Monthly Archives: June 2010

An open letter to bishops and priests; Over and over and over again I have been subject to your ignorance and the total lack of understanding that you have displayed about the issue of priest sexual abuse and in reality … Continue reading →

Hurry up and wait.  I guess responses from clerics take so long so that their words can be measured and chosen carefully.  Although I cannot for the life of me figure out why positive actions and activities take soooo long … Continue reading →

I must keep reminding myself that the Church acts slowly…some say in centuries.  I don’t think the abuse issue has centuries to waite.  We need movement.  We need healing.  We need to fix the man-made fracture to the body of … Continue reading →

As I said I would do I responded to the cardinal’s response.  Pray, pray, pray!!! Your Eminence: “The ministry of seeking these lost sheep and reconciling them with the Church should be the number one, most important thing that we … Continue reading →

Justin Cardinal Rigali responded to my first letter, the one I sent out to bishops Barres and Malooly as well as to Archbishop Rigali.  The letter actually didn’t say much but at least is an acknowledgement that I even sent a … Continue reading →

I have been away on a Grief to Grace retreat and haven’t gotten my mail.  I hoped maybe one of the four bishops I contacted had responded.  Even a, “Got your letter”, response.  N.O.T.H.I.N.G.

The Grief to Grace retreat experience, (4 days), works miracles.  I’ve witnessed men and women who have suffered due to sexual & other types of abuse get beyond their pain and shame.  (Even those abused by priests.)  Being a participant, … Continue reading →

No word yet from Bishop Cupich. On another Grief to Grace retreat.  So far 1 woman & 2 men have revealed their abuse at the hands of a priest.  (It’s only day one.)  It is enough to make you hate … Continue reading →

I have not heard word one from any of the three bishops I sent my letter from a previous post to.  In this case silence is not golden.  So I drafted a new letter and sent it, along with a … Continue reading →