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Reverend Magdalen Legal Fund

By Modemac (add to contacts)

Rachel Bevilacqua (a.k.a. Reverend Mary Magdalen) lost custody of her son after a conservative custody judge was outraged at the fact that she is a member of the Church of the SubGenius. As a result of appearing in a adult-rated parody of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," custody of her son was taken from her and awarded to the boy's father (the couple was never married). Rachel and her husband have fought a long, expensive battle to win custody of their son, while her ex-boyfriend's legal costs have been entirely been handled by a pro-bono lawyer (who is a friend of his). Legal costs have skyrocketed, exceeding $140,000 as of August 2007. See also: http://www.modemac.com/wiki/Reverend_Magdalen

(This Pledgie page for donations was begun on March 10, 2007.)

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x-day, subgenius, magdalen, custody, ufo, cult, punch, rachel, bevilacqua and jary
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Modified Wednesday, May 07, 2008
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Comments (8)

randi_christine said:

drbob said:

@randi_christine

She may have temporary custody of her son but the legal case is far from over. Read

http://www.modemac.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/Reverend_Magdalen_Part_2

for more information.

randi_christine said:

Modemac said:

Of the $6,700 raised from the pledgie.com pledgie.com donations page as of this time, $4,000 of this was back in March of 2007 when a desperate call for donations was made. At that time, Magdalen's Dad had sacrificed his retirement savings to help with her legal costs, and the $4,000 raised at that time was intended to help pay him back for that. Since then, about $2,700 in further donations have been received – of which we are enormously grateful to everyone who donated. These donations have been used towards Magdalen's legal costs…and since those legal costs ran up to about $140,000, every penny of this has been needed. Feel free to spread as many nasty rumors as you want, we don't care. We are simply thankful to all of the kind souls who saw it in their hearts to help out.

mrannouncer said:

Having another kid just means she needs the money all the more, doesn't it? Keep spreading the word, folks!

Modemac said:

...for the record, I don't have privileges to remove comments from this page. Presumably the comments above were removed by pledgie.com administrators, though I personally did not send a complaint.

Garry Dolley said:

Modemac,

Pledgie administrators have not deleted any comments. randi_christine must have erased the comment (the commenter can edit their comment at any time)

grapestain said:

I just read about all the legal troubles. That totally sucks. Why doesn't the U.S. legal system attack creationists or holocaust denyers from having custody of their children? I have been an unofficial member in spirit of the Church of the SubGenius for 15 years, and, while generally being a misanthrope and asshole, I sometimes get the urge to help if I can. Here's hoping for the full custody of your son and an end to this bullshit.

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