Part of the Griffith Spring Festival was a quilt display by the Murrimbidgee Country Quilters. It was nice to visit this lovely old church and appreciate the handiwork. It was a hot afternoon but the church was cool and still. I had a chat with some of the artists, too.
The day after, I met a lady who had been part of the congregation of this church and left in the 70s because of the child sexual abuse that was happening there at the time.
On the day I visited, the cathedral was a sanctuary but for some it has been the exact opposite. I really hope that the efforts made to prevent child abuse do their job and save a lot of suffering for coming generations.
There are some very nice works of art on display.
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice to be able to say, at least the child abuse is history, but I fear it isn't.
There will always be predators, Andrew. All we can do is try to stop their access to kids.
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