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Oakland Police Use Snitches To Go After Priest
Oakland CA--In a spate of non-ending attacks on St. Patrick's Abbey and Father Donald Weeks, the Oakland Police Department (OPD) dug up some snitches for their latest attack against the priest.
Oakland Officials tried to use Cary Verse as their poster child to convince voters to weaken Measure EE by allowing passage of the Nuisance Eviction Ordinance (NEO) to occur without a fight.
With Verse out of town and in San Jose, Councilman De La Fuente had investigators and his Police Goons go after Father Weeks with all guns blazing to dig up any dirt possible to be used against the priest.
Father Weeks is now being made into the new poster child for De La Fuentes sacrificial alter of dirty politics.
St. Patrick's Abbey at 3700 E. 12th Street, still has 26 men facing eviction at the hands of the dirty work being done by Oakland Officials and are at risk of becoming homeless.
An uncertain fate, now that Father Weeks has been arrested for trumped up charges resulting from the dirty work of nameless snitches provided by Oakland's notorious OPD.
Oakland Officials tried to use Cary Verse as their poster child to convince voters to weaken Measure EE by allowing passage of the Nuisance Eviction Ordinance (NEO) to occur without a fight.
With Verse out of town and in San Jose, Councilman De La Fuente had investigators and his Police Goons go after Father Weeks with all guns blazing to dig up any dirt possible to be used against the priest.
Father Weeks is now being made into the new poster child for De La Fuentes sacrificial alter of dirty politics.
St. Patrick's Abbey at 3700 E. 12th Street, still has 26 men facing eviction at the hands of the dirty work being done by Oakland Officials and are at risk of becoming homeless.
An uncertain fate, now that Father Weeks has been arrested for trumped up charges resulting from the dirty work of nameless snitches provided by Oakland's notorious OPD.
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Sex charges for Oakland priest who housed predator Verse
Bay City News Tuesday, March 30, 2004
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Oakland police announced today that they have arrested the Rev. Donald Weeks of St. Patrick's Abbey for alleged unlawful sexual activity over what they describe as a lengthy period of time.
Oakland attorney John Burris, who has represented Weeks on other matters, said that Weeks, who is in his 60s, collapsed after being arrested today, apparently from a stress-related diabetic attack, and has been hospitalized.
Weeks runs a transitional housing program at St. Patrick's Abbey that came under scrutiny from Oakland officials several weeks ago when he agreed to house convicted sex offender Cary Verse. Verse moved out after staying at the facility for only a few days, but Oakland officials have asked Weeks and the approximately 24 residents there to move out because they say the facility is in violation of city zoning, fire and building codes.
Oakland Lt. Mike Yoell said in a news release that Oakland police investigators, members of the Alameda County S.A.F.E. task force and state parole agents served arrest and search warrants at the abbey at 11 a.m. today.
Yoell said the attention surrounding Verse's stay "provoked confidential informants to provide information to Oakland police investigators surrounding Father Weeks and his alleged involvement in unlawful sexual activity over a lengthy period of time.''
Yoell said, "Father Weeks was taken into Oakland police custody without incident. The search of his residence will continue for several hours.''
Copyright 2004 by Bay City News, Inc.
Sex charges for Oakland priest who housed predator Verse
Bay City News Tuesday, March 30, 2004
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Oakland police announced today that they have arrested the Rev. Donald Weeks of St. Patrick's Abbey for alleged unlawful sexual activity over what they describe as a lengthy period of time.
Oakland attorney John Burris, who has represented Weeks on other matters, said that Weeks, who is in his 60s, collapsed after being arrested today, apparently from a stress-related diabetic attack, and has been hospitalized.
Weeks runs a transitional housing program at St. Patrick's Abbey that came under scrutiny from Oakland officials several weeks ago when he agreed to house convicted sex offender Cary Verse. Verse moved out after staying at the facility for only a few days, but Oakland officials have asked Weeks and the approximately 24 residents there to move out because they say the facility is in violation of city zoning, fire and building codes.
Oakland Lt. Mike Yoell said in a news release that Oakland police investigators, members of the Alameda County S.A.F.E. task force and state parole agents served arrest and search warrants at the abbey at 11 a.m. today.
Yoell said the attention surrounding Verse's stay "provoked confidential informants to provide information to Oakland police investigators surrounding Father Weeks and his alleged involvement in unlawful sexual activity over a lengthy period of time.''
Yoell said, "Father Weeks was taken into Oakland police custody without incident. The search of his residence will continue for several hours.''
Copyright 2004 by Bay City News, Inc.
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