AUSTIN (TX)
Spectrum News
March 1, 2019
By Reena Diamante Austin
While the Vatican summit on clergy abuse marked a major turning point for the Catholic Church, many survivors felt the meeting of 200 religious superiors from around the world did not meet expectations. Pope Francis vowed to confront abusers with the “wrath of God.”
“They have the information they need to truly take action for zero tolerance. The Pope talked about zero tolerance, but talking about it is not enough,” said Carol Midboe, the Austin support group leader, for the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests.
Midboe is back in town after attending the historic four-day summit with other survivors of sexual abuse. To describe how she felt leaving the summit in one word, Midboe said she was “disappointed.”
“We were hopeful that this time that we would see concrete actions taken and action provided with a timeline at the end of the summit and that didn’t happen,” Midboe said. “We’ve heard this rhetoric before from the Church.”
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