Showing posts with label Sr. Mary MacKillop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sr. Mary MacKillop. Show all posts

Friday, September 24, 2010

Retaliation Against Those Who Blow the Whistle on Sex Abuse is Nothing New!

Read the story of an Australian nun who was excommunicated for reporting the sex abuse of a priest. She was the founder of a religious order to teach poor children. The sisters embraced poverty and their rule stressed no ownership of personal property with a dependence on Divine Providence to meet their needs.

A priest friend of the abuser set out to destroy her and the Sisters of St. Joseph, . She persevered and was later exonerated. She will be canonized by Pope Benedict in October. What a saint for our times. I am praying to this courageous sister asking her to intercede for her brother, Fr. Haley.

Sister Mary MacKillop banished after uncovering sex abuse