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elfsPASWO #2 (with caveat regarding slack; see below):
It is entirely possible that Ms. Bevilacqua was diligent about firewalling off her activities that are the province and privilege of adulthood. If that's the case then the ruling is entirely out of line, especially without third-party verification. In either case, his behavior from the bench is completely unprofessional and inappropriate.
Source material here. Note that a search through Google news shows nothing, which may indicate that this is another publicity stunt by Reverend Stang. I'd wait a few days and check to see if this pans out as legit.
February 3, 2006, Judge Punch heard testimony in the case. [The father] entered into evidence 16 exhibits taken from the Internet, 12 of which are photographs of the SubGenius event, X-Day. Kohl has never attended X-Day and is not in any of the pictures. Rachel Bevilacqua is depicted in many of these photos, often wearing skimpy costumes or completely nude, while participating in X-Day and Detroit Devival events.I have mixed feelings about this because, so far, nobody has been forthcoming about how much of this the child was exposed to, if there was any third-party assessment by the court of whether or not the child was in any danger, possibly subject either to violent peer sanction or self-injury, and so forth.
The judge, allegedly a very strict Catholic, became outraged at the photos of the X-Day parody of Mel Gibson's movie The Passion of the Christ -- especially the photo where Jesus [Steve Bevilacqua] is wearing clown makeup and carrying a crucifix with a pool-noodle dollar sign on it while being beaten by a crowd of SubGenii, including a topless woman with a "dildo".
Judge Punch lost his temper completely, and began to shout abuse at Ms. Bevilacqua, calling her a "pervert," "mentally ill," "lying," and a participant in "sex orgies." The judge ordered that Rachel is to have absolutely no contact with her son, not even in writing, because he felt the pictures of X-Day performance art were evidence enough to suspect "severe mental illness..."
It is entirely possible that Ms. Bevilacqua was diligent about firewalling off her activities that are the province and privilege of adulthood. If that's the case then the ruling is entirely out of line, especially without third-party verification. In either case, his behavior from the bench is completely unprofessional and inappropriate.
Source material here. Note that a search through Google news shows nothing, which may indicate that this is another publicity stunt by Reverend Stang. I'd wait a few days and check to see if this pans out as legit.
