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11/17/06 Nick Message #2899   Wow. I am glad that Chris' parents have finally been vindicated. The question becomes, where do we go from here? I eagerly look forward to hearing more, and I wish it would happen before Monday, which is when we will apparently learn more.

11/17/06 DoubleDash Message #2898   Oh my gosh, Aubs, I admit, I am shocked! I know there had been a running theory amongst non law enforcement that the string of deaths of young men was the result of a serial killer -- thank goodness the public kept demanding answers; we've got to continue to do the same for Josh. Thank you for the information, Aubs.

11/17/06 Aubs Message #2897   "BREAKING NEWS: Chris Jenkins death ruled homicide - KSTP 11/17/2006 6:50 PM - The death of University of Minnesota student Chris Jenkins has been ruled a homicide, 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has confirmed. Jenkins, 21, was last seen alive at the Lone Tree Bar in Minneapolis on Halloween, 2002. ... His body was found four months later along the Mississippi River. Police are questioning a suspect that is in jail on unrelated charges. Police are also looking for a second suspect in the case, 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has confirmed. // Jenkins' parents react to news: ... http://kstp.dayport.com/viewer/viewerpage.php?Art_ID=170301 ... "

11/9/06 ARSTREATER Message #2896   Remembering Josh.

11/9/06 Nick Message #2895   Well, another year has passed, and there are, to my knowledge, still no new developments. My thoughts are with Josh and his family. Unfortunately, I cannot attend the service tomorrow night because of the wedding of one of Josh's old colleagues from the euphonium section in band. I feel like there's very little I can do at this point, and I wish I could do more.

11/9/06 Webmaster Message #2894   Just a quick note to let Josh's family know that I'm thinking about them today. They have my hopes and prayers today for an end to four years of waiting. This would be one web account I'd like to close for good :)

11/8/06 DoubleDash Message #2893   " ... Reluctance ... Out through the fields and the woods ... And over the walls I have wended; ... I have climbed the hills of view ... And looked at the world and descended; ... I have come by the highway home, ... And lo, it is ended. ... The leaves are all dead on the ground, ... Save those that the oak is keeping ... To ravel them one by one ... And let them go scraping and creeping ... Out over the crusted snow, ... When others are sleeping. ... And the dead leaves lie huddled and still, ... No longer blown hither and thither; ... The last lone aster is gone; ... The flowers of the witch-hazel wither; ... The heart is still aching to seek, ... But the feet question 'Whither?' ... Ah, when to the heart of man ... Was it ever less than a treason ... To go with the drift of things, ... To yield with a grace to reason, ... And bow and accept the end ... Of a love or a season? ... Robert Frost ... ... Dedicated to Joshua, who has been missing for four long years now. Someone knows what happened to him. Won't you please do what is right? Justice shall prevail... ... ... ... ... "

11/6/06 Joshs Mom Message #2892   The church is located approximately 3/4 of a mile north on Cty Rd 8 from Hwy 55.

11/3/06 Joshs Mom Message #2891   There will be a service for Josh Nov 10th at Holy Cross Lutheran Church at 7:00pm for all who would like to attend.

10/31/06 DoubleDash Message #2890   I wish the FBI had gotten involved in Josh's case at the beginning. Given certain history there, why wasn't a deeper investigation performed? Frankly, it was the first thing that came to my mind the very moment Joshua disappeared -- now here we are -- four years later

10/31/06 Nick Message #2889   The FBI will be reviewing La Crosse police files regarding the eight young men who have drowned there in recent years. The story is here: http://www.startribune.com/467/story/778737.html.

10/23/06 joel Message #2888   The English prof in question has moved to California--is that a surprise? LAPD and FBI have been notified!

10/4/06 DoubleDash Message #2887   Well, we're closing in on four years since Joshua disappearance. Fortunately, there is no time limit for justice. I hope anyone out there reading this who has something to say, will contact the police directly. What a terrible shame it would be if Joshua's case went unsolved because someone didn't have the courage to come forward. Let's get to the bottom of it and get Joshua the justice he deserves.

10/2/06 Aubs Message #2886   "Search continues for missing [Grinnell, Iowa] college student - Sept. 27, 2006 -- Nineteen-year old Grinnell College student Paul Shuman-Moore has been missing since the early morning hours of September 25. He was last seen on campus walking toward his dormitory. / Grinnell College Safety and Security: (641) 269-4600 ... "

10/2/06 Aubs Message #2885   "Student's Body Recovered - La Crosse Tribune - Oct. 2, 2006 -- La Crosse Area Underwater Rescue and Recovery Unit crews recovered the body of missing University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student Lucas Homan at 10 a.m. today in the Mississippi River near Riverside Park. / The La Crosse Police Department and Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigation will continue to investigate his disappearance. / His body will be taken to the Minnesota Regional Coroner’s Office in Hastings, Minn., for an autopsy. ... / In an e-mail letter sent out to all parents of first-year students, Jon A. Hageseth, director of UW-L’s Counseling and Testing Center, said police used bloodhounds to track Homan to the river. ... ... "

10/1/06 Nick Message #2884   I forgot to provide a link to the story: http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2006/10/01/breakingnews/00lead.txt

10/1/06 Nick Message #2883   Lucas Horman, a 21-year-old student at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, went missing Friday night. He was at a bar in La Crosse that evening, and apparently never came home. One interesting note is that a police department official said that the department was treating the investigation as a criminal one unless and until they have reason not to.

9/1/06 steve123 Message #2882   "What do these posts have to do with Josh's disappearance?? ... Any news on the English professor--is he back from his extended ''leave''???"

8/25/06 BMW Message #2881   Victim creates Web site - St. Cloud Times - Aug. 24, 2006 — A former St. John's Preparatory School student launched a Web site Wednesday to help molestation victims and challenged Catholic officials in a letter to defend delays in notifying potential victims... Marker said his Web site http://www.behindthepinecurtain.com is intended to help victims feel "validated." ... The site contains more than 200 published articles about the clergy sex abuse scandal as it relates to the St. John's community, according to the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, a national advocacy group for victims... Last month, the Collegeville abbey publicized allegations of sexual misconduct in the 1970s and 1980s that were made against three of its monks, one of whom has died... Abbey officials "knowingly allowed the perpetrator to work with children and young adults for another five years," said David Clohessy, national director of SNAP.

8/24/06 DoubleDash Message #2880   Thanks, BMW. Standing by, and closely watching.

8/24/06 DoubleDash Message #2879   ''"The abbey has frequently urged, and will continue to urge, possible victims to come forward,'' Skudlarek said.'' Go straight to the police. ... "

8/24/06 BMW Message #2878   DoubleDash- Remain vigilant. The pieces are falling into place. It's only a matter of time now.

8/24/06 BMW Message #2877   St. John’s review board member resigns - St. Cloud Times - Aug. 18, 2006 ... Pat Marker ... resigned in protest Friday from an external review board formed as part of St. John’s Abbey’s response to a clergy sexual abuse scandal. Last month, the abbey publicized allegations of sexual misconduct in the 1970s and 1980s that were made against three of its monks, one of whom has died. The accusations against the Revs. Michael Bik, Bruce Wollmering and Robert Blumeyer were made months to years before the abbey’s July 28 announcement... ''The delays in disclosure, and more so the delays in notifying potential victims where these men worked, was part of the reason why I felt I must resign,'' Marker said... Allegations against Bik were made in 1997. He was accused of misconduct with two teen-age boys in the 1970s, before he joined the abbey and before his ordination... Wollmering, 65, was accused in 2004 of sexual harassment by a former St. John’s University student. The former student said the misconduct started in 1984. Wollmering was chairman of the psychology department at St. John’s at the time and may have counseled other students. He retired from the faculty in 2004... Accusations against the late Blumeyer were made in September. They involve a teen-age boy he knew when he was an assistant pastor at a Wayzata parish in 1969. ''Their names should have been turned over to the public, if not the authorities, long ago, because there were plenty of warning signs,'' Marker said. ''And there are warning signs now that things are still going on there with other monks.'' ...

8/22/06 DoubleDash Message #2876   How we doing BMW?

8/12/06 DoubleDash Message #2875   Aubs, thank you. I just think that, the ruse is up -- people aren't willing to look the other way any more, and further, the credibility of the church with regard to these types of matters is shot. All we can do is hope and pray that people who have been victimized understand help is available, and the right thing to do is to go to the authorities. It makes my blood run cold to know that criminals have been protected while innocent victims have suffered terribly. It's infuriating.

8/12/06 Aubs Message #2874   "DoubleDash: A letter in todays's St. Cloud Times speaks to the issue. >> ''Review board is necessary for keeping church honest'' by Gabrielle Azzaro, Cardiff by the Sea, Calif. - I read with interest the Times news report about the sexual abuse allegations against monks from St. John’s community. Of particular interest was the abbot’s remark that ''if it came to us today we would have handled it differently.'' // I am puzzled by this remark. Hasn’t it always been a criminal offense for an adult to have sex with a minor? // ... Although it has only come to light in the last few years that priests, sisters, monks and bishops have had sexual relations with minors or even vulnerable adults, it has always been a crime. // The only difference between then and now is that the review board pretty much told them to make it public. In the past this would have remained a secret, and no one would be the wiser. // I am glad that the review board is in place, at least, so that it can encourage the abbot to make this public and do right by all the people who may have been abused. Unfortunately, history has shown us too many times that church institutions would rather hide and cover up for their abusive members than help the abused. // I am grateful to that review board for pushing the abbot to finally do the right thing."

8/12/06 DoubleDash Message #2873   "''Abbot John (Klassen) has already explicitly said if we had known in 1997 what we now know — and there has been an incredible amount of learning not only in the church but by society about sexual abuse since then — we would have done things differently,'' Skudlarek said. ... Bik was allowed to work at St. John's Preparatory School in Collegeville for five years after he was accused of sexual misconduct. I've read and re-read this paragraph a dozen times, trying to wrap my mind around the huge contradiction in statements made here. I find the logic being used inexcusible, indefensible ... and unfathomable ... "

8/10/06 DoubleDash Message #2872   Thank you, Aubs. I appreciate the information.

8/10/06 Aubs Message #2871   DoubleDash: To the best of my knowledge, around the time of Bruce Wollmering's reported sexual misconduct in the 1980s, he worked in the university counseling center as a psychologist while teaching psychology part-time. Then, during most of the 1990s and until he retired around 2004, he taught psychology while working part-time as a counseling psychologist on campus.

8/10/06 DoubleDash Message #2870   I meant to say earlier, all victims should have the right to face the person who hurt them, and to pursue justice.

8/10/06 DoubleDash Message #2869   I'll say it again -- if you are reading this board and you have any information you've been afraid to share, please be brave and come forward now. You're not alone; in fact, I would consider you to be a hero for your courage. Please speak up for those who can no longer speak for themselves.

8/10/06 DoubleDash Message #2868   Is it a fact that Bruce Wollmering has been working as a psychology professor for the school? Am I to understand he was also working in some sort of "counseling" capacity until 2002? Is that what the abbey calls responsible supervised activity? Since when is it reasonable to put a person with a history of sexual offense allegations into a position involving young people? Finally, why are so many people willing to excuse the abbey for these kinds of irresponsible and potentially harmful decisions?

8/10/06 DoubleDash Message #2867   The gig is up -- all that secrecy, paying victims off, denying the truth, sabatoging efforts to get to the truth -- people are sick of it and won't take it anymore. Too many souls have had their lives forever ruined at the hands of heartless and in some cases sociopathic people. Frankly, I think anyone who molests a child should be held criminally liable, and anyone who aides and abets such a person such be held criminally liable. Since when was it okay to hide behind any religion in order to escape the criminal justice system? I thought the law in this country applied to everyone, not just select individuals. We don't live in a theocracy, do we? I thought all victims had a right to face their accuser in a court of law. Have I missed something?

8/10/06 BMW Message #2866   Abbey defends its handling of clergy offenses - St. Cloud Times, Aug. 10, 2006 — St. John's Abbey officials say the claims made Wednesday by a national advocacy group for clergy molestation victims are inaccurate. The group calls the abbey's eventual disclosure July 28 of allegations of sexual misconduct from the 1970s and 1980s "begrudging" and "reprehensible." "Our fear is that during these inexcusable delays by the abbey, other kids may have been hurt and were certainly put at risk," said David Clohessy of St. Louis, Mo. Clohessy is the national director of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, which had a news conference Wednesday outside a Catholic high school in St. Louis Park... Allegations against the Rev. Michael Bik were made in 1997 and involved two teen-age boys in the 1970s, before Bik joined the Catholic abbey and before his ordination... Bik was allowed to work at St. John's Preparatory School in Collegeville for five years after he was accused of sexual misconduct... Clohessy, a victim of sexual abuse by a cleric, said any information the Collegeville abbey has regarding sexual misconduct by its monks should be turned over to police... Bik, 57, and the Rev. Bruce Wollmering, 65, live in the monastery and work under restrictions "where their activities are guided by individual plans of accountability".. "We think common sense and common decency require that all information about suspected sex crimes should be given to independent officials in law enforcement... In 2004, Wollmering was accused by a St. John's University student of sexual misconduct that allegedly started in 1984...

8/7/06 DoubleDash Message #2865   BMW, thank you -- understood.

8/7/06 BMW Message #2864   DoubleDash - Stay on post and keep your powder dry. 4904 is smoked. Be ready for a slow roast.

8/7/06 DoubleDash Message #2863   Are we getting closer, BMW?

8/7/06 DoubleDash Message #2862   Thank you, BMW. Upon first comparison, the Wetterling abductor sketch resembled a relatively recent image of a man I have been researching who is in his mid 70's. However, I must defer to eyewitness accounts that would currently place the suspect in his mid 60's. I believe there are people who can make a comparison of that sketch to someone in the vicinity of Jacob's/Josh's disappearance. If you are out there, and you are reading this, maybe now is the time to step forward. Don't be afraid. There are people watching who have your back.

8/7/06 BMW Message #2861   DoubleDash - I think the Wetterling suspect image can be helpful to the extent that it puts the spotlight on males in their 60s who broadly resemble the sketch and who have a record of sexual misconduct dating back to the Wetterling abduction in 1989. But I would caution against focusing on a minor feature such as "distinctive eyes", which could be a product of the sketch artist's style. I would focus on more prominent features likely to be described by eyewitnesses, such as the nose. If you look carefully at the image, you'll notice a slight irregularity on the bridge of the nose, perhaps a healed fracture.

8/6/06 DoubleDash Message #2860   BMW, do you think the image created from the Wetterling abduction holds any promise? Thank you for posting the article.

8/6/06 BMW Message #2859   Monk kept his job after claims - St. Cloud Times, Aug. 6, 2006 — A member of the St. John's monastic community continued to work at St. John's Preparatory School for five years after he was accused of sexual misconduct. The allegations against the Rev. Michael Bik were made in 1997 and included accusations of incidents with two teen-age boys in the 1970s, before he joined St. John's Abbey and before his ordination. ... Bik — and the Revs. Bruce Wollmering and Robert Blumeyer — were named in a July 28 statement by the abbey concerning alleged sexual misconduct from the 1970s and 1980s. Bik stopped working at the school in 2002. ... The accusations against the late Blumeyer were made in September and involved a teen-age boy Blumeyer knew as an assistant pastor at a Wayzata parish starting in 1969. "We have had two additional people come forward against Father Robert Blumeyer in June and July 2006," since the abbey disclosed the allegations against Blumeyer in May, Klassen said. Both victims are males. Wollmering was accused in 2004 by a St. John's University student of sexual harassment that allegedly started when he was a sophomore in 1984 and lasted until he graduated. "One of the reasons we felt imperative to make this public at this time is that if there are other victims, they can come forward," Klassen said. "With Wollmering, the inappropriate behavior was not the sexual abuse of a minor. It was sexual harassment, and in my mind there is a difference," Klassen said. Klassen also was concerned about those Wollmering may have counseled as chair of the St. John's psychology department in Collegeville, whether any misconduct occurred and how to help them. The abbey is making its concerns about Wollmering public because the confidentiality surrounding counseling records prevents direct communication.

8/5/06 DoubleDash Message #2858   Thanks, Aubs! I wonder if anyone has recognized this person? He has distinctive eyes

8/5/06 Aubs Message #2857   DoubleDash: I enclose the URL for the police sketch. At the time of the Wetterling abduction in 1989, this suspect was described as a white male about 50 years of age with balding gray hair. He would be in his mid-60s today. ... http://myexperiments.homestead.com/files/videostill.jpg

8/5/06 DoubleDash Message #2856   Can someone post the picture of the man who was seen in the vicinity of the Wetterling abduction?

8/4/06 Aubs Message #2855   4904 "smoked out" and "getting hung out to dry"? (BMW 62106)

8/1/06 DoubleDash Message #2854   Thanks, BMW!! I have tried for so long to find an image to fit with a particular name, with absolutely no luck thus far. In any case, I am assuming things are happening apace.

7/31/06 BMW Message #2853   Found this information to be of interest and felt compelled to share...

7/31/06 BMW Message #2852   "3 named in abuse allegations - St. Cloud Times, July 29, 2006 — New allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced Friday against three members of the St. John’s monastic community. The Revs. Michael Bik, Bruce Wollmering and the late Rev. Robert Blumeyer were named in a statement by the abbey based on an annual review board report to Abbot John Klassen. ''It is the abbot’s view that these allegations are credible,'' said the Rev. William Skudlarek, abbey spokesman. The allegations against Bik were made in 1997 and include ''inappropriate sexual conduct with two teen-agers in the 1970s'' before he joined the abbey and before his ordination. The allegations against Wollmering were made in 2004 and include ''sexual misconduct early in the 1980s reported by a former St. John’s (University) student,'' according to Skudlarek. The sexual abuse charges against Blumeyer were made in September and involved a teen-age boy he knew while an assistant pastor at St. Bartholomew Parish in Wayzata... ... As many as 13 priests at the abbey have faced similar allegations... Bik’s main responsibilities were teaching theology and working in campus ministry at St. John’s Preparatory School until 2002. Blumeyer, an Iowa native, served as assistant pastor at the Church of St. Augustine in St. Cloud from 1965-68. He died of a heart attack in 1983 at the age of 61. Wollmering’s main responsibilities were teaching psychology and working in the counseling center at St. John’s University until 2003; he is now retired..."

7/7/06 DoubleDash Message #2851   "So now the many members of Vidocq are focused on the murders of Mary and Susanne Reker. They're listening to the facts. They're looking at the pictures. And they're asking the kinds of questions that can lead to a killer. ... ''Collectively, they bring hundreds of years of case study to the table and inherently new ways of looking at what happened. ... Richard Walter, another founding member of Vidocq, says the killer in the Reker case slipped up, ''In this case I believe the perpetrator made some mistakes and my advice to them is to capitalize on those mistakes.'' ... While we were invited to attend this meeting, we were also asked to leave for key parts of the discussion. ... This is an active case. It may be old - but it clearly has the latest in science and the latest in investigative techniques working to solve it. Right now it's getting an awful lot of attention. ... For the family, the up-and-down nature of their 30-year hell, is looking up again. The girls' parents say their hopes are renewed that something can be done. ... ''Why should some guy be able to kill two young girls, and then go on the rest of his life as if nothing happened,'' Fred Reker asks rhetorically. ... ''I think that person should be brought to justice.''>snip ... By Rick Kupchella , KARE 11 News. ... (Copyright 2005 by KARE. All Rights Reserved.) ... "

6/21/06 DoubleDash Message #2849   Thanks BMW, I understand. You know that I'm on your page; just standing by.

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