Or that I am the only one who reads the news while the rest of the members just play video games and watch TV shows.
These guidelines were written by a Catholic for other Catholics so that they don't disrespect victims of clerical sexual abuse and harass them even more.
These guidelines were written by a Catholic for other Catholics so that they don't disrespect victims of clerical sexual abuse and harass them even more.
Quote:6 Things Never to Say to Survivors of Clergy Sexual Abuse
As the daughter of a clergy abuse victim-survivor and a lay person who works for the Church, Jerri von den Bosch speaks often with fellow Catholics about her family’s experience with the abuse crisis.
1. “These people just want the Church’s money. This prevents the Church from helping the poor!”
2. “Can’t they just move on? It happened so long ago!”
3. “Why didn’t they fight back?”
I am sorry to tell you that we have also heard many stories of church leaders suggesting that victims are at fault for not fighting harder against the abuse they experienced.
4. “They must have done something to trigger his behavior!”
This is a common form of victim-blaming, along the same lines as asking a woman “Well, what were you wearing?” after she has experienced rape.
5. “After it happened the first time, why didn’t they learn their lesson? Why didn’t they get help? Why did they go back?”
In many cases, there is a simple answer to these hurtful questions: “They were scared.” Sexual assault is not easy to reveal to others.
6. “They were abused as an adult? But that is not really abuse!”
This fails to acknowledge the power differential that exists between a priest (often viewed as a representative of God) and a parishioner or other Catholic. When the victim expects that they can trust a person and that trust is broken, they do not always know what to do next.
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teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
