Anthony School vice principal groaned it in filth the first time he raped me. I was And at any rate, he was a music teacher, and Catholic schools had no sex education courses, at least in those days.
I live a paradox, where the Roman Catholic Church provides the catechism I need for pure joy in my life, but its Archdiocese of Agana disgusts me. After all, the Archdiocese is nearing the end of a an era of seeming shame, with the first payments to abuse survivors β myself included β on the horizon; albeit a semi-just end forced upon it.
But will there ever really be justice for what happened? Certainly not if the Archdiocese continues its system of cover up and refusal to be held accountable, truly, for its mistakes. But I digress. Romeo Convocar, have made decisions that tell me little has changed, and much is to be desired. A few years ago, the Archdiocese all but excused alleged sexual misconduct at Mt. Carmel School, exposing a crack in its marketing campaign that has tried to convince us it cares about what happens to victims of abuse within its organization.
Despite all that talk about sex abuse and reporting training, and building a culture of safety from predatory havens, the Mt. Carmel incident simply removed the veil to show the culture of silence and cover up still prevailed.
We may have been able to chalk that up to a misstep under the Byrnes administration, but then an alleged sex scandal emerged at St. Anthony School that place seems to be a bastion of misconduct and cover up with the Catholic School System , and it was quickly covered up. That hotel became a symbol of the corruption of the archdiocese and the wrongs committed by its former leaders.
