I believe with my entire being that the priests and staff deliberately used innuendos to frustrate me, leading to anxiety, confusion, helplessness and anger. All of these emotions lead to trauma, as Arthur Henry told me. I don’t think they were ignorant about what they were doing; rather, tight-knit, tribal groups feel justified in hurting outsiders and that is what I was. They failed to provide healthy orientation to ‘doing church’ and instead were suspicious and uncooperative.
You’re not finishing your sentences.
Tom Lynch
I was trying to explain something to Lynch, and he replied by critiquing how I speaking. Since priests are busy, and one tries to use their time efficiently, what am I supposed to make of his using tone policing to avoid a real conversation?
You can’t be friends like you want.
Robyn Henighan
This was about Devereaux, after the meetings she and I had about Tavares and Okpu and all of the priests connected to my botched orientation. She said this like she felt she knew me; it was creepy. She had already drawn a conclusion. We didn’t have a conversation; she was either too stupid to know how to navigate a delicate issue or didn’t want to. She also said, “This has happened before”, which I think she meant I was attached to Devereaux. I did like him; that’s why I asked him to do the baptism. Then he started behaving weirdly, wouldn’t decide if I could be in his RCIA in 2017 or not. Henighan wouldn’t discuss; she just stared at me intently and said these cryptic things. Of all the people at the Diocese, I think she is most unsuited for ministry. She is just too religious in the wrong way.
We knew you were a victim!
Mike Heffernan
I think you SHOULD go back to Toronto. (emphatically affirming what I had just said, that I should back to Toronto)
Mike Heffernan
Think of yourself as a survivor, not a victim.
Deirdre Thomas
You’re so progressive!
Deb McCrae
You’re so progressive!
Deirdre Thomas
Your sentences aren’t well-connected.
Mary the Spiritual Companion
You need to learn to wash feet!
Mary the Spiritual Companion
Coincidences can happen when you’re coming to Christ.
Robyn Henighan
I’m short so I have a bit of a Napolean complex.
Tom Lynch
Yeah, single nouns, eh?
Tom Lynch
You’re polluting the Body of Christ.
John O’Brien
You ruined your chances. You should’ve thought about the future.
John O’Brien
You have to be careful with the Catholic Church.
John O’Brien