Posted on 11/19/2009 1:12:14 PM PST by icwhatudo
"But in another shocking development that adds to the current controversy, a blogger at the Free Republic has uncovered a convicted child pornographer on the staff of a Baltimore group, Alternative Directions, Inc. (ADI), which has received funding from the Baltimore CCHD. The group has received additional funding from the national CCHD for an ADI project called Out for Justice.
"I really don't want money from my church collection paying a child pornographer's salary," the blogger said.
Michelle Kelly of ADI said, "I don't know," when asked if the staffer in question had been convicted as a child pornographer. The Free Republic blogger says the staffer is a registered sex offender in Maryland because of the child pornography conviction.
Kelly tried to differentiate between ADI and Out for Justice, even though the latter is described as a project of the former in the Fall 2008 ADI newsletter. She said Out for Justice is applying for its own separate legal status. Under further questioning, she hung up the telephone.
On the website of the Baltimore CCHD, the groups are listed together as one entity and in receipt of $30,000. It declares, "A second year CCHD organizing grant will enable this project to continue to address and empower largely unrepresented persons inside and outside the prison system, with special attention on reentry into society."
Out for Justice is listed as being located at the same offices as ADI.
...One of their legislative goals is...to deny private landlords the right to ask about the criminal background of an individual and deny housing based on that background.
Responding to this legislative priority, the Free Republic blogger, a Catholic, said he didn't want his money going to change the law so sex offenders "can live near me or my children."
(Excerpt) Read more at aim.org ...
This is what led to the person to hang up on the reporter:
Catholic Campaign For Human Development
2009 CCHD National and Local Grants
From the CCHD website (THIS IS WHO GETS THE MONEY)
From the Alternative Directions "Our Staff" web page (THIS IS WHO WORKS AT THE PLACE THAT GETS THE MONEY-CHECK OUT THE GREY HAIR GUY)
From the Maryland Sex Offender Registry 
Alinsky Groups, Child Porn Convict, Socialist Tied to CCHD Funding (FR EXCLUSIVE)
American Life League has great information on Pro Abortion and Pro-Gay Marriage groups receiving $ from the CCHD.
Please don't stop giving to the poor, just give to another more worthwhile group like The Little Sisters of the Poor
Free Republic isn't a blog.
Well, I suppose being a kiddy-porn maker is an Alternative Direction.
Looks like a group of angry failures. Wonder who they blame that on?
Let's see what our pristine Bishops have to say....
Don’t feel bad, Cliff Kinkaid isn’t much of a reporter.
Were there any details about his offense, and is he appealing the conviction. After all, for all I know, some jerk could have hacked into his computer, put a bunch of “pictures” on his hard drive, and then dropped a dime on him.
ping
It’s disgusting to think that Catholic organizations are STILL supporting pedophiles.
Have they learned nothing in the last 20 years from the Catholic pedophile-priest scandal?
Name: SHERR, JAY DANA
Primary Residence : 210 SPRING MAIDEN CT, Apt/Unit# 103 GLEN BURNIE MD 21060
Address Change Date: 05/22/2009
Temporary Residence : NA
Employment Address : 2505 N CHARLES ST BALTIMORE MD 21218
2505 N CHARLES ST BALTIMORE MD 21218
School Address : NA
Charge: CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Category: Offenders
Information Contact: SORU
Date of Birth: 03/30/1950
Age: 59
Status: COMPLIANT
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