treepach:
According to the EastBayRI story, the two men reported being abused many years ago without charges being filed, and are not the sources for the recent charges.

Rick:
I meant no offense or disrespect by stating — as the East Bay Newspaper article did, and as you have here — that your past statements to the police did not result in criminal charges. I did not intend, in any way, to call your credibility into question.

Thank you for taking the opportunity to add your thoughts.

I also Salute these individuals for seeking Justice and standing out in front of it all so soon after these arrest. Thank You Gentlemen.

On a personal note I would just remind you that life has many paths with ups and downs, the choices to take are up to you and no person can be kept down as long as the persevere through life with the attitude of hope for it is what all humans have.

Even the lowest of times you can take comfort that 1 step at a time gets you back up the ladder, no matter how long it takes.

I know it easy for someone like me to say that, however most people have been very low and had hard times, myself included. But I learned a long time ago that life is not fair, perfect or straightlined. I also learned that there is true evil in this world and all you can do is try to avoid it and face it when confronted, because there really is no place to run from it in the end.

Shorter version of course is sh## happens in life, but I thought I would explain it a little more.

You are quite welcome, No-one and I do mean no-on knows the pain loss from death of a loved one which happenes all to often in these cases also or any other tragic event, unless they have lived it. (walk a mile in someones moccasins before judging them) also comes to mind.

Some of these comments reminded me of the 50's and 60's when young girls were sent homes for pregnant girls when from rape along with girls who made the wrong choice in sex. Boys were shunned and told to man up and shut your mouth all things just as evil to do to the victims as the evil deed itself that may have befallen them in my opinion.

I wish you guys and any of the victims of this not tragic but dispicable crime on humanity luck in your endeavors to get well deserved Justice.

I too encourage all those to come forward who have any information on these men, it may not solve all issues they may have, but it is a start and you can take solice in that it may prevent someone else from being a victim down the road is my thought.

I think you may have misunderstood what I was trying to say. Sometimes my words are not exactly what I am thinking. I did not mean you were hard on them. I meant you do not need to be hard on them if you thinking they were really that out of line.. My point on the hard life is not that anyone has it harder than others. It is that everyone has hard times and how we deal with them is the real hard part no matter what the hardship is. It is different for all.

I merely point out that I have a lot of respect for what you are doing and hope you do not ever let it get the best of you in any way that may make your life harder. On the contrary I wish you to perservere and move forward, knowing that people have great deal of faith and hope in your endeavors and never let anyone tell you they feel pity or so sorry. To dwell on the past when it is an awfull past is to relive it everyday. Well you cannot forget it, you also do not need to dwell on it I believe as it will only make your emotions run wild and not help you in my opinion. I believe in praising people for advancing their life in the worst of times no matter the odds. For me that is what you are doing and have been doing, taking the bull by the horns and the world be damned as you will continue to advance in life and therefore have a good life no matter the odds, or the past. Because you have something in you many do not. That is the strong will to take control of your life and not let others control it for you.

Hope I explained it a little better that time, sorry if I irritated you in anyway also.

Again great thing you are doing.

Oh by others I mean the people in the past that did wrongs to you should never be allowed to control your actions.

One last thing, I hope this dialog and any other dialog you are having is helping you in this very hard situation. Talking about it has to be very hard for you I think. But I also think it helps to get things out more than it would if you do not. Thats another outstanding quality you seem to have! I could go on and on, but for once in a long time I think I have said enough maybe ;-}

I agree. Like gun crime also there is no perfect all inclusive answer. Evil finds a way and rarely is evil stupid, on the contrary they are very smart or they would not get away with things so long. In this type of crime they are almost always either covered up and aided bu so called people who abhor the crime but simply are ignorant that right is right and wrong is wrong.

I always wonder what the mindset of Biship Gellino was in his ignoring it so long and actually trying to protect the criminals. I really detested that guy a lot. Still do I guess.

I believe there are many molesters out there a lot closer to kids then people think, I agree with O'rielly that is is not a mental issue but a person who is just a criminal who controls lives with out a consience. He does not care about the children, the laws or anything else other than his own wants, not needs as some medical people say, his own want and then people actually make excuses.

The legal definition of insanity is not knowing right rom wrong. It is almost impossible to get that proven in Court. So why do so many of these perps get away with the excuse of some medical thing or they were spanked or abused as a kid as a justifacation for their action. If that was the case, then how come all the victims do not become like that enmass. It makes no logical sense. Some people are just evil because they are evil in my opinion.

lol Yea hockey and football get heated but if you are friend it usually ends after the game or at least by the next game lol.

Well like I always say, you cannot legislate ignorance nor can you cure it is the person will not look at the facts in an unbiased way.

Agree you can pick your friends but not your family lol.

I agree on the rude, but I expect people to appoligize or at least explain how they come to the comment so I can understand why they think it is not rude or ignorant andd the flip side.

Geesh I can't stop typing lol.

I have a saying I use quite offten. "It never hurts to be nice" Though being human we all break that sometimes, But knowing you did is better than ignoring you did by at least admitting it..