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Repeat DUI Offender Kills Nun

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

A multiple DUI offender was charged Sunday with killing a nun and injuring two other nuns in a car accident in Prince William County in Virginia.

Carlos A. Martinelly Montano, 23, was allegedly drunk when he crashed head-on with another car carrying three nuns. Sister Jeanette Marie Moser, 66, who was in the backseat, was pronounced dead at the scene. Sister Charlotte Lange and Sister Connie Lupton were flown to INOVA Fairfax Hospital where they remain in critical condition.

Montano was traveling southbound on the highway. He hit a barrier, entered the other vehicle’s lane, struck another barrier, and then hit the nuns’ northbound travelling car. Montano was charged with his third DUI in five years, involuntary manslaughter and driving on a license revoked for previous DUI incidents.

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More People Seeking Help from Their Church

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

New research finds that many struggling with alcohol abuse seek help from their pastor, priest or rabbi. Almost 15 percent of people with alcohol addiction seek comfort from their clergymember.

“Clergy are in a unique position to notice changes in behavior over time,” said Brian Perron, the co-author of the study. “Their roles as senior leaders of churches, their embodiment of important tenants of their faiths, and their formal roles as caregivers of their congregations also lend clergy considerable credibility, particularly within African American communities. Clergy are often seen as being deeply committed to their congregants and willing to honor desires for confidentiality.

The research suggests that clergymembers are in a unique position to help, since they are involved in the community, know their congregants well and engage with them on a regular basis.

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7-23-2010 Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center’s Blog of the Day

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

There is a new kind of child abuse. Each year, some children are forced to take antidepressants, cold medicines, painkillers, sedatives, alcohol, marijuana or cocaine, according to a new study. The study is published in the current issue of the Journal of Pediatrics.

“We believe that the malicious use of pharmaceuticals may be an under-recognized form and or component of child maltreatment,” said Dr. Shan Yin, who conducted the study at the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center in Denver.

Yin is a medical toxicologist. He analyzed more than 21.4 million calls to the National Poison Data System between 2000 and 2008. In investigating cases of drug and alcohol poisoning that had been coded as “malicious” in children under 7, Yin found 1,439 cases. Of that number, 172 children were seriously injured and 18 died as a result of those actions.

“I just don’t know what goes on in the minds of people who try to harm their child,” said Yin.

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7-14-10 Alcohol and Drug Treatment centers Blog of the Day

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

A mother in San Antonio, Texas whose baby was found dead under her arm had been previously investigated three times on suspicion of drug abuse. Caseworkers from Child Protective Services were unable to previously determine any cause for further investigation.

The mother, who has not yet been charged with a crime, is under investigation in the death of her newborn daughter Dannilyn Lopez. The child was less than three weeks old. Police found drugs in the mother’s bedroom when the dead baby was discovered by construction workers. The mother was in an unfit state at the time. The medical examiner has not yet determined the cause of death.

A Child Protective Services spokeswoman said that all three anonymous complaints about the woman had been made since December of 2008. The complaints were dismissed after drug tests were negative. Both the mother and baby were tested when the baby was born on June 21, but those tests were then negative.

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