Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2021 20:23:12 GMT -5
The Hidden Children of the Catholic Church
It’s been an open secret for years. Catholic priests fathering children in breach of their vows. After suffering in silence and shame for years, those children are speaking out, demanding answers and recognition from Rome.
Like other scandals it has faced, the Church has swept the issue of children of priests under the carpet.
“The church operates on a system where if it can ignore you and hope you go away, then it will do that”, says one former advisor to the church.
The children of priests have long suffered in silence and shame, their mothers pressured to keep quiet and keep the secret.
It’s been an open secret for years. Catholic priests fathering children in breach of their vows. After suffering in silence and shame for years, those children are speaking out, demanding answers and recognition from Rome.
Like other scandals it has faced, the Church has swept the issue of children of priests under the carpet.
“The church operates on a system where if it can ignore you and hope you go away, then it will do that”, says one former advisor to the church.
The children of priests have long suffered in silence and shame, their mothers pressured to keep quiet and keep the secret.
When Vincent Doyle launched a website for the children of priests, the response revealed the global nature of the problem. His website got hits from 175 countries and he estimates there are ‘ten thousand children of priests, that’s conservative’.