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    From Abused to Protector: Claiming Your Life After Your Church Sexually Abuses You: A Story of Hope, Forgiveness and Triumph
    From Abused to Protector: Claiming Your Life After Your Church Sexually Abuses You: A Story of Hope, Forgiveness and Triumph
    From Abused to Protector: Claiming Your Life After Your Church Sexually Abuses You: A Story of Hope, Forgiveness and Triumph
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    From Abused to Protector: Claiming Your Life After Your Church Sexually Abuses You: A Story of Hope, Forgiveness and Triumph

    By Kenneth F. Joe Sr.

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    A powerful personal story that details the pain and shame associated with being abused by Clergy in the Church. Kenneth Joe tells his story with courage and disregard for the embarrassment that is often left lingering with the victim. This book is an inspiration to anyone who has suffered hurt and gives a blueprint to conquering the pain; instead of letting it consume and fracture the soul. Kenneth Joe ultimately teaches us that forgiveness is what heals the scars and gives the victim an opportunity to own their story, and also transform from victim to triumphant survivor! From Abused to Protector: " Claiming Your Life After Your Church Sexually Abuses You" A Story of Hope, Forgiveness and Triumph, gives a map to the road the Church, Child Welfare and Society must take to ensure pedophiles are given no place to hide and are never protected from justice no matter what their position in Church or Society maybe.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateMar 29, 2011
    ISBN9781257207008
    From Abused to Protector: Claiming Your Life After Your Church Sexually Abuses You: A Story of Hope, Forgiveness and Triumph

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      From Abused to Protector - Kenneth F. Joe Sr.

      stair.

      Scene 1

      As for me, I will call upon God, and the Lord shall save me. Evening and

      morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud,

      And He shall hear my voice. He has redeemed my soul in peace from the

      battle that was against me.

      PSALM 55:16-18

      The Inquest

      It had taken me a long time to decide whether or not to bring the story of my abuse to the authorities. Unfortunately, now that I had made the decision to do so, my abuser, Fr. Victor Edward Stewart (Fr. V.), was deceased and some might feel what is the point in telling the story now. I tell my story now for me and those who have also lived through sexual abuse at the sacrifice of their Church failing them.

      The inquest was held on December 5, 2005 at 3:00p.m. at the Chicago office of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Present were myself, Attorney Phillip Aaron and his paralegal Mr. Richie Aaron. Also present were Dr. Bland, Assistance Ministry of the Archdiocese and Ms. Patricia Zacharias of the Office of Professional Responsibility. Ms. Zacharias explained as I talked that her role was to take notes and to prepare the draft of the report afterwards. She then gave me an envelope with information pertaining to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and the State’s Attorney’s Office. I was also provided with a copy of the Archdiocese of Chicago policy: 1100 Sexual Abuse of Minors: Policies for Education, Prevention, Assistance to Victims and Procedures for Determination of Fitness for Ministry. I remember sitting there listening to the tone of Dr. Bland wondering why would he be in this capacity? His tone and approach was cold and uncaring. I had to remind myself that I was not here for him. Don’t get caught up in his personality. Tell your story and get out of here.

      Attorney Aaron told me that he was familiar with the information Ms. Zacharias provided to me and he could review it with me if I wished. After working in Foster Care/Child Welfare for the past 15 years, I would be considered by some standards very qualified in this area so I declined any further assistance in the review of the material.

      Ms. Zacharias asked me to begin wherever I felt most comfortable. She advised she might have some questions herself, at the end.

      I thought I would be hesitant and nervous. It had been such a long time and now it would all be out in the open. But I wasn’t hesitant. In fact, I was eager. Finally, I would get it out. I had learned that confession was good for the soul and I needed this cleansing more than I needed anything before in my life.

      As I looked at the faces around the table, I cleared my throat and said, "I’ve been working in Child Welfare for sixteen years and I’ve never had to give the detail I am about to give. I have never even spoken to my wife in this kind of detail. I’ve tried to put this behind me for many years. The times I did find the courage to try to deal with it I did not receive any assistance, so I had to not deal with it. When I approached Father P and told him about it, his advice to me was to pray about it. About the time Fr. V. got sick, I called Bishop Goedert, the Vicar for Priests at the time and I talked to him on the phone, outlining the abuse. I was met mostly with dead silence and by the end of the phone call complete silence." So this was my first encounter with Church authorities and it wasn’t hard to see their position. There would be no support. The Church cover-up was in high gear.

      At that point I was admonished for editorializing and asked to just give the facts and leave the decision making to others. I reminded Dr. Bland that this was my story and I will tell it to my satisfaction. Feeling that twisting of my words would be the final outcome, I wanted to make sure that my story was told in my words, with my emotion and ultimately through my pain. I remember feeling angry at the defensiveness that I perceived coming from Dr. Bland. He made me feel he did not want to hear the pain. He seemed to want to get through it and send me on my way. I told myself, continue don’t let him take you away from what you came to say. I continued with my

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