Last week Bill Donohue, President of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights drew on an aged old Catholic practice reminiscent of the Inquisition. He condemned victim advocate organizations Snap (Survivors Network for Those Abused by Priests), NSAC (National Survivors Advocates Coalition) and BishopAccountalility.org by essentially labeling them witch-hunters.
Mr. Donohue seems to have a disconnect about who the victims are here - we're talking about young children in the care of men and women of God. The imbalance of power is so enormous as not to be believed. These children carried the shame, betrayal and Catholic secret throughout their lives until compassionate groups reached out to offer help. The Catholic Church did, and still does, almost nothing to heal the wounds inflicted by its demonic clerics.
We ask: "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who would Bill Donohue call if his child were sexually abused by the parish priest?"
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