It’s Not Fair! Well what a result! So good that all of our hard work with the UN has actually borne fruit.! For Survivors of clergy abuse, this is a rare and new experience! We are so used to being disregarded, dismissed, lied about abused again and again by this…
Checking my Agenda! Isn’t it so bloody annoying knowing that you can easily allow yourself to be diverted from your chosen path! The way that negative people can bring out the worst in you and you forget that the way to avoid that is to avoid them! I am reflecting…
There are times when I am incensed by what others say about the clergy abuse issues, the pussy footing around, the trivialising of it and the naivete. Then there are times when another survivor seems to get into my head and say exactly what I am thinking!! One such person…
If it were not so sinister, the latest PR stunt by the vatican would be laughable! In fact one doesn’t know wether to laugh or cry at their blatant disregard of their responsibilities regarding centuries of clergy abuse, and the subsequent lies and cover ups. Yet another slap in the…
Sue Cox -Recovered catholic – happy Atheist, Humanist, with a Buddhist slant! I keep tweaking away at my “title”, sometimes I think people must wonder why! There was a time when I referred to myself simply as a “recovered catholic”, but my Australian friends said it made them think I…
Unadulterated Theft One of the things that really pisses me off is when people take my words and use them as their own! I don’t know why, (I hope it’s not ego!) but it just bugs me! And it happens all the time. There is one man in particular, who,…
Apparently this month is “Domestic violence awareness month” I “liked” it on my facebook page, I thought about it and of all the people who suffer violence, especially in their home, in what should be a place of safety. Inevitably, and hopefully, without self pity, I thought about the times…
Living Rent Free in my head! Not able to sleep, head full of “stuff”- hate those nights! I am so angry when I read about victims suffering all over the place, especially when I hear the church getting away with their abuses, their lies, their total lack of compassion. I…
An Uncarved block Today I saw a beautiful scan picture of my unborn grandchild! My lovely daughter, Siobhan is expecting her first baby in April, and we are so thrilled and very excited! Especially I suspect, my other two beautiful teenage grandchildren who will be wonderful with him (or her!)…
If one more person calls me a “high functioning survivor “ I will bloody scream! It seems we are damned if we do, damned if we don’t! If I continue to cry all over the place, hang my head in a “Diana like” pose, constantly talk about my “suffering” ,ask…
