Forgiveness Is For YOU - Overcome Trauma Through Forgiveness24 Mar

S3E12 When A Founder Falls: One Priest's Journey to Truth and Forgiveness

* Content Warning* This episode contains mature themes and is not appropriate for minors.

Friends,

In this vulnerable and sobering episode, I visit with Father John Michael Paul, a Catholic priest who discovered that the founder of his religious community had a decades-long history of sexual abuse. For someone who spent decades serving as a priest and leader in his community, the betrayal was spiritual, deeply personal, and formative.

As someone who entered the Catholic Church shortly before the 2002 abuse crisis, I remember how destabilizing that season was for many of us. In today’s conversation, we explore what happens when the shepherd you trusted is revealed to be a wolf, and how truth, though painful, becomes the doorway to freedom.

In this episode, we discuss:

The impact of clergy sexual abuse on priests themselves
Betrayal trauma within religious communities
Spiritual fatherhood and spiritual disillusionment
The difference between institutional loyalty and fidelity to truth
How shame keeps abuse hidden
The long road toward forgiveness
What healing looks like when trust has been shattered

A Note to Listeners

If you have experienced betrayal within the Church, know this: your pain matters. Truth may take years to surface, but light always exposes what darkness tries to conceal.

Forgiveness is not denial. It is not spiritual bypassing. It is a grace which is often slow, often costly, but real.

“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” – John 8:32

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Host & Producer: Dr. Carron Silva
Podcast Editor: Dr. Carron Silva
Cover Art Designer: Dr. Carron Silva
Music: Kode M (@kodemaster90)
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A Final Word

Thank you for listening, Friend. Remember: Forgiveness is for YOU.

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