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Fathers' groups
hold vigil
They maintain murder, shootings could have been avoided if
courts had been more supportive of dads
Stephen Petersen, Sun Chronicle, Sept. 7, 2007
Children's
Right Initiative Joins Forces with Locals
Sarah Kirchner, The Hometown News, Sept. 13-19, 2007
Cann tragedy
spurs visit from parents' rights group
Cathy Gilbertie Knipper, Norton Mirror, Sept. 13, 2007
Happy FatherLESS Day marchers sweep through Boston
Courthouses disinfected but Mr. Incredible fails to deliver, CPF, June 18, 2005
Charalambous: Time for a 'what's best for the
children' mindset
Mark Charalambous / Guest Columnist, MetroWest Daily News, Dec. 9, 2004
Children involved in divorce best served by shared parenting Mark Charalambous, Telegram & Gazette, AS I SEE IT, Dec. 3, 2004
Shared parenting ballot initiative statewide results chart
Valley voters send
legislators message on diverse collection of
ballot questions
John Snyder and Kimberly Ashton, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Nov. 3, 2004
Shared Parenting ballot initiative wins
overwhelmingly across Massachusetts
Nov. 3, 2004, news
reports from Daily Hampshire Gazette, The Republican, Berkshire Eagle
Ballot
question seeks equal custody for divorced parents
Ben Rubin, North Adams Transcript, Nov. 1, 2004
Shared-custody laws urged by fathers in state
Kimberly Ashton, Daily
Hampshire Gazette, Oct. 18, 2004
Equal Access to Children After Divorce
(Local link)
Cathy Young, Boston Globe, Oct 16, 2004
Ballot question asks voters whether divorced parents should share custody
Adam Gorlick, AP [Boston Globe, Herald, ...] Aug. 25, 2004
Fathers-4-Justice blaze trail for father's rights
Mark Charalambous, Massachusetts News, July 9, 2004
GOP blueprints Beacon Hill grab
Michael McAuliffe, The Republican, Mar,. 28, 2004
A need to right judicial abuses Letter: Mike Franco, Daily Collegian, Mar. 24, 2004
A case of overreaction
Letter: Steve Basile, Boston Herald, Feb. 25, 2004
'10 most wanted' poster includes 3 from WMass Dan Ring, (Springfield, MA) The Republican, Feb. 24, 2004
Fathers coalition wants Bay State to consider marriage more sacred
Cindy J. Roth, Metropoint, Feb. 10, 2004
Advocate for fathers urges support for
shared-parenting legislation
Mike Franco, Sentinel & Enterprise,
Dec. 14, 2003
$30,000
Raised to Aid Women
Ken Ross, The Republican, Aug.
19, 2003
Dear Editor:
Administration of legal aid is biased against men
Letter: Mike Franco, Chicopee Herald, MetroWest Reminder, The
Sun, July 23-30, 2003
Murder highlights
inherent problems at DSS
Mark Charalambous / Guest Commentary, CapeCodder, July 3, 2003
Fatherhood Coalition chairman's Memorial Day/Fathers Day
message
Fathers dvocate reminds voters of obligation to reform government
Letter: Mike Franco, Sentinel & Enterprise, Chicopee Herald,
Holyoke Sun, Groton Landmark, Fathers Day, 2003
Helping
dads get their rights
Meir Rinde, Lawrence Eagle Tribune, June 14, 2003
Scott
speaks to Fatherhood Coalition about testimony
Hope Tremblay, Holyoke Sun, May 1-7, 2003
Police Chief
Scott disappointed by Beacon Hill hearing
Ed Oliver, Massachusetts News, April 30, 2003
Bill
filed to limit judicial terms
Allan Stein, Westfield Eveneing News, April 29, 2003
Fathers
stand up for shared parenting bill
Chicopee Register, April 17, 2003
Family
court 'Guardians'
Ed Oliver, Massachusetts News, April 17, 2003
Fathers
protest judges abandoning their role to 'experts'
Ed Oliver, Massachusetts News, April 15, 2003
Fatherhood
Coalition's Charalambous weighs in on court report
Massachusetts News, April, 2003
Bancroft
overlooks battered men
Letter: Dan Grubbs, Valley Advocate, Feb. 20, 2003
"DSS IS OUT OF CONTROL"
Fatherhood Coalition protest DSS in Holyoke
Hope E. Tremblay, The Sun (Holyoke), Feb. 6-12, 2003
Injustice
is close to home
Letter: Mike Franco, MetroWest Daily News, Feb. 6, 2003
Massachusetts
conservatives express their views on Mitt Romney
Part II, Including statement by CPF's Mark Charalambous
Ed Oliver, Massachusetts News, Feb. 2003
Equal
choice for both men and women
Stave Basile, Letter to the Editor, Boston Globe, Jan. 26, 2003
A Search of equality
Domestic abuse groups dispute status of claims by men
Farah Stockman, Boston Globe, October 28, 2002
Father's
rights: Group fights to help divorced dads
Kate Hogan, Sentinel & Enterprise, October 25, 2002
FATHERHOOD COALITION RESPONDS:
"Men are regularly profiled in domestic violence cases,"
Mark Charalambous letter to editor, November 1, 2002
Westminster
man's groundbreaking domestic violence study to get exposure
Ed Oliver, Massachusetts News, September 6, 2002
Restraint
decisions studied
Basile describes court's unfairness
Mary Jo Hill, Telegram & Gazette, September 5, 2002
Mike
Franco has Rappaport seal of approval
Ed Oliver, Massachusetts
News, September 2002
Fathers
mix picknicking, politicking
Jack Dew, Berkshire Eagle, August 11, 2002
A
real
benefit to children
Why state should support shared custody bill
Daniel Grubbs, The Recorder, June 15, 2002
Sharing
the kids
Maryann Carnes, Berkshire Eagle, May 24, 2002
Kane,
Knapik challenged for state seats
Pat O'Conner, Holyoke Sun, May 2, 2002
Senator
Rosenberg interested in 'shared parenting'
Wants more details before deciding
Ed Oliver, Massachusetts News, March 12, 2002
Fatherhood
group presses for law change
Mary Carey, Hampshire Gazette, March 11, 2002
Nuciforo
tells county Fatherhood Coalition he supports bills allowing shared parenting
Tony Dobrowolski, Berkshire Eagle,, February 04,
2002
Fatherhood
Coalition laments it wasn't contacted for story
Letter to Editor: Mark Charalambous, Sentinel & Enterprise,
January 30, 2002
(PLUS: Letter from Mary Charpentier)
Fathers
face uphill battle for equality in Commonwealth
Curt Lovelace, Massachusetts News, January 16, 2002
Fathers
see
rift among lawyers
Child Support Guidelines are flawed
Massachusetts News, January
15, 2002
FATHERHOOD COALITION RESPONSE
Letter to Editor, The
Reminder
George Shroder, Hampshire County Co-Chair, January 8, 2002
CPF letter to
Dortch-Okara
Mark Charalambous, Jan. 13, 2002
Debtor's prison is alive and
well
More should go to jail in protest
Mark Charalambous, Massachusetts News,
Dec.ember21, 2001
Activists confront Melconian and Lees
Sarah M. Corigliano, The Reminder; November 28, 2001
Fathers protest
Flaherty jailing in Cambridge
Courthouse protests to escalate statewide
Mark Charalambous, Massachuisetts News, November 11, 2001
Fatherhood
Coalition protests sentencing
Donna Roberts, North Adams Transcript, November 15, 2001
Men
may be abused as well as women
Family crime is real crime, state trooper emphasizes
Mary Jo Hill, Telegram & Gazette, November 5, 2001
Fathers
Say Norfolk County Courts are Worst in State for Children's Rights
'Hotbed of Feminist and Lesbian Activity'
Ed Oliver, Massachusetts News, November
2001
Riello
Speaks at Forum on Fathers' Rights
Lisa Gosselin, Berkshire Eagle Staff, October 14, 2001
Fathers Protest
SJC at Salem Courthouse (external link)
Massachusetts News, October 3, 2001
Fathers
push for joint custody
Greenfield Recorder, September 1, 2001
Boy biker
sends courts a message
Emilie Astell, Telegram & Gazette, August 11,
2001
State
rethinks child support formul
High-income fathers call policy onerous
Kathleen Burge, Boston Globe, July 29, 2001
Incensed
fathers sound off at child-support hearing
Michael McAuliffe, Springfield Union News,
July 25, 2001
Dads call
support laws unfair
Jeffrey Klineman,
Lawrence Eagle-Tribune, July 19, 2001
Support
levels high in Mass.
Martin Luttrell,Telegram & Gazette, July 18, 2001
Trial court
holds hearings on child support guidelines
Denise Lavoie, Associated Press, Fall River Herald News, July 16, 2001
Critics
denounce system for child support payments
Seth Owen, Brockton Enterprise, July 12, 2001
Family Courts
Put Fathers at a Decided Disadvantage
Mike Franco, Letter to the Editor, Sunday Republican, June 17, 2001
Time to
Also Offer Fathers Victim Status
Mike Franco, Providence Journal, June 17, 2001
Fatherhood
Coalition Rallies To Protest Court Bias
Lawyers Weekly, June 8, 2001
Deadbolted
Dads
From divorced fathers, a plea for time with kids
Marilyn Gardner, The Christian Science Monitor, June 8, 2001
Fatherhood
Coalition Rallies at Park Square to Protest Court Bias
D.R. Bahlman, Berkshire Eagle Staff, June 7,
2001
Protesters
Hit the Streets
Jeffrey Klineman, Eagle-Tribune, June 6, 2001
Fathers’
Group Protests in Dedham
Shawn Michael Smith, (Dedham) Daily Transcipt, June
6, 2001
Men Rally
for Shared Parenting
By Chris Echegaray, Telegram & Gazette,
June 6, 2001
When
the Law is One-Sided in Domestic Disputes
Cathy Young, Boston Globe, May 23, 2001
Judge
Lyons Denies Protection for Child and Father
Fatherhood Coalition Press Release, Massachusetts News, May 2, 2001
Fathers Find More in the Way of Support
Groups focus on issues, child care, and communication
Sarah Tomlinson, Boston Globe, April 29, 2001
HarryStewart
Seeking to Get His Children
Totally Exonerated on All Charges of Abuse
Sidebar:
209A Reform Bills - How They Would Eliminate Abuse
Mark Charalambous, Massachusetts News, April 13, 2001
Group
Aims to Raise Awareness of Fathers' Rights
Marc Odate, Greenfield Recorder, March 15, 2001
Battered
Men Cry for Help
Raymond Saulnier, Bangor Daily News, January 18, 2001
Kidnapping Father: I'll Leave U.S. to
Keep Girl
Jessica Heslam, Boston Herald, December 6, 2000
Relief,
Annoyance Greet Dad's TV Interview
Jeffery Klineman, Lawrence Eagle Tribune, December
1, 2000
Protesters
Rally for Dad on the Run
A Probate Court judge wants to see the father and the baby before she lets
his lawyer argue for custody on his behalf
Jeffery Klineman, Lawrence Eagle Tribune, November 14, 2000
Brian Meuse's attorney Barbara Johnson responds in letter to the Eagle Tribune
Senate Challenger Backs Fathers'
Rights
Phil Lawler, October 31, 2000
Battered males: A
domestic abuse secret
Ruth-Ellen Cohen, Bangor Daily News, October 27,
2000
Dads
Protest Custody Laws
John J. Monahan, Telegram & Gazette, October 25, 2000
Heterosexual
Fathers Receive No Justice in Child Custody Cases
Mark Charalambous, Telegram & Gazette, October 3, 2000
Local Dads Fight
for Equal Custody Rights
Jacqueline Walsh, Union News, September 25, 2000
Custody
Questions Unite Dads in Protest
Catherine Maletz, Daily Hampshire Gazette, September. 22, 2000
209A -
The
last straw
Mark Charalambous, Sentinel and Enterprise, September 13, 2000
Father Jailed
for Buying Airline Ticket
After Third Attempt, Mother Finds a Nasty Judge
Mark Charalambous, Massachusetts News, September, 2000
Do Restraining
Orders Cause Domestic Violence?
Mark Charalambous, Massachusetts News, September, 2000
State
pursuit of deadbeat parents shows a troubling zeal, some say
Tatsha Robertson, Boston Globe, July 16, 2000
Ten fathers
honored by state as role models
Fathers' devotion saluted
Timothy J. Connolly, Telegram & Gazette
Boston Bureau, June 14, 2000
Elian Case
Turns Focus to Fathers
One of the ripple effects of the Elian Gonzalez case has been
to focus a national spotlight on the issue of fathers’ rights
Rebecca Segaloff, Taunton Gazette, May 14, 2000
Fathers groups
say case spotlights custody bias
David Weber, Boston Herald, April 24, 2000
Emotions High in
Area Regarding Elian Seizure
Linda Bock & Carol McDonald, Telegram & Gazette, April 23,
2000
Most
Mass. dads agree: Elian should be with father
Tom Mashberg, Boston Herald, April 22, 2000
Long
recovery predicted for Elian
Experts predict trauma to affect Elian for years
Emilie Astell, Telegram and Gazette, April 13, 2000
Men rally to
allege Mass. bias in domestic-rights cases
Thomas Grillo, Sunday [Boston] Globe, February 13, 2000
Father's
Group Bias Claim Dismissed
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, February 21, 2000
Judge Dismisses Men's Rights Suit
Boston Globe, January 29, 2000
Feature
Story: David Grossack
Henriette Campagne, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, December 27, 1999
Judge
Refuses to Free Harry Stewart While Appeal is Pending
By Mark Charalambous, Massachusetts News, December 1, 1999
Who are these guys?
The Fatherhood Coalition braces for a battle
Worcester Magazine, December 1, 1999
Feminists Play the Victim Game
By Cathy Young, The New York Times,, November 26, 1999
Fathers
begin to be heard
Jane Doe, Inc. makes money fighting fathers
Massachusetts News, October 1, 1999
Divorced
men claim discrimination by state courts
By Erica Noonan, Associated Press, September 7, 1999
The
abuse of restraining orders
By Cathy Young, The Boston Globe, August 30, 1999
Dads sue for
discrimination
Activists say Mass courts are biased in divorce
A Massachusetts coalition says men are discriminated against because custody of
the children in a divorce traditionally goes to the mother
By Amy Sinatra, ABC News.com,
August 24, 1999
Divorced father
begins 6-month sentence for refusing to sign confession
Fathers' rights advocates say Stewart's case highlights
abuses
Massachusetts News, August 18, 1999
Father's rights
activists plan suit
Mass. courts favor women, groups say
By Jordana Hart, The Boston Globe, August 18, 1999
The
booming domestic violence industry
The social-work movement that fights domestic violence has grown
large on state and federal tax monies
John Maguire, Massachusetts News, August 2, 1999
Twenty
dollars an hour to visit your child
'I Call This Place Auschwitz for Children'
John Maguire, Massachusetts News, August 2, 1999
Are
women more violent than men?
Violence against men is ignored
John Maguire, Massachusetts News, August 2, 1999
Fathers Honored
for Child Support
Brian S. McNiff, Telegram & Gazette Boston bureau, June 19, 1999
Fathers, Women's
Group Decry State Recognition Event
Jean McMillan, AP, June 18, 1999
Thousands
victim of phony restraining orders
Letter to the editor by John Maguire, Sentinel
& Enterprise, June 15, 1999
Vital protection
Sentinel & Enterprise, editorial June 13, 1999
Cellucci leads
divorce assault on families
by Eugene Narrett, MetroWest Daily News, June 10, 1999
An Abuse of
the System? -
Fathers fight restraining order law
By Julie Jette, Sentinel & Enterprise, State House Bureau, June
6, 1999
Coalition
Seeks Access to Orders
By Julie Jette, Sentinel & Enterprise, State House Bureau, June
6, 1999
Abuse of
Restraining Orders is Shown, but Most Massachusetts Media Ignore the Story
Cellucci and Feminists Want to add to Existing Laws
By Paul Moreno, Massachusetts News, May 20, 1999
Father's rights
forgotten by laws
By Mark Charalambous, Telegram & Gazette, April 6, 1999
Fathers
rights movement protests child custody system
By JK Dineen, Salem Evening News, March 30, 1999
Mark
Charalambous' letter to the editor,
[Worcester] Telegram & Gazette, March 25, 1999
Fathers
demonstrate at court for parental rights
By Dennis Tatz, Patriot Ledger, March 11, 1999
Fathers
group, victims' advocates clash on restraining order survey
By Sabin Densmore, The Gardner News, March 8, 1999
IN OUR OPINION
Unwarranted secrecy
Attorney general's position is ill-conceived
[Worcester] Sunday Telegram, March 7, 1999
Ray Saulnier's letter
to the editor,
Boston Herald, March 5, 1999
AG Reilly
proposes closing domestic violence case records
By Martin Finucane, Associated Press, March 4, 1999
Reilly moves to
keep info off limits
Restraining order survey in Gardner spurs action
By Ian Donnis, Telegram & Gazette staff, March 4, 1999
The future of CS
collections in California: Beware
by Richard Bennett, COPS, Jan. 6, 1999
Why Boys are
in Trouble
by Donna Laframboise, National Post, Jan. 5, 1999
Men
Trying to Trace False Abuse Charges
Restraining Orders are Focus of Attention
Ian Donnis, Telegram & Gazette, Sept. 6, 1998
Thanks for all your support
...
Ray Saulnier
Justice fails
209A-abuse victim -
Ray Saulnier convicted on one count in Fall River
Focus on Fatherhood!, Sept. 1998
... and
rallies for Ray Saulnier in Fall River
Focus on Fatherhood!, Sept. 1998
Anti-father dv.custody bill signed into law -
Jacques/Cohen bill sails thru after SJC approval
Focus
on Fatherhood!, Sept. 1998
CPF Rally for
Harry Stewart in Quincy
Focus on Fatherhood!, Sept. 1998
DSS wants your child! -
Part 1: Nev Moore's story -
How DSS and the domestic violence industry manufacture victims
Focus on Fatherhood!, Sept. 1998
Male identity
crisis - Social engineering has produced killer kids"
Richard Lessner, Manchester, New Hampshire Union Leader, Aug, 12,
1998
Group protests
harsh treatment of alleged batterers
Dennis Tatz, Patriot Ledger, 6/19/98
Report:
Dating Violence
by Scott Sleel, APA Monitor
Estranged fathers
seek child custody and support changes
AP, 4/9/98
Judicial
nominee Macy attacked for radio comments
Herald News, 3/27/98
Anti-batterer
custody bill OK constitutionally, SJC rules
Doris Sue Wong, Boston Globe, Mar. 12, 1998
Group opposes anti-protest ruling
Curt Brown, Herald News
Domestic violence laws defended as necessary
Carol Lee Costa-Crowell, Standard Times, Feb. 21, 1998
Senate sends supervised
visitation bill to SJC -
H4951 sails through House
Focus on Fatherhood!, Jan. 1998
209A reform sparks
reprisal in Fall River -
CPF director targeted with bogus violation
Focus on
Fatherhood!, Jan. 1998
Wife's lie
lands husband in jail
John Moss, Herald News, Dec. 17, 1997
Fathers'
rights activist arrested - Supporters call it matter of revenge
Fall River Herald News, Nov. 3, 1997
No
place to run for male victims of domestic abuse: -
Shelters, support groups rare for men
Becky Beaupre, Detroit
News, 4/20/97
Weld batters dads
with anti-father legislation
Focus on Fatherhood!, March 1997
Breaking restraint. Men say they are the real victims of harassment
Brian Gormley, Haverhill Gazette
Domestic violence:
The media's irresponsibility
Focus on Fatherhood!, Jan. 1998
Strict'
divorced father seeks more time with son
Boston Globe
Comments by John Flaherty on Robert Carr case
Child killer
gets custody of son
AP, Dec. 31, 1997
The case for
abuse protection reform
Focus on Fatherhood!, March 1997
Moving
forward on the promise of welfare reform
HHS 1997 Accomplishments Report
Witch trials
return to Massachusetts
Mark Charalambous, Attleboro Sun Chronicle , Sept.
16, 1996
Eric Bleicken, Mass 10th District Congressional Candidate
On Sept.1, 1998, a man will walk to DC for Father's Rights, show your support
Maine Dads march to DC, join in, show your support
Fathers and Families public meeting at State House
Bill to deduct child support from income, Mike Hathaway
Justice Department to investigate abuse of power by social services
Cellucci says all men are pigs. Does that mean Cellucci is a pig?
Progress in Florida on reining in epidemic of false abuse charges
Globe editor Ben Bradlee, Jr. appears on WGBH Emily Rooney's TV show, discusses 'Verge' series
John Maguire's comments on Globe "Verge" series
Text of Senate amendment to S1999 on bill on child support collection
Massachusetts class action suit announcement
