The Irish Times - Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Letter omits 'obsession with sex lives'
ÁINE de PAOR
Letter omits 'obsession with sex lives'
ÁINE de PAOR
PRIEST RESPONSE: A LIMERICK-based priest has criticised Pope Benedict’s letter for not addressing what he said was the part played by the church in creating abusers through its teaching on sexuality.
Fr Adrian Egan, head the Redemptorist order in Limerick, added he would not welcome the proposed Apostolic Visitation if this took the form of similar Vatican probes.
“There was no recognition that the church has had a huge obsession with the sexual lives of people and no recognition of how this has contributed to the development of sexually dysfunctional people,” said Fr Egan.
“A small number have been more seriously affected – and that stuff gets acted out in the most awful ways such as in the abuse of children.”
The Redemptorist rector said there were some glaring omissions in the letter. “The church is the most male dominated institution in the world and there was no reference to the role of women.
1 opmerking:
Er zijn verschillende (vrouwlijke) journalisten op zoek naar dochters van moeders die te maken hebben gehad met (misbruik en mishandeling in) internaten.
En zeker ook (geadopteerde) dochters van vrouwen uit de Goede Herder.
Mocht er iemand ( leeftijd 20 - rond 30 jr oud) in geinteresseerd zijn in zo'n contact kun je dus via het email adres even contact opnemen.
Dan kan ik jullie met elkaar in contact brengen.
Maar voor alle duidelijkheid:
Meer dan dat met elkaar in contact brengen heb ik en wil ik er niet mee te maken hebben: ik wil daarvoor geen enkele verantwoordelijkheid hebben!
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