10,000 cases of abuse

I just saw a film about sexual child abuse by priests of the Catholic Church

in Boston and it ended by the mention that all together the Catholic Church

had 10,000 cases of child abuse in this country by priests. And none of that

is ancient history.

 

Years ago I was punished by being asked to resign from my position on staff

at a homeless shelter. The churches were highly involved in its operation, and

the churches , esp. the Catholic was again more important then the children.

The Catholic Church was down on me because at that

time I was bringing attention to the epidemic of sexual childhood abuse in churches

thoughout the country. I didn't know that very issue was boiling to a head in my

hometown in our adored Catholic institution. So they got rid of me, but it didn't

get rid of their problem, which became infamous in the news for sometime.

 

When you really try to change abuse in our society, you are up against

formidable institutions who believe secrecy is more important than the

welfare of our children.