Thursday
Jan122012
In response to revelations about Mother Teresa's support of pedophile priest Donald McGuire
Thursday, January 12, 2012 Mary responds to Peter Jamison's article in the current issue of the San Francisco Weekly titled "Tainted Saint: Mother Teresa Defends Pedophile Priest"
Reader Comments (4)
Just finished your book and keep thinking about the content. The main thing that touched me was your
honesty which I felt throughout. I was a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati for 30 years . Am now 79 years
of age and connecting with Bishop Spong. Your book goaded me to looking up anything I could about
your writing. Sometimes I yearn for a group to engage with who could come with honesty. Honesty
is so hard to come by and I found that in your writing.
Marjorie, I'm so glad that my writing moved you. I really felt that I had to be very honest with this book. I think that it's not easy for people--especially for people in the Church--to be honest about their own experiences, but I think it's so necessary.
Thank you for introducing me to Bishop Spong. Very interesting. And very honest, too.
Well put comments to this unfortunate story Mary. I am not surprised at MT response that it was greater sin to talk about sexual abuse than the actual abuse. This mentality was typical in her religious development and life history. Families today still think in similar unfortunate ways which only lead to more assaults and damage. The other point that sadden me about her is that she knew about the sexual predator sister but chose to ignore her, allowing her to prey and assault on other unsuspecting sisters-very similar to those who knowingly hide knowledge of a pedophile or sexual predator within their families, communities and neighborhoods. This is unforgivable in my opinion.
Yes, Hank, Mother Teresa's response was, unfortunately, fairly typical. I'm so glad that attitudes are changing, due to the good, brave work of people like you.