Update on Abuse Survivor's Hunger Strike for Justice at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Ma

Voice from the Desert
March 29, 2012

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I tried to post this comment yesterday, but for some reason it did not appear. Here it is again, with an update at the end:

All is well. This was planned for six months and medical/health people were part of the vetting and preparation. One reason this was done is there is little doubt the Jesuits and/or the Archdiocese of Boston will try to shut it down with a manufactured "psychiatric emergency".

In fact, the reason for the Hunger Strike for Justice is every other process the church and Jesuits use is broken down and futile. Years of time are wasted. When the medical/health people asked "Why a hunger strike?", the answer was straightforward: "It takes much less than three years."

Tea is a great hunger deterrent and milk is a great hunger quencher. A few hours every day are brutal — not the whole day — and milk makes it better. That was the Day 3 and Day 4 surprise. Day 5 is tomorrow.

The first day at Holy Cross was remarkable. At Holy Cross, only the college president, Philip Boroughs, SJ was told about the Hunger Strike today — he was invited to come. What did he do? Send someone to take pictures of it — a clear act of intimidation. When police videotape or take pictures of protesters, they are disciplined or fined, because it is intimidation. That is what Philip Boroughs did: try to intimidate.

It would be good if people could call Boroughs at Holy Cross to complain about his actions, if anyone is so inclined. His number is 508-793-2525. Please encourage others to do so. Thanks. If you are within driving distance of Worcester, MA, please come at noon to Holy Cross.

Update. Everything went very well at Holy Cross today. A cable news channel came and spent a lot of time interviewing. Students were great and stopped by to offer support and email addresses. It would all be perfect if only the president of Holy Cross had the same graciousness and intelligence as the students.

The time for Friday is changed to noon, for Day 6.