Monday, March 22, 2010

A Tale of Abuse

The fourteen-year-old boy is abruptly awoken from his sleep. Wearing only a nightdress he is taken down the stairs to a dark room. Tired and confused he is still unaware of the horror about to fall upon him. Next thing he knows the nightdress is lifted up over his head exposing his naked body. He is forced down on his knees by a much old and taller man who then proceeds to stand on top of the young boy’s hands. Another man takes a belt, one that the boy would later discover he himself had made, and begins to flog the child who cries out in vain.

This story is made more terrific by the fact that it’s real.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/18/ireland.abuse.fallout/index.html?hpt=C2
What’s even more disturbing is that thousands of people like John Kelly experienced similar ordeals of rape and abuse at the hands of the Catholic Church. These priests are nothing more than vile predators, who if not for their positions would be left to rot in cold, dark cells for the remainder of their worthless lives.

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