The following piece of
writing describes how the rampant moral degeneration in western societies ruin
innocent girls’ lives and reveals the dark secrets of sexual abuse by Anglican
clergymen.
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| clergy abuse has plagued most churches |
Here goes the story of
Sonya Brown from England who as a child was sexually abused by her father. Some
three years ago she started getting flashbacks and became mentally ill. She was
so severely depressed that she had to be referred to a psychiatric day
hospital. She believed the chaplain (priest) would offer her a spiritual refuge
from her ordeals. But later she found out that his support soon turned into a
fresh bout of sexual exploitation. The clergyman raped her on three occasions:
in his office, at home and in the toilet.
The dog collar
supposed to be a symbol of trust and moral rectitude, but for Sonya Brown it
now has an opposite impression. When Sonya first began visiting the hospital
chaplain for counselling she felt secure. ‘The collar gave me a feeling of
protection and safety’, she said. Nevertheless, according to her distressing
account, at one session, ‘I was extremely upset and very depressed. He got off
his chair and knelt down before me. He offered me his handkerchief while trying
to comfort me. He put his arms around me, cuddled me, kissed me, then squeezed
my breasts and put his hands between my legs. I felt confused, disorientated,
upset and ran out of the room in tears.’
Despite that, Sonya
says she continued to see the chaplain, as she desperately depended on his
support. However, one afternoon when no one was around, he visited her at home
and forced her to have sex with him. A week later, the constant feeling of
guilt made her realise that she had made a terrible mistake. But, in a state of
severe depression, she felt powerless.
Sonya claims that the
chaplain brutally raped her in a toilet at a cemetery where she had gone to
visit her sister’s grave. ‘I became very grieved and went to the toilet in a
very distressed state. The chaplain followed me into the toilet. All of a
sudden the door was closed and locked.
‘My trousers were
pulled down and he started touching me. I said, ‘No, please leave me alone and
get out.’ He just laughed, turned me round and pushed me against the door. He
put his arm across my neck as if trying to suffocate me. I couldn’t scream or
shout. Then he raped me. I felt sick, confused and terrified. I prayed somebody
would come into the toilets – somebody, anybody but nobody did.
Sonya accuses the
chaplain of repeatedly raping her while she slept at home. However, she dared
not tell anyone about it for fear of tarnishing the image of “a man ordained by
God to cure her.” No matter she remained badly traumatised in the days that
came she must not displease the ‘man of God.’ Sonya says, ‘He repeatedly told
me it was a moving-on process. He told me constantly not to tell anyone, or he
could lose his priesthood. He threatened to tell my family, and most of all
that no body would believe me. He kept telling me it was our secret. I was
terrified and kept my mouth shut until the day I felt like committing suicide
and reported the incident to another counsellor.’
The hospital held an internal investigation and the chaplain’s ministry was informed. But it was the chaplain’s word against Sonya’s, and the hospital authority took his. He still works there and is allowed on home visits to other vulnerable girls.
The above mentioned
incident is just one out of hundreds of sexual abuse scandals engulfing the
Anglican Church today. Many young girls said they believed they had been
‘groomed’ by Anglican clerics just as a paedophile prepares his victims before
preying on.
In 2003, the
Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams faced questions over his role in
helping a priest who sexually assaulted a female vicar to find another job and
get way with his crime. Still there are hundreds of child molestation and other
forms of sexual abuse cases pending over churchmen of all denominations. This
involves the Church of England, the Catholic Church with the rest spread across
Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians.
The Church of England
remains in turmoil over the sexuality of its bishops. Homosexual Anglican
bishop, the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church in USA, Gene
Robinson is the central figure in the gay clergy controversy that has rocked
the worldwide Anglican community. As a consequence, many previously devout
Anglicans have lost confidence in the Anglican Church in general. The prime
example is the former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair who converted from
Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism. This action of Blair after he left Office
created such uproar that many hardcore Anglicans accused him of treachery and
treason. Some Anglicans have gone further to label him to be the Anti-Christ
who would appear nearing the End Times.
The Ordination of
women both as bishops and priests have started in many Anglican provinces
around the world. The Church of England authorised the ordination of women
priests in 1992 and began ordaining them in 1994. Many adherents of Anglicanism
believe that the measure was taken to rid the Anglican Church of the problem of
sexual abuse by the male clergy which are plaguing the Church in recent
years.
Reference: 1.TheObserver
2. The Guardian
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Written by: Ibrahim
Nazim
2 December 2009,
Wednesday
15 Thw al-Hijjah 1430
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