Sacrament Abuse as in the Confessional
One thing that is part of my experience and that plagues me and that permanently affected my personality is:My predator was also the priest who guided me into first communion. So he also taught me how...
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Kay,I don't have that experience, but I'm not surprised at all.The only curious thing that happened to me in confession was when another priest who was stationed in our parish said to me, "If someone...
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kay,my abuse consisted the sacrement of confession and at some points I was told things to say...I believe the degradation and humiliation and spiritual aspect of this is beyond words...
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Perhaps no other form of abuse cuts as deep as abuse connected with Confession. In Confession, we were supposed to be vulnerable. To have either the venue itself or the contents of your Confession...
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What that famous Vatican document commanding that people keep sexual abuse secret under pain of excommunication, at www.bishop-accountability...glish.pdf, is really about, is "solicitation" during...
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If memory serves, the notorious Shanley used the confessional as the locus of abuse on at least oneoccasion with the man he was finally convicted ofabusing as a boy.
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Quote:Perhaps no other form of abuse cuts as deep as abuse connected with Confession.I am not Catholic, and I am very ignorant of all aspects of the religion. I take it that at this is supposed to be...
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Yes!!! Now I know why I come here to message boards. AZ wrote: "I take it that .. a priest is an instrumental, central, integral part of your connection to God, and the forgiveness of your sins. ......
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I'm not sure if Rome reads this, but I know it is read by clergy and the hierarchy in the Worcester Diocese.It stands to reason that if they read it, so do others.It also stands to reason that the...
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IT's wierd. You don't know when a post might make sense at one moment, and then upon reflection be moronic and worthy of quick self deletion ...orit actually helps somebody. I think we are only in the...
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This is my story, also. I went to a retreat for women in the 12 step (substance abuse recovery) program. I was 20 years old and clean for the first time since I was 15. One of the purposes of the...
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Not surprising. At the Christian Brothers Retreat House in St. Helena in the late 1970's part of the retreat program was a 'reconciliation' service.Though he was not the confessor, Bro. John Moriarty,...
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JanetWhen they busted my perp, they found cassette tapes labeled "sex confessions". He had been recording peoples' confessions. He kept them in a drawer with his porn. Nice guy eh?If my religion...
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yes, sacrament abuse on top of the sexualization... I was in another state 2000 miles away a age 8, moved from small town Illinois to big city Los Angeles and went to confession with a new priest....
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Gbullough- These guys are incredible! It boggles the mind. Were they ever committed to their faith, or were they twisted from the very beginning?AZ-You said you weren't a Catholic- I'm really glad my...
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real and genuineinteresting choice of words. I'm 58 years old now. But from age 5 to age 45 I pretended to be other people. Honest. I took on other people's personae. If someone had an interesting...
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Janet:Committed...and twisted. That's the problem.Trying so hard, and failing so big because he wasnever honest enough with himself to take himselfout of the game and get help.
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