST Amarige Gift Set price should read Value $110 FOR ONLY $60 and not at stated. M. equipment. Due to supply problems from the manufacture the sleeve'e" top at 54.99 will not be aailable. tVe apologise for any inconvenience caused BEARS emerged from the 1960s hippie movement in Huntington Beach, Calif.

Under iLs fiery leader, David Berg, the Children of God preached Biblical fundamentalism with a strong appeal to repent before doomsday. But it also preached free sex among its members, even advocating the use of sex as a way to win converts. In the early 1970s, on the instructions of Berg, who was also known as Father David, members left the U.S. after being accused by the New York state attorney general of tax evasion, rape, polygamy, draft dodging, incest, and kidnapping. Some migrated to Europe, Southeast Asia, and Argentina.

Marquevich said that the impetus for the investigation came from pleas by two American families who had failed to get the group to give back their children. Argentine court authorities said that the U.S. Embassy had shown great interest in the cases, especially after the death of David Koresh and his Branch Davidian followers in Waco, Texas, in April. The raid here followed similar raids on the Children of God in other countries, though there was no indication that the raids had been coordinated. In May 1992, the police in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, took 140 children between the ages of 2 and 16 into protective custody.

The children had been living at seven Children of God houses. Members of the group were charged with abuse of minors, but one case has been thrown out for lack of evidence; another is pending. In June, the French police raided 12 group houses in Condrieu, near Lyons, and Eiguille, near Aix-en-Provence, taking 40 children into custody. The sect had been banned by the French government in 1979, but a French court has temporarily returned the children. And, last month, a similar raid was staged by police in Barcelona, Spain, who placed 22 children in protective custody.

But again a court threw out the case and returned the children to the parents. Court officials in Argentina said that there was no connection between the their investigation and those in Spain, France, and Australia. But they said that as the cases proceeded, there was the possibility of sharing information. The whereabouts of Berg, 74, are not known. But the Children of God reportedly have returned to California.

The New York Times, with files from CP and Reuters proving Britain's system of medical peer review and the reporting of poor work. There are only four other pathologists with expertise in bone cancer in Britain. All are helping to review the nearly 2,000 cases. One in Glasgow had already been routinely called upon by surgeons who were unhappy with Starkie's work and sought to avoid or second guess her. Meantime, medical malpractice lawyers are keen on getting in on what could prove a fairly lucrative case.

One London firm is holding an open house in Birmingham to attract potential clients an event frowned upon as "ambulance chasing" by a local personal injury lawyer who is representing one of the seven people who have been so far identified as having had unnecessary treatment. The lawyer, Stuart Henderson, argues that the health authority should admit liability in the clear cases of misdiagnoses so that the victims don't have to fight for years through the courts. "We're hoping the health authority will take a sensible line on this," he said in an interview. "Unfortunately, experience with health authorities in England shows enormous delays and having to proven the proven." While there has been speculation of multimillion-dollar claims for compensation against the health authority, Henderson said the figures appear exaggerated and the record of malpractice suits in the U.K. showed multimillion-dollar claims virtually unheard of.

The health authority says claims will be treated on a case by case basis. The authority is already struggling with a 12 million pound (about $24 million) debt this year and it is in that context that Stoten discusses the cancer blunders. Asked if it is a scandal in his view, he replied: "It is serious. A scandal? I see our financial situation as a scandal." Southam News By Neil Lewis Citien nnw sf-rvics WASHINGTON A bank fraud case that would have aired accusations that the U.S. under former president George Bush secretly armed Iraq and then tried to cover up the arming came to a surprising close Thursday.

A week before the trial, the defendant suddenly struck a deal with the government and pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Atlanta. Christopher Drogoul, former manager of the Atlanta branch of a Rome bank, Banca Na.ionale del Lavoro, had earlier insisted he wanted to go to trial to show that he had been a pawn in an international conspiracy, involving the Bush administration, to strengthen the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein during the 1980s. But Thursday, Drogoul, who had been indicted on 70 counts stemming from the Atlanta branch's secret loans of more than $5 billion used by Iraq for an arms buildup, pleaded guilty to one country of wire fraud and two of making false statements to bank regulators. His plea means his accusations won't be examined in court.

Drogoul's lawyer, Robert Siniels, said the defendant had der ided to enter guilty pleas because his family had urged him to bring the prosecution against him to a close. But a more important factor was likely a pair of rulings last month by Judge Ernest Tidwell that cut the heart out of Simels's strategy. Tidwell ruled the defence could not present evidence concerning Washington's policy tilt toward Baghdad during the 1980s, particularly during Iraq's war against Iran. The judge 3 ooirl ciink riri Ol 1 A U.U VV1 dence would be irrelevant lo the charges against Drogoul. Tidwell also Bush Possible cover-up ruled then that Simels could not present evidence that senior officials of the Italian government, which largely owns BNL, had pleaded with the Bush administration to limit its inquiry into the Atlanta branch's loans.

After those rulings, Simels said Thursday, "it became apparent to the defence that a search for the truth in this matter was being curtailed." At the justice department on Thursday, Carl Stern, the agency's chief spokesman, said the plea arrangement had been approved by Attorney General Janet Reno. "With these three counts," Stern said, "the government achieved the likely prison term which would have been achieved no matter how many counts you took to trial." Drogoul is to be sentenced on Nov. 29. U.S. sentencing guidelines suggest imprisonment for 46 to 57 months.

But Simels said he would argue that Drogoul, who has been imprisoned for 17 months while awaiting trial, should be sentenced to time already served. Drogoul was charged after the FBI raided the bank in 1989 and found evidence of illegal loans to Iraq. There has never been any doubt that Drogoul, in aranging for unsecured credit to a nation that had a history as a bad credit risk, had been involved in illegal lending. WTiat was at issue was whether the loans had been made with the knowledge of White House officials trying to buy favor with Saddam, and whether those officials sought to cover up their efforts after Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990. The Bush administration's Justice Department argued the the parent bank in Rome was not told about the loans.

But at a tumultuous hearing in Atlanta a year ago before Judge Marvin Shoob. it was disclosed that the CIA might have known that senior bank managers in Rome had been aware of the loans and thus could not have been defrauded. After that disclosure, Drogoul withdrew an earlier guilty plea and demanded he be allowed to go to trial in order to demonstrate that the loans had been made with the knowledge of senior U.S. officials working with the Italian government. Much of the speculation surrounding the case was whether the CIA and the Bush administration had sought to limit the investigation to the Atlanta bankers, in order not to embarrass Bush, who was then running for re-election, and the Italian government.

Shoob said he believed he had been lied to by the Justice Department and the CIA. After expressing ever-increasing skepticism about the government's claims that tne case involved a straightforward bank fraud case limited to a group of Atlanta bankers, Shoob agreed to a justice department requen that he turn the case over to am Ah er judge. The New Vorii Times ft AP photo Family said in a statement quoted by Reuters. "This attack in Argentina appears to be part of a pattern of religious persecution that has been going on around the world." Court officials said ex-members of the Family had given testimony that children were often separated from their parents and encouraged to engage in sex with adults. Marquevich said that he had evidence that the group used prostitution by its members and children to win converts, but that no indication so far has been found of drug use.

He also said that no inordinate number of weapons had been found and that members of the Family had not resisted arrest. Known in Argentina as the Family of Love, the group originated with the Children of God, which am shocked by the scale of it and the period of time over which it went on. Bryan Stoten Chairman of South Birmingham health authority Starkie's personality was cited in the interim inquiry report on the inaccuracies and on the failure to put a halt to them. The report noted Starkie's "dogmatic and sometimes confrontational approach to discussions" with surgeons and her "resistance" to sending tissue samples to other pathologists for a second opinion. The next part of the inquiry must determine how this could have gone on so long even though some surgeons at the Royal Orthopedic Hospital, where the patients were treated, were dissatisfied with her work as far back as 1985.

Bryan Stoten, chairman of the health authority, said he was not shocked that mistakes were made, given human fallibility. But he added: "I am shocked by the scale of it and the period of time over which it went on." As for debate on the adequacy or inadequacy of a reporting system to weed out incompetent doctors: "No one used the system, that's the problem." The inquiry suggested that the only discussions about the errors were informal corridor conversations and that surgeons were afraid that they might wind up without any pathology service if they complained formally. Dr. Bernard Crump, chief of public health in the region, noted at a meeting Wednesday that the National Health Service in Britain is, in effect, a "monopoly employer" and that an independent reporting system was necessary to assure confidentiality on one hand and to prevent malice on the other. The case of what is locally known as the "Birmingham blunders" might be a watershed in im rti Do I or don't British patients at heart of diagnostic scandal await word of whether they were treated for cancer they don't have timore, for the Funeral Service at 11 a.m followed by the Burial of the Ashes in the Parish Cemetery.

For more information Ca- dieux Funeral Home, 986-3834. 60 Cards of Thanks LEBEAU I sincerely wish to express my appreciation and thanks to the many relatives and friends who through their loving support, the acts of kindness, expressions of sympathy and donations, helped me bear the loss of my precious son, Charles (Charlie) Lebeau. Special thanks to Ray and Georgette MacDorald. -Gisele. 70 In Memoriam BARTLETT Edwina A ray of sunshine, a lovely smile; Sadly missed and loved by all.

Brian's sisters, brothers and families'. BARTLETT (Harris) In loving memory of Ecwina, who passed away September 3, 19-J2. Time passes on, months have passed Since death its gloomy shadow cast Upon our home, when all was bright, And took from us a shining light. We miss that light and ever will, Her vacant place there's none to fill. Down here, we mourn, but not in vain.

For up in heaven we'll meet again. Daughters Rachelle, Linda and Danielle and families. BARTLETT In loving memory of Edwina, who passed away on September 3, 1992. You seem so close, but vet so far awav That the light of your eyes still shine like an angel From a spirit that will never be let go. -Love always, your husband Brian, Lame, and Sandy.

BUTCHART In memory of my beloved husband. Duncan, who passed away Sep tember 3, 1991. Those whom we love go out of sight, But never out of mind, They are cherished in the hearts Of those they left behind. Loving and kind in ail his ways, Upright and just in all his days, Sincere and true in heart and mind, Beautiful memories he left behind. -Always remembered, your loving wife.

Mae. DOWNEY In loving memory of our son and brother, John, who died accidentally September 3, 1990. ttle did we know When we awoke that morning three years ago, The sorrow that day would bring. The call was sudden, the shock severe, To part with one we loved so dear You didn't have time to say farewell. Or fry us to say goodbye, You were gone before we realized.

And only God knows why. Sadly missed. Mom, Dad, Cathy. Joe, MarK, Sue, Carl, Jane, Paul and Lome CORRECTION to our Fall Winter Catalogue Page 29: Dayco Belts Ultimax should read 49.97 Topmax should read 37.99 to our "Make the Save" insert Page 41 69-8119-0 Rap-Combo keyboard does not come with 5-AA batteries. We apologize for any inconvenience By Juliet O'Neill Citizen Europe correspondent BIRMINGHAM, England lo be told you don't have cancer after all is a dream come true, a prayer answered, a release from fear of early death.

But to be told you didn't have cancer that it was all a mistake after you've been through surgery, a partial amputation, radiation treatment, andor chemotherapy? In the words of several Britons to whom this happened, it is like having been "through hell" for nothing. Among them: student Vicki Hunter, whose leg was partially amputated; auto mechanic Edwin Rigby, whose right bicep was removed; 14-year-old Debbie Leary who missed six months of school for unnecessary chemotherapy. Nearly 2,000 others are anxiously waiting for word of whether they, too, were treated for bone cancer that they didn't have or, even more worrisome, were told they didn't have cancer when they did. "All they can do is wait," says Michael Waterland, executive director of the South Birmingham Health Authority, reeling from one of Britain's worst medical scandals. Tissue samples from the nearly 2.000 patients diagnosed from 1985 on at Birmingham's Selly Oak Hospital pathology unit are being reexamined in the wake of an inquiry that has discovered 42 likely misdiagnoses so far.

Twenty-four of them were from among 192 pathology tests last year and another 18, predating that sample group, were brought to the attention of investigators by suspicious doctors. In at least seven cases, there was unnecessary treatment The woman at the heart of the scandal, Dr. Carol Starkie. the consulting pathologist at Selly Oak, has gone into hiding after telling the health authority she is taking early retirement "She has vanished." to escape the claws of the British media but will be subject to investigation, health aulhoritv ofTkials said..