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French bishops to meet children of priests
So, will this be the next scandal for the beleaguered Roman Catholic Church? Are we just seeing the beginning of the RCC having to take responsibility for priests who father children illicitly?
https://international.la-croix.com/news/french-bishops-to-meet-children-of-priests/10305#
French bishops to meet children of priests
Several French bishops are to talk with the children of priests about the need for recognition of their suffering, not least from carrying a burden of secrecy.The nation's bishop's conference made arrangements for the unprecedented event to take place on June 13."I was made to understand that I should not have been born, " said a 49-year-old woman, who we are giving the pseudonym of Maria.Her priest father is still active in ministry, but for the sake of confidentiality, she will not say any more about him or her mother.
Daughter of a priest and a nun, Anne-Marie Mariani-Jarzac, president of the Association Enfants du Silence (Association of Children of Silence) also researched her origins.This practicing 68-year-old Catholic, who differentiates between her faith and the Church, speaks of healing through a compassionate priest who listened to her."I understood that I existed in the eyes of God and that God loved me as I am," Mariani-Jarzac said."Too many priests' children are suffering when we are not responsible for our history."
Several French bishops are to talk with the children of priests about the need for recognition of their suffering, not least from carrying a burden of secrecy.The nation's bishop's conference made arrangements for the unprecedented event to take place on June 13."I was made to understand that I should not have been born, " said a 49-year-old woman, who we are giving the pseudonym of Maria.Her priest father is still active in ministry, but for the sake of confidentiality, she will not say any more about him or her mother.
Daughter of a priest and a nun, Anne-Marie Mariani-Jarzac, president of the Association Enfants du Silence (Association of Children of Silence) also researched her origins.This practicing 68-year-old Catholic, who differentiates between her faith and the Church, speaks of healing through a compassionate priest who listened to her."I understood that I existed in the eyes of God and that God loved me as I am," Mariani-Jarzac said."Too many priests' children are suffering when we are not responsible for our history."
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The problem still exists, does it not?
Once again, it is the policies of the hierarchy that control the behavior of the RCC, if not the behavior of individual priests.
Granted it was still under the veil of silence which still protects the deadbeat priest in question to this day, but hey that has to somehow reconcile a corrupt system which still perpetuates this situation.