The sexual abuse of minors
The Magdalene laundries
Priests moved from place to place
Minor seminaries
The clerical world
Celibacy
The authority of men
Women subjugated
Babies given away
Now this world collapses
Well it needed to
Don’t pray for vocations
Pray for eyes so new
Change is not a thing to mourn
Goodbye to all of that
Church needs to be reborn
Have you heard of that?
Jesus on the hillside
Gathers twelve around
The beginnings of the story
And suffering profound
Companionship he launches
Preaching role and care
There’s the blueprint
Follow it
Give this world fresh air
Brian Fahy
20 January 2022
+ When we were children, we did not dare to question the Church, or the authority of priests. We were obedient subjects. The idea was that the Church could do no wrong. Now we know differently. There is nothing to lament about the present state of things. We are undergoing what will be great change.
Erris Poetry 