Monsignor John Ecker was at Norfolk Naval Air Station for a little less than a year before he went to Vietnam with the combat infantry Marines, 1st and 3rd Division in 1968 and 1969.
A living document speaks to living waters
âThe Columbia River Watershed: Caring for Creation and the Common Good,â an international pastoral letter by the Catholic bishops of the Northwest, celebrates its 20th anniversary About 40% of all wheat produced in the United States is shipped in barges, pushed by tugboats, on the Columbia River to Portland, Vancouver, Kelso and Longview. It would take more than 500 trucks to transport the wheat a barge carries. Yet the dams that make the water route possible have devastated salmon runs on the Columbia. The Yakama people, who fished for centuries on the river, note that the United States signed treaties that promised fishing rights in perpetuity, rights that the dams make meaningless. The Catholic bishops, in writing the Columbia River pastoral letter, addressed this tragedy. (Courtesy Columbia River National Scenic Area)
Sexual abuse investigation into former Seattle police victim advocate closed as inconclusive By Asia Fields, The Seattle Times
Published: January 27, 2021, 8:12am
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The Seattle Police Department’s watchdog agency closed its investigation into a former victim advocate who was accused of sexually abusing a child decades ago when he was a Catholic priest without concluding whether he engaged in misconduct.
The Office of Police Accountability (OPA) noted in its report released earlier this month that the lack of a finding is “not an exoneration” of Garry Boulden, who had worked for the police department since 1989. The OPA said its investigation raised “significant issues” but that there wasn’t enough evidence to come to a conclusion.