It is not weakness to cry and have empathy for the children who have been molested by family members, church leaders, political leaders, military leaders, by men and women who delight in the exploitation and death of innocent children – our tears and our empathy are a light exposing their darkness. Our tears are powerful and holy. Now is the time to throw off the shackles of shame these predators demanded we wear for them, to loosen our tongues and not shut up until every pedophile is brought to justice and until every abused child is heard and believed and protected. We are not victims, we are overcomers, and we turn our pain into power, AMEN!

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” –Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French Jesuit Catholic priest, 1881-1955