The House and Senate have finally passed the final version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
The 2016 election provided a once in a generation opportunity for tax reform. And thanks to your efforts, the Republican-controlled Congress has delivered a huge accomplishment for the conservative movement and America as a whole.
Thirteen months ago, the American people spoke with a firm and resounding message -- they demanded sweeping tax reform and lower taxes for everyone!
And this time -- Congress listened. Republicans in Congress passed a bill that will help middle class families keep more dollars in their pockets, small business will get the chance to grow and thrive, and large business are now able to bring jobs back to America and increase the wages of workers.
In the new year, Americans will see more money in their paychecks, and the nation will experience even more economic growth.
This is an incredible first step and a huge victory! Of course, President Trump must still add his signature to the final bill to turn it into law; but after that, we will need to continue pushing Congress to make additional tax reforms and make sweeping reforms to health care, spending, immigration, education and many more issues.
There is a lot of work to do, but today’s victory -- decades in the making -- would not have been possible without the echoing boom of conservative Americans.
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THE VIEW FROM
T O R R E Y H O U S E
December 2017
Thank you for your support
As the year concludes, we want to take a moment to say thank you. Thank you for being a part of this community. Thank you for your passionate devotion to conservation. And thank you for supporting us in our mission to publish voices for the land. Every reader, donor, and advocate has helped us to leave 2017 feeling hopeful and encouraged.
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With a new piece every month, Voices Rising elevates millennial voices through a digital platform to publish diverse forms of storytelling. From poetry and creative nonfiction to song and visual art, we hear from young people grappling with the greatest challenges society faces.
by Lauren Wilder,
queer, Latinx femme with strong working class roots, and contributor to Coming of Age at the End of Nature (2016)
“On days without (the mountains') reassuring presence, I feel lost both in space and in spirit, and the low sky presses on my chest like a heavy weight. I know I’m not alone in this feeling, and I can’t help but wonder—what effect does this have on our collective sense of place, on our communal sense of direction? How does the pollution, the inability to breathe, shape our inner lives? Without the reliable visual of the mountains, how will my husband root himself in his new home? How will any of us?”
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DECEMBER'S NEWS AND EVENTS
On December 4th, President Trump came to Utah to announce massive cuts to the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. And Utahns came out in droves to rally in defense of these precious lands. Torrey House Press was proud to be part of the crowd, and we will continue to fight for the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. We must honor tribes and the inherent value of this land. And we must not stand down.
To learn more about how the Bears Ears National Monument designation is revolutionary, check out Edge of Morning and Red Rock Stories. To get the latest on how YOU can help #ProtectBearsEars, follow the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, Edge of Morning editor Jacqueline Keeler, and Torrey House Press on Twitter (or your favorite social media).
Left: Torrey House author Scott Abbott and publisher Kirsten Allen
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Open House and Holiday Market on December 13th! We're loving our new space at Impact Hub, and we're glad we could share it with you. We so enjoyed the conversation, the food, and your heartfelt presence. Thank you!
This month The Talker by Mary Sojourner was named one of the Southwest Books of the Year:
“The bio of fiction writer, journalist, and sometime NPR commentator Mary Sojourner says she ‘believes in ... Healing through writing.’ In this collection of short fiction, it feels as if she’s writing to heal characters, as well. Sketchy, stretched, beaten up or beaten down, wrestling with personal demons—drugs, booze, gambling, bad partner-choices—they seem one final reckless move away from really doing themselves in when Sojourner conjures up a little magical grace. Featuring aging hippies, security guards, restaurant staff (plus one books and articles writer, buried mid-collection) who drive old pickups or travel by train, Sojourner’s stories bring to life high desert blue collar America. But the one element that consistently doesn’t need healing? Nature: A star-studded desert sky. Elegant blue heron. Shimmering aspen grove on Hart Prairie. Whiff of creosote in the rain. Juniper smoke.”
—Christine Wald-Hopkins
This month The Luckiest Scar on Earth by Ana Maria Spagna was also named one of Multnomah County Library's Best Books of 2017
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Pope Francis must remove Bishops and Cardinals that protect and enable sexual predators and pedophiles, not promote them, as the former Pope did of disgraced Cardinal Bernard Law
Cardinal Law who is known for protecting pedophiles is dead, the Pope's responsibility now is to remove all Bishops and Cardinals protecting sexual predators
Currently, many Bishops and Cardinals within the Catholic Church worldwide are protecting sexual predator priests and caregivers preying on and raping innocent children and people with disabilities.”
— Michael Carey - Advocate for people with disabilities and their families
ALBANY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, December 21, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Cardinal Bernard Law is dead and he escaped justice here on earth because he was protected and shielded from criminal prosecution, now his fate is in God’s hands. The shame, disgrace and black stain upon the Catholic Church regarding Church leaders protecting sexual predator and pedophile priests and caregivers is what Pope Francis must address now. Cardinal Law was promoted by the former Pope, instead of prosecuted. Cardinal Bernard Law should have spent the rest of his life in prison for his part in protecting sexual predators and pedophile priests and for enabling them to continue to rape dozens upon dozens of children. You do not honor someone involved in such heinous crimes and atrocities.
The Jonathan Carey Foundation which advocates for vulnerable children has been shining a light on the current Church Sexual Predator Cover-Up Scandal that must finally be addressed and dealt with by Pope Francis. But, first everyone must understand what we are dealing with regarding Catholic Church systemic failures within and their actions protecting other institutions and institutional and government leaders involved.
Cardinal Bernard Law will be remembered for protecting sexual predators and for protecting one of the worst known serial pedophile and rapist priests in Church history – John Geoghan.
If you Google John Geoghan this will pop up on Wikipedia;
“John J. Geoghan (/ˈɡeɪɡən/; June 4, 1935 – August 23, 2003) was an American Roman Catholic priest and serial child rapist while he was assigned to parishes in the Boston Archdiocese of Massachusetts. He was assigned to several parish posts involving interaction with children, even after receiving treatment for pedophilia.
The investigation and prosecution of Geoghan was one of numerous cases of priests accused of sexual abuse in a scandal that rocked the archdiocese in the 1990s and 2000s. It led to the resignation of Boston's archbishop, Cardinal Bernard Francis Law, on December 13, 2002. Law lost the support of fellow clergy and the laity after it was shown that his response to allegations against dozens of priests consisted of assigning them to different parishes, thus allowing sexual abuse of additional children to take place.”
Here is the first Boston Globe Spotlight investigative team exposé that started it all in 2002.
“Church allowed abuse by priest for years”
“Aware of Geoghan record, archdiocese still shuttled him from parish to parish”
This bombshell exposé started the avalanche of revelation that Catholic Church leaders were knowingly allowing pedophile priests to sexually victimize and rape hundreds of more innocent children. Here is from the very beginning of this incredible news piece that had to come out;
“Since the mid-1990s, more than 130 people have come forward with horrific childhood tales about how former priest John J. Geoghan allegedly fondled or raped them during a three-decade spree through a half-dozen Greater Boston parishes.
Almost always, his victims were grammar school boys. One was just 4 years old.
Then came last July’s disclosure that Cardinal Bernard F. Law knew about Geoghan’s problems in 1984, Law’s first year in Boston, yet approved his transfer to St. Julia’s parish in Weston.”
Just a little later in this same exposé which you must read for yourselves because the truth come out. What was written shines a light on the much bigger problem, which is the worst of the worst offenders, those that protect and shield sexual predators and pedophiles, which allows them to continue to do what they do, which is to commit crimes, rape and destroy lives.
“Now, as Geoghan faces the first of two criminal trials next week, details about his sexual compulsion are likely to be overshadowed by a question that many Catholics find even more troubling: Why did it take a succession of three cardinals and many bishops 34 years to place children out of Geoghan’s reach?”
Currently, many Bishops and Cardinals within the Catholic Church worldwide are guarding and protecting sexual predator priests and caregivers of the disabled that are raping innocent children and people with disabilities. Many Church leaders, Bishops and Cardinals, are protecting government leaders that are allowing these atrocities to continue, if they were not silent and complicit, the massive sex cover-ups would have been diminished drastically. What has surfaced in Australia is happening in many parts of the world today and the Catholic Church hierarchy has not addressed the institutional cover-ups by its top leaders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/world/australia/australia-sexual-abuse-children.html
Watch this less than 3 minute “Spotlight” movie trailer than please watch the full movie as soon as you can to fully grasp and understand how horrific sex crimes committed against vulnerable people with disabilities also get buried and covered-up. Try to wrap your mind around how many people have to be involved to protect powerful institutions that are more damn concerned about money and protecting themselves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56jw6tasomc
The sad fact is what the Catholic Church was caught doing, protecting and shielding sexual predator and pedophile priests is the exact same as what is going on in New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s mental health agencies. The same wicked pattern of protecting pedophile priests was exposed by the Boston Globe’s, Spotlight investigative reporting team in 2002; their hard work won them a Pulitzer Prize. Two Catholic Church leaders, Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Edward Scharfenberger have known about the cover-ups of thousands of sexual assaults and rapes of the disabled, yet have remained silent and complicit. Pope Francis has been asked to remove both Cardinal Dolan and Bishop Scharfenberger for their involvement in protecting countless sexual predators instead of the disabled which hopefully will happen soon. When Catholic Church leaders look the other way and protect a Catholic Governor that has been protecting sexual predators for over a decade emergency actions must be taken by the Pope.
For over ten years Attorney General Cuomo and then Governor Andrew Cuomo have protected countless sexual predators, pedophiles and rapists within State run and private mental health facilities and group homes from firing and prosecution. This timeline proves years of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s direct involvement.
This was released publicly yesterday in a national press release by the Jonathan Carey Foundation before the news came out to notify everyone of the death of the notorious Cardinal who protected and allowed John Geoghan to rape dozens of children and destroy so many lives.
“Breaking News: Catholic Church leaders in New York State are looking the other way as thousands of women and children with disabilities are being raped in institutions and group homes. Pope Francis, this is not ‘fake news’ or old news, this is current news, it is happening right now in New York State as your Church leaders look the other way.”
Pedophiles Catholic priests are sexual predators, anyone that rapes a disabled person is a sexual predator and Church and government leaders protecting sexual predators are not only committing ‘grave sins’ they are even worse criminals. People that rape children are very sick individuals, but people that knowingly protect these sick people committing such evil acts are committing far greater evil.
Thousands of reported sexual assaults and rapes of vulnerable New Yorkers, many of whom are vulnerable Catholic’s are covered-up by Governor Cuomo and his corrupt Justice Center. Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Edward Scharfenberger have known about the scope of these sexual assaults, rapes and cover-ups for an extended period of time, Michael Carey the founder of the Jonathan Carey Foundation has repeatedly informed them and sought their help, but they chose to do nothing to stop the sex crimes and the criminal cover-ups which are atrocities. Pope Francis must remove Bishop Scharfenberger and Cardinal Dolan.
Church leaders are supposed to stand up and speak up for righteousness, they are not to be silent and complicit as the most vulnerable among us are being raped and severely damaged by very sick and sexually deviant individuals. Pope Francis must finally start to look at and address the real underlying and root problems why so many sexual predators remain in positions to harm our most vulnerable, which are the Church and governmental leaders involved in protecting these sexual predators and the wide-scale discrimination of the disabled.
Most sexual predators and sex crimes can be stopped very quickly if Pope Francis and other governmental leaders move to protect the safety and lives of extremely vulnerable women and children, instead of trying to protect their institutions. There must be zero tolerance and it must start at the very top – everyone involved cannot continue to escape justice. Bishops and Cardinals must be removed and prosecuted for their crimes.
Pope Francis, has received a number of emails by Michael Carey and the Pope has seen the Jonathan Carey Foundation’s investigative work and the foundation’s series on Pope Francis News Today which is attached below. The Jonathan Carey Foundation is bringing to light facts and real current new, not ‘fake news.’ Over the last few weeks, the case has been brought out publicly for everyone to see. The New York Times has just reported on the horrors and sexual atrocities in Australia facilities and institutions in which the Catholic Church was heavily involved.
Pope Francis must now address this international crisis surrounding sexual predators preying on the disabled which is occurring in a far greater scope than the pedophile priest sex scandal. Pope Francis’s actions now are critical for the Catholic Church to makes significant changes. The Pope must start by removing all the Bishops and Cardinals involved in guarding the sexual predators and the Catholic Church Institution instead of the most vulnerable. This damning New York Times news is incredibly important and the quotes below are extremely powerful.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/world/australia/australia-sexual-abuse-children.html
“Tens of thousands of children have been sexually abused in many Australian institutions,” said the report, which was particularly critical of Catholic organizations. “We will never know the true number. Whatever the number, it is a national tragedy, perpetrated over generations within many of our most trusted institutions.”
“It is not a case of a few rotten apples,” the report said. “Society’s major institutions have seriously failed. In many cases those failings have been exacerbated by a manifestly inadequate response to the abused person. The problems have been so widespread, and the nature of the abuse so heinous, that it is difficult to comprehend.”
It is important to repeat this quote again because of the significance of this statement;
“Society’s major institutions have seriously failed”
“This quote is true, it is a fact – the Catholic Church has failed in this area. New York State has failed in this area. Many people in top positions of authority in many different institutions have failed to protect our children and people with disabilities. We are at a defining moment in time to bring critical changes and to stop failing our children and the most vulnerable with disabilities. We must work together and do what is right and just and to start winning.” – Michael Carey
Michael Carey is the founder of the Jonathan Carey Foundation which advocates for the safety, equal rights and lives of people with disabilities. Michael Carey is calling on Pope Francis to step up to the plate in a big way to begin to deal with the much bigger problems that have never been addressed. Top Church leaders and governmental leaders are involved in protecting and enabling sexual predators which allows them to continue to violate and destroy countless lives, Pope Francis must swiftly remove these individuals. Pope Francis must remove Bishop Scharfenberger and Cardinal Dolan from being able to continue to allow these sexual assaults, rapes, cover-ups - these atrocities to continue in New York State.
Pope Francis, also has the responsibility to speak out against any governmental leader involved in such heinous sex cover-up crimes and he has an even greater responsibility when these leaders proclaim to be Catholic. Governor Andrew Cuomo is a Catholic and Pope Francis must demand that he immediately resigns for being involved for over a decade in covering-up sex crimes and protecting countless sexual predators. It is time that true spiritual leaders stand out in the light and take all of their responsibilities seriously, the sexual harassment, sexual abuse, cover-ups and people enabling sexual predators is on the international stage.
Michael Carey’s hope and appeal to Pope Francs personally is for him to do what is right and just for the defenseless now and for the Pope to come along side to help champion the next greatest Civil Rights Movement to finally ensure the protection, safe care and services and equal rights for people with disabilities.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s Silence for Years has Protected Cuomo & Countless Sexual Predators & Pedophiles
http://popefrancis.einnews.com/pr_news/418825149/cardinal-timothy-dolan-s-silence-for-years-has-protected-cuomo-countless-sexual-predators-pedophiles
Gov. Cuomo & Cardinal Dolan Do Not Dispute Allegations of Protecting Sexual Predators & Pedophiles
http://popefrancis.einnews.com/pr_news/419035716/gov-cuomo-cardinal-dolan-do-not-dispute-allegations-of-protecting-sexual-predators-pedophiles
Cuomo & Dolan Still Silent on Combined Sexual Predator Cover-up Scheme
http://popefrancis.einnews.com/pr_news/419102792/cuomo-dolan-still-silent-on-combined-sexual-predator-cover-up-scheme
Gov. Cuomo & Cardinal Dolan Ensure Protection of Sexual Predators in Sex Scandal
http://popefrancis.einnews.com/pr_news/419181051/gov-cuomo-cardinal-dolan-ensure-protection-of-sexual-predators-in-sex-scandal
Gov. Cuomo & Cardinal Dolan Protect Sexual Predators & Pedophiles in Sex Cover-up Scandal
http://popefrancis.einnews.com/pr_news/419377054/gov-cuomo-cardinal-dolan-protect-sexual-predators-pedophiles-in-sex-cover-up-scandal
The Worst of the Worst are Leaders that Protect Sexual Predators, Gov. Cuomo & Cardinal Dolan
http://popefrancis.einnews.com/pr_news/420099137/the-worst-of-the-worst-are-leaders-that-protect-sexual-predators-gov-cuomo-cardinal-dolan
Gov. Cuomo & Cardinal Dolan protect sexual predators like powerful people protected Harvey Weinstein
http://popefrancis.einnews.com/pr_news/420292801/gov-cuomo-cardinal-dolan-protect-sexual-predators-like-powerful-people-protected-harvey-weinstein
Gov. Cuomo & Cardinal Dolan are Protecting Sexual Predators and the Motive is Money
http://popefrancis.einnews.com/pr_news/420572619/gov-cuomo-cardinal-dolan-are-protecting-sexual-predators-and-the-motive-is-money
Gov. Cuomo & Cardinal Dolan Refuse to Protect Disabled Women & Children from Sexual Predators
http://popefrancis.einnews.com/pr_news/420778558/gov-cuomo-cardinal-dolan-refuse-to-protect-disabled-women-children-from-sexual-predators
Pope Chastises Media, yet Ignores Current Church Sex Scandal Sins
http://popefrancis.einnews.com/pr_news/421796638/pope-chastises-media-yet-ignores-current-church-sex-scandal-sins
Pope Francis asked to Swiftly Intervene in Cuomo-Dolan Sex Cover-up Scandal
http://popefrancis.einnews.com/pr_news/421808521/pope-francis-asked-to-swiftly-intervene-in-cuomo-dolan-sex-cover-up-scandal
Pope Francis Must Demand Resignation of Cardinal Dolan & Gov. Cuomo
http://popefrancis.einnews.com/pr_news/421941958/pope-francis-must-demand-resignation-of-cardinal-dolan-gov-cuomo
Pope Francis Must Call for Cardinal Dolan & Gov. Cuomo to Resign for Protecting Sexual Predators
http://popefrancis.einnews.com/pr_news/422156549/pope-francis-must-call-for-cardinal-dolan-gov-cuomo-to-resign-for-protecting-sexual-predators
Pope Francis Must Address ‘Real Problems & Real News’ – Church Leaders Guarding & Enabling Sexual Predators
http://popefrancis.einnews.com/pr_news/422383073/pope-francis-must-address-real-problems-real-news-church-leaders-guarding-enabling-sexual-predators
I would encourage everyone to pray for Pope Francis and the Catholic Church as a whole that great changes can come forth for the Church and Society. I would also encourage everyone to pray for Cardinal Dolan, Bishop Scharfenberger and Governor Cuomo, although they must be removed from authority, they like the Apostle Paul can have an encounter with Jesus, receive His mercy and forgiveness like anyone can and they can become some of the greatest witnesses for Christ the world has ever seen. Justice demands their resignations from their positions of power and authority though now.
Please donate and support this vital Civil Rights Movement. Thank you.
http://jonathancareyfoundation.org/donate/
If you have any tips or knowledge of sexual assaults, rapes, deaths or cover-ups, please call the Jonathan Carey Foundation sexual abuse & death tip hotline @ (518) 475-7500
Michael Carey
The Jonathan Carey Foundation
(518) 852-9377
email us here
The incredible life and tragic preventable death of Jonathan Carey, who was disabled, had autism, was non-verbal & only 13 when he was killed by his caregivers
