WASHINGTON (DC)
Catholic News Service
February 13, 2019
By Rhina Guidos
In a video posted Feb. 11 on YouTube, Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Bridgeport, Connecticut, offered support for the “many sisters and brothers who have been wounded, violated, hurt and abused at the hands of priests and deacons” and whose sexual abuse in their youth “changed their lives forever.”
“The crime and sin of sexual abuse in our midst is a deep evil that has created a deep wound,” said Caggiano, who has been one of the most outspoken U.S. bishops on the topic of sex abuse by clergy.
Getting rid of the “evil” is not enough, he said, calling on others to offer support for those who have been victimized, “those whose lives sometimes have been completely shattered.”
“We stand with them because we love them, because they’re part of our family and even though some members of our family have betrayed them, you and I will not,” he said. “We stand with them because in the name of Jesus, his love invites them and us to heal, for we are all in need of healing.”
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