My wife's abusive family?

[JRuner]

Is male chauvinism a Catholic value? I front think it is, I’m protestant. My wife’s family made her sit next to priest they new was molesting her for dinner in their home. He in old cage was excamunicated and imprisoned. They also made her call her 4 year older brother Dad. Then when she became teen mother from a rape, they kicked and hit her while pregnant. Now I thought they had changed help in ng us both by find a home, but her brother calls her ungrateful B word for, after she complained water leaking from roof into electrical wires. We are both disabled and greatly appriecate their help. My brother in law is 44 and lives with his mom as he always has. Wife and I feel bad as he never let his parents go anywhere without him, he does work at a grocery store.

God Bless you all.

John

Thoughts

 

[RandomAlias]

Is male chauvinism a Catholic value?

To answer your question, no, it is not a Catholic value.

There are bad families, and it sounds like your wife was brought up in one.

All I can do is pray that God may bring her healing and peace,

And pray for her family, that God may touch their hearts in a good way.

 

[Kathleen18]

I am sorry for your troubles. But I think cutting ties with your wife’s unfortunate family, is best. Have you talked to your Priest about this? There are services to help your situation. As for the “male chauvanism,” in Catholicism… I find that not to be true, speaking as a woman. Mary was crowned “Queen of Heaven.” Remember?

 

[TheLittleLady]

What you describe is not at all Christian values.

Please, speak to your priest and to a social worker.

 

[JRuner]

I can never personally be a catholic as I don’t understand the prior protection of abusive priest’s. I do admire those who are true to the faith Like Mother Theresa was.

 

[Kathleen18]

So is your main problem the abusive priests? (I come from a protestant background too.) There have been abusive protestant ministers, too. Right?
I wonder if you are most concerned about that or the help you need?

 

[qui_est_ce]

I can never personally be a catholic as I don’t understand the prior protection of abusive priest’s. I do admire those who are true to the faith Like Mother Theresa was.

And there we have why this person just now joined CAF. Please be honest about your intentions.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

To answer your question, no, it is not a Catholic value.

There are bad families, and it sounds like your wife was brought up in one.

This is true. There are sinful people who practice Catholicism, and there are “bad families” who are Catholic just as there are “bad families” in every other religion and among those who do not have a religion.

There are also many, many Catholic families where parents are loving and not abusive, and these things don’t go on.

With literally billions of Catholics in the world, one should not generalize.

There was no “male chauvinism” in my Catholic family; women were encouraged to go into all sorts of careers including STEM, medicine and law, and no one was abused.

 

[casslean]

Do you support schools? Protestant churches? Large community organizations like Boy Scouts, etc?

All are institutions which have shielded or “protected” abusers. In the 1960s, the prevailing opinion of psychologists was that pedophilia could be remedied by simply removing the pedophile from the object of their attention. Clearly not the case.

The abuse scandal was a tragedy, but the media has drastically inflated the actual incidence of wrongdoing. The vast majority of priests, bishops, and church employees would and will do everything possible to protect a child or vulnerable person.