OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT AND MRS. TRUMP, VICE PRESIDENT AND MRS. VANCE, AND ALL 150 CATHOLIC U.S. SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES
Roman Catholics are coming to the heartbreaking realization that our bishops have not only acted improperly; they have in fact acted maliciously. They have betrayed us; we are like sheep surrounded by ravenous wolves in shepherd’s clothing. I seek to be a voice crying out on behalf of the scattered flock because my firsthand experience bears witness to the wide-scale betrayal we are all undergoing as faithful Catholics. I also seek to do everything in my power to prevent the most vulnerable from experiencing what I have.
I was a victim of priestly sexual abuse of the darkest kind. (The Wall Street Journal,[1] among many other news outlets, reported on my story). My story illustrates the criminal complicity of Cardinal Robert McElroy, who will soon be installed as the next Archbishop of Washington, D.C. It is outrageous that the Vatican has appointed McElroy to this position since he truly is the USCCB’s poster boy for sexual abuse coverups, for the misuse of taxpayer money and as a proponent of open borders.
McElroy, when bishop of San Diego, covered up the heinous crime of ritual rape committed against me by then-Father Jacob Bertrand. Although Bertrand had confessed to his felonious behavior, McElroy transferred Bertrand to another parish, putting more innocent women and girls at risk. Indeed, McElroy refused to cooperate with the legal investigations into charges against Bertrand. Bertrand was removed from ministry only after he was convicted in criminal court for rape. McElroy’s actions in protecting my ritual abuser exacerbated the mental anguish and psychological harm I suffered. His subsequent elevation to the office of cardinal revictimized me, causing me to relive the excruciating powerlessness I endured at the time of the original rape. Yet again, McElroy’s elevation to Cardinal Archbishop of Washington has continued to exacerbate this experience of acute mental anguish and psychological harm for me and many other victims. (McElroy also failed to report at least 12 accusations against his friend Cardinal Theodore McCarrick made by 12 seminarians and priests). The Vatican’s knowledge of McElroy’s criminal activities seems to motivate this elevation rather than disqualify him.
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