Former Bishop used to cry after
meeting abuse survivors... This I do not understand... if I saw another
girl in the orphanages... being hurt and beaten up... by the nuns and
the older girls... I use to go over to her... and talk to her.. then
start to protect her... until she was able to protect herself... or make
other friends... throughout my life I have never gone past... a
person... man... women or child... I see upset or crying... it is the
right thing to do... and if people could only see themselves... as the
child who stands alone... without a hand to hold on to... or a man who
is broken... and a women who has lost everything... they too would want a
kind word spoken to them... the world would be... a far better place to
live in... Ann
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‘I would have had some reservations about some aspects of church teaching’ Retired Bishop Willie Walsh said he believed many abuse survivors had no one to talk to about their experiences. Retired Bishop Willie Walsh has said he used to sit and cry in the aftermath of meetings with survivors of church sex abuse.
Admitting he did not in the beginning fully grasp the extent of the damage caused by abuse, the former Bishop of Killaloe said he found it very distressing to hear the experiences of those who suffered.