For some months now, I have poured my thoughts, my feelings, and my emotions into sharing with you the story of my abuse. It has been liberating and it has been pain-filled. Each of these posts, particularly those in which I retell the details of my seduction, manipulation, coercion, and physical handling, pulls me... pulls my heart and my sensibilities apart. As I relive these moments, the moments that are my boyhood, I am thrown back through time, through visceral time. The mind of a man dealing with the emotions and the nervous system of that boy.
If you have ever lost a loved one, someone particularly close to you, maybe you understand. Maybe you know that feeling that, when you begin to talk about them, wells up in your stomach and rushes into your throat. Suddenly, and seemingly out of nowhere, the tears come. You can feel them as they swamp your eyes. Your chest heaves and it all pours out in a gasp that you are unable to suppress. That is what happens when I recount these intimate details of my relationship with Dr. William P. Garvey. It is happening now.
Sure there are times, when I am editorializing, that I punch at the keys as my resentment and anger rush to mind faster than I can hammer the words out. But more often, there are times like now, when I cry, and my chest does heave, and my tears drip down my face, and I gently push at the keyboard, ever so lightly pressing each key because that something, that sentiment that I'm feeling, is mine. A pure unedited response, it is purely mine. And it is precious. And It is so fragile, so hurtful, so sad, that that is all I can do to protect it. To protect me.
I have tried, over the course of the last few months, to begin to deal with this something. This something that was pushed on me. This something that I did not ask for. That I have buried deep inside of me. I can't shed it and I cannot outrun it. The sheer strength and physical nature of my reactions now, decades later, tell me that Garvey did things to me that are so wrong, so powerfully wrong, that he has changed me forever. In ways I'll never know.
I do know this. In my chest, in my heart, I carry a cloud. I carry a cloud that is the pent-up deluge of years of denial. Denial of acknowledging the acts and emotions, dealing with the feelings and doubts, thrust upon me by William P. Garvey. It is a cloud ready to gush at the very mention, or fleeting image. A cloud that heaves and bursts when I talk to you. And after, for a while, I feel better. There is no rainbow but, for a while, there is release. And there is calm.
Please, this is not a plea for sympathy. If anything, it is a statement of understanding... and inclusion. It is lonely in this place. This place of hurt and downpour. The hurt that is my past, our past, and the downpour that is my present, our present, with William P. Garvey. Lonely, yes. I understand. Alone, no.
predafile@hotmail.com
I will talk about my boyhood sexual molestation by my grade school basketball coach, Dr. William P. Garvey, who until recently was the president of Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA. I hope relating my experience will help us all get to the truth of what this man did, for decades, to so many of us. I encourage others to speak out in this forum about their abuse, reach out for help, and realize that we are not alone and have nothing of which to be ashamed. NO MORE VICTIMS.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Sunday, September 18, 2005
Mercyhurst Board of Trustees
The following is the list of the Mercyhurst College Board of Trustees that appeared in the Erie Daily Times-News 9/9/05:
Mercyhurst Board
Mercyhurst College has 32 members on its board of trustees. Trustees are elected to four-year terms and can be elected to additional four-year terms without limit.
OFFICERS
Chairwoman of the board
Marlene Mosco
President, PNC Bank, northwest Pennsylvania region
Erie
Elected chairwoman in June 2004. Term expires June 2006 as an officer, December 2008 as a trustee.
Vice chairman
Bruce Raimy
Partner, JGB Consulting
Erie
Term expires June 2006 as officer, June 2008 as trustee.
Secretary
Robert Miller
Chairman, NE Foods Inc.
North East
Term expires June 2006 as officer, June 2009 as trustee.
Assistant secretary
Sister Lisa Mary McCartney, RSM, Ph.D.
Vice president and designee of the Sisters of Mercy, Regional Community of Erie
Erie
Term expires June 2006 as officer, June 2008 as trustee by virtue of office.
TRUSTEES
Mary Ann Baldauf
Director and shareholder, Times Publishing Company, which owns the Erie Times-News
Erie
Term expires June 2009.
Randall Clemons, Ph.D.
President, Faculty Senate, Mercyhurst College
Erie
Term expires April 2007.Serves by virtue of office.
Sister JoAnne Courneen, RSM
Director of finance, Mercy International Centre
Dublin, Ireland
Term expires June 2008.
On leave of absence as of September 2004.
Charles A. Dailey
President, Dailey Enterprises
Erie
Term expires June 2009.
Vernon Dobbs, Ph.D.
Retired director, Erie County Assistance Office,
State Department of Public Welfare
Fairview
Term expires June 2008.
Rosemary Durkin
Attorney, Stark and Stark Law Firm
Philadelphia
Term expires June 2009.
Sister Mary Felice Duska, RSM
Manager, Mercy Terrace Apartments
Erie
Term expires December 2006.
Thomas Gamble, Ph.D.
Chairman, College Council
Vice president of academic affairs, Mercyhurst College
Erie
Serves by virtue of office.
Elizabeth Greenleaf
Mercyhurst College alumna
Meadville
Term expires October 2008.
Myron Jones
Former owner, JET Broadcasting Co.
Erie
Term expires June 2007.
Charles Knight
Principal, Schaffner, Knight Minnaugh & Co.
Erie
Term expires June 2006.
Richard Lanzillo
Attorney and partner, Knox, McLaughlin, Gornall & Sennett
Erie
Term expires June 2007.
F. Brady Louis
Chairman, President's Associates
Mercyhurst College
Retired executive, WQLN
Erie
Serves by virtue of office.
Michael Malpiedi
President, Mercyhurst College Alumni Association
Vice president, NextMedia Radio
Erie
Serves by virtue of office.
Dennis Marin
President and chief executive, Wedgewood Investors Inc.
Erie
Term expires June 2007.
Owen McCormick
President and chief executive, Joseph McCormick Construction Co.
Erie
Term expires June 2006.
Michael McQuillen, Ph.D.
President, Mercyhurst College
Erie
Serves by virtue of office.
Helen Mullen, Ed.D.
Retired administrator, Robert Morris University
Moon Township
Term expires June 2009.
Sister Maria O'Connor, RSM, Ph.D.
Pastoral minister, St. George Catholic Church
Erie
Term expires June 2007.
Gary Renaud
Chief executive, Erie Steel Products
Erie
Term expires June 2006.
William Sennett
Attorney, of counsel, Knox, McLaughlin, Gornall & Sennett
Erie
Term expires December 2008.
Sister Maura Smith, RSM, Ed.D.
Consultant, Mercyhurst Civic Institute
Outreach coordinator, Sisters of Mercy, Erie region
Erie
Term expires December 2008.
Monsignor L. Thomas Snyderwine, Ed.D.
Pastor, St. Luke Catholic Church
Erie
Term expires June 2008.
Doris Stackpole
St. Marys
Term expires December 2008.
Jane Theuerkauf
President, Jane Theuerkauf Designs
Erie
Term expires December 2008.
Frank Victor
Partner, Victor Foundation
Erie
Term expires June 2008.
Barrett Walker, D.D.S.
Retired dentist and private investor
Erie
Term expires June 2007.
Kathleen Zurn
President, Bright Sky Properties
Erie
Term expires June 2009.
predafile@hotmail.com
Mercyhurst Board
Mercyhurst College has 32 members on its board of trustees. Trustees are elected to four-year terms and can be elected to additional four-year terms without limit.
OFFICERS
Chairwoman of the board
Marlene Mosco
President, PNC Bank, northwest Pennsylvania region
Erie
Elected chairwoman in June 2004. Term expires June 2006 as an officer, December 2008 as a trustee.
Vice chairman
Bruce Raimy
Partner, JGB Consulting
Erie
Term expires June 2006 as officer, June 2008 as trustee.
Secretary
Robert Miller
Chairman, NE Foods Inc.
North East
Term expires June 2006 as officer, June 2009 as trustee.
Assistant secretary
Sister Lisa Mary McCartney, RSM, Ph.D.
Vice president and designee of the Sisters of Mercy, Regional Community of Erie
Erie
Term expires June 2006 as officer, June 2008 as trustee by virtue of office.
TRUSTEES
Mary Ann Baldauf
Director and shareholder, Times Publishing Company, which owns the Erie Times-News
Erie
Term expires June 2009.
Randall Clemons, Ph.D.
President, Faculty Senate, Mercyhurst College
Erie
Term expires April 2007.Serves by virtue of office.
Sister JoAnne Courneen, RSM
Director of finance, Mercy International Centre
Dublin, Ireland
Term expires June 2008.
On leave of absence as of September 2004.
Charles A. Dailey
President, Dailey Enterprises
Erie
Term expires June 2009.
Vernon Dobbs, Ph.D.
Retired director, Erie County Assistance Office,
State Department of Public Welfare
Fairview
Term expires June 2008.
Rosemary Durkin
Attorney, Stark and Stark Law Firm
Philadelphia
Term expires June 2009.
Sister Mary Felice Duska, RSM
Manager, Mercy Terrace Apartments
Erie
Term expires December 2006.
Thomas Gamble, Ph.D.
Chairman, College Council
Vice president of academic affairs, Mercyhurst College
Erie
Serves by virtue of office.
Elizabeth Greenleaf
Mercyhurst College alumna
Meadville
Term expires October 2008.
Myron Jones
Former owner, JET Broadcasting Co.
Erie
Term expires June 2007.
Charles Knight
Principal, Schaffner, Knight Minnaugh & Co.
Erie
Term expires June 2006.
Richard Lanzillo
Attorney and partner, Knox, McLaughlin, Gornall & Sennett
Erie
Term expires June 2007.
F. Brady Louis
Chairman, President's Associates
Mercyhurst College
Retired executive, WQLN
Erie
Serves by virtue of office.
Michael Malpiedi
President, Mercyhurst College Alumni Association
Vice president, NextMedia Radio
Erie
Serves by virtue of office.
Dennis Marin
President and chief executive, Wedgewood Investors Inc.
Erie
Term expires June 2007.
Owen McCormick
President and chief executive, Joseph McCormick Construction Co.
Erie
Term expires June 2006.
Michael McQuillen, Ph.D.
President, Mercyhurst College
Erie
Serves by virtue of office.
Helen Mullen, Ed.D.
Retired administrator, Robert Morris University
Moon Township
Term expires June 2009.
Sister Maria O'Connor, RSM, Ph.D.
Pastoral minister, St. George Catholic Church
Erie
Term expires June 2007.
Gary Renaud
Chief executive, Erie Steel Products
Erie
Term expires June 2006.
William Sennett
Attorney, of counsel, Knox, McLaughlin, Gornall & Sennett
Erie
Term expires December 2008.
Sister Maura Smith, RSM, Ed.D.
Consultant, Mercyhurst Civic Institute
Outreach coordinator, Sisters of Mercy, Erie region
Erie
Term expires December 2008.
Monsignor L. Thomas Snyderwine, Ed.D.
Pastor, St. Luke Catholic Church
Erie
Term expires June 2008.
Doris Stackpole
St. Marys
Term expires December 2008.
Jane Theuerkauf
President, Jane Theuerkauf Designs
Erie
Term expires December 2008.
Frank Victor
Partner, Victor Foundation
Erie
Term expires June 2008.
Barrett Walker, D.D.S.
Retired dentist and private investor
Erie
Term expires June 2007.
Kathleen Zurn
President, Bright Sky Properties
Erie
Term expires June 2009.
predafile@hotmail.com
Monday, September 12, 2005
The Mercyhurst response
The following letter to the editor appeared in the 9/9/05 edition of The Erie Daily Times-News. You can access it and the accompanying article ("Mistakes were made: Mercyhurst offers explanation of how it handled Garvey probe") via my "goerie" link; keyword: "WILLIAM P. GARVEY". It should be noted that, according to The Times, this statement was not only approved by the Mercyhurst Board of Trustees, it also has the approval of interim president Dr. Michael McQuillen, and Sister Bernadette Bell who is the president of the Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy, Erie region. With that said, I present the letter:
"The Mercyhurst College Board of Trustees, first and foremost, wishes to make clear our full understanding of the extremely serious nature of the allegations made against William P. Garvey. We are called by the virtue of this institution - mercy - to sympathize deeply with all victims of abuse. The accusations leveled against Dr. Garvey involved actions wholly incompatible with the values we and the college stand for.
Second, we sincerely regret that at times our commitment to those values was not publicly visible and acknowledge that mistakes were made. None of us had ever been through anything like this, and contrary to the surface appearances, this was not a simple, clear-cut situation, especially without the perspective of hindsight.
We had to try to balance competing ethical obligations, compounded by a lack of solid evidence and the fervent denial of the allegations by a respected community leader; to adhere to legal requirements and due process concerns that foreclosed certain options; to respect personal relationships that stretched back decades, and always to oversee and maintain our fiduciary responsibilities to the college. While we understand how others in both the Mercyhurst and broader communities might disagree with the path we have traveled, we hope no one has reason to question our sincerest desire and effort, as a corporate body, to seek the good and right path.
Finally, we wish to clarify the issues that have arisen with respect to Dr. Garvey's position with Mercyhurst College. On Dec. 16, 2004, when he announced his decision to step down as president, we did terminate the investigation into his fitness to serve. Mercyhurst is indeed committed to truth, compassion and individual integrity, but we are not an investigative organization. That is the province of the civil and criminal justice system, not a college community.
On Feb. 23, 2005, Dr. Garvey immediately began a terminal sabbatical and we began negotiations to complete the remaining financial obligations of the college to Dr. Garvey under his existing contract through June 2007 and years of deferred compensation. The college expects to conclude a final agreement within 60 days.
In order to continue its mission of providing a high quality education, the Mercyhurst College Board of Trustees must now turn its full attention to hiring a president. In order for this effort to be successful, we need the wholehearted support of the entire Mercyhurst community. We truly hope that with these explanations and clarifications the Erie community will support our efforts to do so."
I find this statement so woefully inadequate. While sympathizing with "all victims of abuse" there is still no "mercy" for the specific abuse suffered by victims at the hands of Mercyhurst's own college president. Garvey should be terminated unconditionally and immediately. His contract must contain some sort of a morals clause and it should be employed to sever any interaction he has with Mercyhurst. Garvey should be banned from campus and any future school association.
I am still waiting for the "truth, compassion, and... integrity" alluded to by those who put their names to this statement. Release the results of the Palmisano investigation. Better yet, release ex-judge Palmisano to talk and answer questions about his findings.
This letter just rings hollow. It is hard to look forward with so much carnage unresolved behind. It's like trying to build a castle on a garbage heap. It will always stink.
predafile@hotmail.com
"The Mercyhurst College Board of Trustees, first and foremost, wishes to make clear our full understanding of the extremely serious nature of the allegations made against William P. Garvey. We are called by the virtue of this institution - mercy - to sympathize deeply with all victims of abuse. The accusations leveled against Dr. Garvey involved actions wholly incompatible with the values we and the college stand for.
Second, we sincerely regret that at times our commitment to those values was not publicly visible and acknowledge that mistakes were made. None of us had ever been through anything like this, and contrary to the surface appearances, this was not a simple, clear-cut situation, especially without the perspective of hindsight.
We had to try to balance competing ethical obligations, compounded by a lack of solid evidence and the fervent denial of the allegations by a respected community leader; to adhere to legal requirements and due process concerns that foreclosed certain options; to respect personal relationships that stretched back decades, and always to oversee and maintain our fiduciary responsibilities to the college. While we understand how others in both the Mercyhurst and broader communities might disagree with the path we have traveled, we hope no one has reason to question our sincerest desire and effort, as a corporate body, to seek the good and right path.
Finally, we wish to clarify the issues that have arisen with respect to Dr. Garvey's position with Mercyhurst College. On Dec. 16, 2004, when he announced his decision to step down as president, we did terminate the investigation into his fitness to serve. Mercyhurst is indeed committed to truth, compassion and individual integrity, but we are not an investigative organization. That is the province of the civil and criminal justice system, not a college community.
On Feb. 23, 2005, Dr. Garvey immediately began a terminal sabbatical and we began negotiations to complete the remaining financial obligations of the college to Dr. Garvey under his existing contract through June 2007 and years of deferred compensation. The college expects to conclude a final agreement within 60 days.
In order to continue its mission of providing a high quality education, the Mercyhurst College Board of Trustees must now turn its full attention to hiring a president. In order for this effort to be successful, we need the wholehearted support of the entire Mercyhurst community. We truly hope that with these explanations and clarifications the Erie community will support our efforts to do so."
I find this statement so woefully inadequate. While sympathizing with "all victims of abuse" there is still no "mercy" for the specific abuse suffered by victims at the hands of Mercyhurst's own college president. Garvey should be terminated unconditionally and immediately. His contract must contain some sort of a morals clause and it should be employed to sever any interaction he has with Mercyhurst. Garvey should be banned from campus and any future school association.
I am still waiting for the "truth, compassion, and... integrity" alluded to by those who put their names to this statement. Release the results of the Palmisano investigation. Better yet, release ex-judge Palmisano to talk and answer questions about his findings.
This letter just rings hollow. It is hard to look forward with so much carnage unresolved behind. It's like trying to build a castle on a garbage heap. It will always stink.
predafile@hotmail.com
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Garvey fiddles while Mercyhurst burns
Skaboojie. Coward. Gutless wonder. For Christ's sake, stand up and be a man.
Over the years, I heard these same invectives hurled at me and my teammates. And now the tables have turned. According to the Palmisano memo to Marlene Mosco and the Mercyhurst Board of Trustees (December 15, 2004) there "appears to be merit" to the claims that the then college president had indeed sexually molested and otherwise physically abused the Rosenthals, Bruce Kennedy (and others) in their boyhood as they claimed way back on October 10th, 2004. "Cumulative facts and other information have come forth which tend to support" these allegations. And, "further, and even more significant, the information gathered in recent days demonstrates that persons - in addition to those identified in the (original) article - will level similar allegations of misconduct against Dr. Garvey." Palmisano is talking about Dr. William P. Garvey, Ph.D., serial pedophile.
Garvey thought he was untouchable. The man who would be king. An Emperor. He thought he could act with impunity and court his little harem of boys. As they grew older, Garvey would find positions for them and assimilate them into the greater Garvey order, primarily at Mercyhurst but elsewhere as well. And noone would or could do anything about it. Well, Garvey may yet turn out to be right. So far, he appears to have come away from this affair relatively unscathed. But, the barbarians are at the gate. Look at the carnage, the shame, the rumor, and the innuendo those close to him are shouldering, whether justly or not, for their loyalty. First, it was Mary Daly. Recently, Gary Bukowski, Mike Fuhrman, and other ex-player's names have surfaced. Jim Barker. Bill Welch. And now Marlene Mosco, Bill Sennett, the Mercyhurst Board of Trustees, and even ex-Secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge are the latest with Garvey's egg on their face. Whatever their relative degrees of involvement, they are his public and private associates, his vanguard. These people are taking the arrows. For Garvey. What about the poor people who, knowingly or not, swore their support of Garvey in the ad that appeared October 17th, 2004, in the Erie Daily Times? Garvey has left them all hanging, holding his honor in their empty hands. And he hasn't the courage to let them know it. He has let them all continue to make fools of themselves on his behalf while he fiddles, appearing on WJET and WICU newscasts pontificating re: Mario Bagnoni's death and legacy. And then there's his involvement on community boards like C-Cubed, The Erie Historical Society... This list is long and his continued involvement is shameful. Meanwhile, Mercyhurst burns. And people and institutions suffer in his wake. What has Garvey said to you folks by means of explanation? This story gets more and more bizarre by the day and I wonder how he can look you in the face? Is he, as someone online has suggested, psychopathic as well?
Forget all that lofty nonsense Garvey fed us about courage and honor. All those Greco-Roman platitudes. Unfortunately, the only Greco-Roman influence on Dr. William P. Garvey is now all too painfully and belatedly apparent. Forget all that crap he spouts about Winston Churchill. What does Garvey's moment of crisis tell us about Garvey? When his "finest hour" came, his defining moment, Garvey's actions defined him perfectly. He tucked his tail and ran. "Retired". A mere day after the appearance of this memo that ex-judge Palmisano felt "compelled" to write, and that according to Ms. Mosco, Garvey never saw. A coincidence? Hmmm. A most "compelling" coincidence. Garvey has hidden behind the trust of the Sisters of Mercy (for Christ's sake), the skirt of Marlene Mosco, the good faith of those who have supported him, and a wall of all-too-telling silence to a host of unanswered questions that are too compelling to ignore, or skirt.
In the end, despite all the posing, lofty aphorisms, and quotes, William Garvey is simply an abuser, manipulator, and sexual predator of boys. A wolf in college president's clothing. In his own words, he is a gutless wonder, a coward, and perhaps most telling of all, a quitter. A quitter of the first order. Will he ever stand up and be a man? ("Drop your pants, bend over, and grab your ankles, Dr. Garvey. Raps or laps?") Men face the responsibilities and consequences of their actions. At least men of honor do. That's what Garvey always told us. It's time for Garvey to stand on his own two feet. Time to admit what he has done and apologize to his victims. All of us. If Garvey does not have the honor, the courage, or the guts to face the truth, why do others continue to run interference for him?
It was all merely an act, a great Greco-Roman act, to get into little boys' pants. Is that what Garvey meant by "Carpe diem"? Seize the day? How does one say "seize the boy"?
predafile@hotmail.com
Over the years, I heard these same invectives hurled at me and my teammates. And now the tables have turned. According to the Palmisano memo to Marlene Mosco and the Mercyhurst Board of Trustees (December 15, 2004) there "appears to be merit" to the claims that the then college president had indeed sexually molested and otherwise physically abused the Rosenthals, Bruce Kennedy (and others) in their boyhood as they claimed way back on October 10th, 2004. "Cumulative facts and other information have come forth which tend to support" these allegations. And, "further, and even more significant, the information gathered in recent days demonstrates that persons - in addition to those identified in the (original) article - will level similar allegations of misconduct against Dr. Garvey." Palmisano is talking about Dr. William P. Garvey, Ph.D., serial pedophile.
Garvey thought he was untouchable. The man who would be king. An Emperor. He thought he could act with impunity and court his little harem of boys. As they grew older, Garvey would find positions for them and assimilate them into the greater Garvey order, primarily at Mercyhurst but elsewhere as well. And noone would or could do anything about it. Well, Garvey may yet turn out to be right. So far, he appears to have come away from this affair relatively unscathed. But, the barbarians are at the gate. Look at the carnage, the shame, the rumor, and the innuendo those close to him are shouldering, whether justly or not, for their loyalty. First, it was Mary Daly. Recently, Gary Bukowski, Mike Fuhrman, and other ex-player's names have surfaced. Jim Barker. Bill Welch. And now Marlene Mosco, Bill Sennett, the Mercyhurst Board of Trustees, and even ex-Secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge are the latest with Garvey's egg on their face. Whatever their relative degrees of involvement, they are his public and private associates, his vanguard. These people are taking the arrows. For Garvey. What about the poor people who, knowingly or not, swore their support of Garvey in the ad that appeared October 17th, 2004, in the Erie Daily Times? Garvey has left them all hanging, holding his honor in their empty hands. And he hasn't the courage to let them know it. He has let them all continue to make fools of themselves on his behalf while he fiddles, appearing on WJET and WICU newscasts pontificating re: Mario Bagnoni's death and legacy. And then there's his involvement on community boards like C-Cubed, The Erie Historical Society... This list is long and his continued involvement is shameful. Meanwhile, Mercyhurst burns. And people and institutions suffer in his wake. What has Garvey said to you folks by means of explanation? This story gets more and more bizarre by the day and I wonder how he can look you in the face? Is he, as someone online has suggested, psychopathic as well?
Forget all that lofty nonsense Garvey fed us about courage and honor. All those Greco-Roman platitudes. Unfortunately, the only Greco-Roman influence on Dr. William P. Garvey is now all too painfully and belatedly apparent. Forget all that crap he spouts about Winston Churchill. What does Garvey's moment of crisis tell us about Garvey? When his "finest hour" came, his defining moment, Garvey's actions defined him perfectly. He tucked his tail and ran. "Retired". A mere day after the appearance of this memo that ex-judge Palmisano felt "compelled" to write, and that according to Ms. Mosco, Garvey never saw. A coincidence? Hmmm. A most "compelling" coincidence. Garvey has hidden behind the trust of the Sisters of Mercy (for Christ's sake), the skirt of Marlene Mosco, the good faith of those who have supported him, and a wall of all-too-telling silence to a host of unanswered questions that are too compelling to ignore, or skirt.
In the end, despite all the posing, lofty aphorisms, and quotes, William Garvey is simply an abuser, manipulator, and sexual predator of boys. A wolf in college president's clothing. In his own words, he is a gutless wonder, a coward, and perhaps most telling of all, a quitter. A quitter of the first order. Will he ever stand up and be a man? ("Drop your pants, bend over, and grab your ankles, Dr. Garvey. Raps or laps?") Men face the responsibilities and consequences of their actions. At least men of honor do. That's what Garvey always told us. It's time for Garvey to stand on his own two feet. Time to admit what he has done and apologize to his victims. All of us. If Garvey does not have the honor, the courage, or the guts to face the truth, why do others continue to run interference for him?
It was all merely an act, a great Greco-Roman act, to get into little boys' pants. Is that what Garvey meant by "Carpe diem"? Seize the day? How does one say "seize the boy"?
predafile@hotmail.com
Monday, August 22, 2005
Resigned (sorry, ?retired?), but not to the truth (photo)
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