Disgust and disbelief

September 13, 2018
Rosemary Ryan
San Francisco

It is with disgust and disbelief that I have read the articles on clerical sex abuse by predator priests in the latest issues of Catholic San Francisco. This church is broken beyond repair until there are fundamental changes in the priesthood and church hierarchy.

The Catholic Church has no moral authority in my life and I am ashamed that I raised my children in the Catholic faith. The thought of the horror and pain inflicted on these innocent children by the very people who should have been protecting and guiding them in the ways of God is difficult to comprehend. The bishops and cardinals knew about it and did not care about the lives destroyed. They covered it up like cowards, only concerned about the reputation of the church.

Currently I attend a wonderful spirit-filled evangelical Protestant church where I can worship God without fear of some predator priest lurking in the shadows.

I will never set foot again into a Catholic church and never give a dime to that corrupt and criminal institution.

 

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