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S.F. Gallery Owner Attacked Over Abu Ghraib Prison Abuse Art
AP via S.F. Gate ^ | 05/29/2004 | Lisa Leff

Posted on 05/29/2004 5:51:06 PM PDT by zencat

After displaying a painting of U.S. soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners, a San Francisco gallery owner bears a painful reminder of the nations unresolved anguish over the incidents at Abu Ghraib -- a black eye and bloodied brow delivered by an unknown assailant who apparently objected to the art work.

The assault outside the Capobianco gallery in the citys North Beach district Thursday night was the worst, but only the latest in a string of verbal and physical attacks that have directed at owner Lori Haigh since the painting, titled "Abuse," was installed there on May 16.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


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KEYWORDS: art; lorihaigh; sf
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To: Chieftain
She's also a LIAR.

*AND* she's a prevaricator!

61 posted on 05/29/2004 7:18:16 PM PDT by cantfindagoodscreenname (Stop The Flow of Ketchup to China!! Vote for George Bush in 2004!)
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To: zencat
She was hit in the face, but not before being hit with an ugly stick numerous times.

And if it was an "unknown assailant" how do we know the reason for the attack?

62 posted on 05/29/2004 7:21:09 PM PDT by ikka
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To: vikingchick

I always kinda thought of those Dirty Harry movies as docu-dramas.


63 posted on 05/29/2004 7:22:54 PM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (Every functional brain in America is a threat to Kerry's Presidential aspirations.)
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To: litany_of_lies
Are you sure you're not confusing Lenihan with Kimball, the first priest mentioned in the body of the article?

From the articles I've read, I'm aware of one other former parishoner who made a claim against Lenihan which failed due to statute of limitations in effect at the time.

64 posted on 05/29/2004 7:26:00 PM PDT by Bonaparte
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To: zencat
A true artist in SF willing to tweek the establishment would have created a painting showing joyfully smiling gay American males (donning pink triangle t shirts?) sodomizing frightened naked Iraqi prisoners....the painting would be entitled: FREEDOM!!

If any "artist" in San Francisco had the balls, THAT would be bold.

This balck eyed chick has created something so utterly predictable that's it's embarassing.

65 posted on 05/29/2004 7:37:17 PM PDT by zarf (..where lieth those little things with the sort of raffia work base that has an attachment?)
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To: Bonaparte

Sorry I didn't refine my reference.

The last paragraph of the entire article says:

Lenihan, 56, resigned last year after admitting he had sexual relationships over the years with several women and teen-age girls.

I can't speak to the credibility of the source web site, though (the "Rick A. Ross Institute for the Study of Destructive Cults, Controversial Groups and Cult Movements").


66 posted on 05/29/2004 7:37:48 PM PDT by litany_of_lies
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To: litany_of_lies; Chieftain
Uh-oh...
    THE ORANGE DIOCESE has agreed to settle a lawsuit with Lori Capobianco Haigh who accused Father John Lenihan, formerly pastor of St. Edward's in Dana Point, of abusing her over several years when she was a teenager. The abuse, Haigh claims, began when she was 14. She claims that Lenihan got her pregnant, and then paid for her to have an abortion. "When I told him about the pregnancy, he told me that I had to get an abortion,'' Haigh, 37, told the Washington Times. "Father John drove me to his bank, withdrew the money and gave it to me to pay for the abortion. Father John did not go with me to Planned Parenthood. I remember how alone and scared I felt." Lenihan, who has confessed other sexual improprieties, has agreed to laicization.

    Haigh has also accused Monsignor Lawrence Baird, media relations director for the Orange diocese, of having hugged, kissed, and rubbed himself against her when she confessed to having a relationship with another priest. She has accused, as well, Monsignor John Urell, vicar general for the diocese, of calling her a liar and dismissing her from the church when she confessed her relationship with Lenihan. Both Urell and Baird deny Haigh's accusations.

    Haigh took a lie detector test, and scored a "plus-15," which means, said Dr. Edward I. Gelb, who administered the test, that "she is telling the truth" about Urell and Baird. Still, sources in the diocese of Orange, who know Monsignor Baird, doubt Haigh's story. One Orange diocesan priest said that he was "outraged" when he heard the accusations against Monsignor Baird. "I absolutely don't believe any of it," said the priest. "He is not a 'touchy-feely' kind of guy and he's very solid, doctrinally. He is not a swinger; he just isn't that kind of guy. I find it impossible to believe these allegations."


67 posted on 05/29/2004 7:39:10 PM PDT by Bonaparte
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To: zencat

Boo...hoo...


68 posted on 05/29/2004 7:45:41 PM PDT by Paul Atreides
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To: Bonaparte
Here's how Haigh financed her gallery business

Another reason why you can't give the worms any place to breed.

69 posted on 05/29/2004 7:46:33 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: dandi

See the media angle here? Millions of peaceful Americans have been disgusted and pissed off at the way the major media have been carping on the Abu Ghraib story and their opinions have never been covered. But, let one person act out violently over it and they're right there on the spot, eager to do a story on it. That way they can attempt to paint conservatives or anyone else who supports our men and women in uniform as violent loons.
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It's a media conspiracy to make conservatives viewed as unstable and violent? That as the case amy be but this just shows somebody who hates freedom-of-speech and will attack it when it makes them unconfortable. Even going as far as beating up a woman.


70 posted on 05/29/2004 7:49:40 PM PDT by chatmat
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To: ikka

And if it was an "unknown assailant" how do we know the reason for the attack?



Hmmm, look at all the posts rejoicing at the attack?


71 posted on 05/29/2004 7:54:23 PM PDT by chatmat
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To: litany_of_lies; IronJack; Chieftain
Ooh, the plot thickens...

Monsignor (Baird) Sues Lori Haigh

72 posted on 05/29/2004 7:58:11 PM PDT by Bonaparte
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To: chatmat
Wake up. Look at the photos provided in the link to rest of the article.

The woman is a fraud. That "black eye" is phony. No bruising like that would show up so soon after the "assault" without accompanying swelling. Finally, follow the link provided in #26 (Great work Bonaparte!) and see that this fraud is a serial litigant and actor in leftist political theatre.

No woman was beat up.

Wake up.

Mr. Atomic Vomit

73 posted on 05/29/2004 8:01:17 PM PDT by Atomic Vomit (The Bering Sea - where God rules man and always will. Go to http://www.volcanicfishermen.com)
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To: chatmat
I'm sure you don't accept Haigh's account of the alledged assault uncritically.

This is a woman who claims she did not know that the artwork was a political statement and who also claims that the newspapers she used to cover the windows of gallery only coincidentally had Abu Ghraib stories all over them. Does all this sound believable to you?

74 posted on 05/29/2004 8:03:43 PM PDT by Bonaparte
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To: zencat

I guess she was trying to relive Viet Nam, it didn't work out too well.


75 posted on 05/29/2004 8:05:58 PM PDT by John Lenin
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To: bfree
I agree with you. San Francisco always has been a breeding ground for communists and anti-American sentiment.

She had it coming, but I don't agree with a man hitting a woman. It would have meant more coming from another woman.

76 posted on 05/29/2004 8:06:30 PM PDT by Happy2BMe (U.S.A. - - United We Stand - - Divided We Fall - - Support Our Troops - - Vote BUSH)
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To: FreedomCalls

Why is there NO SWELLING around her eye ?


77 posted on 05/29/2004 8:10:59 PM PDT by John Lenin
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To: zencat
I am not condoning this, but if you want to be a revolutionary you must be willing to pay the price whatever that may be.
78 posted on 05/29/2004 8:13:40 PM PDT by Veloxherc (To go up pull back, to go down pull back all the way.)
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To: FreedomCalls


The story is bogus, if you get hit hard enough to cause a black eye the swelling around your eye would be very noticeable, I see no difference in either side of her face.
79 posted on 05/29/2004 8:13:46 PM PDT by John Lenin
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To: Happy2BMe
"It would have meant more coming from another woman."

In San Francisco, it's not always easy to know the gender of your assailant.

80 posted on 05/29/2004 8:15:34 PM PDT by Bonaparte
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