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| Above: The residence of Donald Wuerl, while he was destroying Anthony Cipolla's life, all the while covering up a number of accused priests who were not cleared by two DA offices, as was Cipolla. |
Background of the Case of Anthony Cipolla
1a] Due to Tim Bendig filing two private citizen criminal complaints in two different Pennsylvania counties, it is true that TWO DA OFFICES performed an official investigation of Cipolla and found that Tim Bendig's damning accusations were UNFOUNDED. Cipolla was cleared.
1b] Yet, Bendig was then given a relatively large out-of-court settlement by Donald Wuerl, despite two DA offices clearing Cipolla's name, and despite the fact that my former neighbor, the Late Attorney John Alan Conte, easily could have won the Bendig v. Dio of Pitt & Cipolla lawsuit, with the help of dozens of character witnesses lined up by Conte's staff, for a trial which never came to be.
The Vatican did not try him for molestation. The Vatican reviewed the legitimacy of Wuerl dismissing Cipolla from ministry solely due to a St. Luke Institute diagnosis of Depression & Suicidal Tendencies.
That was the whole Vatican Case. Yet, Wuerl let everyone be deceived into thinking that it was a molestation case. Wuerl is the one who should have been defrocked, for deceiving humanity for decades.
2b] Tim Bendig used to frequent the Sunday Padre Pio Group services. The group members saw him as a poor soul ... as a poor poor soul.
Now, Bendig did apply for entrance into the Pittsburgh diocesan seminary. In fact, one of the vocation directors called Cipolla and asked him if he thought that Bendig should be accepted for seminary entrance. Cipolla's answer was, "It wouldn't hurt."
At the end of his first semester, in 1987, Bendig was dismissed. He was kicked out. He failed his courses, was a disciplinary problem, and was politely regarded as "a troubled soul."
2c] As soon as Cipolla learned of Bendig's dismissal, Cipolla told the Padre Pio Prayer Group members ... at the after-mass reception ... to quit sending money to Bendig, at the Pittsburgh seminary. After all, he no longer lived there.
Well, Bendig learned of this and telephoned one of Cipolla's female followers, asking her if Cipolla told the Padre Pio Prayer Group members to stop sending him money. After the lady said, yes, Bendig responded, by saying, "He shouldn't have done that."
Then and only then did Bendig accuse Cipolla of molestation, as well as accusing a large number of seminarians and priests of breaking priesthood vows and violating the laws of nature. Wuerl declared Bendig non-credible and closed the books on him.
Next came the simultaneous arrests of Wolk, Zula, and Pucci. Shortly after the arrests, Bendig contacted the media and claimed that he was molested, too. So, in both occasions of Cipolla being accused of molestation, they were preceded by Cipolla keeping money away from them.
3] In 1978, only after Cipolla told Diane Thompson that his pastor told him that the parish was not a charity organization and could not afford to pay Diane Thompson's monthly apartment rent did she accuse Cipolla as having molested her son Tucker, and even her eldest son, Frank. This was done on July 25th, 1978.
Contrary to what was written by those who never met Cipolla, never conversed with Cipolla, never conversed with Cipolla's relatives & altar servers, and never saw the Cipolla documentation, Cipolla was NEVER ARRESTED ... neither in 1978 or in any other year.
The truth is that neither the police nor the DA's office had the evidence to charge him, and this is why there was an August 28th, 1978 Probable Cause Hearing, in the first place.
If the police had evidence against Cipolla, the police would have arrested him, pursuant to a signed Police Affidavit. They would not have had to have depended upon Diane Thompson's private citizen's complaint.
Even at that, a few years prior, the Pittsburgh Police ... Zone 4 Office ... gave Cipolla a commendation for his successful 1972 youth group management. Not a single youth in any of Cipolla's groups reported Cipolla for any wrongdoing ... until 1978.
Concerning the sole detective of the 1978 case, he only believed everything Diane Thompson's 12 year son said to him, because he literally believed that 12 year old children never lie to police officers. By the end of the 1980s, however, everyone in America would come to see how 9, 10, 11, and 12 year children lie to police, as much as do 5, 6, 7, and 8 year old children ... especially in light of the McMartin Pre-School Case.
The Approval of Government
The 1978 private complaint of Diane Thompson, like all others in any year, was subject to the approval of the DA's office or the approval of a magistrate. Well, a magistrate was scheduled to judge Diane Thompson's non-evidence-backed accusations, on August 28th, 1978.
At this point, keep in mind that the 12 year old son of Diane Thompson had ZERO corroborating witnesses to give credibility to his accusations, and to make sure that he simply didn't say to the 1978 detective what his mother insisted that he say.
The youth had the 1978 detective fooled. But, he didn't have anyone else fooled, especially in light of the fact that Cipolla received a commendation from Pittsburgh Police personnel ... in the form of a plaque ... for handling youth group management as properly as was needed.
It was entirely up to the judge to either Issue Process on Cipolla and put him in handcuffs or else let Cipolla continue life as a free man, unless unless unless Diane Thompson were to withdraw her private citizen's criminal complaint before the hearing started.
Upon a pre-hearing withdrawal, a case gets closed before it gets started. However, once a magistrate "issues process," no private citizen on Earth can "drop the charges."
All in all, the 2016 Randy Engel article is completely bogus, in its description of an arrest that never occurred in the first place ... and in the procedural process which occurred in an arrest which NEVER HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE. That 2016 article was a sick joke.
