God hates child abuse
" it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea."

Th Bible cannot be used to excuse or justify child abuse. Jesus declares unequivocally that "it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea." [Mark 9:42]

qui autem scandalizaverit unum de pusillis istis qui in me credunt expedit ei ut suspendatur mola asinaria in collo eius et demergatur in profundum maris [Mathew 18:6]

Catholic thoughts regarding "the nurture and admonition" of children.

The high calling of parenthood:

"God comes first"

Pope Leo XIII in his encyclical Sapientiae Christianae [1890] exhorts parents
"to regulate the government of their households and the first education of their children according to [Christian] precepts. The family is the cradle of civil society, and it is for the most part in the surroundings of the home that the destiny of states is prepared. Those who wish to tear society from Christianity, go to the very roots and endeavor to corrupt the family. They do not allow themselves to be deterred from this attempt by the thought that this cannot be accomplished without inflicting upon parents the most cruel outrage; for to parents it belongs by virtue of natural right to educate their children to the ends which God has given them. It is a strict obligation laid upon parents to give all their care, and to neglect no effort to repulse energetically all unjust violence done to them in this matter, so that they may guard their exclusive authority over the education of their children. They must, moreover, imbue these with the principles of Christian morality. .... Always and everywhere accounts must be taken of the great influence exercised over the souls of children by home education. If the young find in the home the rule of a virtuous life, and, as it were a practical school of Christian virtue, the salvation of society in the future is in great part guaranteed."

Dads are so important | Kids need parents in love | Saviour like a Shepherd | It will be worth it all

For the victims, we say

Never give up!

Get Help! Ask for it, look for it, find someone you can trust.

Sometimes, out of bad things, good can come.
Martin Luther King said "God is still able to wring good out of evil."

Thornton Wilder: I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.

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