I had hoped not to write about the abuse crisis again, but actually everything I do reminds me of it. School and seminary have begun again, and seeing the faces in the congregation I am acutely aware of how people just like these have been harmed by those who share the same priesthood as I do.
I gave a workshop on the lasting damage that abuse does and a priest came up to me at the end in tears, apologising for being emotional but saying how totally demoralised the priests he knows are, and how good it was to hear that at least there is some attempt to try to bring healing to the crisis.
