EXACTLY! Ive met one priest that I trusted....all us kids trusted him. The diecease sent him to BRAZIL! Whole things screwy and dont keep repeating myself for shock value I repeat myself to warn those seeking to be educated. Following anyone blindly is dangerous
I have pictured in my mind, an innocent 10 yr old little girl, looking up at the priest, and having enough
guts, in the first place, to actually tell him what her step dad did to her, and then I picture the look on
her face when she received "that" answer from him. How devastating, and what a life changing
experience, and how that would leave a little girl feeling that she has noone at all to turn to, and
then having to go home, and "just" continue on "as before" Makes me want to cry. I know the fear
of living, as a small child in a very disfunctional household, I did not have the sexual abuse problem,
thankfully, but there was many other problems, and the helpless feeling as a child, absolutely no
power whatsoever, and then having to continue on, "till" one day, a little older, your own power
developes, and you find a way out, but the scars are there, and it leaves you behind in development
for many years, it takes hard work and confidence to finally catch up with everyone "normal" and
find your way in the world. I am 68 yrs. old and I still feel that I really don't belong in many ways,
but I accept that now, and I accept myself as I am. My children grew up in a loving, happy home,
and the problems I had, did not creep into their lives.