More FMSF Threats

Today I spoke with David Calof, a Seattle therapist who is presenting at
the 1997 National Adolescant Perpetrator Network Conference "Sexually
Abusive Youth: Exploring Alternatives Within the Continuum of Care" in
Cherry Hill, NJ (near Philadelphia) on Monday, April 14 from 2:00-5:30.  He
will be presenting on a panel entitled "An Open Dialogue with a Recovering
Sex Offender, a Survivor of Childhood Abuse, a Sex Offender Treater, and a
Trauma Specialist."  The conference is being held at the Hilton at Cherry
Hill ((609) 665-6666).

Presenting with David is Debbie Ingraham, a survivor activist.  Following a
favorable article about their panel that ran April 7 in the Philadelphia
Inquirer, Ms. Ingraham began to receive harrassing and, more recently,
sexually explicit and threatening phone calls admonishing her specifically
from presenting with David Calof on this panel.  The callers have
threatened her with explicit sexual violence, and most recently have said
"Monday, 2:15, you will *not* speak". The callers have only threatened her
vis a vis her presentation with Calof, and not a second presentation in
which she is involved. In addition to the telephone harrassment, Ms.
Ingraham believes she was followed in her car from the conference site for
over an hour on her way home, despite the fact that she took numerous
evasive actions.

For anyone who is unfamiliar with recent history, David Calof has been
plagued by the harrassment of some 15 False Memory Syndrome Foundation
members/supporters.  The harrassment has included picketing, assaulting a
clinic employee, following clients, and legal action.  Chuck Noah, an
accused child sex abuser, who is the Washington contact for the FMSF, has
received three criminal convictions, as well as numerous contempt of court
citations for his violation of anti-harrassment orders which are in place
to protect Calof, his staff, his clients, and his family, from the actions
of these 15 individuals.  Mr. Noah is receiving legal support from the ACLU
in this matter.

I urge anyone who is in the Philadelphia vicinity to attend this conference
tommorow to support both Ms. Ingraham and David Calof.  Please also forward
this message extensively, so that people will be aware of the kind of
terrorist stalking tactics being used to stop survivors and medical
professionals from speaking out against violence.

For more information about the conference, call (201) 299-5400.

Thank you.

Jennifer Hoult

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