Victims Suffer While Predators Thrive, by Gene Thomas Gomulka

A recent public event held in the New York Archdiocese was attended by accused sexual predator Father Thomas Devery, a former Director of Priest Personnel who resigned as pastor of a prestigious Staten Island parish and school after facing grave sex abuse allegations in multiple lawsuits.  Amid reports that Cardinal Timothy Dolan failed to inform parishioners and school parents about abuse allegations against Devery and rewarded him with very comfortable accommodations after the allegations came to light, one surprised attendee asked Devery, “How are you?”  Devery replied, “I’m doing very well.”

While victims of sexual abuse are left with life-long scars and sometimes commit suicide as a result of the trauma, many clerics who abuse them and complicit prelates who cover up their abuse truly live “very well” courtesy of uninformed parishioners who finance their lavish lifestyles through their collection basket donations. ….

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