| Thomas Pike |
Posted
on 08-Dec-01 05:30 PM
I have heard confessions of former Kerala based missionaries based in Boxer, Bihar that they were involved in sexual lesibian affairs with young students of St. Mary's school. They left the catholic order and came to my counselling based in Ranchi's Dr. Rajendra Prasad Medical School.
I forwarded a profile to Arzu Deuba for legal considerations. However, I was threatened by the Inspector General of Police in Nepal a Pradip S. Rana not to come to Nepal as I would be breaching "Nepalese national interests." I was thus declared as an anti-establishment character.
It seems that powerful Nepalese figurs are protecting the child offenders, whether thay are themselves with that kind of tendency or they have been brainwashed by the Catholic missionaries?
I tried to contact Lok Bhakta Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana a seniour lawyer about these issues. I knew his wife a cousin of late King Birendra had gone to this school. Also that his daughter went to this school too. However, he did not want to talk to me about it. Because, his wife became very sensitive about the issue (as that could had bring bad memories).
I believe at the closure of the people who came before this forum. For example, one can see in the internet people do express these kind of things....all one need to do is find the forum through the google search engine.
I find hard to believe what this BP character is being sceptical about.
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| Gandhi |
Posted
on 08-Dec-01 10:33 PM
Dear Mr/Dr Pike,
May be you are telling a sad real story (from your perspective) or may be you are just trying to delude people. I am free to believe or not to belive your story. Yet, I am, as a general reader of your story, sceptical about it. I believe 'to be sceptical' is more general character than a particular BP character.
The issue definately is of highly sensitive and needs to be dealt with very carefully. What most extensionist/psychologist say is 'audience is very important in a communication'. Even you are right, you seem to target the audience in wrong way. I mean, you are not in the even field as this particular audience is. It is hard to restablish facts when people believe otherwise, even their belief is not upto the health, safety and humanetarian standards. You may see plenty of references on how people experienced with this kind of behavioral change interventions around the world. As an individual, I have seen your piece of writing showing 'how big you are and how high are your contact with many influencial people in Nepal' than pointing a finger to the real problem.
It is not just a matter of punishing a single missionary or two, but we need to target our effort how those kids are saved from exploitation both domestically and by the expats. Depending upon the applicable law of the country and status of the expatriate, you can ask them to leave the country and try to get some compensation for the victims. That will be good, but how are we going to work to empower the people here not fall victim of anyone in rest of the days? There are plenty of such incidents in different parts of the country and many childtren are the victim of sexual exploitation from their teachers, witch crafters, seemingly gentlemen and so on. If there is no long-term mechanism and we deal on each case by case basis, how are those people saved?
Simply contacting one political leader or a bureaucrate is not enough to eradicate the problem from the society. A single Arzu, a single something Rana or a single IGP is nothing. Don't even expect any good from them in regard to particular social welfare. Writing a cheque to show how big sum you can donate to outweigh your rival is easy but investing a single day in purly social development - without a TV camera in front - is extremely difficult for these people. (Of course if there is personal benefit, they might me interested and do their best to end the story). Only the people's collective approach to make each other aware of the situation can solve this problem from the root. For this you need to get your audience's confidence and raise the awareness keeping harmony with them.
By the way, I am not a Christian nor am I any professional counselor. May be you should have thought for many times to bring people's confession in exposure. Right? Can we take any legal action based on people's confession?
Gandhi
Jay Nepal
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