The Survivor’s Dream

The Survivor’s Dream

I have a dream that one day the pain of clergy abuse survivors will be recognized by the Roman Catholic Church and the laity will grasp the immense harm done to all the victims of clerical abuse.

I have a dream that one day the red hats of the hierarchy will openly admit the length and breadth of the clergy abuse without having the courts impose their will upon the church.

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I have a dream that one day even the Vatican, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice in the path of the Lord.

I have a dream where all little children will one day be allowed to grow up without having to fear sexual abuse. Where children are not looked upon as baubles or sex objects to be used and discarded by so called “men of God,” but respected as the human beings they are.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day, in the Vatican, with its vast hypocrisy, with its pope having his lips dripping with the words of “We didn’t know” and “I’m deeply disturbed” — one day right there in the Vatican survivors, men and women, will be able to join hands and be recognized for the living hell the church put them through.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day truth and justice shall be exalted, and every participant responsible for clergy abuse shall be laid low, the extent of their hypocrisy made plain, and the crooked crosiers will be made straight; and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and the flesh of all children will be safe from predators.

And in my dream, Dr. King said, “Amen”

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