A single chime rang out after each abuse victim’s statement was read
over the speakers at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in
downtown Kansas City, a solemn echo to enduring pain.
It was a simple, symbolic gesture but one that had an almost inexpressible resonance for those who had been abused, and for many Catholics in a diocese so identified with clergy abuse that its last bishop was forced to resign.
https://sojo.net/articles/catholic-bishop-apologizes-churchs-betrayal-sex-abuse
It was a simple, symbolic gesture but one that had an almost inexpressible resonance for those who had been abused, and for many Catholics in a diocese so identified with clergy abuse that its last bishop was forced to resign.
https://sojo.net/articles/catholic-bishop-apologizes-churchs-betrayal-sex-abuse