Kathy Cascanet (Ozols)
Palm Harbor,#2General Comment
Mon, May 19, 2014
I happened upon this article on the internet and I can't let these untruths pass by. Patrick Cascanet was my brother. Yes, he did die in prison, he did suffer and he was falsely accused and convicted.
My brother was NOT a child molester nor was he a pedophile. John Artekis, the prosecuting attorney on this case is the person that should be ashamed of himself and he is the instigator here. He inflamed witnessess, twisted facts, caused children to say things that were not true and made their parents believe that my brother molested these boys. I was with my brother on his death bed and he denied these accusations to his dying breath. I knew my brother, his family was also persecuted and ruined because of this horrific mess. If I had the money and the means I would clear my brother's name and pull this entire horrible situation to the forfront of the media and once and for all the truth, the full truth would come out for all involved.
The only thing my brother EVER did was physically throw three teenage boys out of the local community center for acting like a bunch of hoodlums and they concocted this entire story to get back at my brother. They made up stories and their parents went to Artekis and the story took off from there. There is so much more to this case than was ever put in the media or news reports. Small town New York politics definitely ruined lives, many lives, there are no winners or losers here. There is only heartache, pain, lies, ruined lives, false accusations, more lies and extremely upset parents. Who wouldn't be upset if an attorney told you your child was being exposed to a "child molester/pedophile"....BEFORE my brothe was ever convicted in a court of law, he was convicted in the eyles of small town America.
I will not use this rebuttal to bring forth the facts as I know them, but I will use it to say that this article is only one persons point of view. This man, Patrick Cascanet was a father, a husband, a brother, a son. He would not ever harm a child and he was wrongfully accused and convicted. That is my truth, my brother's truth, his childrens truth, his family truth and God's truth!
Jesse F.
Schoharie,#3REBUTTAL Owner of company
Tue, May 07, 2013
Hey,
I was curious if you could contact me at JesseEFinn ( at gmail.com; @ substitutes for at; just didn't want arbitrary crawler to farm my email address and get spam).
Also the reporter's name would be helpful; I think I read the majority of the articles about the case though. It's honestly sickening and this is just my opinion, he should have had more jail time and the fact that you were treated as you were, should have been investigated by a higher party.
I can't wait to move from this county, as mean as that sounds.