Lord, today we pray for truth to come out about
sexual misconduct in the Chilean Catholic church. We know people are deeply
hurting, and that several victims have come forward to share about abuse from Rev. Fernando Karadima. The Vatican and the
Pope’s personal responses have fallen flat for many, causing concern that other
victims might be afraid to share their stories. Lord, our desire is for healing
to take place. You see how sexual abuse leaves such deep scars and impacts more than the
direct victims. May the truth come out as part of the healing process. We are
thankful Pope Francis is sending a sex crimes expert to Chile to investigate
the situation. We ask your blessing on this expert’s work, in order to help not
only victims, but to ensure these crimes will not happen again, and that
anything that comes to light in the future will be handled swiftly, graciously,
and appropriately. We also pray for Maltese Bishop Charles Scicluna as
he listens to victims in Chile. May he demonstrate Christlikeness as he hears
from these hurting hearts. May he exercise great wisdom in his responses. Lord,
please bring healing to the hurting in Chile as the Catholic church in this
nation deals with this scandal. Please bring beauty from ashes. In Jesus’ name
we pray, amen.
Update: https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/11/americas/pope-francis-chile-sex-scandal/index.html
ReplyDeleteAnother update: https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/13/world/pope-vatican-chilean-abuse-survivors-visit/index.html
ReplyDeleteSignificant update: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-abuse-karadima/pope-defrocks-priest-at-center-of-chilean-sexual-abuse-scandal-idUSKCN1M81UN?utm_source=applenews
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