Your report "In hope of helping others, delegate reveals abuse as child" (March 27) was sad in many ways. Del. C.T. Wilson told senators that as a child his adoptive father repeatedly beat and raped him. "I went from a difficult life to a downright hell," he said.
His testimony was in support of legislation to extend the statute of limitations on filing civil lawsuits in child sex abuse cases. He was moved to testify in part over outrage that similar bills die every year without a vote. That's even sadder.
The article also reported that when Del. Eric Bromwell sponsored a similar bill about eight years ago, he said he was inundated by calls from fellow Catholics who questioned whether he was trying to "bankrupt" the church. "I was made to be someone who was an enemy of the Catholic Church," he said.
That may have been the saddest thing of all. Many Christians use the cliche "Love the sinner, hate the sin." It would seem that the Catholic Church has taken this even further: It wants us to not only love the sinner but also protect him, hide him and not hold him accountable.
David Gosey, Towson