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NSAC:Priests abused by Superiors Should Come Forward

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The resignation of Cardinal O'Brien, the top UK Catholic, for abusing priests and seminarians is opening up a whole new can of worms for the church as they now have another level of the sexual abuse crisis to deal with.

Hey Joe, who woulda thought one lawyer, Jeffrey Anderson, would be able to take down a world-wide system of tyranny in the Catholic Church, without firing a single shot or act of violence?

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Oh, here's the NSAC link:
If you are a priest who has been or is being abused by a superior, a bishop, a cardinal, a seminarian who has been or is being abused by a superior, a bishop, a cardinal, a former priest who has been abused, a friend or family member or parishioner of any priest, seminarian or former priest who has been or who is being abused, please take considerable stock now on the impact you could have now upon the future of the Church.

We ask our readers who know priests, former priests and seminarians who have suffered abuse to contact them and ask them to consider coming forward now while offering their full support for what is indeed a difficult and hard decision.

We, at NSAC, know how much courage it takes to come forward. We honor it.

We also know there is no past tense to being a survivor. It is all present tense.

And it is understandable that you do not wish to come forward, to be known, to say publicly what you carry privately.


But if you have ever thought of revealing what happened or is happening to you, we ask you to go to the bedrock of why you became a seminarian, why you were ordained. We ask you to honor your own struggle, your own pain, your own deep down knowledge of what is right and what is wrong – not matter who does it, or who tries to explain it in the opposite, or who uses authority to squelch right while letting wrong run rampant.

We understand that make a promise to your bishop. We understand there are consequences to speaking out.

We ask you to consider and re-consider Who you are following.

For it is the Lord who is, who was and ever shall be, who said “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.”

We ask you to search your heart and soul deeply for what to do now.

As the Church and with it a world so sorely in need of moral and spiritual leadership stands on the threshold of possible change – or at the threshold of more of the same — these days do carry a potency that is not found every day.

In this world, at this time, priests stand in singular, special circumstances.

It is the Truth that will set you free.

— Kristine Ward, Chair, National Survivor Advocates Coalition (NSAC), KristineWard@hotmail.com
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So basically, minutes after calling Joltin Joe a scumbag lawyer that everyone hates, you post your support for this call for a class action law suit against the catholic church?
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andy7171 wrote:So basically, minutes after calling Joltin Joe a scumbag lawyer that everyone hates, you post your support for this call for a class action law suit against the catholic church?
You're not very smart, are you?
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D1B wrote:
andy7171 wrote:So basically, minutes after calling Joltin Joe a scumbag lawyer that everyone hates, you post your support for this call for a class action law suit against the catholic church?
You're not very smart, are you?
You aren't either. Something like this happening and cleaning out all the corruption is a good thing. Why would I be against ridding the church of predators and those that covered up and protected them? The problem is very real and needs to be dealt with. But you can't possibley think everyone coming forward now isn't doing so for the potential money grab.
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andy7171 wrote:
D1B wrote:[ :thumb: quote="andy7171"]So basically, minutes after calling Joltin Joe a scumbag lawyer that everyone hates, you post your support for this call for a class action law suit against the catholic church?
You're not very smart, are you?
You aren't either. Something like this happening and cleaning out all the corruption is a good thing. Why would I be against ridding the church of predators and those that covered up and protected them? The problem is very real and needs to be dealt with. But you can't possibley think everyone coming forward now isn't doing so for the potential money grab.[/quote]

Nice response, Joltin Joe. :thumb:
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