UNITED STATES
National Survivors Advocates Coalition
March 22,2014
Kristine Ward
We wish anyone well who is willing to try and convince Pope Francis that strong and decisive action both against perpetrators and enablers of perpetrators is what it will take to end the sexual abuse crisis and protect children.
Only strong action will count not a ton of meetings and speeches and reports from a commission.
This is not a difficult subject to grasp. The rape and sodomy of children is a crime. People who rape and sodomize children are criminals. People who protect people who rape and sodomize children are criminals.
You can “get it” as the Vatican now says it does but “getting it” is not an accomplishment, getting rid of it is.
Let’s face it, it didn’t take a commission for Pope Francis to remove a German Bishop who built himself a luxury palace. Convicted Bishop Robert Finn remains the head of the Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph, Missouri.
Pope Francis played defense in his recent interview about the crisis. If he and the commission aren’t going to play offense, the game ought to be called off now before a dollar or a euro goes into meetings and reports.
Representation is crucial. The commission should be weighted in favor of survivors and whistleblowers. Survivors should certainly have more than a one eighth voice. They bear all the suffering, not just one eighth of it.
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