Woman finds peace in forgiving priest who abused her

CANADA
The Sault Star

By Brian Kelly

Elizabeth McKenna will never get the apology she always wanted.

Rev. Francis Reed, the Catholic priest who allegedly sexually abused her for a decade, died Jan. 31 in Newcastle, England.

Reed was ordained in 1964. He was assigned to Blessed Sacrament parish on Cathcart Street where he met a 17-year-old McKenna that same year.

“I had always held out a miniscule hope that before he left this Earth he would fully acknowledge what he did and perhaps apologize to me,” said McKenna.

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