Weep with those who weep', says author and convert Dawn Eden. Author and blogger Dawn Eden has given a thought-provoking interview to Catholic World Report. The
title tells you why it caught my eye: “Learning that Catholics
themselves were grieving over abuse… helped me to become more open to
entering the Church.”
What! Here is someone who in other articles discusses the sexual abuse she suffered as a child at the hands of her mother’s boyfriend and who eventually found healing in the very Church which has been at the forefront of sexual abuse scandals. It is a story that should be read by all thoughtful people whose natural, knee-jerk reaction is to rubbish the institution that in many cases concealed this depravity.
http://catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2014/02/07/how-should-a-catholic-respond-to-the-awful-abuse-scandal/
What! Here is someone who in other articles discusses the sexual abuse she suffered as a child at the hands of her mother’s boyfriend and who eventually found healing in the very Church which has been at the forefront of sexual abuse scandals. It is a story that should be read by all thoughtful people whose natural, knee-jerk reaction is to rubbish the institution that in many cases concealed this depravity.
http://catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2014/02/07/how-should-a-catholic-respond-to-the-awful-abuse-scandal/