CW: discussion of spiritual and sexual abuse, including child sexual abuse. In November 2019, a sexual predator was arrested in Birmingham, Alabama. Initially arrested on charges of child pornography production and distribution, further investigation yielded evidence of heinous child abuse crimes graphically detailed in the listed charges of an AL.com article along with other news reports. Since that time, I scrolled through the headlines and content of perhaps hundreds of other articles detailing the criminal acts of other pedophilic predators. However, November 2019 held a particular piercing.
“...when we turn away from the child, who are we welcoming?” Yesssss