100% agree carmencita. The big problem for these children is that the parents don't support them a lot of the time, they think that the Pope is god and 'ignore' their children in many cases. My aunty, a catholic, had 7 sons and 1 daughter. Her sons told her how the priest was abusing them and she 'boxed their ears' for lying and discrediting a 'man of god' and told them to never speak lies about the priest! She also turned a blind eye to her sons abusing her daughter, my mom fell out with her, they were previously good friends, when she told her about the abuse of the daughter and she would not do anything to stop it. I met my cousin years later and she is now a strong woman, but told me of some horrific things that went on, which I was totally unaware of. I felt awful because she never said at the time. We were around 11,12, she had perfected the art of being bubbly and keeping her mouth shut because of the threats and consequences of telling. When she was an adult she went to see a psychologist who really helped her through and finally she is enjoying her life and her 4 children, WHO SHE GUARDS WITH HER LIFE! I only had contact with her that once a few years back since we were children, and she was gushing telling me all about the abuse. She doesn't live near me so we don't see or hear from each other as we were not close since we were children and our parents parted ways. All to real now all this abuse is coming to the forefront.
Yes. Years later it all comes out. This is good. People really are not protecting the priests so much anymore, for they now know what they have been up to. It has been well publicized. Now the only ones protecting them are the ones caught up in the abuse themselves or making money from it. Yes, there are still those parents, but not so much. Children also are speaking up and out more as well. We also must make sure we have enough of these mental health people available to Rescue the Survivors from their horrid past. There just are not enough of them nor do we here, have the insurance that helps them pay for such service. There are and will be more and more of these Victims coming forward and we must be ready.
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exposethecriminals ago
@carmencita great post.
Here is a link to the Fr. William G. Ayers court document quoted in the OP: http://archive.is/VySiK#selection-3029.0-3059.6
carmencita ago
What a Horrible Pervert. Man of Satan.
TrishaUK ago
100% agree carmencita. The big problem for these children is that the parents don't support them a lot of the time, they think that the Pope is god and 'ignore' their children in many cases. My aunty, a catholic, had 7 sons and 1 daughter. Her sons told her how the priest was abusing them and she 'boxed their ears' for lying and discrediting a 'man of god' and told them to never speak lies about the priest! She also turned a blind eye to her sons abusing her daughter, my mom fell out with her, they were previously good friends, when she told her about the abuse of the daughter and she would not do anything to stop it. I met my cousin years later and she is now a strong woman, but told me of some horrific things that went on, which I was totally unaware of. I felt awful because she never said at the time. We were around 11,12, she had perfected the art of being bubbly and keeping her mouth shut because of the threats and consequences of telling. When she was an adult she went to see a psychologist who really helped her through and finally she is enjoying her life and her 4 children, WHO SHE GUARDS WITH HER LIFE! I only had contact with her that once a few years back since we were children, and she was gushing telling me all about the abuse. She doesn't live near me so we don't see or hear from each other as we were not close since we were children and our parents parted ways. All to real now all this abuse is coming to the forefront.
carmencita ago
Yes. Years later it all comes out. This is good. People really are not protecting the priests so much anymore, for they now know what they have been up to. It has been well publicized. Now the only ones protecting them are the ones caught up in the abuse themselves or making money from it. Yes, there are still those parents, but not so much. Children also are speaking up and out more as well. We also must make sure we have enough of these mental health people available to Rescue the Survivors from their horrid past. There just are not enough of them nor do we here, have the insurance that helps them pay for such service. There are and will be more and more of these Victims coming forward and we must be ready.