Second attempt to get a response from Kilkenny Gardai.

setanta · setanta on Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:21 am

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Second formal complaint to Kilkenny Gardai about David Connellan.
5-12-2005. Page 1

Superintendent Garda Gordon Ryan.
Kilkenny Garda Station
Kilkenny City.

Dear Superintendent Ryan,
Under the Protections for Persons Reporting Child Abuse act 1998 section 5. I wish to make a further complaint against Mr. David Connellan c/o Detective Garda Liam Maher and Detective Garda John Bergan. Kilkenny Garda Station. Kilkenny.
Further to my previous statement about Mr. David Connellon dated 28-11-2005.I wish to state as follows;
Mr. Connellan in his statement to The Residential Redress Board Dublin has made multiple false, unfounded and untruthful allegations of child abuse against myself while he was a resident in St. Joseph’s Industrial School Kilkenny City.
I wish to make a formal complaint against Mr. David Connellan c/o Detective Garda Liam Maher and Detective Garda John Bergan. Kilkenny Garda Station. Kilkenny .

In his statement to the Redress Board, Mr. Connellan states points which I have disputed and numbered 1 to 19.

• 1. “[“Child's Father”] who was a worker at Summerhill for a brief period of time”.
I was not a worker in Summerhill.What Mr. Connellan has said is incorrect and misleading, and gives the wrongful and misleading impression against my correct and established title which was “Trainee Houseparent”. See page 59 line 7.

Second formal complaint to the Kilkenny Gardai. Sheet 7.
• 2. “Attempted to act in a highly inappropriate manner to me on a number of occasions”
At no time whatsoever did I act in a highly inappropriate manner with Mr. Connellan. What Mr. Connellan has said has never happened. His words are untruthful and without any foundation.
See page 59 line 8.

• 3. “When I say that he was making sexual advances to me”.

I did not ever make sexual advances to Mr. Connellan. What he has stated has never happened. His words are untruthful and without any foundation.
See page 59 line 9.

• 4. “He was making sexual advances to a number of boys in Summerhill”.
I did not ever make sexual advances to any of the boys in Summerhill.What Mr. Connellan has stated has never happened. Mr. Connellan’s words are untruthful, unfounded, slanderous and defamatory, and inflicted by him against my good name as a man and as a Father. See page 59 line 10.

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• 5.”I would say that at this stage I was in a deep state of depression”
I submit that on his own admission that at that time he suffered from a deep depression, would therefore render any testimonies by Mr. Connellan as being unsafe, unreliable, questionable, and render him to be an incredible witness.
See page 59 line 11.

• 6. “However I was well aware that if [Child's Father] saw any sign of weakness he would move in on the person”
At no time whatsoever did I move in on a person or take advantage of a sign of weakness to move in on a person. Mr. Connellan’s words wrongfully imply that I would take advantage of any vulnerable person. What Mr. Connellan has stated is untruthful and without any foundation. What he has implied has never happened. His words are slanderous and defamatory against my good name as a person, a man, and as a Father. See page 59 line 12.

Second formal complaint to the Kilkenny Gardai. Sheet 8.
• 7. “On one occasion when [Child’s Father] came down to me apparently to console me”
Mr. Connellan has used his words “apparently to console me” to wrongfully imply that while on a mission of compassion and kindness, that my intentions were for inappropriate behavior of a serious sexual
nature against myself. His words are misleading, wrongful, and without any foundation whatsoever. The event that Mr. Connellan has stated has never happened.
See page 59 line 13.

• 8. “he was in fact making sexual advances at me”.

I did not ever make sexual advances at Mr. Connellan. What Mr. Connellan has stated has never happened. His words are untruthful and unfounded.
See page 59 line 15.
• 9. “I pushed him away”.
I never pushed Mr. Connellan away. What Mr. Connellan has stated has never happened. His words are untruthful and unfounded.
See page 59 line 15.

• 10. “I recall [Child’s Father] had a very violent behavior and he would discipline the boys by punching them straight into the mouth”.
I never had a violent behavior. I am not a violent person. All discipline was given by the person in charge of the boys unit. And that person was a Nun. I never disciplined the boys, and I did not ever punch any of them straight into the mouth. Mr. Connellan’s words are untruthful and unfounded, and what he has said has never happened.
See page 59 lines 15 and 16.

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• 11. “One incident that I recall with particular concern was”

Mr. Connellan’s use of the word “concern” implies that he had a considered just and honorable reason to comment on his complaint against myself. I submit that Mr. Connellan’s use of the word “concern” is misleading, and wrongfully implies that he had a just and honorable reason for his complaint.
See page 59 line 18.
Second formal complaint to the Kilkenny Gardai. Sheet 9.
• 12. “[Child’s Father} would give us certain chores to do and on one occasionmy chore was to clean the outside windows of the building”.
I never gave Mr. Connellan a chore of cleaning the outside windows of the building.What Mr. Connellan has said has never happened.His words are untruthful and without foundation.
See page 59 line 19.

• 13. “I was carrying this out with another boy and when we were finished we went off down to play on the soccer field”.

This event has never happened. Mr. Connellan’s words are untruthful and without any foundation.
See page 59 lines 20 and 21.

• 14 “Before I went down I approached [Child’s Father] to ask could I finish the windows later on and go and play ball with the rest of the boys”

This event has never happened. Mr. Connellan’s words are untruthful and without any foundation.
See page 22 and 23.

• 15. “I was told that I was not allowed”.

I did not tell Mr. Connellan that he was not allowed. . Mr. Connellan’s words are untruthful, and what he has said has never happened.
See page 59 line 24.

• 16. “I had an argument with him and I was pushed to the ground”.

I did not have an argument with Mr. Connellan, and I did not push him to the ground. What Mr. Connellan has stated is untruthful and without any foundation. These events have never happened.

Second formal complaint to the Kilkenny Gardai. Sheet 10.
• 17. “At this point I realized that [Child’s Father] was in a state of sexual arousement”.
I was never in a state of sexual arousement at any time whatsoever with Mr.Connellan. Up to that time, and for twenty years after, I had suffered from a penile dysfunction. This condition was caused by a restricted frenulum and a tight redundant foreskin.
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There was a severe restriction of the normal advancement of my penis. Any erection would result in excruciating pain and discomfort resulting from the strangulation of the glans by the tight frenulum and redundant foreskin. I had no interest in sexual conduct because it was painful. And I believed that it was very sinful. See medical report dated 26-5-2004 by Dr.P.A.Mc Lean.
See pages 10 and 11.

• 18. “and he attempted to rape me”.

At no time whatsoever did I ever attempt to rape M. Connellan. I was unable to have an erection owing to a penile dysfunction. Mr. Connellan’s words are untruthful and without any foundation. What he has stated has never happened.
See page 59 line 26.

• 19. “I struggeled and I managed to get free and I run off”.

This event has never happened. . Mr. Connellan’s words are untruthful and unfounded.

• 20. “I think that this incident would have happened when I was approximately fifteen years old”

Mr. Connellan was aged fifteen on 2-6-2005. See attached birth cert. page 34. I had left St. Joseph’s a year earlier in April 1974. I submit that since I was not living and employed in St. Joseph’s at the time of Mr. Connellan’s alleged abuses by myself. This would confirm that his words about myself are untruthful, and without any foundation.

Second formal complaint to the Kilkenny Gardai. Sheet 11.

During my short stay in St. Joseph’s Industrial School, which was for seven months in 1973-1974. I knew Mr. Connellan to have been a deeply disturbed boy. He was a persistent liar, devious, suspicious, dishonest, cunning, defiant and unfriendly with me. He was fourteen
years of age, and was part of a gang like group of boys that lived in the Summerhill unit which was part of St. Joseph’s Industrial School.

He did not respond to any efforts that I made to gain his trust and co-operation. He did not respect or respond to the house rules. He did what he liked, and when he liked, and was very introvert.

Mr. Connellan never told me anything about himself, and I was never told anything about his history or anything about the history of anyone in the boys unit or any history about the School.

I am shocked and surprised at Mr. Connellan’s allegations against me. What he has said about me in his allegations is untruthful and the events stated have never happened. His words are unfounded, slanderous and defamatory against my good name as a person, a man and as a Father.
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Were the Gardai aware of Mr. Connellan’s admission of deep depression at the time of his alleged abuse? If so, why did the Gardai take his statement and act upon it? And why did his solicitor’s Michael Lanigan & Co. of 1 High Street Kilkenny take his statement, act upon it, and present it to the Residential Redress Board on behalf of their client in a claim for redress?
Mr. Connellan has also named Terresa Connolly and Mr. David Murray in his statement to the Redress Board.

The only allegation read out to myself by Det.Sergeant Liam Maker on 8-11-2002 was that Mr. Connellan had alleged that I had “pressed against his bottom while at a party”.

Another man, Mr. William Heffernan, who at the same time had lived with Mr. Connellan in the same unit at St. Joseph’s also made a statement for a claim for redress in 2003. In an explicit reference to the “group”, Mr. Heffernan states that “we tended to stick together”

See page 51 lines 23,24 and 25.
Second formal complaint to the Kilkenny Gardai. Sheet 12.
Mr Heffernan has named six people on his application to the Board declared and signed by him on 2-4-2003.
I wonder have the Gardai ever seen any statements of claim presented to the Residential Redress Board by solicitors Michael Lanigan & Co.Kilkenny ?
I wonder have the Gardai ever seen any statements by any individuals who have claimed compensation for their alleged child abuse to the Board ?
I suspect that there has been collusion among that group with malicious intent to wrongfully place guilt upon an innocent person named by them.

I believe that certain members of that group from St. Joseph’s made in 1995 contain contradictory evidence.
In addition to this, statements made by the same men in 2002/2003 to the Redress Board contain more contradictory evidence , and new evidence mainly of a sexual nature.
Higher awards of money are made to those who claim sexual abuse in their applications to the Board.
In a statement made by Mr. Laetiff Bashorum on 24-7-1995 and witnessed by Det.Sergeant Garda William Maher and Sergeant John Tuohy, there is evidence that Sgt.Tuohy informed Mr. Bashorum that Terresa Connolly admitted sexually abusing him. But Mr. Bashorum denied it. Is this an established procedure used by the Gardai in their efforts to gain a conviction ?
See page 36 lines 1,2 and 3.

Mr. Bashorum’s statement to the Redress Board on 23-4-2003, he states that “I was sexually abused by Terresa Connolly”.
See page 39 line 5.

Mr. Bashorum in his statement made on 24-7-1995 says “David Murray never sexually assaulted me”
See page 33 lines 11 and 12.

setanta · setanta on Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:26 am

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But in his statement for claim to the Redress Board, Mr. Bashorum states that he was sexually abused by David Murray. This is contradictory evidence given by Mr. Bashorum.
See page 39 lines 31 and 32.

Second formal complaint to the Kilkenny Gardai. Sheet 13.

Under the Residential Institutions Act 2002, the Redress Board was set up by the Irish Government. The Redress Board will make cash awards in total secrecy to individuals who claim that they were abused while they lived as children in state run institutions. The Board will make no findings, and no prosecutions, no matter what allegation is said against an accused and named person or persons by the applicant.
The Board see no reason why an accused person should want to defend himself or herself against any application of child abuse made against them.
See page 35 David Humphries B.L.

The Board is protected by pages of rules, sections and subsections which frustrate and discourage an accused victim in his/her efforts to make a challenge against the applicant.

At a Redress Board Judicial Hearing, any applicant can openly commit perjury in front of the judge. And the Judge will refuse to take any action or prosecution against the lying, untruthful applicant.
By its set-up and its secrecy, the Redress board encourages unscrupulous applicants to make wrongful and false allegations against their innocent unsuspecting victims.

In consideration of the fact that the highest and well respected and honoured representatives of our esteemed Judiciary, Counsel, Legal and highly educated and qualified lay persons work in, and actively support the Residential Redress Board is a scandalous deformation against their professions, the Irish law, and common law, and European Law, and International Law.

I think that the Residential Institutions Redress Board is a political and National and Moral Disgrace.
I request for an independent examination of all statements made by all claimants of child abuse who have made claims to the Gardai, and the Residential Redress Board. And this to include all their statements held in secret by their Counsel and Solicitors.

I submit that any accused person be given their basic Human and International right to see all statements and material relating to them.
Second formal complaint to the Kilkenny Gardai. Sheet 14.
An accused person should be given the basic right to a just defence with equal opportunity.

There is no Justice in our society, and no person is safe while these dreadful Bias and unfair conditions continue to exist.
All legal fees and other expenses are awarded to the Redress Board applicant. But there is no assistance whatsoever offered to the accused victim who wishes to challenge the applicant. There is no redress for the accused victim. I am a wrongfully accused victim.

See page 35 lines 2 and 3.

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Irish Law gives the Gardai (Irish Police force) and other State authorities the right to claim secrecy which allows them to generate and record information about me, and use it against me in the full knowledge that they are protected by the Children’s Act and a thousand and one other rules, sections and sub-sections, which allows them to deny me any right to see what they have said about me.

Secrecy breeds corruption and secrecy generates suspicion.
This right to secrecy gives the Gardai and the Irish Health Boards the opportunity to become a self-righteous dictatorial, incompetent, maladjusted bias, collusive, callous, crooked, deceitful, devious, mendacious, gang of well organized twisters.

Their innocent victims whom they prey upon fear them, and learn very quickly that they are not to be trusted.
The Gardai are withholding vital information that vindicates my good name against what my accuser has said in his vile statement about me.

On 14-4-2003 when I was cleared by the Irish Health Board of their repugnant and horrific suspicion that I may have had a sexual contact with our five year old daughter, they declined to make any contact with me on the matter.

And to add insult to injury, they took no action against their staff or their informants. I suffer from their arrogant silence. I suffer from your arrogant silence.

Second formal complaint to the Kilkenny Gardai. Sheet 15.
In January 2003 the Waterford Health Board file shows that social workers Ian Smith and Victoria Murray had a communication with Detective Garda Sergeant Liam Maher, Kilkenny Garda Station in which he gave them information about my accusers. He informed them that one was a possible case of mistaken identity, another had withdrawn his allegation, and that my explanation was plausible with another.
There were four men who had made allegations against me.

The fourth man stated that I pressed against his bottom while at a party.
This is the only “serious allegation” that the Gardai and the Health Boards have based their enquiries upon at that time.

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Det.Garda Maher saw fit to inform the Health Board about the facts that vindicated my good name, but this heartless cruel Garda with-held that vital information from me. He left me to suffer in misery and grief.

The Health Board also declined to pass on that information to me.
While using the Freedom of Information service, it took me a year and a half to extract that information from those elusive people.

I deplore and protest at the arrogant secretive nature of the Gardai ( the Irish Police force ) who have declined to give me a copy of Mr. Connellan’s statement which had been written by them, and used against me to imply guilt, where in fact, there was no guilt whatsoever.

Also, the Gardai have declined to give me any information about this evil man’s address, or particulars of his Counsel.

I believe that the Gardai hold evidence that will show conflicting and untruthful material in this man’s statement, and that he has lied in his allegations. Their tragic enforcement of their secrecy allows evil people to falsely accuse innocent people creating suspicion, and causing misery and damnation upon innocent victims for the rest of their lives.

Second formal complaint to the Kilkenny Gardai. Sheet 16.
I am an altruistic, innocent victim of untruthful false allegations, and I and my Family and my friends suffer from Irish Government agencies that I believe have had a perception of guilt against me, rather then innocent until proven otherwise.

In my case, you have done your worst to cause me pain, misery and destruction.
But when proved wrong, you hostile, antagonistic people hide behind a wall of secrecy and red tape, and you refuse to communicate with your destroyed innocent victims.

I do not have to visit Hell to find out what it is like, because with you dreadful people, I am already there. And I feel that my Hell with you people is even worse. Because at least, if I were to talk to the Devil Himself, I would know what I was dealing with, and what to expect.
And I would know the just reason why I had to suffer.
But with you dreadful people, I do not know where I stand, or what you will do next.
There is no just reason for my suffering at your hands. You hide behind a wall of secrecy where you can say and do what you like about your unsuspecting victims. I feel that I am your victim.

How can any innocent person defend himself against a something that he cannot see ?
I suffer much from what those evil people have said about me.

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But I suffer far more from your dreadful secrecy which denies me the right to view what you say and record about me, and denies me any right to any form of a just defence against what you say, and what my accusers have said against me.
This is a blatant denial of my basic Constitutional, National and International civil and Human Rights.

I deplore your ability to destroy me, an innocent man, and my Family by your enquiries and your scandalous refusal to allow me to defend myself.

Second formal complaint to the Kilkenny Gardai. Sheet 17.
As long as these appalling conditions continue to exist, there will remain in my mind a deep suspicion and mistrust of the Gardai, the Health Boards, the Adoption Board, Immigration and the Freedom of Information services.

On 14-5-2003 a Poison Pen Letter ,which named me as a child abuser was sent to every home in my estate. Some months later, I pursued that matter with Garda Sergeant John O’ Driscoll, Ferrybank Garda Station.
His words were that “I should forget about it”, and in a later conversation with the same Garda Sergeant, he expressed his contentment in the fact that I was lucky to be living in a democratic society.
All this and more am I suffering as a direct result of what Mr. Connellan has falsely stated against me. In doing so, he has intentionally caused and inflicted upon myself and my Family and friends unrepairable damages.
His words have slandered and defamed my good name as a man and as a Father.
His words have changed and destroyed my life. I have become anxious and unhappy and suspicious. And I wish you to afford me the right to defend myself against what Mr. Connellan has said against me.
I look forward to that day.

Signed

Child's Father. 5-12-2005.

Second formal complaint to Kilkenny Gardai about David Connellan.

Child’s Father 5-5-2006.

Second attempt to get a response from Kilkenny Gardai.

Second attempt to get a response from Kilkenny Gardai.

Secrecy.No Justice, and Conflicting Statements.