This is a must-see ad for Wisconsin voters.
Troy Merryfield, an abuse victim, calls out JoAnne Kloppenburg for failing to denounce a positively disgusting ad from the Greater Wisconsin Committee, smearing Justice David Prosser.
A week ago, Merryfield asked Kloppenburg to have the decency to condemn this piece of trash rather than exploit his suffering for her political gain.
Read his statement.
Needless to say, Kloppenburg continued to exploit Merryfield.
So today, Merryfield, the victim of both a pedophile priest and the Kloppenburg proponents, is speaking out again.
Will Kloppenburg respond now?
Is she utterly shameless?
We'll find out.
Transcript
TROY MERRYFIELD: In 1978, my brother and I were abused by someone our family trusted.
With the help of David Prosser and law enforcement, we brought our abuser to justice.
Now, we're being victimized again.
This time, JoAnne Kloppenburg's allies want to use our pain for their own gain.
I asked JoAnne Kloppenburg to try and stop these false ads.
JoAnne Kloppenburg refused.
It's just wrong.
I admire Troy Merryfield. It takes a lot of courage to come forward like this.
It's disgusting that Kloppenburg's team has exploited Merryfield and his brother, showing no sensitivity for their pain whatsoever.
For her part, Kloppenburg prefers to potentially benefit from the smearing of Justice Prosser than do the right thing -- strongly and clearly and loudly condemn the Greater Wisconsin Committee's ad.
Kloppenburg is a disgrace.
She has a choice. She can do the right thing.
She's not.
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UPDATE, April 2, 2011: EXPANDED: THE VICTIM SPEAKS
10 comments:
Troy Merryfield, Prosser, and Freedon Eden: What a bunch of koch-suckers!
Kloppenburg is known for being immoral. Mr merryfield I commend you on being such a strong force and standing up for something you believe in
AmericanFlyer,
Thank you for your comments.
I'm not going to delete Charleen's comment.
I think it's revealing. It stands as is.
If you knew of whom you were speaking about, Charleen, you would not say that. No money or promises were exchanged. I should know. I am who you are speaking about. All I've asked is to not be involved in a political battle, yet you call me names and such. I feel sorry for you.
2008 to 2011 is a lot of back tracking by Mr. Merryfield. Hmmmm?
Somethings not right.
I will tell you what is not right. The Merryfield's are preparing to file a huge law suit against the Catholic church and they know Prosser will be the one to get the case in the end. They need to support him now because they will need his support in a couple of years. This is a legal move!!
Is this the same Terry Merryfield who in a Milwaukee journal make the following statements. Really now who is using the victim here, makes one wonder if he is being paid for this ad, just like the Prosser ads destorting the facts about Kloppenburg and a farmer which is not even close to being the truth. Who really is slinging the mud here?
Marie Rohde, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (SECTION: A News; Pg. 1)
In 1979, then Outagamie County District Attorney David Prosser told a mother he did not want to prosecute a Green Bay priest who had abused her sons because "it would be too hard on the boys," newly released documents indicate.
The priest, John Patrick Feeney, who is now 81, went on to abuse other children before he was sent to jail in 2004.
Now a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Prosser is set to hear a case brought by another priest that could result in Feeney's being freed from the Fox Lake Correctional Institution, where he is serving a 15-year sentence.
One of Feeney's victims, Troy Merryfield, on Monday called on Prosser to step aside when cases involving priest sexual misconduct come before the high court.
"He knows damn well what happened and what was said," said Merryfield, now 43. "He dropped the ball, and he should recuse himself."
Prosser, through a spokesman, declined to comment, saying he could not discuss the matter because of litigation pending before the high court.
Prosser's involvement in Feeney's case was described in documents released by lawyers who are now suing the Diocese of Green Bay for fraud in connection with Feeney's abuse of Merryfield and his brother, Todd. They say the church had long known that Feeney had abused children but did nothing to warn parents in parishes where Feeney was assigned.
Prosser and the rest of the Wisconsin high court ruled unanimously last year that the church could be sued for fraud because of its failure to warn parishioners. In 2005, he authored a decision that barred lawsuits against the church where there was no proof that the archdiocese was aware of misconduct.
Advocates for the victims of childhood sexual abuse are pressing both the courts and the Legislature to open the door to more lawsuits. Jeff Anderson, a St. Paul lawyer who represents clergy abuse victims, said the fraud decision opened the door narrowly - it allowed seven cases in Milwaukee to proceed and the two by the brothers against Feeney in Green Bay. The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments March 7 on another case in which the church is accused of negligence. If the court rules in favor of the victim, the door to a number of other lawsuits could open.
The Greater Wisconsin Committee is slinging mud. Kloppenburg is complicit.
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