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Child and Teen Sexual Abuse General Reports

  • Writer: Profiles in Catholicism
    Profiles in Catholicism
  • Oct 1, 2021
  • 26 min read

Updated: 3 days ago

Prayers


A prayer for all the children traumatized by sexual violence

 

“The Good Shepherd”

 

… Out of the silence

… Out of the secrecy

… Out of the shame

 

Has come a voice, oh Lord, not one

but many, not many but too many …

 

… Out of the silence

In which words fought to form

Or were mangled in the speaking

Or were decried as fabricated

 

Came the tears through which hearts,

Un-Hid, torched with knowing,

Struggled and grappled with pain

And said what was done, oh Lord, in secret.

 

… Out of the secrecy

In which files were hidden and moved,

Or left, too difficult to attend to,

Or lost, in paper mazes and people moves

 

Came the tearing truth to be told,

Shattering, boldly, the practices of the

Past, dismantling pretences and

Witnessing, oh Lord, to what happened.

 

… Out of the shame,

In which lives were cruelly twisted,

Shocked, unstitched, on hold

Stole the faltering start to stop abuse

 

Came the call out of silence, oh Lord,

Came the call out of secrecy, oh Lord,

Came the call out of shame, oh Lord!

 

Passing through a clawed silence

Passing through a scrupulous secrecy

Passing through a cloying shame

 

From here, oh Lord, will strength begin?

To what, oh Lord, will life now bring?

To whom, oh Lord, will my heart sing?

 

Oh Mother of the living Son, let life thrive

Oh wife and mother let families survive

Oh wife and mother and daughter too,

Open anew the vocations trashed and reviled.

 

Oh Joseph, foster father of the Son, show forth

The work, done, undone and still to be done

Of the husband’s cherishing of wife and family,

Foster the dignity of man and woman and work.

 

Out of awareness, let us listen to others

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Prayer to end child abuse

What has happened to the world Lord Jesus that so many abuse the children? Many look away and hide the crimes, they do not cry out for justice. You said the children are the most important in the Kingdom, To accept a child, you said, is to accept you.

Bring the children to me you told the disciples that they be blessed and protected.

You said let the abusers be brought to account and do penance as if a mill stone were tied around their necks and they be thrown into the deep sea, you said Lord in Matthew (Ch.18: 6-7)

Lord, inspire us and strengthen our faith by your words and actions, that goodness, love of neighbor and action for justice will over come evil. Inspire us to save and heal the children through justice, peace so they can live a new happier life. Amen by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism


Prayer for abused children

Lord we have seen and heard the children cry and pour out their

suffering and their pain,

They cry to you to rescue them from the abusers and the shame,

That is unjustly heaped upon them as if they were to blame,

while the abusers walk free and unsullied is their name.

Lord bring the abusers to justice and give the children closure, peace and freedom,

May they know they are the most important in your friendship and your kingdom.

To receive a child you said is to welcome and be one with you ,

Inspire us Lord to fight for their dignity and their rights

and give healing and a life that is wonderful and new.

Amen.

by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism


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