Our humiliation can help healing

From Bridget Stephens, Cape Town

I have heard Kieno Kammies on Cape Talk Radio/702 complaining that The Southern Cross does not report enough about sex abuse in the Church. I do not agree with that and have not seen a letter from Mr Kammies on the subject in your newspaper either.

The abuses and cover-ups have badly wounded the Church. We are all the Church, so we should all be making acts of reparation to help heal those wounds.

Our great sadness is the cover-up and lack of support for the poor victims. I should imagine it took Peter a long time to really forgive himself for denying Christ, and it’s going to take a long time to recover, but our humiliation can also be offered in reparation and thus help the healing process.


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