Of the church wasnt something that was external to me it was internal so when i 1st start to think about it and in the mid 1009000 about 1904 about doing something about what had happened to me more than a decade earlier. My 1st instinct was to contact the bishop from as opposed to contacting the police so i had bought into this idea that the church was the ultimate authority and that it was it was to them that i needed to look to thankfully i didnt instead i decided about 6 months later in february of 1905 that i would make a complete complaint directly to the police here in arlington thats what i did. The priest who would abuse me the priest who raped me when i was 14 years of age was known to be a sexual abuser when he was ordained a priest the church knew about his offending behavior and they were doing to him he continued to abuse from his ordination right through his entire career as a priest and he was still a priest and active ministry when i went to the police in 1905 he was o
Fact not just that the abuses happened on us on the scale that weve been talking about for many years but that its endemic within the Roman Catholic church that its systemic. And the coverup of abuse by Church Authorities was a willful intended program that was designed to protect the institution its power and its money and that it was operated and directed by the vatican at the global level and that its been a global cover up i think thats something weve now very clearly exposed so were going to go through all of that step by step but 1st ireland is a very catholic country when you came out publicly about your deal when you see the vatican where you supported by the irish or catholics around the world. It was a makes generally speaking when i went very public. I made a documentary with a European Television station in 2002 and when that aired there was a very very strong in support of response from people here in our in our into particular but of course there were people who didnt wan
Speaks with a campaigner in the battle against child sexual abuse stay with us. For a welcome to sophie and co and Sophie Shevardnadze sexual abuse in the Catholic Church is once again in the spotlight was encouraged to europe and north america what can be done to make a big thing of the past call gorman himself a survivor insider against sexual abuse is with me today to talk about this. Another way for 6 when abuse allegations is hit the Catholic Church with reports painting a grim picture of systemic proportions implying that even high ranking Church Officials are complicit will pope francis. Take the fight against abuse personally and be able to break the system what are the roots of this plague that is easy no way of the church and how will it transform the global conflict. Palma warman survivor and fighter against sexual abuse welcome to the show its great to have you with us today. You have been complaining for accountability for clerical child abuse for more than 20 years what k
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