I am very sorry that it happened, whatever the circumstances.
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I am very sorry that it happened, whatever the circumstances.
Well, IRL the cost is always high. But if enough people do their part, as you did, change happens. “Garry” is no longer a danger to others. Scranton wasn’t exactly truthful here. But that is the next step for some of us. It is everyone doing their part. I am sorry that they did that to you.
The constant challenge
An Arizona man is facing felony charges for threatening to shoot up a gay bar to avenge Charlie Kirk. He was convinced the shooter had "transgender ideology." Fortunately, he was stopped, but this is on the media for running with the erroneous WSJ reporting. www.azfamily.com/2025/09/19/p...
(10) …stop.
(9)…abuse…
(8) …make…
(7)Please…
(6)People will turn on your & the cycle just goes on —blame, shame,suspicion— on &on. I thought that I could stop it before my own children were born, then surely by my grandchildren’s time, & soon I will have great grandchildren. Believe me, they are just getting more clever at hiding it.
(5) If there is abuse in your Church,& you have done nothing to help victims &/or make it safer, you are complicit. Every member is equally responsible for the safe environment in their church. Nobody will do it for you. When it is you,your child, your sibling etc who is assaulted,that is too late.
(4)I like this picture because it depicts the soul murder of those who have been harmed (& continue to be harmed) on every level, repeatedly—& often for life. I like the boy who looks outward & challenges the viewer.
(3)Most often, the predator gets support, protection,& help-while the victim gets blamed,called seductive,called a liar, accused of being attention seeking, mentally ill,or anti-Catholic, anti-Christian, etc., or “wanting $$$”. People create a negative narrative about the a victim to minimize them.
(2) When we are crushed by life, we can turn to prayer & our faith family for support & healing. As survivors of assault & abuse by religious leaders, that is not possible. We become an instant outsider. We are “suspect” & often accused of trying to attack “a good person” or the institution itself.
I have long believed that sexual assaults by bishops, cardinals, priests, sisters/nuns, brothers/monks, lay staff, professors & teachers in religious schools, ministers, those in charismatic communities, youth leaders, diocesan staff,etc is not just physical abuse, but also spiritual violence. (1)
Sending you so much love.
At age 17, my abuser-teacher told me “I checked the consent laws and we’re ok.” No, it was not. This man should NOT be the next AG.
Full quote from SNAP’s David Clohessy.
Trying to figure out how to link a David Clohessy post from the upside down place to my feed here.
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Dolan has used his folksy. “Aw Shucks” mannerisms to hurt so many over the years. If you really follow his deeds, rather than what he says, you can see that his good-old-boy affectation is just that. Thanks to @NCR & Nate Tinner-Williams for covering this news.
www.ncronline.org/news/archdio...
Dolan has used his folksy. “Aw Shucks” mannerisms to hurt so many over the years. If you really follow his deeds, rather than what he says, you can see that his good-old-boy affectation is just that. Thanks to @NCR & Nate Tinner-Williams for covering this news.
www.ncronline.org/news/archdio...
It breaks my heart that they will quickly remove these priests over stealing money, but move incredibly slowly to remove the priests who stole the souls & bodies of human beings.thanks to @NCR & @BrianFraga for covering this important story.
From Tim Lennon, president emeritus of Survivors Network Abused by Priests (SNAP)
When politicians told lies about the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio, it opened the door for racists to come out from under their rocks & attack citizens in Columbus OH.(they were calling out racial slurs/starting fights. They sprayed a person of color in the face with mace/pepper spray)
Took these screenshots of the video from the Short North area of Columbus, Ohio today. The flags and attire are scarlet & gray, because this is not far from Ohio State campus on game day. Video keeps going down. Wanted to make sure that I got a record of this horrific moment.
This is an important question. And I am also trying to track homeschool groups that use parish space. Are the parishes background checking the adults and high schoolers like they should be???
Thank you! And I am also trying to track homeschool groups that use parish space. Are the parishes background checking the adults and high schoolers like they should be???
Book cover for "After Ten Years" -- essay by German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer written in Dec. 1942 about what Germany had become after 10 years of Nazi rule. Intro with historical background by Victoria Barnett.
Not new (pub. in 2017, early in Trump's first presidency) but unfortunately still timely! This is Bonhoeffer's essay about what had happened to his nation after 10 years of Nazism. It's a pointed/poignant analysis of how/why all the guardrails failed. Includes his famous passage on "stupidity."
It is horrific to see this in a city where I studied, lived, & taught for around a decade, and where I had family for many years. I just can’t grasp this happening in a place that I love so much. It is a knife to my heart.
Her “constitutional right” use a slur about kids at her children’s school. So much work has been done to protect others, especially the vulnerable. We must be the resistance & which stands against the cruelty & ignorance.
I had no idea that is annoying to others.