David Clohessy
@davidgclohessy
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Compassionate victims advocate, PR specialist, abuse survivor, public speaker, ex-director of SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) for 30 yrs.
Missouri
Joined December 2016
Live in Massachusetts? "Of the 46 states with statewide requirements for massage therapy licensing," it's "one of only a handful that doesn’t require therapists to pass any form of licensing exam at all"
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In 2009, he delivered the homily at the funeral for U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Now, this priest is on trial for child sexual abuse.
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This is astonishing research, def. worth a read!
🚨 NEW RESEARCH on how local religious ecologies correlate with murder rates in communities across the U.S. Increases in evangelicals = Increases in homicide rates
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Church officials hired a law firm to 'investigate.' They apparently didn't like the firm's findings. So now, different church officials are hiring a different law firm to 'investigate.' The outcome will be the same: no change.
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Hateful Trump appointee: “We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want to put them in trauma.”
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Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials | Trump administration | The Guardian
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The NFL should investigate how the New Orleans Saints helped an archbishop conceal child sex crimes.
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"If you told your own story, it would, to some degree, continue to belong to you. But if others uncovered your story, it became theirs, and that they had no obligation to be gracious to you in its telling." Charles Blow, New York Times
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What do the Trump Administration & the Vatican have in common? High ranking officials who commit or conceal sex crimes, misdeeds & cover ups with no real consequences.
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I'm not leaving X — at least not just yet — but you can also find me where the skies are blue. And I hope you will. @davidclohessy.bsky.social
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Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere - The New York Times
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"Despite his 2022 criminal (abuse) conviction, Zanchetta is still a bishop & faces no known disciplinary measures from Church authorities, raising criticism from Catholics and drawing international attention because of the Pope's’ personal involvement."
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Well said!
@davidgclohessy Abusers go where they can find power platforms so they can get away with it and find easy access to targets They'll invest vast amounts of effort to be the best at their job to strenthen their possibility to be free to do whatever they want. So they are often very successful too
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Refreshing! A 22 year old survivor nails it! "The house IS still burning"
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