Posted on 08/14/2004 6:05:37 PM PDT by bvw
Kari Schutz, McGreevey's first wife, conceded she has known for some time her husband is gay, though she declined to say exactly how long.
the shy librarian visited her parents on vacation with young daughter Morag in 1995 and never came back,
Schutz would put no time frame to the length of time she knew McGreevey was gay. She also would not comment on whether she was aware of anyone else with that knowledge holding it over his head to make demands.
"You'd better ask him that," Schutz said.
McGreevey met Schutz on a one-week cruise in 1990 and married her a year later. Their daughter Morag [Gaelic for Mary] was born in October 1992.
1995 divorce papers said McGreevey had focused on his political career, neglecting his family.
One of the most jarring moments for her came in 1993 when Republicans sent out fliers showing a car similar to McGreevey's in front of an adult sex shop with the words: "Caught with his government-owned car enjoying himself in Manhattan."
With current Supreme Court Justice Barry Albin as attorney, McGreevey filed a libel suit against the Republicans. It was settled in 1995 when the state GOP sent a letter of apology and called the photo "inaccurate,"
Matos McGreevey, a native of Newark's Ironbound section, met her husband around the time of his divorce.
She is executive director of the Columbus Hospital Foundation in Newark and was public relations manager of the city's St. James Hospital.
A former president of the Portuguese American Congress, Matos McGreevey was active in voter registration and naturalization campaigns and once served as commissioner of the Elizabeth planning board.
She went into preterm labor three days before McGreevey's election, giving birth to Jacqueline on Dec. 7, 2001,
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IMO -- This article goes OUT OF ITS WAY to tell a between the lines story, (stories). Take it from there.
See also the FRThread on the NY Daily News article today: Both wives stay in his corner (Divorce records sealed)
Matos was a political insider in Elizabeth, iirc, that borders Woodbridge socially, politically and etc. No way she did not know the story! IMO.
More sealed records, and Jack Ryan's were opened?
women as a rule LOVE gay men....go figure
I saw his current wife the other day standing beside him. Honest to goodness, it looked like she had just learned they won the lottery. In a manner of speaking, perhaps she has, but for the life of me, I see nothing to be happy about. Every thing this man worked for, for decades, is now history. It's not too far fetched to say this guy couldn't have run a successfuly bid for the Presidency some day. Now this. Perhaps they are too close to it, to realize all this. It even saddens me to see how he has destroyed himself, and betrayed those who loved him.
Wives, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, political associates... what a mess!
Obviously a "sensitive" New Age guy, eh?
Anybody want to start a pool on how many days before he ends up on Oprah?
What a slut. He demanded a retracton, and got it
even though he was probably there getting a boy-toy.
Look, here's a thema: crooks seek protection. Being in elected political office is a protection. Being married is a protection. In the first case, you are exempt from many legal liabilities you would have if you opeated the same way in the private sector. In the second case a wife can't be made to testify against her husband. She can be the spoon and he the fork. For xample the Arkansas tag team of Roseylaw Hillary and Elected Kingfish Clinton.
I'm sorry. Her young daughter who?
Women like gay men as a girlfriend, not a boyfriend, and definitely not as a husband.
Amazing thing that Barney Franks never married. Maybe it's his one pinky-hold on decency.
uh .... not me ......
Ah. Never mind.
I wonder about that. Anyone know Cetlic?
"...women as a rule LOVE gay men....go figure"
"...not this woman..."
That officially makes TWO of us!
He's actually a Bisexual-American isn't he?
Have the family pets chimed in yet?
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