Carol A. Kuhnert
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Still today, horrific reports of clergy sexual abuse of children are being made public. There is no end to the pain these survivors suffer. A 46 year old man was found hanged in his own home July 1st in Ebensburg PA. Brian Gergely had found the courage to go public in 2003, telling of Monsignor Francis McCaa sexually abusing him as a ten year old altar boy. Brian gave many interviews in hopes of encouraging other survivors to report their…..
Another example of the dangers of hidden and protected sexual predators within the Catholic priesthood and various religious orders world-wide.
A March 15, 2016 article on www.aol.com quotes Pennsylvania Attorney General, Kathleen Kane, “Three members of a Franciscan religious order were criminally charged with conspiracy on Tuesday for letting a friar, who was a known predator, hold jobs in which he sexually abused more than 80 children.”
An Editor’s note appears at the beginning of this…..
Action News WPVI-TV in Philadelphia PA reported on September 16th that victims’ advocates have sought a Vatican inquiry into Cardinal Justin Rigali’s and Cardinal Raymond Burke’s behaviors while serving as archbishops respectively, in Saint Louis MO and Philadelphia PA and La Crosse Wisconsin and Saint Louis MO. The Catholic Whistleblowers’ Steering Committee is presenting evidence to the Congregation of Bishops in Vatican City for thorough investigations.As bishops, these men should have been protecting vulnerable children and adults from clergy sexual abuse,…..
A lot of people ask me, “Why did you write this book?”
Learning back in the late 80s that my own brother, a Catholic priest, was a child molester, completely stunned me, but I didn’t doubt my daughter’s words as she painfully spoke of her Uncle Norman’s behavior. I thank God she found the courage to tell me about him.
I called a close family friend who had been a good support through rough times in our lives, a priest…..
A book review by Harry Levins ran in the St. Louis Post Dispatch on April 11, 2015. Click the Link to view on their site.
After learning in 1988 that my brother had been sexually abusing young boys, I had gone to a Church official, expecting him to tell me that he was being watched or in therapy. I expected an answer.
I received no information at all.
When I spoke with the church official, he told me that this was not my problem to worry about, and the Church would take care of everything. As time passed, decade-by-decade, I continued to question Church officials…..