1) In the 1990s I was in conversation with various religious women from Ireland, several African countries, the Philippines and India (different provinces). It became quite clear to me as I listened to their stories that the elephant in the room was clerical (and often women religious) abuse of power with the vulnerable (not only minors and female). Little has changed. Those who are abused (or their carers) need to go directly to the police as soon as possible. And they need professional advocates to protect them from institutional abuse by clergy, church communities and the police... all of whom have a history of abusing the vulnerable - a history and practice that is often unrecognised by the perpetrators as it is so 'normal'. 
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