There is no small irony in the Roman Catholic Church having a patron saint for sexually abused children.
Whether St. Dymphna ever actually existed or
is merely a mythological figure is up for debate. It’s unclear — to me
anyway — whether this alleged 7th century personage even remains on the
Church’s official saint calendar, though she has a feast day (May 15), a
shrine in Ohio, and is venerated in the Irish village where she’s said
to have been born.
