I was born into the Catholic Church. Throughout my life, I have continued to choose the church, trusting her wisdom. For much of my life, I have said “yes” to a church that has become increasingly difficult to stand by. I have taken those difficulties in stride, sitting by, praying for better days. That changes now.
Earlier this month, terrible evil was unveiled in Pennsylvania. It is not new but the magnitude is staggering: the sexual abuse of 1,000 people, perpetrated by 300 priests and covered up by the bishops over a period of seven decades—and this in just six dioceses in one state. Add to that the systemic abuse by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and its cover-up by church leaders that has been revealed this summer.
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2018/08/30/i-spoke-out-sex-abuse-and-lay-people-kicked-me-out-mass
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2018/08/30/i-spoke-out-sex-abuse-and-lay-people-kicked-me-out-mass