MARIE COLLINS is a brave Irish Catholic woman. In 1960, when she was a
13-year-old patient in a Catholic children’s hospital, she was abused,
and photographed in a predatory way, by a hospital chaplain. For the
remainder of her childhood and early adult life, she suffered from
depression.
Some 25 years on, when she found the courage to discuss the experience with representatives of the church, they were defensive and unhelpful. Now she is an internationally known figure in the campaign to bring succour to abuse victims and hold to account both clerical wrongdoers and bishops who cover up such crimes.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/erasmus/2017/03/too-little-stomach-fight
Some 25 years on, when she found the courage to discuss the experience with representatives of the church, they were defensive and unhelpful. Now she is an internationally known figure in the campaign to bring succour to abuse victims and hold to account both clerical wrongdoers and bishops who cover up such crimes.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/erasmus/2017/03/too-little-stomach-fight