Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-12-05
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conduct has been immoral.
! Immoral means violating the
moral or Divine law; contrary to
purity. The highest standards of
morality are those taught by
Christ, which are summarized
and epitomized in the Sermon on
the Mount and in MatteW Xxx
II, 37-40: Jesus said unto him,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy
mind. This is the first and great
commandment. And the second
is like unto it, Thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thyself. On these
two commandments hang all the
law and the prophets" / base
my living on this Sermon and
these two Commandments.
Quoting further from Matthew
VII, 1920: "Ye shall know them
by their fruits. Do men gather
grapes of thornS, or figs of this
ties? Even so every good tree
bringeth forth good fruit; but a
corrupt tree bringeth forth evil
fruit. A good tree cannot bring
forth evil fruit, neither can a
corrupt tree bring forth good
fruit. Every tree that bringeth
not forth good fruit is hewn
down, and cast into the fire.
Wherefore by their fruits ye
shall know them"
According to this, if I were an
immoral person, then l would
have an immoral affect or in
fluence on those with whom
/ came into contact. Such is well
known not to be the case. Let us
take the primary example of
Mrs. MarkSZ and her children. If
l were immoral or any of my
conduct had been so, then most
surely the effects of such i'm
morality would have made them
selves strongly felt on her child
rem because I was with them so
much daily and naturally eX-
pressed my Love for her in
front of them.
And what do we find are the
fruits of this tree? We readily
find that these children, who had
been seriously emotionally dis
| turbed from their lives with Mr..
MarkSz, have grown greatly in
spiritual Beauty and emotional
stability as a direct result of the
Love which has existed and
freely shown itself between their
mother and myself. This is true
because there has been no i'm
morality in this Love, just as
there is not in an any Pure Love.
The charge of failure of good
behavior is so obviously linked
with that of immoral conduct
that the same reasoning applies
to it as well. Both matters are
essentially in the sphere of NOR
ality, which is spiritual sphere,
not a legal one. AS such, legal
reasoning does not rightfully ap-
ply here.
The charge of neglect of duty
comes somewhat as a surprise
to me and indicates further the
great lack of understanding and
knowledge which characterizeS
the entire execution of this suS-
pension order. I was not guilty
of neglect of duty, either due to
my life with Mrs. MarkSz or
any other reason. Indeed, my
life with Mrs. Marksz could nc
more cause me to neglect my
work than could my life with
Mrs. LiSle, so directly compar-
able are the both. 1t is well
known matter of fact that, dur
ing my tenure of office as vel.
fare director, I have spent more
than the average work week and
given consistently unSelfiShly o1
myself to my laborS.
Neither this committee nor
anyone can prove that / am OF
ever have been immoral in my
Love for Mrs. Patricia Lee
Marksz, part Of the pure expires.
sion of which Love so beautiful
ly evidences itself in her preg.
nancy Of our baby-to-be. This
cannot be proven simply be-
cause it is not true. Nor is the
charge Of neglect Of duty true
and therefore, it neither can be
proven true. You can make the
decision in your own minds and
hearts that these charges are
true, but that shall not change
the actual Truth.