Floyd,
I want to thank you for giving me what I’ve been seeking since August 2022; an official denial of ‘The Cover-up of A Pedophile at Lamoille County Mental Health. You’ve handed it to me on a platter, and I appreciate it. Immensely. Ed French, and “Butch” Alexander will shudder when they find out. Any criminal defense lawyer, even “a wet-behind-the-ears” one would have told you two things. Keep your mouth shut, and don’t put anything in writing. But, why bother to consult with a lawyer before replying; you’re smarter than they are, right?
Floyd, you think that you are clever, or “cute” as the Irish say, but consider this, Ed French, and “Butch” Alexander would not do what you did. This is not only a big break, it’s a massive blunder on your part. It will be invaluable to the journalists, and police investigators who will crack this case open. Now, they will have a baseline to use in questioning you, and others. And, their accounts will be vastly different than yours.
Your screw up also creates a serious problem for your co-conspirators. To back your account would be stupid to the Nth degree, and dangerous to them. And, if they distance themselves from your fictional account, they’d have to give their version, and they wouldn’t want to do that. They could plead the Fifth, or say that they have no recollection of events. But, in your fictional account you seem to have already staked out a claim to the “no recollection”, and amnesia defense . And, that will be blown apart in court
Perhaps, due to your selective amnesia, you forgot that we exchanged letters in the summer of 1994, after I submitted my letter of resignation. Back then, Ed French, the legal counsel for the agency told you not to respond to my last letter. His reason, was that in the exchange of letters, I had gotten the better of you, and he was concerned about what may come out. Bill Mullin, the pedophile that you, “Butch”, and others helped leave Vermont unreported, and undetected by the police with six months cash in his pockets. Or the scandal involving Mr. Cleveland, or the cover-up of the suicide of a client on 10 September 1992. I’m told there's more. In the exchange, you thought that you were batting 1,000, but in reality, I had “cleaned your clock”. And, in case you have amnesia, it was all about ethics, or the lack of, at the agency!
Floyd, attempting a citizens arrest at your house was NEVER an option. NEVER. The potential for a bad outcome was serious, and I don’t consider you to be in full control of your mental faculties. But, I was determined to get a denial in writing. Here’s what happened, you took the bait, and walked into a trap! You did so because you’re not in control of your emotions. Your emotions rule you, and no doubt have “for several years - and more probably decades”. And, Floyd, the term “execute” is the commonly used term for a search warrant, and arrests.
My preference was/is to picket the offices of the Vermont Attorney General, the Vermont legislature, the Lamoille County State’s Attorney office, the agency itself, maybe your home as well. Those options are still on the table, and legal. I’m a firm believer in the efficacy of civil disobedience. In 1974, I took part in the picketing of Boston area supermarkets that sold non-union lettuce. This was part of The United Farm Workers Union drive for union recognition. On Sunday 6 June 1976, I was one of 15 members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War VVAW who took over, and occupied the Statue of Liberty. There’s more.
Let me give you a “reality” check. You are not the first person that I will have had tossed into jail for issues relating to the emotional, physical, or sexual abuse of children. You, and “Butch” will, just, be the latest. And, no matter what you say, no matter how many denials you make, or tell people that I am “mentally ill”, or “delusional”, the two of you are going down for what you did, and there's nothing that you can do about it.
You state that “no one has responded because no one finds” my “allegations credible”. There’s two parts to that. First, the police, prosecutors, and other authorities have, historically, been a brick wall to serious allegations by child victims. Claims were dismissed, or slow to investigate, or reluctantly so. The documentary ‘Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God’ (2012) is a perfect example. Deaf students were abused for years by one Fr. Lawrence Murphy. But, they were determined to bring in to light. Fr. Murphy, like yourself, was considered a “pillar of the community”. And, like you, he labeled them crazy, or insane, and the police, prosecutors, took his word. But, they were telling the truth. And, so am I. The movie ‘Spotlight’ shed light on it. It’s often a team of journalist who break open the case, and only then, do the police investigate. That's what is going to happen.
This year a citizens arrest was made against a prominent person in the UK. The police were aware of the allegations, but did nothing, until a group of citizens arrested him. Only then, was he charged. And, then, there’s Bill Gates. He’s a pedophile. He claimed to have met Jeffrey Epstein a few times to talk about Epstein donating money to charity. That’s intriguing. Epstein’s money was ‘dirty’ money. He was a sexual trafficker of young women, and the Gate’s Foundation allegedly helps the victims of sexual trafficking. That’s an interesting intersection. Bill Gates said he met Epstein twice; then, it was four times. Then, journalists found out that it was 22 times, and finally some 36 times in eight years. He’s not been arrested. Neither US Attorney General, nor the FBI, or any police department are investigating, and it’s not because of the lack of evidence to pursue.
Secondly, you are incorrect. I have been in touch with journalists who investigate political corruption, criminal activity, and major scandals, and cover-ups. And, I’ve told them who to question, what to ask you, to watch your eyes, and specifics about your body language. I also tell them that this is not just about Mullin, or the other scandals. The whole place, save for a very few exceptions, has been, ethically, and morally bankrupt, and that the journalists who expose it may get a Pulitzer. It’s worthy of a documentary.
In addition, I've been going through news accounts searching for screwups at all of the county mental health clinics in Vermont. Over decades, there are reports of serious screw ups at LCMH. The suicide deaths of clients, or other incidents, and they're not once-offs. No other agency comes close to the agency's record of screw ups. In this category, Lamoille County Mental Health takes the Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals; there’s no other competition. And, I'm not even half done; I'm going back to the day the agency opened its doors.
There is only one reason. The leadership. How many agencies across America hire a pedophile for their child psychologist? What did you guys miss? Great interview skills.
What you call stalking, I call legal research to break open a criminal case. I’m some 8,400+ miles away. So, stop whining, and playing the victim. You, and "Butch", principally, helped Mullin make new victims everywhere he went. Those kids, are now adults; they are the only victims, not you. When you guys, you Perps, helped your in-house pedophile, Bill Mullin, flee Vermont, you ABETTED A STALKER of CHILDREN, A PEDOPHILE. And you knew what he’d do. Molest children.
And, you say that you have a stalker. Unbelievable! Boo Hoo.
Floyd, your version of events is so full of porkies that I don’t need to address each, and every one. In a courtroom, your account will be ripped apart like a piñata at a child’s birthday party. And, if you think that the counselors, psychologists, social workers, therapists, et al will perjure themselves to protect you, “Butch”, and the other perps, then you are the “delusional” one . They were, and are complicit. They kept silent. They refused to act to protect the children. Those are felonies! So, they'll be more than willing to “spill their guts”, and cooperate with the police, and prosecutors. They should be held to account, and will, in a way… in the court of public opinion. They did it for the same reason that you did. To protect their job, reputation, and career ambitions. Screw the kids.
Any clinic can have people who are unethical, or who commit unethical acts. But, how many across America have the whole staff keep their mouths shut over a pedophile in their ranks. That speaks volumes about how the agency operated. Lamoille County Mental Health should have been shut down decades ago. Before I set foot in the agency, a social worker there told me that LCMH is an “ethical swamp”.
To me, your narrative has three major themes, and I’ll conflate some topics into each other. Character assassination, denial (loss of recollection, or selective amnesia). The third is a desperate attempt to try to persuade people that a cover-up wound be impossible.
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION
Or, the first line of defense of politicians, and white collar criminals who are accused of wrongdoing. Character assassination is nothing less than an attempt to smear the integrity, and credibility of the person who is exposing the ugly truth. In this case, me. I couldn’t care less. The more you say, and the more you write, the more ammunition you provide to journalists, police, and prosecutors to use against you. I’m a patient man; I know what the outcome will be. You, “Butch”, and the others will be seen for what you are, major felons, criminals, pedophile protectors, and enablers. And, I will make sure that your names are added to the Registry of sex offenders!
For the record, and to all who read this:
Sometime between 1988 - 1992 the agency hired William “Bill” Mullin as their child psychologist. He was a pedophile, and abused children his office. William “Butch” Alexander, the then, Executive Director, and Floyd Nease, then the Director of programs for children, and families found out. These two, principally, engaged in a criminal conspiracy to hide this from the police, and relevant state authorities, like the Departments for Children and Families, Health, Mental Health, Human Services, et al.
They made a pact with their in-house pedophile. They'd give him six months pay in cash - a pedophile’s lottery win. Plus a “glowing” letter of recommendation to all but guarantee that Mullin would soon get a job. And, they knew that he intended to apply for the position of child psychologist at the US Naval Submarine Base in New London, Connecticut. All that Mullin had to do was leave Vermont “quickly and quietly”. He did. Then, the co-conspirators took actions to remove his name from agency records. So, Bill Mullin didn't exist. Bill who? Never heard of the fella. The only certainty is that that they knew that Mullin would molest children wherever he went.
They didn’t care. Their priorities were their jobs, reputations, future ambitions, and the good name of the agency. What good name. The children were “thrown under the bus”. In his political career, Nease would talk, or write about honoring the men and women in uniform. Yeah, sure…send them your in-house pedophile to abuse their children. Despicable.
ATTACK THE MESSENGER,
ATTACK THE TRUTH
That is, make the issue, the messenger’s credibility. Floyd, a number of times you claim that I am “mentally ill” (paragraphs, or para(s) 3,6,21, and 53. In para 3 you write “Mr. Meuse is an older man, clearly mentally ill, suffering from obsession, and delusions”. If a parent reported what Mullin did, I wonder, if you said that their child had an active imagination? In paragraph 10, you say “Mr. Meuse hasn’t been in touch with reality for several years - and more probably decades”. In para 11 the term is “mental illness”, and a “delusional liar”.
Since you repeatedly go to great lengths to deny knowing me, or have no recollection of me, then how can you make such a clinical diagnosis of me. Ethical practice requires an examination of the individual, some familiarity with the person, and any history of mental illness. Again, that’s what ethical practice requires. But, then again, ethics were never your “strong suit” as you say.
Now, Floyd, I have some pertinent questions for you. Have you ever been diagnosed as having a mental health illness? What about a “mood disorder, like, Bipolar? Or, borderline or narcissistic personality disorder? After all, what could be more narcissistic than bribing a pedophile to leave Vermont to protect your job. Is there a family history of any of these? Are you taking medication? Have you ever sought help for anger management, or impulse control? It doesn’t sound nice when it’s flipped on you, does it?
See, by the end of 1992, I’d seen the animated Floyd so much that even though I was only “wet-behind-the-ears” at the agency, I wondered if you were bipolar. You could switch from being very happy to full of rage in an instant. You have trouble controlling your anger, and rage. But, in time, I realized that it was something else.
For you, and “Butch”, principally, to aid Mullin in leaving Vermont undetected, and unreported, and cover it up, certain qualities are needed. They are, deceit, lying, and manipulation. Further, you demonstrated a complete disregard of the law, and the safety, and well-being of the children. But, above all, showed that you lacked even a IOTA of EMPATHY for the victims to come, and a COMPLETE LACK OF REMORSE. Those are the qualities you have in abundance.
Floyd, you know, that those are the symptoms of Antisocial Personality Disorder. I could be wrong, but I don’t think so. In Vietnam I learned to trust my instincts. And, for your information, when I entered the agency, I had already volunteered at the student counseling office at Johnson State College from late October 1991 - April 1992. And, I’ve been an astute observer of people. In that regard, I have superior instincts, and if it were not so, I’d of been dead in January, or February 1969. I had to be able to make quick judgments as to whether, or not I could trust certain people. Also, to detect an ambush the second time I walked ‘point’.
A number of times you refer to me as an “old man”. Floyd, I am 74, and you are 73. Am I missing something here? Is 73 the cutoff point from being a younger, and “older man”? Those references, combined with this, "He says he’s in his mid-70s, a Vietnam Veteran from Ohio who served two combat tours" seems like a whiff of the "crazy" Vietnam veteran. Also, you know I’m from Boston, not Ohio. It's always been those who never put on a military uniform that make such slurs.
DENIAL OF THE TRUTH
As for your denials, during interrogation you will be confronted with the ugly truth and be forced to admit it.
You claim not to know or remember me, but here's one. From August 1994, when I left the agency, until May 1999, I reported safety violations to the Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration - VOSHA twice a year. The agency was fined tens of thousands of dollars for gross safety violations. You were there, and you knew it was me. Finally, Ed French, still legal counsel for the agency, scandal after scandal, and cover up after cover up, called me in Cork city, and pleaded with me to stop. He asked me to think about how the money spent (on fines) could be used to help client services. I asked him one question, "Who's Bill Mullin"? He hung up the phone immediately.
I had experience with safety matters. In 1979, New Balance got whacked with a fine because of me. During an inspection by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA, the company was ordered to install a saw guard on the table saw before the end of the day. This is to prevent serious injuries. They didn’t, and the next morning, the operator got his right fingers cut to stubs. An OSHA investigator came in the next day, and asked some of us if the company had put a saw guard in place as ordered. Our supervisor was present, and every person either said yes, or they didn’t know. I came forward, and said that the saw guard was purchased that morning, and installed after the blood was wiped clean. I gave the name of the store. It was like Vietnam, flying body parts.
January 1983, the Postmaster of Boston told me, that out of 3,000 employees, I filed 70% of all safety hazards in 1982. The costs were staggering. He said he’d fire me if he could. In the next four months I filed two separate safety hazard reports on dust, and noise pollution. He had to hire an engineering firm. The total cost was over $33,000, and that year was worse. But, I learned a lesson from my encounters with him. I never again, went into a meeting with anyone that I considered “dirty”, or corrupt, unless I was wired for sound. And, Floyd, I considered you to be “dirty. I always use(d) a dictaphone. Do you get the picture of where this is headed, and why I wanted you to put it in writing? It’s so you would get caught out lying about never knowing a Bill Mullin.
The day before I left LCMH, I took a camera, word processor, pens, paper, and envelopes to the agency to document safety hazards. At the right, rear fire exit door, I took photos. A 5 gallon can of gasoline was in front of the fire exit door. Above that, was a weed whacker, and, two barrels of recycling paper were just three feet from the gasoline can. I sent a safety report with the photo to the Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration - VOSHA, and gave you a copy. You laughed it off. The hazards were in place until the next afternoon. Within days, a VOSHA inspector came in on an unannounced inspection. He found the gasoline was next to the oil burner. WTF! I received a copy of his report. The agency was fined $1,192, or so, and warned that in the future, each major violation would draw a fine of $5,000.
Then, the agency was hammered year after year for major safety violations. There's a lesson here. The leadership of the agency was more than, grossly negligent with regard to health and safety issues. They showed a callous disregard for the safety, health, and well-being of every client that walked through the door, and the same for staff. The Directors did not exercise due care, nor due diligence in these matters. If a fire had broken out, the explosion would’ve killed everyone, and blown the windows out at the Copley Hospital. This went on year, after year, after year. There is only one term to describe the leadership of LCMH. "Unconscionability negligent". And, that is a big factor behind every other scandal.
This type of disregard for people over such issues of import is why the agency appears in the news for client screw ups over and over in the decades after I left.
Out of all the snide smears that Mr. Pedo Friendly, Floyd Nease, hurls at me, the sickest one is where he makes a deliberate inference that the reason I am in Siem Reap, Cambodia, is because they have a child sex trafficking trade. That’s pretty desperate. I’ve placed the entire paragraph below for people to read.
“(Parenthetically, since the primary source of Mr. Meuse’s outrage is an alleged cover-up of imagined child sexual abuse, it seems reasonable to wonder why a man thus concerned found his way to- of all places on the planet he could visit - Siem Reap, Cambodia, a place known to have a child sex trafficking trade that attracts predators. But, I digress). “
The above is what a guilty, and desperate person may do, and you’re doing it to turn the spotlight from what you guys did. For the record, I’ve been in South East Asia since 24 October 2022. In that time, I have visited Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. And, Floyd, I’m not visiting Siem Reap, or Cambodia, I have a one year visa. I am living here for now, and I feel privileged to do so.
The Khmer people I’ve met are some of the kindest, respectful, generous, and hardworking people I’ve ever met. Daily I am heartened by these wonderful people. They are a resilient, and have experienced a number of hardships, from the bombing, and “secret war” waged against them during the Vietnam War, to the genocide of the Khmer Rouge. And, way, most people are unaware that the United States government supported Pol Pot into the 1990s!
Sexual trafficking exist almost everywhere; the only exceptions may be Antarctica, and the North Pole. This is so because great evil exists in this world. And, Floyd, you perps were instrumental in Mullin’s ability to sexually abuse children wherever he went. You materially abetted, and ensured he left Vermont unreported, and undetected by the police. So, for you to attempt to smear me, or anyone, is very “rich” as the Irish say. You live in a country where under Biden, and Trump, the prominent people who visited Jeffrey Epstein’s places are safe from prosecution. And, about what you say in reference to Siem Reap, you’re probably blissfully unaware that the modern day origins of the sexual trafficking of children in South East Asia goes back to the Vietnam War. Specifically, in Thailand, where the co-existence of great poverty, and pedophiles within the military, or other Americans, who were rich compared to the local people, were two factors.
SEXUAL TRAFFICKING IN SIEM REAP, WHAT ABOUT VERMONT?
Let me give you another reality check. Vermont has a documented reputation for being one of the most pedophile friendly states. This is not recent; it goes back decades, and has repeatedly been a topic of conversations in the media. These are the cold hard facts. Besides being known for lenient sentencing of child sexual predators, and other sexual crimes, Vermont has had, and still does a significant problem with regard to the sexual trafficking of children. And, for decades, and decades!
One of the most notorious cases occurred in 2006. That’s when Judge Cashman sentenced one Mark Hulett to 60 days in jail for repeatedly sexually abusing a six year old girl for four straight years. Sixty days! This is what the Caledonian Record newspaper had to say about it. “As long as judges like Ed Cashman are allowed to sit on Vermont benches, children cannot be considered safe”. That case, so enraged the people of Vermont, that the judge had to step down. See: ‘Sex Abuse Sentencing Sparks Fury at Vt. Judge’. NBC News. 13 January 2006. You said what about Siem Reap?
2007. The Andrew C. James case. In 2000, he “was convicted of” assaulting a woman, and she “told police that during the attack, James threatened to murder her, and the “1-year-old child she was holding”. Before this, in 2003, he was convicted of assaulting another woman with “a screwdriver”. Years later, he admitted to sexually assaulting a very young boy. He was sentenced to 2-4 years in jail, and was back on the street in 30 days. A pedophile’s Paradise. These things, like others, before, and after, were discussed on TV, radio, and newspapers. See: ‘Vermont Sex Offender had history of Past Assaults’. By Patrick McArdle, Rutland Herald. 20 January 2007. What did you say about Siem Reap.
In 2013, Timothy J. Szad was released back into the community after serving his sentence, and the local people, and far beyond were outraged. It was international news because Vermont authorities warned people “that blue-eyed, young blond-haired boys of 12 or 13 could be in particular peril”. In other words, he’s your problem now. See: Vermont Town Worried Over Sex Offender’s Release’. NBC NEWS. 25 July 2013. What’s that about Siem Reap? For the second time in seven years the issue of leniency of pedophiles, in Vermont, and its threat to the children of Vermont made national news. One of the things to come out of it was that Vermont was “More lenient than in neighboring states”, and with fewer restrictions on convicted pedophiles. See: ‘Sex offender laws in Vermont More Lenient Than in Neighboring States’ MyNBC5-TV. Circa: 2012-2014. Say what about Siem Reap?
Surely, after the above, things got better, right? No. It got worse! The national media pointed out reports that pedophiles were moving to Vermont. Circa 2022-2023, Steven James, a convicted pedophile, shared his insight. He said this: “after they have served their time, Vermont is the BEST STATE TO LIVE IN” (emphasis mine). See: Quora.com circa: 2022-2023. PSST: Say what about Siem Reap?
And, on February 2, 2023 a report was issued by Prevent Child Abuse PCA of Vermont. The title was ‘Youth Sex Trafficking is a Problem in Vermont’. The report documented that there was an actual increase in”of 27 cases per year from 2017 -2021. See: ‘Youth Sex Trafficking is a Problem in Vermont’. By PCAVT (Prevent Child Abuse Vermont). 2 February 2023. Whoa, they're talking about Vermont, not Siem Reap!
Hey, Floyd, what is going on with the Vermont Legislature all these decades? It keeps getting worse. As if to underscore the trend, 2024 was, in some ways, a banner year. For perps, that is. Last summer a group of pedophiles made plans to open a summer camp, and not far from a school. Why? Because Vermont is viewed as a safe haven for pedophiles!
2024 Then, there’s also the case that rightfully enraged the good citizens of Vermont. Todd Chisholm, a former Vermont State Trooper was given a sentence of 30 days in jail for repeatedly sexually assaulting a young child between 2003-2004. See: ‘Ex-State Trooper Receives 30 days in Prison for Sexual Conduct with a Child’. VTDigger. By Kevin O’Connor. 17 July 2024.
So, Floyd, let me turn the same question that you raised about me, back on you. Doesn’t it seem “reasonable to wonder why a man” like yourself, who abetted a pedophile to flee Vermont undetected, would choose to live in “a place known to have a thriving child sex trafficking trade”? Or, could that be the reason? Here’s another one that we can both agree on. Pedophiles seek jobs, or situations in which they have access to children. Right? Like Mullin. He had a dream job for a pedophile; a child psychologist. Now, after you moved to Vermont you’ve been working with children much of your adult life, and you abetted a pedophile. What a strange coincidence. I not saying that you’re a pedo, but it’s what you inferred about me. It doesn’t sound nice does it when it’s turned on you? Well you insinuated that about me.
Here’s a question. When you were in the State Legislature making Vermont a safe place for children, did you speak out about Judge Cashman’s ruling. If not, why not? And, during your tenure in the legislature, did you ever speak out, or write about the sexual trafficking of children in Vermont? If not, why not?
Again, did you ever speak out, or write about the problem of sexual predators of children? If not, why not? I asked because I am going to research the matter. That means going through every reference you made, or didn’t make in this regard. It’s called legal research. And, we will be looking into your tenure at the Laraway House in Johnson, Vermont. I have help with the research.
In mentioning Siem Reap, you generalized; there was no distinction drawn by you between sexual traffickers of children, and the Khmer people in general. There's a saying “you don’t paint everyone with one stroke of the brush”! My feeling is that it may be due to the anti-Asian, and particularly the anti-Chinese sentiments you have shown before.
I’m referring to the afternoon in the spring of 1994, when the place was empty of clients, you felt free to show a side of yourself that you wouldn’t want the public to know about. I had just left the coffee room, and was walking to the reception area. Before you saw me, you ask people at reception, and the office area, if anyone wanted to order Chinese food to go. Then, like Don Rickles did about the Japanese, you pretended to order food in Chinese. You went on like Ching Chong, Ching Chong, etc., and laughed.
When you saw me, your demeanor changed abruptly, and you said, “It’s not racist”. (It definitely was, and is). I said “I didn’t say anything”. You repeated that “It’s not racist”. And, I replied “You’re the one who brought it up”. Once again, you felt compelled to state “It’s not racist”. So, I asked, “then, would you feel comfortable going down to the Chinese restaurant, and ordering food that way”? There was silence on your part. You were a program Director at the time, that is, you help set the tone of the workroom environment, or work culture. Your first reaction was to say it’s not racist. If it wasn’t racist, then you wouldn’t have felt the need to say so.
Essentially, you were, and probably still are, like Justin Trudeau, a nice guy in public. But, in private, he liked to dress up, and wear a black face. To me, it’s one of those times when a person shows the darker side of themselves. Of course, they only do so when they think it’s okay…or in certain situations. Say, like a boss during it in front of his, or her, employees.
The one thing that I took away from that was that it wasn’t the first time that you did it. The other thing is, that’s how racist sentiments are spread. People express their racist feelings to those they feel are like themselves. It’s the side comment that is said to friends, or colleagues, or a casual acquaintance at a dinner party, or gathering, over coffee, or in the workplace. In every situation, the person deems it safe. And, it’s been the downfall of a number of politicians. Racism is pure evil. Have you ever visited any country with a black, or brown population? My guess, is no.
Whenever a friend, workmate, neighbor, an acquaintance, or anyone has said something racist in my presence, I’ve laid into them good. What you did is repugnant, and is NEVER funny. And, I’ve lost friends over such things, but I don’t ignore it.
PORKIE SPOILER ALERT
At no point did I say, or write that you are the “mastermind”. Nor, did I use the term “right fighter”. And, I never said that I was from Ohio. You know that I’m from Boston, and it’s your lying, and fabricating things to pretend that you don’t know me that will trip you up. There’s a saying that, perhaps you never heard of; “tell the truth, there’s less to remember”.
As for the Board of Directors meeting, you know that my source is Sandy Albright (RIP) of then, Jeffersonville. Sandy, had no hesitancy about me using her name. She told me about Mullin in early April 1994. I told her that I did my internship at the agency, and was working there on a part-time basis, but they wanted me out. When I mentioned your name, she made the gesture of spitting on the floor. She was visibly angry, just as Helene was when she told me why she was leaving the agency. You! Outside of the agency, Helene warned me. She said, “Watch your back…Floyd…he’s a snake! If you only knew”. And, we talked. She was the best, and most ethical person that I knew there. You know what I’m talking about, don’t you, Mr. Squeaky Clean! “But, I digress”.
Sandy Albright also expressed her disgust of Ed French, “Butch” Alexander. But, her contempt for you was far deeper. It was raw, and just under the surface. She said that you made the pitch to the Board of Directors to give Mullin, the money. There were three main parts.
Numero Uno, you lied, and said that Mullin only exposed himself to the children. In other words, there was no touching. How did you know? Were you present? Or, did you take Mullin’s word? He’s a perp. Your intent was to minimize what he did with an eye on getting the Board to release the funds to pay him off. Your omissions, are as serious as your outright lies. The truth is, that when a pedophile gets as far, as exposing himself, he’s far along in the “gooming” process, and you knew that! Next would be oral sodomy, or what the Irish call, “buggery”, or who knows what else! You didn’t care
Numero Dos. You claimed that Mullin had threatened to sue the agency if he was terminated. There’s no way in hell that he would’ve tried to sue. He’d be admitting that he was a pedophile. Sure, a pedophile is going to file a lawsuit to contest his firing because he was a pedophile. That would be a historic first. Youre a sick puppy. He would’ve been tossed into jail. This was to pressure the Board, and create an atmosphere of dread, and distress, and that’s the context in how the vote took place. At each stage, you painted a bleak picture about what could happen to the agency.
Numero Tres. You relied on scare tactics…you didn’t have to spell it out completely. They got the message; the agency could be crushed if word got out, or if he sued the agency. You created a dire future for every child that came into contact with Mullin! But, that wasn’t a concern.
The agency would have a big public relations problem if it got out. Who would trust sending their kids to LCMH if it came out? Why should they trust a new one when the last one you guys hired was a pedophile? What would you say to the the people of Lamoille County? Trust us, he's not like the other guy? The parents would be like No siree, bob.
The problem for you and “Butch” was you’d be out of jobs, and would be, rightfully seen as toxic. No mental health clinic would want to hire either of you. So, you guys literally BRIBED A PEDOPHILE TO LEAVE VERMONT.
A COVER-UP WOULD BE
IMPOSSIBLE! YEAH SURE.
In your letters of 1994, you used specific words or phrases to make a point that you thought was brilliant, and conclusive, only to have it boomerang on you. That was so because your words exposed your thinking, and hypocrisy. Also, ethics was a dirty word at the agency.
In para 3 you wrote that “had I committed the crimes”, then, justice “might be, well, justified”. Really, so, you feel that prosecution for covering up of a pedophile “might be…justified”. That’s interesting. Floyd, there’s NO MIGHT about it! You will be arrested, indicted, tried, and convicted. The only certainty is that it will be investigated, and prosecuted “until Justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream”.
You assert that I said that the cover-up (thank you for admitting it) was done “solely to protect the immediate reputation of the agency”. No, I did not. Stop lying. I stated clearly that it was done to protect your jobs, reputations, future career plans, and the agency. In para 41, you claim that “it’s not possible to erase employment records”. Also, “payroll tax, SSDI, and Social Security deductions can’t be erased from Federal and State tax records”. Let me correct you. With regard to payroll tax records, the Federal Government requires businesses to retain such records for at least 4 years. And, the State of Vermont requires retaining records for at least 3 years. But, in general most places probably keep them for 6-7 years, and that’s prudent. In other words, not 10, 20, or 30 years. The same for SSDI records.
Impossible to erase? I was employed at the agency on a part-time basis from May 1993 to August 1994, I was always paid cash in a white envelope. Then, there are fires. Most are accidental, but some are not. For example, sometime around 1984, the night before the FBI was to execute a search warrant for computer(s), and more at the house of Lonnie Johnson, the then, President of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, a fire destroyed them.
A business entity may also alter employment records. It happened at Lamoille County Mental Health in September 1992! I am talking about the cover-up of the suicide death of a client on September 10, 1992.
The second day of my internship, 8 September 1992, I filed an ethics report against Patrick “Pat” Gray (RIP). The next morning, 9 September 1992, my internship supervisor, Eleanor Morrissey told me what “Butch” said, and I was gobsmacked. It meant that there was no sanction at all. I was about to write up a reply to Alexander, but Eleanor asked me what I wanted to say, and said she'd tell Alexander. The following morning, 10 September, 1992, she relayed that “Butch” said it was none of my business and that, I was just an intern. Again, I was going to write a reply, but Eleanor said that she would pass up my reply, but no more because it put her in the middle. Fair play. So, I said this. “The welfare of clients is my business, and if no action is taken against Pat, not even a discussion, then something big will happen soon because Pat is a walking, ethical, time bomb waiting to go off, and when it does, the sole concern of the Directors will be to keep it out of the media”. I later wrote it in my journal.
That was a prophetic statement. That night, a male client of the agency confronted his estranged wife, and Pat Gray at her residence. Both he, and she, were clients at the agency, and Pat was in a sexual relationship with her. BOOM! As Pat was a member of the Emergency Services unit at LCMH, he called the police, and identified himself. The protocol was that Pat should have, then, immediately contacted the on-duty Emergency Services staff member, and informed them that a client was "in crisis". He did not. Had he done so, his relationship with a client would’ve come out. Later that night, the man committed suicide.
The next day, 11 September 1992, Pat was issued a termination letter, and told that he was fired. However, “Butch”, William “Butch” Alexander, had the letter backdated to September 7, 1992. They, the Directors, were in crisis mode. The specific nature, and wording of my warning caused a massive problem for them. If the truth got out (always a concern of the Directors), then they would get hammered in any civil action brought by the deceased’s family. At the very least, Alexander, would be out on the street. As with Mullin, they were not going to let it happen.
The letter dated the 7th was a crude attempt to make it appear that after reading my ethics complaint, “Butch” exercised “due diligence”, and fired Pat Gray immediately. However, he made a potentially, fatal error. I did not write up my complaint, nor submit it until the 8th of September. Even then, Pat had been seeing her well before I submitted my ethics report. See, Floyd, records can be, and have been altered at the agency. My guess is that to be a Director at the agency, a person probably has to take an in-house seminar, on Records Altering 101. You know, like it’s a required skill.
You comment to the effect that anyone who would even suggest a cover-up over anything would be fired. Thanks for that one; comic relief is always appreciated. I almost fell out of my chair laughing. No professor in the psychology department at then, Johnson State College, would ever recommend Lamoille County Mental Health as an appropriate place to do an internship. Not a chance. When I told professor David Hutchinson that I was going to do my internship at the agency, he immediately suggested another place in Essex Junction. Anyplace, but LCMH! The agency was known as an “ethical swamp”, and the "just wing it" people. Once he knew that I was intent on doing my internship in the Substance Abuse Unit, he asked who the Director was. When I said Susan M, he dropped his head, and shook it side to side.
Before I left his office, I told him that I would enter, and leave with my integrity intact. And, I did. As an intern, I filed two ethics reports against two individuals at the agency, and both were terminated. Floyd, in all the years you were at LCMH, how many ethics reports did you file against individuals at the agency? None! How many written ethics complaints were submitted by other clinicians? None! How many interns in any field whether medical, journalism, law, or whatever, would do so? I didn’t care. I don’t, and never have turned a blind eye to unethical, illegal, or immoral behavior on any job. Losing jobs, or being blacklisted in the State of Vermont (by you) is a small price to pay for a clear conscience!
My ethics report of March 1993, against my then, boss, Susan, contained such charges as ’being under the influence of alcohol at work. Driving under the influence, pill popping… From Day 1 at the agency, I documented every unethical, and illegal act of the Director of the Substance Abuse Unit. I filed it quickly when I was asked to write essays for her. Also being told by her in supervision “I’m sorry if I’m in a bitchy mood. I haven’t been laid in a while”. That's what was normal at LCMH. She was a very nice person, but I’d rather be out the door than to toss my ethical core in the toilet. The same social worker who told me that the agency was an “ethical swamp” told me that I would be hit on. The primary reason was it would give her something over me.
Eleanor Morrissey, my internship supervisor, took my report, and she and Gail edited it, adding their own information. My name was removed, and they filed it under their names. Her concern was that I could get fired. I said “I don’t care”. But, you and “Butch” knew it came from me.
Before I entered the agency, I asked that social worker for any tips, and about the people at LCMH. Her husband knew of me, and my reputation at the Boston Post Office. She said this. “ You won’t last there. The place runs on an unwritten rule; I won’t say anything about your unethical stuff, and you don’t say anything about mine. It’s an ethical swamp, and you can't keep your mouth shut”.
I was a union steward at the Boston Post Office from 1981 - 1984. One night, Frank Sullivan said to me, “do you know what people say about you”? I said “Frank, I don’t care what people say about me. We all talk about other people". He said, “it’s not bad. If a guy gets a suspension, and his union steward is useless, people say “go to Meuse, Meuse don’t give a F”. Being threatened with losing my job never scared me. I survived nightly ‘sapper’ attacks on Fire Support Base Cunningham in February 1969. After I was out of the Marine Corps, I worked in factories, and restaurants. And, if a boss warned me that I could be fired, I’d look at him, and say, Boo Hoo.
This social worker gave me a rundown on the people. She said “you can’t trust anyone, not Eleanor, Gail, “Butch”, Floyd. No one. She explained that Susan got her just as a Director of the Substance Abuse Unit as a result of being “Butch’s” mistress. Eleanor, and Gail confirmed it. You all knew.
IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT ETHICS,
Floyd, let me take this opportunity to thank you again for replying in writing. In your statement, you make it eminently clear that you have no recollection of me, and no Bill Mullin was ever employed at the agency. I mentioned above that after the Postmaster of Boston told me that he would fire me given the chance, and he tried. I never walked into a meeting with someone that I considered corrupt, or dirty unless I was wired for sound.
In our May 19, 1994 meeting in your office, I had my dictaphone. And, the same for our last meeting (Eleanor Morrissey was present) on 24 August 1994. The tapes are being restored. The technology is light years ahead of where it was in the past. Now, in interrogation, you’ll have to explain the discrepancies between your written statement, and your reaction when I asked you about Bill Mullin. On 24 April 1994, I put forward a proposal to form an ethics committee. And, I was appointed to head up a working group to form an ethics committee. You, and the other Directors were mortified. But, you couldn’t be seen as opposing it.
In the May 19th meeting you asked me twice, “what are you looking for”? At first, I didn’t understand what you were on about, but I realized, that you guys must have a number of things kept under the rug. About an ethics committee, you said “ we’ve done fine without one, and we don’t need you”! Then, you demanded my resignation right then. I refused. You then, said that if I didn’t resign, then I “ would never get another job in Vermont”. I challenged you, right there, and then, by saying that “under State law, I am considered a sub-contract employee, and you have the right to fire me at will”. I said that you “can do it right now, on the spot, and I do not have the right to contest it”… then, I paused for a second, and said “unless I can prove that you’re doing it to keep something covered up”.
Then, I asked, “who’s Bill Mullin”, and you went bonkers. You jumped out of your chair, and yelled “This meeting is over”. It’s on tape, Floyd. And, a lot of people heard you. I waited until mid-June to submit my letter to resignation that took effect on August 24, 1994. There was no “dramatic confrontation” as you claim. I did not accuse you in that meeting. You're a liar. You lost it by blowing up, and you did so because you are NOT in control of your emotions.
In our last meeting, I waited a bit before asking you “who’s Bill Mullin”? You flew out of your chair, and ran behind the desk, reached into a draw…and shut off your recording device. I knew you that you would be recording the meeting. Panic was written all over your face. You did not want Mullin’s name on the tape. I chuckled to myself because I knew that you had no clue, nor even considered the possibility that I could be taping you. For the second time in three months, you demonstrated the same reaction to the mention of Mullin! Your reaction was telling. It spoke volumes. Eleanor said nothing. Before I left, I said that I was reporting to both of you that I believed that a Bill Mullin had worked there, that he was a pedophile, and you had a duty to report it. The last thing that I said was that I was “leaving with my integrity intact”! And, words to the effect that you people tossed yours aside to keep your jobs.
In your narra-fib-tive you say I show "no respect" for the privacy of your co-conspirators. Boo Hoo! You guys are nothing less than unindicted felons of a series of heinous crimes. What would you recommend, Floyd, should I go to charm school? Let's get real, you showed no respect, nor concern for Mullin’s future victims, and you talk about respect? You, and Alexander, principally, tossed a physical, emotional, and spiritual hand grenade into the lives of every future victim of Mullin.
About my sources. Office staff, a former business manager, a counselor, and a social worker. Some gave me a bit of information once, or twice. Others several times. The day that Susan had to resign in March 1993, I was given a complete summary of the conversations that took place in the office, including some direct by Ed French, and the others. After I submitted my proposal to form an ethics committee, I was told what you, and others said.
Why? Because some thought that what you did with Mullin, and other scandals was appalling. They had children, nephews and nieces. Before you had me in your office on 19 May 1994, I knew it was coming. There's more, but that’s enough. Floyd, if there’s any consolation prize, you will have helped to crack the case against yourself with your impulsiveness.
TO ALL WHO READ THIS, CONSIDER THIS.
On the back of the postcards, and large manila envelopes that I have sent to Floyd W. Nease of Jericho, William "Butch" Alexander of South Burlington, and Edward B. French of Stowe Vermont I charge them with the 'Cover-up of a Pedophile at Lamoille County Mental Health'. Floyd, states that I libel, and slander him.
But, what he omits to tell you is that on the back of at least one postcard each month, I challenge them to go to the police, and file a criminal complaint against me. And, I challenge them to file a civil suit against me. However, for the past three years, they may complain, but they won't do it. If someone stated things about me that were patently untrue, I would file criminal charges against them.
These guys won't, and there is only one reason why. They did it, and they know that if they were to file a criminal complaint, or a civil suit against me...it would come out. So, I upped the ante with talk about a citizen’s arrest at Floyd’s home, and he took the bait, and gave me a written statement. I don’t apologize because I’m trying to break open this case.
Floyd, you state that I am a stalker, and that I slander and libel you. Stalking is a serious criminal offense in Vermont. The penalty can be jail time, and/or a fine. But, you don’t dare to file a criminal complaint against me. Because the truth would come out. I would have the right to subpoena witnesses, the right to compel testimony, even the right to ask the court to declare certain people “hostile witnesses”. Libel, and slander are civil wrongs, and you could file a civil suit against me, but you won’t, because the cover-up of a pedophile, and more would come out! Ditto for Ed French, and “Butch” Alexander.
In what I have written here, I quote what you wrote in “I Have a Stalker”. However, you neither quote anything from ‘The Cover-up of a Pedophile at Lamoille County Mental Health’ nor mention it by name.
TO ALL. THEY WON'T FILE CRIMINALS CHARGES AGAINST ME, NOR WILL THEY FILE A CIVIL SUIT AGAINST ME. WHY? BECAUSE THEY DID DO IT!
My WordPress blog that was used for this purpose was hacked by someone who went by the handle of “perfectly kryptonite’. So, I opened two separate blogs. If they get hacked, I’ll be up and running within 24 hours. No problem.
Finally, I would gladly take a polygraph test to verify the veracity of my accusations.
Justice will be done,
Paul Meuse MA, BCL, LLB
