Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 22, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba U u Winnipeg photo Home away from Home priest says Elover in bar at time of rape Pittsburgh a a roman Catholic priest was relieved of his religious duties after testifying a Man accused of rape was in a bar at the time of the crime and had once been his David said he agonized for about a year Over whether to provide an Alibi for Charles of Johnson said he knew testifying would jeopardize his career and devastate his if he did not the priest said he believed Neff could be imprisoned for a crime he did not i thought to if the lord could be in my position bizarre As it is what would he do in my situation he would he not would he testify and or would he testify and Tell the truth the Choice i came to was Tell the Only the and live with what comes Johnson took the witness stand thursday and testified did 11 other witnesses that Neff was drinking at a bar at the time he is alleged to have raped a 21yearold Johnson also under questioning by defence lawyer David that he and Neff had been who has been a priest for 10 met Friday with Bishop Donald Wuerl of the Dio Cese of he requested and received an indefinite leave of he was relieved of All priestly duties and said Ronald spokes Man for the the diocese plans to review Johnsons actions to determine his future As a Lengwin indecent assault Neff was charged about a year ago with indecent simple assault and unlawful re jurors were expected to begin deliberations today after closing Neff has previous convictions for stabbing a Girlfriend and soliciting a City police detective for he served 23 months in county jail for the stabbing arid was placed on probation for a year for soliciting the who has been living at Colman Church in suburban Turtle said he will return to his family Home in an afghan refugee family relaxes watching television in five million afghan the largest refugee group their tent at there Are More than in the and most of them Are living in Noriega Fortune million 30 Days b by Douglas Jehl los Angeles times Panama City investigators have uncovered evidence to suggest that the Fortune amassed by Manuel Noriega during his years in Power May total As much As according to panamanian officials and sources among hundreds of Bank accounts and pieces of property worldwide now believed linked to the ousted dictator Are a million Castle in the South of France held in the name of Vicky Noriegas 35year old the sources the indication of the vastness of the Noriega holdings has sent a quiet reverberation of Hope through the financially strapped government of president Guillermo the regimes grim economic Outlook is compounded by new concerns that As Little As half of the million in government funds Frozen by the United states during the Noriega years May ultimately be returned to stake claim seeking to seize on the new oppor the government plans As Early As today to stake a formal claim to the Noriega wealth and to announce plans to mount a Legal Effort to win Possession of the hold controller general Ruben Carles said in a weekend debt Ridden Panama Hopes to get hands on generals wealth Carles and other officials cautioned that the estimate of the hold Ings is a preliminary one and said that it is by no Means certain that the entire made up in Large part of property and accounts Bear ing the names of can conclusively be tied to but All of the who were briefed by officials involved in the Effort to track Down the Noriega said that investigators had found solid evidence of a Noriega connection to a vast Range of suspect holdings throughout latin America and the United states and had indicated that the total value of the assets appeared to be in the neighbourhood of the sources also said that the United states now believes that Noriega acquired a significant por Tion of the total in the last two years through a scheme in which Panama Nian visas were sold at monumental prices to cuban and chinese citizens desperate to leave their As Many As some of whom paid or More for the necessary Are believed to have entered Panama under the which was coordinated by one knowledge Able source estimated that the Pana Manian leaders personal take exceeded other suspected sources for the dramatic Stock of wealth included Noriegas stewardship of the Pana Manian customs and tax both of which demanded exorbitant bribes As a Cost of doing and his relationship with the colom Bian drug which allegedly made direct payments to him in return for his assistance in permit Ting drug traffickers to use Panama As a a surprising proportion of the recently acquired Noriega holdings was said to be in the form of real estate including the Castle in a sprawling estate in Sweden and expensive Homes else where in under the Laws of most such property is far More difficult to confiscate than Are Bank even if it can be shown to have been acquired through illicit members of a drug enforcement administration team who have Gath ered More than 19 tonnes of Docu ments Here As part of the Noriega investigation were not available for a embassy spokes Man said officials would be prohibited from discussing any aspect of the the Dea has declared that premature disclosures about Norie Gas financial assets could enable his allies to find More secure hiding places for his the Prospect of recovering even a Small portion of the presumably Large Noriega stockpile of wealth has Given at least a temporary boost to officials of the new who Are still seeking to come to terms with the immensity of the Bel tightening that will be required if Panama is to become fiscally although president in his first nationally televised address last outlined plans for a new economic reconstruction pro he sought also to quell expectations that recovery would be any thing but Cut spending in a government White paper due to be published con troller general Carles will warn that the government which owes More than billion to foreign creditors must reduce its Overall expenditures by about 17 per cent to restore the Confidence of Carles also confirmed that Credi tors claims would make it Neces sary for Panama to turn Over a significant portion of the million in government funds that have been held in Banks since being Frozen two years ago to keep them out of the hands of the Noriega i 1 address phone n body building it b my new adult i patrons on yer q weight gain Cine try increase Energy q time bring this Coupon in today i european Transcona 1614 Regent 6618020 James 3420 Portage 8883441 downtown 168 fort air Canada jetliner involved in near miss if from the news services West Germany a Lufthansa Domestic flight nearly collided with an air Canada flight from Frankfurt Airport and air Canada officials said yester Denis an air Canada spokesman in said the incident occurred saturday morning As an air Canada Boeing 767 with 129 passengers aboard was coming in for a Landing at the spokesman at the Frankfurt who asked not to be Ridenti said the Lufthansa jetliner was a Boeing flight lh061 from West on the Way to 12 killed at ranch Bogota unidentified assail ants shot to death 12 people at a colombian tourist ranch about 300 Kilometres North of police said the Antioquia state police identified the victims As two managers of the ranch near the town of Gomez Plata and 10 youths who had trav Elled there on vacation from the City of 13 die in bus Accident Ankara thirteen passengers on a turkish bus were killed and 23 injured yesterday when the vehicle went off an icy Bridge in Central the sem official Anatolian news Agency Security forces kill 14 Lima peruvian Security forces said they killed 14 maoist shining path guerrillas in two separate at tacks in the andean Highlands on the government said yes about 17000 people have died in political violence in Peru since Shin ing path began its insurgency 10 years news Roundup accidents claim 36 Katmandu a truck fell into a River in Southern killing 11 of its riders and injuring the Home ministry said the truck fell Friday into the supa River near 185 Kilometres South of a ministry announcement on the same 25 people were killed when two buses collided at Badhuwa 150 Kilometres West of fundamentalists held Algiers authorities arrested 37 Muslim fundamentalists in connection with an attack at a trial in an algerian courthouse that killed three Agency franc Presse reported the attack occurred tuesday in an Algiers alleged witches killed Johannesburg a mob of 40 people stoned to death a 72yearold woman reputed to be a Witch and hundreds of attackers with clubs killed another purported Witch Doc authorities said the statement did not say when the attacks both victims and attackers were Black and no arrests were made in either air links resumed London an Argentine Airliner landed at London Heathrow air port marking the re sumption of direct air links Between Britain and Argentina eight years after their War Over the Falkland a British airways Boeing 747 landed at Eleiza Airport in Buenos Aires also to Mark re sumption of air company corp Tom Rice Rice financial group shown presenting cheques to the big Brothers Ami big Sisters representing Trie big Brothers tort to right Dan executive Larry immediate past president and Sam representing the big Sisters association right to left Rawna chair fund raising and Cathie the presentation to the big Brothers and big Sisters association of Brandon was made in Brandon Brandon 6131 oth Street 7286640 Winnipeg 491 Portage Avenue 7864040 sponsors to ;