Finally the church is admitting some culpability for the generations of abuse, and doing something about it. Good on them.
But what about the actual application of this pledge? How exactly will this €10 million be spent? Counselling? Some shelters for abused children? A warm bed and a comforting hand on their shoulder, snaking inside their shirt, tugging at their waistband, hoarse smelly breath panting in their ear.
Thank you very much, but I think the world has had enough of your help. We know you’ve been sexually retarded as a result of suffering abuse yourselves, but please fellas: Hands off.
As a result of the grievous wrong of abuse, for many survivors their faith in God and the Church has been profoundly damaged” said Ireland’s senior churchman, Cardinal Sean Brady.
Well at least he has his priorities right: The major concern with sexual abuse is that paedophile priests might cause people to question their faith.
Well, it’s good to know that something positive has come from it all.
You are right – we are well beyond the time for monies being handed out. What is required is putting these abusive losers behind bars. That is what is needed.
I’m a clergy abuse victim, and the diocese of Cleveland, Ogdensburg, and Albany, and the Jesuits have never nor has ever to this day, paid one cent, for the damages they’ve caused me.
I was comatose from the most horrid abuse from a Catholic priest, and then so many other clergy and their systematic friends all retaliated to damage me further, only once they knew I was a clergy abuse victim. The Catholic Church USES AND ABUSES AUTHORITY ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND THEY HAVE THEIR HANDS IN EVERYONE’S COOKIE JAR. THEY HAVE NO LIMITS,,,,,AND I FIND OTHER ABUSE VICTIMS DEAD, AS WELL AS THE ABUSERS. SO MANY ABUSERS WERE FOUND DEAD WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS FOLLOWING THE PUBLICITY OF THE ABUSES. EVEN THE GOOD PRIESTS, WHO REACHED OUT FOR HELP, TO STOP BAD BISHOPS FROM FURTHER CORRUPTION, WERE FOUND DEAD.
I HAVE NO HOME………I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO WORK SINCE THE CLERGY TRAUMAS……AND THE USINGS AND ABUSINGS OF THE CHURCH’S FRIENDS ALL OVER THE WORLD IN AUTHORITY POSITIONS………THE CHURCH TRULY HAS NO LIMITS…AND THEY ARE ”””””NON PROFIT?””””””’ AND THE RICHEST INSTITUTION IN THE WORLD?????? DOES THIS MAKE SENSE….NON PROFIT, YET THE RICHEST ”BUSINESS” IN THE WORLD…….THEY HOG THE FUNDS THEY ARE GIVEN, THEY DIVERT THE FUNDS THEY HAVE…….WHILE THE CHILDREN, AND OTHERS WHO ARE ALL ABUSED BY CATHOLICISM’S SICKNESS, ROT ON THE STREETS WITH NO PLACE TO GO, AND TO THIS DAY, THE CHURCH (AND ”’THEIR”’ COLLEAGUE-FRIENDLY POLICE/JUDGES/FELLOW CHURCHES/SYSTEMATIC FRIENDS) ALL DO ””””’NOTHING””””””;.
I DON’T EVEN SLEEP AT NIGHT, AND ONLY CAN FINALLY CLOSE MY EYES TO SLEEP WHEN THE SUN COMES UP,,,,,,,DUE TO THE FACT I WAS ABUSED BY A JESUIT WHILE MY EYES WERE CLOSED IN PRAYER!! THE PTSD EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY, EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR, EVERY DECADE MULTIPLIED BY ITSELF, AND COUNTING…….IS HORRIFIC.
I’LL NEVER WORK AGAIN,,,,,,,,THE CHURCH MADE SURE THEY COULD HATE ME MORE AND MORE, SO AS TO RUIN MY ENTIRE LIFE, CAREER, HOPE, DREAMS, RELATIONSHIPS, FRIENDSHIPS, FUTURE……….
WHILE THE BISHOP IN ALBANY , NY GOES ON TV AND GOES ON AND ON, ON HOW UNACCEPTABLE IT IS FOR A PRIEST IN THE ALBANY DIOCESE TO ABUSE CHILDREN FOR DECADES AND DECADES, WHILE THE BISHOP HIMSELF COVERED IT UP FOR ALL THOSE DECADES, IT TOOK ANOTHER STATE (MASSACHUSSETTS) TO NAIL THE SEX OFFENDER……..THE BISHOP DID NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO PROTECT ALL OF NEW YORK, UNTIL MASSACHUSSETTS GOT THE SICKO IN THEIR COURTS, FOR TAKING THE CHILDREN OVER THE NY LINE INTO THEIR STATE TO ABUSE THEM IN MASSACHUSSETTS AS WELL AS IN NY.
AND THE WORLD IS SUPPOSED TO LISTEN TO THE BISHOP OF ALBANY GIVE SPEALS ON HOW WRONG CLERGY ABUSE IS,,,,,,,,WHEN HE HIMSELF, IS SAID TO HAVE HAD HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH HOMELESS MEN AS WELL AS OTHER PRIESTS IN HIS OWN DIOCESE? FR. MINKLER, A ”GOOD”’ PRIEST WHO EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE DIOCESE’S BEHAVIOR PATTERN UNDER BISHOP HUBBARD, SPOKE UP FOR HELP, AND FR. MINKLER WAS FOUND DEAD, AFTER THE DIOCESE GOT A HOLD OF HIM, FORCING HIM TO SIGN PAPERS AGAINST HIS WILL, BY PRESSURING HIM UNDULY.
I AM HOMELESS, AND THE LOCAL CHURCHES DO NOTHING TO ENCOURAGE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY…….THEY JUST ACT ARROGANTLY, AS IF TO SPIT AT THE VICTIMS.
WHEN WILL ANYONE HAVE THE BALLS TO STAND UP TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, WHILE SOULS LIKE MYSELF ARE FORCED TO ROT ON THE STREETS WITH NOT EVEN A BED TO LAY THEIR HEAD??
I ask the local church ministers to stand up to the Catholic Church, insisting that the Catholic
Church take responsibility, and it feels as if some of the churches would rather spit on the lives of the victims of clergy abuse, rather than correct the institution who committs such haneous (sp?) crimes against humanity.
The newspapers are run by the Catholic Church……..the police , the judges, the courts, the state governor, are all influenced by the Catholic Church’s power and money………and they do nothing to help the victims, absolutely nothing………
When I told a judge in this local area 13 years ago, that the system needs to deal with clergy abuse…………the judge only replied to say , ”””””Oh, clergy abuse happens all the time”””””’, as he then ignored the reality and went about his day, with no concern for me or any other victim of clergy abuse.
I’m homeless , without a place to live, come April of 2011…….and the Catholic Church says they help their victims???????????
How???????
By denying their victims a safe life or place to live? I remember that soon after the clergy abuse first occurred, I went to the diocese and asked the chancellor for a safe place (residence) in which I would be safe enough to be able to heal, and to gain some health back from the severity of the dissassociation and ptsd and trauma physically, mentally, spiritually, socially, emotionally. etc……………and do you know what the chancellor said to me in response?
The chancellor DENIED ME SAFETY TO HEAL, AND WHEN I TOLD HIM THAT I’D HAVE TO GO PUBLIC ABOUT THE CRIMES COMMITTED BY CLERGY AGAINST ME, THE CHANCELLOR SAID, in a horrifying abusive voice: ””’THERE’S NO PLACE IN THE CHURCH FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
THEN SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, I WAS ABUSED FURTHER BY MORE CLERGY AND CHURCHWORKERS WITHIN THE DIOCESE…..
IF THE CHANCELLOR WOULD HAVE PROVIDED ME A SAFE PLACE TO HEAL, THEN I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABUSED FURTHER,,,,,,,,,BUT INSTEAD, THE CHANCELLOR AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH PROTECTS THE ABUSERS, AND HATE THE VICTIMS WITH RETALIATIONS AND FURTHER ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THEIR VICTIMS.
AND IS THIS WHAT JESUS WOULD HAVE DONE? WHY ARE CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE MEN AND WOMEN, AND SOULS, TO BE THE ”””””’JESUS’S”””””’ (THE VICTIMS OF THE WORLD)…………ARE THE CLERGY TOO GUTLESS TO DEAL WITH THEIR SEXUAL PROBLEMS,,,,,,AND TOO ARROGANT WHILE THEY USE CHILDREN AND THE VULNERABLE TO DESTROY, WITH ABSOLUTELY NO REGARD FOR HUMANITY?
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SAYS THEY DON’T BELIEVE IN ABORTION? YET THEY ABORT THE LIVING EVERY DAY WITH HATRED, HORROR, SEXUAL ABUSE, RETALIATION, INDIFFERENCE, NEGLECT, AND TOTAL DISREGARD FOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS?
”””””””WHILE THEY BLAME THE MILLIONS OF INNOCENT SOULS FOR THE CRIMES THEY COMMITT”””””””””’
Barb
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