Today, I’m sharing one more reflection to follow up on last week’s Back to School post.
This is a hard one.
“Back to school is always a really difficult time for me. Every year, as the summer wears on, I start to think about the kids attending the Catholic school at the parish my abuser is at now. These last few years, my frustration at not having been able to convince my Archbishop to remove him has become almost unbearable. It’s hard to sit with, when it seems there are no more options. It’s triggering to have fought so hard and to again feel so powerless.
The hope that I could help protect the children around him now had driven me through so many difficult things. It’s hard to feel the weight of that failure, especially this time of year. His current parish is a few blocks from my therapist’s office, and every time I drive by it, often seeing the kids outside at recess, my heart breaks a little more.
Whispered prayers are all I have to offer now. And maybe my weekly struggle to cling to the hope that even when I feel powerless and defeated, the Lord is not.”
Please join this survivor in praying for the safety of all children, especially those who are most vulnerable.
~ Sara
Thank you for sharing and doing what you could to protect our children and fix our church. Each voice counts even if you couldn’t convince the hierarchy.