Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday September 27 2002 — A9 World & Nation I I accused priests’ names Pirosecuttoir reHeases BOSTON (AP) — A prosecutor took the unusual step Thursday of releasing the names of Roman Catholic priests who church officials say were accused of sexually abusing children but have not been charged by authorities Bristol County District Attorney ' Paul Walsh gave out the list of 20 names as he announced the indictment of a priest for allegedly molesting a girl from 1965 to 1971 Civil rights advocates criticized Walsh for encouraging a “witch hunt” Walsh acknowledged his decision goes against standard prosecuto-ri- al policy and appeared to be the first move of its kind by a prosecutor “In the normal course of events we would not identify a suspect in a criminal case who has not been formally charged but in this case I don’t think that policy should be applied” Walsh said “It perpetuates secrecy it invalidates victims and it pretends that none of this ever happened I’m just not going to do that" said Walsh who encouraged people to come forward with information or allegations against the men he named Walsh obtained the names of the priests from the Fall River Diocese After the clergy sexual abuse scandal US food vendors whet Cuban appetite HAVANA (AP)— Cuban President Fide) Castro fed milk to a buffalo calf from Minnesota and greeted Gov Jesse Ventura and top Ameri can food producers Thursday at a huge exhibition aimed at opening the communist island to US food sales The revolution- ary leader signed a $10 million contract to buy US rice cooking oil and soy frpm an Illinois-base- d company He also quipped that he had a deal for the new US diplomat here Interests Section Chief James Cason “If we don’t pay we’ll give him $100 million” said Castro of Cason who warned exhibitors Wednesday night that Cuban doesn’t pay its debts Displays at the US Food and Agribusiness Exhibition which began Thursday in Havana included pastries from Sara Lee Foods of Ohio wines from Washington state Splash Tropical Drinks of Fort Lauderdale Fla and cheese butter and margarine from’ V' erupted in Massachusetts earlier this year dioceses began turning over names of accused priests to civil authorities after Cardinal Bernard Law mandated such reporting in the Boston Archdiocese The Fall River diocese turned over a total of 21 names including the priest charged Thursday and two priests who are now deceased The remaining 18 priests have never been prosecuted either because the statute of limitations had expired or because the alleged victim was not interested in pressing crimi- nal charges Walsh said None of the named priests has - ‘ hunt" said Michael Higgins executive director of Justice for Priests and Deacons a San Diego organization founded by canon lawyers in 1997 Higgins was removed from the priesthood in 1999 after Ire was accused of soliciting sex in a confes- sional He denies the allegation and has appealed his case to the Vatican Philip Cormier a Boston attorney who specializes in civil liberties litigation said the public release of the priests' names by a district attorney could invite false accusations Fall River Diocese spokesman John Kearns would not discuss Walsh's decision V Land O’ Lakes Inc of Arden Hills Minn Exhibition organizer Peter Nathan wished the 288 American exhibitors luck in making new sales and invited them to YAMOUSSOUKRO Ivory Coast (AP) — A group of Americans rescue! from a besieged rebel-hel- d city flew ' to safety Thursday and French “take the message back home that the Cuban market is a fertile area for American companies to do business” “We today open a new chapter in our relationship with Cuba” said G Allen Andreas chairman and chief executive of Illinois-base- d agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland or ADM lead sponsor of the show ADM the world's largest pro-ducer of soybeans com wheat and cocoa has been especially bullish about trying to open up the Cuban market troops negotiated a cease-fir- e to allow evacuation of other ' Westerners Ivory Coast declared the city a “war zone" and vowed to attack within hours By midafremoon the first Western evacuees — students from a boarding school for ' children of missionaries in Africa and a few adults — landed in Accra capital of neighboring Ghana and stag- ing point for a US military deployment sent to save Americans caught in the bloody Ivory Coast uprising Western diplomats meanwhile said the full-scaevacuation of Westerners from Bouake had begun Europeans and other foreigners lined the roads out of the rebel-hel- d city in cars crammed with suitcases and children ‘ : ‘ to American food producers ' Castro who has ruled Cuba since 1959 did not speak at the inauguration of the event which Cuban officials hope will help strengthen pressure to ease or eliminate four decades of American restric-turn- s on trade and travel with the' Caribbean nation le AP photo Cuban President Fidel Castro talks to Seth Kaehler 11 of Minnesota at a display of buffalo as he toured a huge exhibition of American food producers Thursday In Havana The agribusiness exhibitkxvis aimed at encouraging more US food sales to Cuba Seth's father of Kaehler’s Homedale Farms stands at right with his other son Cliff Gen Peter Pace vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told a Pentagon news briefing Thursday that the “vast majority” of about 2600 Americans in Ivory ' Coast were safe Pace said some of those rescued by French troops from the school decided to stay in Ivory Coast The 1 8 foreigners flown to Accra included 1 6 Americans one Korean and one Ghanaian said David Queen a spokesman for the US Embassy in Ghana The young evacuees ages 8 to 18 “are looking healthy and are in high spirits” Queen said American authorities said they would contact the children’s parents — many of them missionaries based across Africa — and oversee -reunions Queen said Those who want to leave Africa will return to the United States US officials said armed rifles flanked the US that flew the military children out of the Ivory Coast US-soldier- with-assaul- t C-1- 30 capital Yamoussoukro' Relics from famous Bounty ship sold In brief LONDON (AP) — A Report: Merrill Lynch assistant to testify in Martha Stewart case NEW YORK (AP) — The stock of Martha Stewart’s media empire fell sharply Thursday after a published report said an assistant at Merrill Lynch has agreed to testify against her in the ImClone insider-tradin- g case Prosecutors had sought to charge the 'assistant Douglas Faneuil with a felony of making false statements to investiga-tor- s but agreed to a misdemeanor charge in exchange for his cooperation The Wall Street Journal said citing unidentified sources The charge is expected to be filed within days the newspaper reported Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia declined 77 percent or 60 cents a share to close at $720 on the New York Stock Coconut shell and other relics to bring about $310000 but big interest and bids emerged at from Capt Blights perilous sea voyage after mutineers stole the Bounty were auctioned for $11 million on Thursday three times more than expected The collection included William Bligh’s own account of his 41-djourney with loyal seamen from Tahitian waters to Timor in an open boat with very little food or water — a voyage heralded as a tremendous feat of seamanship The items had been expected the Christie’s auction The coconut shell used as a cup and bowl after Bligh and his small band of loyalists were cast adrift in 1789 sold for $ 1 1 1 1 35 about twice more than anticipated On it Bligh had scribbled his name and the date as well as die words “The cup I eat my ' miserable allowance out of" The bulief that Bligh used as a weight to ration out morsels of fowl sold for $58900 again ay ' Exchange much more than expected Other items sold included a crude compass that Bligh used as he made his way through difficult waters after being ' ejected from the HMS Bounty THE HAGUE 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