A two-year prison sentence cannot repair the lifelong trauma of being
sexually abused from age 8, but an Australian survivor of abuse by an
American Roman Catholic religious brother says his incarceration is a
sign of progress.
“Although two years is a very short amount of time in light of the gravity of the crimes, it is a much better result than for many survivors of historical crimes,” Mairead Ashcroft said via email. “My hope is that survivors of crimes of this nature might be given the positive message that childhood abuse, sexual, physical and psychological, is taken much more seriously than in the past.”
http://www.post-gazette.com/news/world/2015/07/25/Marianist-brother-who-taught-at-North-Catholic-gets-2-year-term-for-sex-abuse-in-Australia/stories/201507250054
“Although two years is a very short amount of time in light of the gravity of the crimes, it is a much better result than for many survivors of historical crimes,” Mairead Ashcroft said via email. “My hope is that survivors of crimes of this nature might be given the positive message that childhood abuse, sexual, physical and psychological, is taken much more seriously than in the past.”
http://www.post-gazette.com/news/world/2015/07/25/Marianist-brother-who-taught-at-North-Catholic-gets-2-year-term-for-sex-abuse-in-Australia/stories/201507250054
