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The Worthy Adversary
Posted by Joelle Casteix on February 20, 2014
Yesterday’s big settlement announcement raised a question for me: What about the wives?
One of the perpetrators who was a part of the settlement, Michael Nocita, has now been sued by four different women for sexual abuse. He was removed from ministry and laicized. The Archdiocese has paid out big money to his victims.
It’s also been reported that he is married.
Anton Smario, a former brother who admitted that he was often nude in front of young girls in the Native Alaskan villages where he taught religion classes, remained married after he was exposed in lawsuits and admitted his actions.
Thomas Hodgman—the man who admitted to abusing me and at least two other girls—is married with children. He also still hangs out on busses with girls (albeit not minor girls. This time).
I can’t help but wonder: What do the wives think? Do they not take their husband’s crimes seriously because the victims were girls?
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