The Scholarship Fund

Please send memorial scholarship donations to:

ACOAM
P.O.Box 24
Easton, MA 02356

The ACOAM is a legitimate law enforcement organization that recognizes the legitimate work Capt. White was doing in spite of certain opportunists, charlatans and criminals who tried to exploit the confusion that surrounds ritual-related violence.

The writer of this blog is a professional artist who worked briefly with Capt. White on one project. I am not associated with any organization, agency, or group named here.

---D.S. Matteau


Friday, April 11, 2008

From Dan Edmunds, Ed. D.

"I recall the memory of Captain Thomas White with great fondness. I first met Captain White when he came to Florida to give a training on issues of ritual abuse. He was a dynamic presenter and had great insight. I came to learn as well that he was a person of principle and compassion and that he had a desire to become involved in the ministry of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Captain White and I corresponded for some time, he being in Massachusetts and I in Florida at the time. Eventually, we decided to develop an Eastern Orthodox chapel and together we petitioned the bishop to establish this. In September of 1999, together we began having daily services.

Captain White was a man of great humor yet had a very serious side. He was persistent and determined in what he believed. He worked alongside Bobbi Gagne, and on a number of occasions, Tom, Bobbi, and I would visit individuals who were victims of abuse and undergoing emotional distress and seek to provide them comfort and support. I returned to Pennsylvania in November 1999 in order to take a position as a therapist and Captain White greatly encouraged and supported my efforts.

It is largely through his and Bobbi Gagne’s influence that I made the decision to enter the counseling field. Captain White was ordained as a deacon in the Orthodox Church in January 2000, and sadly, a week after his ordination before he was able to serve his first Liturgy, he passed away suddenly. I went to visit him in the hospital a few days prior to his death and to gently hold the hand of a person who had been a dear friend and a brother."

This quote is from an email sent to me on April 10, 2008.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bobbi Gagne? She is a terrorist and here are her websites:

http://www.mountainpridemedia.org/

http://www.mountainpridemedia.org/oitm/issues/2003/02feb2003/news02_barre.htm

Anonymous said...

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