NEW YORK
Post-Star
Ken Tingley
The letter was written on Dec. 14 and addressed to me.
It was a serious letter written by serious people of depth and conviction.
That was clear.
It asked difficult questions and made points that made me uncomfortable.
I read the letter more than once.
I thought about throwing it away.
I thought about writing about it, changed my mind and then read it again before putting it away.
There were not easy answers to their concerns.
So I thought about it over the past month. I thought about it a lot.
The letter was signed by one man, but he indicated he was representing “Sunday and daily Mass attenders” who described themselves as “The Church.”
The letter took issue with my columns about a proposed piece of legislation that would allow victims of sexual abuse — and more specifically those abused by clergy — to have a one-year period in which they could bring suit against their abusers.
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