STAMFORD (CT)
Stamford Advocate
October 5, 2019
By John Breunig
Luke Robbins has only been director of counseling for the area’s sexual assault resource center for a few days, so it almost seems unfair to engage him in conversation about the new report that exposes the depth of the Diocese of Bridgeport’s decades of covering up incidents of priests sexually assaulting children.
He’s up to the task.
The Stamford-based agency was recently rechristened The Rowan Center after The Rowan Tree, a symbol of resilience.
Past banners signaled more clarity about the agency’s mission (such as the Center for Sexual Assault Crisis and Education). But I can respect that people, like Robbins, who do this for a living need to use metaphors, similes and euphemisms. I’ll take any euphemism over vile lies like the ones perpetuated in the diocese for a few generations.
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