On the Home Front
I’m exhausted today. My son woke up at 3:30 a.m. crying and he had a difficult time going back to sleep. He’s been afraid of the dark and it’s possible that he was having nightmares of a pumpkin blinking light that we had shown him earlier that evening. Last night I did more packing and I must admit that I feel overwhelmed. When you look around your house and think “Everything has to be packed. Everything,” it’s a bit difficult to swallow. All the books, items in the garage, the basement, out in the backyard, under the bed, pictures on the walls, everything. That’s a lot of “things” to pack.
The search for a home still goes on. I suspect that this will take some time. We’re seeing more houses this weekend. Maybe we’ll find the one for us.
As for writing: There’s this. That’s something, right? I have no been motivated nor have I had time to write. But I did feel like writing the piece yesterday about the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal. I visited the official Website of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and was a bit surprised at how negative they were toward the grand jury report. The official response appeared to be angry at how the spin on the release of the article was reported by the media, but I must say that I don’t agree with the Church’s mentality that the grand jury report is casting that the sexual abuse is a “Catholic clergy” problem rather than a societal problem. The response by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia also states that the “cover up” by Church officials is unfounded.
Who to believe?
The fact that hundreds of children were sexually abused over the last 40 years is a frightful fact, reported by the grand jury. Never once did I think that the grand jury report was trying to put a spin on the issue, stating that only Catholic clergy are responsible for sexual abuse. Instead of seeing the Catholic Church try and negate the charges, I would like to see people step forward and accept responsibility.
Cardinal Justin Rigali’s (Archbishop of Philadelphia) response is surprisingly condemning. I’m disheartened by it and can only hope that those children, who are now adults, can find the healing they need and that the children of today are not abused by Catholic priests.
I’m exhausted today. My son woke up at 3:30 a.m. crying and he had a difficult time going back to sleep. He’s been afraid of the dark and it’s possible that he was having nightmares of a pumpkin blinking light that we had shown him earlier that evening. Last night I did more packing and I must admit that I feel overwhelmed. When you look around your house and think “Everything has to be packed. Everything,” it’s a bit difficult to swallow. All the books, items in the garage, the basement, out in the backyard, under the bed, pictures on the walls, everything. That’s a lot of “things” to pack.
The search for a home still goes on. I suspect that this will take some time. We’re seeing more houses this weekend. Maybe we’ll find the one for us.
As for writing: There’s this. That’s something, right? I have no been motivated nor have I had time to write. But I did feel like writing the piece yesterday about the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal. I visited the official Website of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and was a bit surprised at how negative they were toward the grand jury report. The official response appeared to be angry at how the spin on the release of the article was reported by the media, but I must say that I don’t agree with the Church’s mentality that the grand jury report is casting that the sexual abuse is a “Catholic clergy” problem rather than a societal problem. The response by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia also states that the “cover up” by Church officials is unfounded.
Who to believe?
The fact that hundreds of children were sexually abused over the last 40 years is a frightful fact, reported by the grand jury. Never once did I think that the grand jury report was trying to put a spin on the issue, stating that only Catholic clergy are responsible for sexual abuse. Instead of seeing the Catholic Church try and negate the charges, I would like to see people step forward and accept responsibility.
Cardinal Justin Rigali’s (Archbishop of Philadelphia) response is surprisingly condemning. I’m disheartened by it and can only hope that those children, who are now adults, can find the healing they need and that the children of today are not abused by Catholic priests.
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