For Catholic parents, choosing to raise kids in a church marred by sex abuse is a ‘painful thing’

UNTIED STATES
CNN

August 27, 2018

By Michelle Krupa

At night, when her young daughters want a special lullaby, they ask for the Celtic Alleluia, a hymn that most any cradle Catholic could sing by heart.

But in the mornings, as she drives to work, Susan Reynolds finds herself pondering how to articulate her role in a church again battered by revelations of its own clergy sexually abusing children as its leaders hid the alleged crimes.

“One of the most painful things is this deep question I have of: Do I trust my church with my kids?” said Reynolds, an assistant professor of Catholic studies at Emory University in Atlanta.
“And the answer right now is: Kinda, no.”

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