The Gazette's Opinionated Opinion Editorialist Allison Hanes And Unitarian Universalist Clergy Abuse Cover-Up Efforts - What's The Connection?
How about this rather opinionated Opinion Editorial aka Op-Ed by Gazette columnist Allison Hanes who, by her own admission in the Op-Ed itself, was "longtime colleagues at the Montreal Gazette"?
I am republishing the whole Gazette article with embedded links to the actual underlying facts, and interspersed with my point-by-point rebuttals. This "citizen journalism", as opposed to Alison Hanes' public relations. . . is a work in progress, and it may be updated over the coming hours and days.
:This judgment — acknowledging harassment, but denying criminality — only adds fuel to the fire.
Who knew? Not ALL harassment is of a criminal nature. I am sure that the members of the Resistance and the Partisans who *harassed* Nazis during WWII will be relieved to learn that they are not criminals. Likewise the British fighter pilots who flew up in Hurricanes and Spitfires to *harass* the Luftwaffe bombers heading for London and Coventry etc. are not guilty of "criminal harassment", just ordinary run-of-the-mill "good harassment" as it were. . .
I am republishing the whole Gazette article with embedded links to the actual underlying facts, and interspersed with my point-by-point rebuttals. This "citizen journalism", as opposed to Alison Hanes' public relations. . . is a work in progress, and it may be updated over the coming hours and days.
Hanes on harassment: 'What does your average woman have to do?'
For 20 years, Robin Edgar has followed, filmed and written about Sue Montgomery. A judge has ruled it's harassment, but it's not criminal
:I have not actually "followed" Sue Montgomery, and certainly not for 20 years as Allison Hanes falsely claims, no doubt because she takes her former "longtime colleague at the Montreal Gazette" at her word, without doing any responsible fact-checking. My earliest filming of, and writing about, Sue Montgomery dates back to December 6th, of 2012, and I have no qualms linking to what I wrote about Sue Montgomery and embedding the "body cam" video below:
:I have not actually "followed" Sue Montgomery, and certainly not for 20 years as Allison Hanes falsely claims, no doubt because she takes her former "longtime colleague at the Montreal Gazette" at her word, without doing any responsible fact-checking. My earliest filming of, and writing about, Sue Montgomery dates back to December 6th, of 2012, and I have no qualms linking to what I wrote about Sue Montgomery and embedding the "body cam" video below:
Before Sue Montgomery, it was Diane Rollert.
:The reverend at the Unitarian Church of Montreal said she was repeatedly approached and harangued by the same man a judge last week found harassed Montgomery, the Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough mayor — but not criminally.
This is BS, unless by repeatedly "harangued" Rev. Diane Olenick Rollert means that I repeatedly protested against Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse, and related or other U*U injustices, abuses, and hypocrisy etc., outside the outrageously hypocritical Unitarian "church" that she has been the minister of since the fall of 2006.
This is BS, unless by repeatedly "harangued" Rev. Diane Olenick Rollert means that I repeatedly protested against Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse, and related or other U*U injustices, abuses, and hypocrisy etc., outside the outrageously hypocritical Unitarian "church" that she has been the minister of since the fall of 2006.
:After an incident more than a decade ago that left her badly shaken, Rollert sought a restraining order against Robert Michael Edgar, a.k.a. Robin Edgar, to keep him away from her and her flock.
The incident that allegedly left Rev. Diane Olenick Rollert "badly shaken" was little more than me asking Rev. Diane Rollert if she had received an email that I had sent to her seeking dialogue with her so that I could explain to her why I was protesting etc. I did raise my voice somewhat as she was walking away from me, but only because I felt she needed to hear what I had to say when she was 20-30 feet away from me. The "incident" is described in this The Emerson Avenger blog post that was posted the very same day that it happened.
The incident that allegedly left Rev. Diane Olenick Rollert "badly shaken" was little more than me asking Rev. Diane Rollert if she had received an email that I had sent to her seeking dialogue with her so that I could explain to her why I was protesting etc. I did raise my voice somewhat as she was walking away from me, but only because I felt she needed to hear what I had to say when she was 20-30 feet away from me. The "incident" is described in this The Emerson Avenger blog post that was posted the very same day that it happened.
: “The court granted me, personally, the peace bond after I sat through four hours of being grilled by him when he didn’t have a lawyer,” Rollert said.
: For one year, from about 2008 to 2009, the community was spared the marching, picketing, yelling, filming and sidewalk-chalking Edgar greets men, women and children alike with each Sunday. Rain, shine, snow, hail, he has been demonstrating for more than 20 years outside the church he was once a member of, before a falling out resulted in his expulsion. But the reprieve didn’t last.
The above is "true enough", it describes what is known as "peaceful public protest", but it is not accurate, and it is somewhat misleading in what it does not say. . . I rarely yell during my protests, although I did so last Sunday outside the Lakeshore Unitarian Universalist Congregation with some justification, in 2008-2009 there was very little filming done because I did not have a video capable digital camera that could film video for more than a few minutes at a time. I don't recall protesting during a hail storm. . . This is what is known as "hyperbole" aka "exaggeration".
The above is "true enough", it describes what is known as "peaceful public protest", but it is not accurate, and it is somewhat misleading in what it does not say. . . I rarely yell during my protests, although I did so last Sunday outside the Lakeshore Unitarian Universalist Congregation with some justification, in 2008-2009 there was very little filming done because I did not have a video capable digital camera that could film video for more than a few minutes at a time. I don't recall protesting during a hail storm. . . This is what is known as "hyperbole" aka "exaggeration".
: “He came back the day the peace bond ended,” Rollert said.
This is "true enough". I resumed my peaceful public protest outside the Unitarian "Church" of Montreal the first Sunday after the unjustly granted peace bond expired. I distinctly remember Rev. Diane Rollert coming out of her "church", walking right up to within a few feet of me, and telling me that I had "no right" to be there. Strange behaviour from a woman who obtained a "peace bond" aka "restraining order" against me on the basis of claiming to fear for her personal safety. It seems to me that if Rev. Diane Rollert genuinely feared for her personal safety in the sense of a physical assault on her by Yours Truly, that she would not ever so fearlessly walk right up to me without any "body guard" and (wrongly) tell me that I had "no right" to be protesting against Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse outside her outrageously hypocritical Unitarian "church".
This is "true enough". I resumed my peaceful public protest outside the Unitarian "Church" of Montreal the first Sunday after the unjustly granted peace bond expired. I distinctly remember Rev. Diane Rollert coming out of her "church", walking right up to within a few feet of me, and telling me that I had "no right" to be there. Strange behaviour from a woman who obtained a "peace bond" aka "restraining order" against me on the basis of claiming to fear for her personal safety. It seems to me that if Rev. Diane Rollert genuinely feared for her personal safety in the sense of a physical assault on her by Yours Truly, that she would not ever so fearlessly walk right up to me without any "body guard" and (wrongly) tell me that I had "no right" to be protesting against Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse outside her outrageously hypocritical Unitarian "church".
: Rollert is anxious about what comes next. After Edgar was charged with three counts of criminal harassment against Montgomery in 2017, he was again prevented from his weekly demonstrations outside the church where she is a member. While Edgar was acquitted of the harassment counts, he was earlier found guilty of violating his release conditions. He has a sentencing hearing on June 27.
Yes, I don't doubt that Rev. Diane Rollert is "anxious" about me resuming my peaceful public protest against Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse, and related injustices, abuses, and hypocrisy, such as Unitarian Universalist misuse and abuse of the SPVM police force and Canada's criminal justice system to prevent me from protesting outside the Unitarian "Church" of Montreal and to try to intimidate me into "memory holing" The Emerson Avenger blog post that tell the readily verifiable truth about what the Unitarian Universalist Association's Canadian attorney describes as "such despicable crimes as pedophilia and rape".
Yes, I don't doubt that Rev. Diane Rollert is "anxious" about me resuming my peaceful public protest against Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse, and related injustices, abuses, and hypocrisy, such as Unitarian Universalist misuse and abuse of the SPVM police force and Canada's criminal justice system to prevent me from protesting outside the Unitarian "Church" of Montreal and to try to intimidate me into "memory holing" The Emerson Avenger blog post that tell the readily verifiable truth about what the Unitarian Universalist Association's Canadian attorney describes as "such despicable crimes as pedophilia and rape".
: Depending on the outcome, Rollert fears a nightmare that has gone on for the better part of two decades could resume.
How is a usually very peaceful public protest against Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse, which includes "such despicable crimes as pedophilia and rape" a "nightmare"?
How is a usually very peaceful public protest against Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse, which includes "such despicable crimes as pedophilia and rape" a "nightmare"?
:It’s harassment, but it’s not criminal.
How is peaceful public protest against Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse etc. "harassment"?
How is peaceful public protest against Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse etc. "harassment"?
: That was the stunning conclusion of Quebec Court Judge Flavia Longo in acquitting Edgar. She agreed that following, filming, writing, blogging and tweeting about Montgomery and showing up on her street was indeed harassment.
Again, I do not "follow" Sue Montgomery as in "stalking" her. And I comparatively rarely specifically film her. On the rare occasions that I do specifically film Montreal Unitarian clergy abuse cover-up enabler Sue Montgomery, I have very good reasons to do so. Dare I point out to Montreal Gazette "journalist" Allison Hanes that filming, writing, blogging and tweeting about people is something that professional journalists do, and that there is such a thing as a "citizen journalist" thanks to the fact that "professional journalists" often do not report newsworthy stories that a deserving of some mainstream media news reporting? Heck, I can even assure Allison Hanes, and ALL other "journalists", that there are professional journalists who are MUCH more aggressive at *following* people that they want to film, write, blog and Tweet about than I ever have. . . Has Allison Hanes given the slightest thought about the legal implications for professional journalists of judge Flavia Longo (allegedly according to Allison Hanes) ruling that "following, filming, writing, blogging and tweeting" about a person constitutes "harassment", albeit thankfully not "criminal harassment"? If professional journalists can engage in "following, filming, writing, blogging and tweeting" about corrupt politicians etc. why can't I, or ANY other Canadian citizen?
:But she found Montgomery failed to show she was scared enough — an element of the Criminal Code definition of harassment — so Longo let him off.
Not exactly. . .
Quebec Court judge Flavia Longo found that self-described "tough cookie", Montreal Unitarian clergy abuse cover-up enabler, and Valérie Plante's first choice for Deputy Mayor of Montreal, Sue Montgomery showed no signs of fear whatsoever, which is entirely consistent with a person who is on public record as saying “I am a tough cookie.” In fact, in a relatively polite and restrained manner, judge Flavia Longo ruled that Sue Montgomery had effectively lied to her about her kicking and throwing of my picket signs on Sunday March 18, 2018, while she was under a solemn oath to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Something that seems to be exceedingly difficult for an apparent pathological liar like Montreal Unitarian clergy abuse cover-up enabler Sue Montgomery to do. . .
Again, I do not "follow" Sue Montgomery as in "stalking" her. And I comparatively rarely specifically film her. On the rare occasions that I do specifically film Montreal Unitarian clergy abuse cover-up enabler Sue Montgomery, I have very good reasons to do so. Dare I point out to Montreal Gazette "journalist" Allison Hanes that filming, writing, blogging and tweeting about people is something that professional journalists do, and that there is such a thing as a "citizen journalist" thanks to the fact that "professional journalists" often do not report newsworthy stories that a deserving of some mainstream media news reporting? Heck, I can even assure Allison Hanes, and ALL other "journalists", that there are professional journalists who are MUCH more aggressive at *following* people that they want to film, write, blog and Tweet about than I ever have. . . Has Allison Hanes given the slightest thought about the legal implications for professional journalists of judge Flavia Longo (allegedly according to Allison Hanes) ruling that "following, filming, writing, blogging and tweeting" about a person constitutes "harassment", albeit thankfully not "criminal harassment"? If professional journalists can engage in "following, filming, writing, blogging and tweeting" about corrupt politicians etc. why can't I, or ANY other Canadian citizen?
:But she found Montgomery failed to show she was scared enough — an element of the Criminal Code definition of harassment — so Longo let him off.
Not exactly. . .
Quebec Court judge Flavia Longo found that self-described "tough cookie", Montreal Unitarian clergy abuse cover-up enabler, and Valérie Plante's first choice for Deputy Mayor of Montreal, Sue Montgomery showed no signs of fear whatsoever, which is entirely consistent with a person who is on public record as saying “I am a tough cookie.” In fact, in a relatively polite and restrained manner, judge Flavia Longo ruled that Sue Montgomery had effectively lied to her about her kicking and throwing of my picket signs on Sunday March 18, 2018, while she was under a solemn oath to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Something that seems to be exceedingly difficult for an apparent pathological liar like Montreal Unitarian clergy abuse cover-up enabler Sue Montgomery to do. . .
:It’s a twist of logic that raises troubling questions about the justice system’s ability to protect women in the wake of #MeToo, the hashtag for the social movement that has exposed authorities’ reluctance to believe sexual assault complaints and tendency to shame and blame victims.
How ironic that I have been protesting against the reluctance of Unitarian Universalist church "authorities" to believe clergy sexual misconduct complaints, and the tendency of not only "church" authorities, but Unitarian Universalists more generally. . . to shame and blame victims of clergy abuse, whether it be clergy sex abuse, or non-sexual forms of clergy abuse such as verbal abuse and psychological abuse. Here is a U*UTube video of Montreal Unitarian #ChildSexAbuse cover-up enabler David Horan "shaming and blaming" Yours Truly after I caught him erasing my chalk slogans protesting against the cover-up and denial of child sex abuse committed by UUA clergy by top level UUA leaders like former UUA President Rev. Dr. Peter Morales, UUA Executive *Vice* Presdident Kathleen "Kay" Montgomery, and UUA Moderator Jim Key.
How ironic that I have been protesting against the reluctance of Unitarian Universalist church "authorities" to believe clergy sexual misconduct complaints, and the tendency of not only "church" authorities, but Unitarian Universalists more generally. . . to shame and blame victims of clergy abuse, whether it be clergy sex abuse, or non-sexual forms of clergy abuse such as verbal abuse and psychological abuse. Here is a U*UTube video of Montreal Unitarian #ChildSexAbuse cover-up enabler David Horan "shaming and blaming" Yours Truly after I caught him erasing my chalk slogans protesting against the cover-up and denial of child sex abuse committed by UUA clergy by top level UUA leaders like former UUA President Rev. Dr. Peter Morales, UUA Executive *Vice* Presdident Kathleen "Kay" Montgomery, and UUA Moderator Jim Key.
:This judgment — acknowledging harassment, but denying criminality — only adds fuel to the fire.
Who knew? Not ALL harassment is of a criminal nature. I am sure that the members of the Resistance and the Partisans who *harassed* Nazis during WWII will be relieved to learn that they are not criminals. Likewise the British fighter pilots who flew up in Hurricanes and Spitfires to *harass* the Luftwaffe bombers heading for London and Coventry etc. are not guilty of "criminal harassment", just ordinary run-of-the-mill "good harassment" as it were. . .
:“Am I supposed to cower and run away? Do I have to be a damsel in distress?” Montgomery wondered. “We’re telling young women to stand up for themselves and young people to stand up to bullies. What message does this send?”
: The message it sends is that Quebec Court judge Flavia Longo seems to think that it's OK for middle-aged men to stand up for themselves and stand their ground when arrogant and contemptuous Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse cover-up enabling bullies like Sue Montgomery go out of their way to *harass* them and intimidate them. . . The message it sends that that Montreal Unitarian clergy abuse cover-up enabler Sue Montgomery should think twice about minimizing aka lying in sworn testimony. And yes, if someone genuinely did fear for their personal safety, especially if someone genuinely feared that another person is likely to murder them, as "tough cookie" Sue Montgomery dubiously claims in her slanderous fear-mongering suggesting that I am the next Valery Fabrikant, or Marc Lepine, or Richard Bain, that it may not be necessary to "cower and run away", but it is "less than wise" to very deliberately go out of one's way to approach that alleged future mass-murderer and seek to provoke them to anger. Someone like that might actually assault you or even kill you. No? It's much more advisable to simply choose a different route to one's church to avoid any close physical confrontation if one can.
:Needless to say, Montgomery is no shrinking violet.
Needless to say. . .
In fact, Montreal Unitarian clergy abuse cover-up enabler, former Gazette "Justice Reporter, and former Deputy Mayor of Montreal, Sue Montgomery publicly told Montreal voters that she is a "tough cookie" who "isn't afraid of anyone" during the Montreal municipal election campaign in October 2017. In fact, she made that claim during a CDN NDG mayoralty debate within minutes of claiming that asking a question to all three mayoralty candidates, and video recording how it was responded by them, constituted "harassment" of her, allegedly because she is a woman.
Sue Montgomery is also on public record as claiming, "I am not intimidated by anyone." in this "journalism" of one Samir Ben, or would it be public relations?
"Je suis forte. Je ne suis intimidée par personne. Je suis une femme d’action. Mon travail de journaliste m’a permis d’être sur le terrain avec les gens."
Quite evidently Montreal Unitarian clergy abuse cover-up enabler Sue Montgomery is "forte" aka strong enough to kick and throw my picket signs protesting against her religion's cover-up, and even official denial, of "such despicable crimes as pedophilia and rape" into the street. It is abundantly obvious that Valérie Plante's "tough cookie" Deputy Mayor Sue Montgomery is indeed NOT the least bit intimidated by the person known as Robin Edgar aka The Emerson Avenger in this U*UTube video of Sue Montgomery's FAILed attempt to suppress my legitimate peaceful public protest against Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse by trying to get me arrested for breach of conditions on Sunday March 18, 2018. Sue Montgomery truly is "a woman of action" in these videos, to say nothing of being quite the "woman of action" when it comes to persuading dozens of her incompetent and-or UNethical journalist colleagues aka cronies in the mainstream media to publish slanderous fear-mongering #FakeNews reports about Yours Truly. . .
(Full disclosure: We were longtime colleagues at the Montreal Gazette).
: Who would have thought?
I seem to recall phoning The Gazette's City Desk when Alison Hanes was manning it on several different occasions, to try to get The Gazette to responsibly report on newsworthy stories about Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse cover-up efforts, local or international, only to have Alison Hanes come up with all kinds of lame excuses for not assigning a Gazette "journalist" to report the story. . .
: As a survivor of both childhood sexual abuse and sexual assault as an adult, she won’t be silenced.
LOL! I'm not trying to silence Montreal Unitarian clergy abuse cover-up enabler Sue Montgomery, au contraire, I am trying to get her to talk about Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse, clergy abuse cover-up and denial, and related injustices amd abuses. I've asked Sue to report newsworthy stories on several different occasions, going back as far as December 2000 when I was arrested for allegedly violating section 176.3 of the Canadian Criminal Code. I'm not even trying all that hard to silence the slanderous fear-mongering that Sue Montgomery has been engaging in for some time now, but I suppose I had better get around to that before I am assaulted or murdered by some misguided "champion" of a certain "damsel in distress".
: In 2014, she helped launch the hashtag #BeenRapedNeverReported, a precursor to #MeToo, which revealed the staggering number of women who are assaulted, abused, raped and violated compared with the small fraction of assailants ever held to account.
Funny how #BeenRapedNEVERreported hashtag co-founder Sue Montgomery SO obstinately refuses to talk about the number of women assaulted, abused, raped and violated by abusive Unitarian Universalist ministers, compared with the small fraction of UUA ministers ever held to account for the clergy sexual misconduct aka clergy sex abuse by the UUA's ever so aptly named Ministerial *Fellowship* Committee. . . What's Sue's excuse for not only her continued silence about U*U clergy sex abuse of all kinds, but her continued "less than credible" outright denial of ANY abuse whatsoever in the Unitarian "church"? I've been asking Sue to *report* on that, amongst some other issues, for well over a decade now. . .
:It’s just not worth it in a justice system where a victim’s every move is judged — what she wore, what she said, how she responded in the aftermath — while the accused is given the benefit of the doubt.
I don't think Quebec Court judge said anything about what Sue Montgomery wore when she ever so fearlessly and determinedly made her way to the Unitarian "Church" of Montreal on Sunday March 18th, 2018, to try to provoke me into communicating with her so that she could then get me arrested for breach of conditions which prohibit me from communicating with her.
: The message it sends is that Quebec Court judge Flavia Longo seems to think that it's OK for middle-aged men to stand up for themselves and stand their ground when arrogant and contemptuous Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse cover-up enabling bullies like Sue Montgomery go out of their way to *harass* them and intimidate them. . . The message it sends that that Montreal Unitarian clergy abuse cover-up enabler Sue Montgomery should think twice about minimizing aka lying in sworn testimony. And yes, if someone genuinely did fear for their personal safety, especially if someone genuinely feared that another person is likely to murder them, as "tough cookie" Sue Montgomery dubiously claims in her slanderous fear-mongering suggesting that I am the next Valery Fabrikant, or Marc Lepine, or Richard Bain, that it may not be necessary to "cower and run away", but it is "less than wise" to very deliberately go out of one's way to approach that alleged future mass-murderer and seek to provoke them to anger. Someone like that might actually assault you or even kill you. No? It's much more advisable to simply choose a different route to one's church to avoid any close physical confrontation if one can.
:Needless to say, Montgomery is no shrinking violet.
Needless to say. . .
In fact, Montreal Unitarian clergy abuse cover-up enabler, former Gazette "Justice Reporter, and former Deputy Mayor of Montreal, Sue Montgomery publicly told Montreal voters that she is a "tough cookie" who "isn't afraid of anyone" during the Montreal municipal election campaign in October 2017. In fact, she made that claim during a CDN NDG mayoralty debate within minutes of claiming that asking a question to all three mayoralty candidates, and video recording how it was responded by them, constituted "harassment" of her, allegedly because she is a woman.
Sue Montgomery is also on public record as claiming, "I am not intimidated by anyone." in this "journalism" of one Samir Ben, or would it be public relations?
"Je suis forte. Je ne suis intimidée par personne. Je suis une femme d’action. Mon travail de journaliste m’a permis d’être sur le terrain avec les gens."
Quite evidently Montreal Unitarian clergy abuse cover-up enabler Sue Montgomery is "forte" aka strong enough to kick and throw my picket signs protesting against her religion's cover-up, and even official denial, of "such despicable crimes as pedophilia and rape" into the street. It is abundantly obvious that Valérie Plante's "tough cookie" Deputy Mayor Sue Montgomery is indeed NOT the least bit intimidated by the person known as Robin Edgar aka The Emerson Avenger in this U*UTube video of Sue Montgomery's FAILed attempt to suppress my legitimate peaceful public protest against Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse by trying to get me arrested for breach of conditions on Sunday March 18, 2018. Sue Montgomery truly is "a woman of action" in these videos, to say nothing of being quite the "woman of action" when it comes to persuading dozens of her incompetent and-or UNethical journalist colleagues aka cronies in the mainstream media to publish slanderous fear-mongering #FakeNews reports about Yours Truly. . .
: Who would have thought?
I seem to recall phoning The Gazette's City Desk when Alison Hanes was manning it on several different occasions, to try to get The Gazette to responsibly report on newsworthy stories about Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse cover-up efforts, local or international, only to have Alison Hanes come up with all kinds of lame excuses for not assigning a Gazette "journalist" to report the story. . .
: As a survivor of both childhood sexual abuse and sexual assault as an adult, she won’t be silenced.
LOL! I'm not trying to silence Montreal Unitarian clergy abuse cover-up enabler Sue Montgomery, au contraire, I am trying to get her to talk about Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse, clergy abuse cover-up and denial, and related injustices amd abuses. I've asked Sue to report newsworthy stories on several different occasions, going back as far as December 2000 when I was arrested for allegedly violating section 176.3 of the Canadian Criminal Code. I'm not even trying all that hard to silence the slanderous fear-mongering that Sue Montgomery has been engaging in for some time now, but I suppose I had better get around to that before I am assaulted or murdered by some misguided "champion" of a certain "damsel in distress".
: In 2014, she helped launch the hashtag #BeenRapedNeverReported, a precursor to #MeToo, which revealed the staggering number of women who are assaulted, abused, raped and violated compared with the small fraction of assailants ever held to account.
Funny how #BeenRapedNEVERreported hashtag co-founder Sue Montgomery SO obstinately refuses to talk about the number of women assaulted, abused, raped and violated by abusive Unitarian Universalist ministers, compared with the small fraction of UUA ministers ever held to account for the clergy sexual misconduct aka clergy sex abuse by the UUA's ever so aptly named Ministerial *Fellowship* Committee. . . What's Sue's excuse for not only her continued silence about U*U clergy sex abuse of all kinds, but her continued "less than credible" outright denial of ANY abuse whatsoever in the Unitarian "church"? I've been asking Sue to *report* on that, amongst some other issues, for well over a decade now. . .
:It’s just not worth it in a justice system where a victim’s every move is judged — what she wore, what she said, how she responded in the aftermath — while the accused is given the benefit of the doubt.
I don't think Quebec Court judge said anything about what Sue Montgomery wore when she ever so fearlessly and determinedly made her way to the Unitarian "Church" of Montreal on Sunday March 18th, 2018, to try to provoke me into communicating with her so that she could then get me arrested for breach of conditions which prohibit me from communicating with her.
:Criminal harassment cases, it seems, are no different.
Wow! So now I am being compared to a rapist by Alison Hanes and-or Sue Montgomery, as if it wasn't bad enough being smeared as a potential mass murderer. . .
Wow! So now I am being compared to a rapist by Alison Hanes and-or Sue Montgomery, as if it wasn't bad enough being smeared as a potential mass murderer. . .
:“I’m a person of privilege. I’m a white, professional woman and a public figure,” Montgomery said. “But what about other women? What does your average woman have to do?”
Well it certainly is quite refreshing, and even gratifying, to see Montreal Unitarian clergy abuse cover-up enabler Sue Montgomery describing herself as "a person of privilege" and "a white, professional woman and a public figure", because she is most certainly more than a little bit privileged in her ability to somehow persuade a "less than competent" SPVM sergeant detective to order my arrest me for alleged criminal harassment, when she has little or no reasonable grounds to fear for her safety, assuming that Sue genuinely fears for her safety at all. . .
: True to form, she is channelling her disappointment into a new fight. She has already written to the Crown urging an appeal in hopes the Supreme Court of Canada might one day rethink the “fear factor.” And she is ready to press the federal government to modernize the law for the social media and #MeToo era.
LOL! Sue is ready to press the federal government to "modernize" the law so that it can be more easily used to repress the Charter Rights and freedoms of people engaging in legitimate public criticism of public figures, peaceful public protest, "citizen journalism", and other whistleblowing etc. Apparently Allison Hanes, and a whole lot of other willfgully ignorant Montreal "journalists", are foolishly oblivious to how that "modernized" criminal harassment law could be used to silence *professional* "journalists". Maybe Alison Hanes should read this redacted aka "memory holed" excerpt from this CJFE Alert.
Well it certainly is quite refreshing, and even gratifying, to see Montreal Unitarian clergy abuse cover-up enabler Sue Montgomery describing herself as "a person of privilege" and "a white, professional woman and a public figure", because she is most certainly more than a little bit privileged in her ability to somehow persuade a "less than competent" SPVM sergeant detective to order my arrest me for alleged criminal harassment, when she has little or no reasonable grounds to fear for her safety, assuming that Sue genuinely fears for her safety at all. . .
: True to form, she is channelling her disappointment into a new fight. She has already written to the Crown urging an appeal in hopes the Supreme Court of Canada might one day rethink the “fear factor.” And she is ready to press the federal government to modernize the law for the social media and #MeToo era.
LOL! Sue is ready to press the federal government to "modernize" the law so that it can be more easily used to repress the Charter Rights and freedoms of people engaging in legitimate public criticism of public figures, peaceful public protest, "citizen journalism", and other whistleblowing etc. Apparently Allison Hanes, and a whole lot of other willfgully ignorant Montreal "journalists", are foolishly oblivious to how that "modernized" criminal harassment law could be used to silence *professional* "journalists". Maybe Alison Hanes should read this redacted aka "memory holed" excerpt from this CJFE Alert.
: “It’s not just for me, but for all victims of harassment,” Montgomery said. “I don’t really back down on these things. It just makes me want to fight harder.”
LOL! Apparently Montreal Unitarian clergy abuse cover-up enabler Sue Montgomery has yet to figure out that *I* don’t really back down on these things. It just makes me want to fight harder. . .
LOL! Apparently Montreal Unitarian clergy abuse cover-up enabler Sue Montgomery has yet to figure out that *I* don’t really back down on these things. It just makes me want to fight harder. . .
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: Is the law an ass, as the saying goes? Or did Judge Longo fall into the trap of holding the victim to a higher standard than the accused?
The law IS an ass, and so is Montreal U*U Sue Montgomery. . . for SO UNethically, and SO cynically and indeed foolishly attempting to abusively misuse Canada's criminal harassment law in a malicious prosecution that was quite obviously intended to suppress my ability to ask Sue Montgomery, or any other Montreal politician, "tough questions" about Sue's past and ongoing complicity in Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse cover-up efforts.
The law IS an ass, and so is Montreal U*U Sue Montgomery. . . for SO UNethically, and SO cynically and indeed foolishly attempting to abusively misuse Canada's criminal harassment law in a malicious prosecution that was quite obviously intended to suppress my ability to ask Sue Montgomery, or any other Montreal politician, "tough questions" about Sue's past and ongoing complicity in Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse cover-up efforts.
: In the part of her decision applying the law to the facts of the case, Longo devoted nearly as many paragraphs to assessing Edgar’s behaviour as to Montgomery’s actions — 15 versus 14, by my count. The complainant’s credibility was dissected in great detail based largely on videos filmed by Edgar. So the judge examined Montgomery through his lens.
LOL! The judge examined Montgomery through what my cameras lens saw and recorded. I had minimal influence over what the camera other than to ensure that it recorded Sue Montgomery's highly questionable attempt to suppress my peaceful public protest against clergy abuse on Sunday March 18, 2018.
LOL! The judge examined Montgomery through what my cameras lens saw and recorded. I had minimal influence over what the camera other than to ensure that it recorded Sue Montgomery's highly questionable attempt to suppress my peaceful public protest against clergy abuse on Sunday March 18, 2018.
: The verdict also hinges on one particular incident in the lengthy ordeal, where Montgomery lost her cool and kicked Edgar’s protest signs outside her church.
The camera shows that Sue Montgomery did not "lose her cool" when she quite contemptuously (dare I say "cooly"?) kicked and threw my protest signs into the street. Perhaps Alison Hanes can asked #BeenRapedNEVERreported hashtag co-counder Sue Montgomery exactly why she was, and still is. . . helping the Unitarian Universalist "religion" to suppress my protest against U*U clergy abuse which includes, but is by no means limited to, "such despicable crimes as pedophilia and rape". . . I'm curious to know thayt answer to *that* question.
The camera shows that Sue Montgomery did not "lose her cool" when she quite contemptuously (dare I say "cooly"?) kicked and threw my protest signs into the street. Perhaps Alison Hanes can asked #BeenRapedNEVERreported hashtag co-counder Sue Montgomery exactly why she was, and still is. . . helping the Unitarian Universalist "religion" to suppress my protest against U*U clergy abuse which includes, but is by no means limited to, "such despicable crimes as pedophilia and rape". . . I'm curious to know thayt answer to *that* question.
: “The court interprets this as an attempt to provoke the accused,” Longo wrote.
So do I, and so will most people who view the video in question. . .
So do I, and so will most people who view the video in question. . .
: “She remained close to the accused for eight minutes while waiting for police to arrive. (My emphasis.)
LOL! Alison Hanes is emphasizing She, and She alone?!!
LOL! Alison Hanes is emphasizing She, and She alone?!!
: “She minimized her description of her true actions.
: “Her face and body language did not exhibit signs of fright.”
: There is barely a word criticizing or admonishing Edgar over the harassment. But Montgomery isn’t the perfect victim, so the harasser is off the hook.
Indeed Sue Montgomery isn’t the perfect victim, she's the perfect *tool* the Unitarian Universalist "church" can use to distract attention away from it's serious clergy sex abuse problem. . .
Indeed Sue Montgomery isn’t the perfect victim, she's the perfect *tool* the Unitarian Universalist "church" can use to distract attention away from it's serious clergy sex abuse problem. . .
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: Not all judges have taken Edgar’s conduct so lightly. While Longo closed the book on 20 years in nine pages, Quebec Court Judge Dennis Galiatsos took a much deeper look at Edgar’s behaviour in the ruling that found he had violated his condition not to communicate with Montgomery by showing up at city council to ask questions about her.
: “The accused used the question-period setting as a ruse to get around his communication prohibition. In that sense, his mens rea went beyond recklessness. The Court finds actual, calculated intent,” Galiatsos wrote. “This shows an extreme — and alarming — level of persistence and relentlessness.”
Nevertheless *he* persisted?
What a terrible heinous crime it was for me to dare to ask Sue Montgomery's number one enabler, Montréal mayor Valérie Plante, for her opinion of her Deputy Mayor's highly questionable behaviour of March 18, 2018, during the Public Questions Period of the March Montreal city council meeting. In fact, there was no "ruse" involved. I had asked my lawyer to get my court conditions reduced enough to be able to participate in the Public Questions Period of Montreal city council meetings, and be able to ask Montreal politicians questions about Sue Montgomery's highly UNethical behaviour, and he assured me that he had done so. Apparently there was some problematic jurisprudence that he was unaware of, but it is also possible that judge Dennis Galiatsos, who one veteran Montreal criminal defense lawyer descrivbes as "a hanging judge", made a mistake in ruling that I had communicated with Sue Montgomery when she was not even in the council chambers when I asked Valérie Plante what she though of this. Needless to say, I am appealing that questionable ruling.
Nevertheless *he* persisted?
What a terrible heinous crime it was for me to dare to ask Sue Montgomery's number one enabler, Montréal mayor Valérie Plante, for her opinion of her Deputy Mayor's highly questionable behaviour of March 18, 2018, during the Public Questions Period of the March Montreal city council meeting. In fact, there was no "ruse" involved. I had asked my lawyer to get my court conditions reduced enough to be able to participate in the Public Questions Period of Montreal city council meetings, and be able to ask Montreal politicians questions about Sue Montgomery's highly UNethical behaviour, and he assured me that he had done so. Apparently there was some problematic jurisprudence that he was unaware of, but it is also possible that judge Dennis Galiatsos, who one veteran Montreal criminal defense lawyer descrivbes as "a hanging judge", made a mistake in ruling that I had communicated with Sue Montgomery when she was not even in the council chambers when I asked Valérie Plante what she though of this. Needless to say, I am appealing that questionable ruling.
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: After his acquittal on the harassment charges, Edgar told journalists he plans to continue his protests and return to city council meetings.
What a nefarious crime. Continuing a protest against Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse, which includes, pedophilia and rape, and various other U*U injustices, abuses, and hypocrisy. What a terrible crime returning to city council meetings to ask Montreal politicians any number of legitimate questions, including questions about Sue Montgomery's highly questionable abusive misuse of Canada's criminal harassment law in a deeply misguided malicious prosecution whose primary goal was to prevent me from askingh questions at city council meetings, and prevent me from protesting against clergy abuse etc. outside the Unitarian "Church" of Montreal.
What a nefarious crime. Continuing a protest against Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse, which includes, pedophilia and rape, and various other U*U injustices, abuses, and hypocrisy. What a terrible crime returning to city council meetings to ask Montreal politicians any number of legitimate questions, including questions about Sue Montgomery's highly questionable abusive misuse of Canada's criminal harassment law in a deeply misguided malicious prosecution whose primary goal was to prevent me from askingh questions at city council meetings, and prevent me from protesting against clergy abuse etc. outside the Unitarian "Church" of Montreal.
: “Everything I’m doing in terms of Sue Montgomery is perfectly legitimate,” he said.
Indeed it is as far as I am concerned.
Indeed it is as far as I am concerned.
: Montgomery must continue to look over her shoulder.
No, Sue Montgomery must not continue to look over her shoulder, because I have no intention whatsoever of causing her (or anyone else) the slightest physical harm. I just intend to continue to expose and denounce Sue Montgomery's past and ongoing complicity in Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse cover-up efforts until she accepts responsibly for her role in U*U clergy abuse cover-up efforts and stops being complicit in them. Sue Montgomery could have been an ally years ago, she chose instead to aid and abet Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse cover-up and denial, and she is still doin so, indeed she has raised the ante to an insanely high level now. . .
No, Sue Montgomery must not continue to look over her shoulder, because I have no intention whatsoever of causing her (or anyone else) the slightest physical harm. I just intend to continue to expose and denounce Sue Montgomery's past and ongoing complicity in Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse cover-up efforts until she accepts responsibly for her role in U*U clergy abuse cover-up efforts and stops being complicit in them. Sue Montgomery could have been an ally years ago, she chose instead to aid and abet Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse cover-up and denial, and she is still doin so, indeed she has raised the ante to an insanely high level now. . .
: Rollert and the Unitarian Church community, too, are bracing for the fallout.
LOL! They know what the fallout" will be, a resumption of my very legitmate peaceful public protest, that will continue until such a time as the very serious issues I am protesting against are responsible addressed, and ALL victims of ALL forms of Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse, sexual abuse and otherwise, finally receive a modicum of "justice, equity and compassion" from the Unitarian Univeralist "religion".
LOL! They know what the fallout" will be, a resumption of my very legitmate peaceful public protest, that will continue until such a time as the very serious issues I am protesting against are responsible addressed, and ALL victims of ALL forms of Unitarian Universalist clergy abuse, sexual abuse and otherwise, finally receive a modicum of "justice, equity and compassion" from the Unitarian Univeralist "religion".
: “The only defence we have is many years of ongoing patience,” she said.
LOL! More like many years, indeed almost a quarter century. . . of ongoing clergy abuse cover-up and denial, and various other injustices, abuses, and hypocrisy.
LOL! More like many years, indeed almost a quarter century. . . of ongoing clergy abuse cover-up and denial, and various other injustices, abuses, and hypocrisy.
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