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3 March 2019

Cruelty towards flock haunts clergy amid sex abuse crisis

There is no crime greater than destroying a young, vulnerable soul entrusted to your care through vicious shaming. Priests prostrate themselves in front of an altar during Holy Week rituals in a Manila church. About five years ago, a 17-year old girl took her newborn child to church for baptism in the central Philippine city of Cebu. Instead of blessings, a Redemptorist priest heaped scorn on the young mother.

https://international.la-croix.com/news/cruelty-towards-flock-haunts-clergy-amid-sex-abuse-crisis/9568