Mil Herald: Victim/survivors share stories

The church can’t turn back the clock and right the wrongs of abuse to wipe away the pain of survivors, said Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki, but as a church representative, he can continue to over and over again offer a profound apology. He said he can also learn from victims and survivors willing to tell their stories.

Archbishop Listecki listened to a panel of three share their stories of clergy sexual abuse during the two-day conference “Harm, Hope and Healing: International Dialogue on the Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal,” April 4-5, hosted by Marquette University’s Law School.

The victim/survivors included a Boston police officer recently retired from the sexual assault unit, a mother whose son committed suicide in the 1980s and a Milwaukee man who was abused by a religious priest.

In each case, priests violated sacred trust.

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