you hid behind holy orders
flogged naked boys at night
worked us bare hands barefoot
broken building brick walls
in winter
you cowered behind cloisters
had us stroke your greasy hair
your hand in our shorts
us the guilty
you hid behind holy orders
every child voiceless cowed
taking your pedo pleasure flight
to other parishes protected by those
who didn’t protect us
you cowered behind cloisters
lied your parents are dead
bindoon statue carved marble
arm around boy’s shoulders dread
despair and misery
you and you and you
hid behind holy orders
criminals in collars
derisoire compensation
broken marriages suicide
you
took
our
lives
To all those troubled men, alive or dead, who suffered under the ministrations of Brother Keaney in WA, and other offending priests or brothers, mistakenly protected by the church. The victims are finally having the truth revealed – maybe a measure of justice.
decimawraxall 
The saddest thing of all is that nearly all of the vile bastards who perpetrated these acts against tender young boys in their care have escaped their day of shame in the courts due to the complicity of “good catholic” police and departmental officials who put their religion in front of their duty to protect the good name of the church. It makes me wish there really was a Hell, especially in terms of Dante’s Inferno, where such individuals would spend eternity up to their necks in a river of boiling blood.
Yes; it’s awful how many perpetrators have escaped punishment. No wonder the men with ruined lives are angry and sad. At least telling their stories may bring some closure, and help to ease their torment, but there’s no bringing back lost innocence or the stolen ability to enjoy close relationships.