How has the Pennsylvania scandal affected you personally?

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It affected the priest at my parish greatly. He started his homily with “if I have as a priest ever hurt any man, woman or child, may I got in hell for all eternity.”

Also he started crying during the consecration at “on the night he was betrayed.”
 
Some priests are guilty no doubt, but they were lead into temptation by the devil. There’s no doubt in my mind about that as well. The devil hates those ordained and works tirelessly to corrupt them. He’s been successful in way too many cases.

We should indeed be praying for all clergy by name, all the time.
 
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Conversely se should be praying for the victims all the time…what about their names?
 
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Praying for your priest and your parish. This really touched me and gives me hope that one day our Church will be restored.
 
Yes, but the victims deserve the privilege of privacy, and rightfully so. We can pray for them and God knows their names. It is a nonstop prayer in my heart
 
I dislike the mentality that ‘the devil made me do it’. Are we tempted? Sure. Do the demons rejoice and maybe even come into us when we willingly commit mortal sin? Maybe. Is this entirely the demons fault? No. These priests used their free will to make the wrong choices. That’s ENTIRELY on them.
 
Thank you for your kind words. Please pray that I may be strengthened in faith, hope, and love. I am in a much better place spiritually today than when I wrote those words. Peace!
 
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Conversely se should be praying for the victims all the time…what about their names?
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I don’t think the victims need to have their privacy violated. We can effectively pray for them without that information.
 
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Already happened. A Byzantine priest was attacked today. Knocked to the ground and had his head bashed into the cement. THe person who attacked him was screaming: “This is for the kids.”

The priest in question had not been charged or suspected for abuse… he simply wore a collar so was a suspect.

No news reports on this yet but I’m sure you’ll see it soon.
 
I think we should pray and fast. That’s what I think we should do.
 
I think this is a local thing. She did mention that there were no reports yet.
 
Local diocese my sister attends released a bulletin announcement asking for prayers. It isn’t online yet.

From what I heard the priest who was attacked is in hospital and is alive.
 
Sounds similar to what I’ve seen happening in my diocese too. Priests crying saying the mass.

A priest at my parish went as far as saying that he was so thankful he was non of these abusive priests’ confessor because he would not absolve them.
 
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