An Occasion for Reparation and Rectification for Sexual Abuse

Will it ever be over?  This article by Father Roger Landry tackles that question. An occasion for reparation and rectification: As we mark the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the toxic avalanche of revelations about decades of clergy sexual abuse of minors in Boston and beyond, the two headlines are clear. The trauma doesn't surface for maybe decades. But rectification has to continue.  Reparation must be made.

Picture Credit: Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton and John Slattery star in a scene from the movie "Spotlight," which chronicles the Boston Globe's uncovering of the clergy sex abuse scandal in the Archdiocese of Boston in 2002. U.S. CNS photo/Open Road Films