VATICAN CITY. While the storm-pedophilia rages in the French Church, after the report from which 330 thousand abused have emerged in 70 years, the Pope welcomes Emmanuel Macron. And the president today “will address the matter with the Holy Father”, they inform from the Elysée. In the meantime, Francis received a letter from a victim (whose nationality is not known for confidentiality). And he wanted to spread the letter to priests and seminarians, to “show the way of service for the benefit of the vulnerable,” explained Cardinal O’Malley. We publish the testimony below.
Domenico Agasso
«My name is … and for years I was mistreated by a priest whom I should have called ‘little brother’ and I was his ‘little sister’. I came here because I wish the “lovable truth” would win. I am here also in the name of the other victims … of the children who have been deeply hurt, from whom they have stolen their childhood, purity and respect … who were betrayed and took advantage of their boundless trust … of the children of whom hearts beat that breathe they live … but they killed them once (twice, over and over) … their souls are cut into bloody little pieces.
I am here because the Church is my Mother and it hurts me so much when it is wounded when it is dirty.
Adults who experienced this hypocrisy as children will never be able to erase it from their lives. They may forget about it for a while, try to forgive, try to live a full life, but the scars will remain on their souls, they will not disappear.
I try to survive, to feel joy, but it’s actually an incredibly difficult struggle … I have dissociative identity disorder, severe complex post-traumatic disorder (PTSD), depression, anxieties, fear of people, and I don’t sleep, and if I can fall asleep in that case, I always have nightmares. Sometimes I have states, when I am “out”, I do not perceive “here” and “now”. My body remembers every single touch …
I am afraid of the priests, of being in their proximity.
I haven’t been able to go to Holy Mass lately. It hurts me a lot … Church, that sacred space was my second home … and he took it away from me. I have a great desire to feel safe in church, to be able to not be afraid, but my body, emotions react completely differently …
I would like to ask you to protect the Church, the body of Christ!
The one that is all full of wounds and scars. Please don’t allow those wounds to go even deeper and new ones to occur!
You are young and strong men. Called! Men called by God, to serve God, and through him to people … God has called you to be his instrument among men. You have a great responsibility! A responsibility that is not a burden, but a gift! Please treat him according to Jesus’ example… with humility and love!
Please don’t sweep things under the carpet, because then they will start to stink, rot, and the carpet itself will rot… Let us realize that if we hide these facts, when we keep silent about them, we hide the dirt and thus become a cooperator.
If we want to live the truth, we cannot close our eyes!
Living in the truth is living according to Jesus, seeing things through his eyes. And He did not close His eyes before sin before sin and the sinner, but lived the truth with love… With lovable truth He indicated sin and the sinner.
Please realize that you have received a huge gift. The gift of being an “alter Christus”, of being the incarnation of Christ here in the world. People, and especially children, do not see a person in you, but Christ, Jesus, whom they still trust without limits.
It is something huge and strong, but also very fragile and vulnerable.
Please be a good priest! ».
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