UNITED STATES
National Survivor Advocates Coalition
The Church’s response to the sexual abuse crisis is beginning to resemble a cheap striped suit.
You know the kind. The suit that might look good from a distance or even holds up across a lunch or dinner table for a couple of wearings.
But over the long haul, the stripes at the seams, the cuffs and collar don’t match, the material miserably rumples and when cleaned the stiffening completely abandons ship.
That’s about the way the last two weeks have shaped up or wimped out.
Two conferences on sexual abuse took place in Rome: the symposium titled “Towards Renewal and Healing” followed by the “Anglophone Conference on the Safeguarding of Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults.” The symposium was a first, the conference has been an annual event since 1996.
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