Fr Robert McWilliams was sentenced to life in prison today. I talked with a family preyed upon by the priest.
“From the beginning, Fr. Bobby was hunting our children,” Rachel told me.
https://t.co/i0hQcHiHpH
Reminded today and always that naming our kid after Saint Michael was necessary because this world is bad at valuing life correctly. Saint Michael, Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil! #downsyndrome@tkooz
A world like this seems like such an obvious good, it was hard for me even to understand this person sees it as an obvious bad.
Yes, 5x as many people with Down syndrome would be a good thing.
"We live in a society that wants to prick us with a needle and try and terminate us. We're trying to tell people, 'Let us live!'"
Frank Stephens on living life with Down Syndrome
If we want to reduce abortion, we will:
Make healthcare more accessible.
Dismantle the cycles of poverty.
Fund education.
Criminalizing abortion isn’t pro-life.
It’s pro-vengeance.
The Church in some parts of our country has a long way to go to understand that people with disabilities belong in our community. In other places, the Church has come a long way.
We’ve seen acts of heroic love, and acts of injustice.
May we be agents of justice, and of love.
@llamaluvr Their first faq response is great. I was wondering if they would place a child with a single parent (if they only believe kids should be raised by a heterosexual couple). Clear as mud! https://t.co/2ahGwvZbPI
Guys. I made the best dinner. It was so yummy. And now my amazing husband is wrestling the kids in the other room while I can actually eat it. @tkooz you’re the real MVP tonight! I love you!
@llamaluvr@tkooz I completely agree. And no parent wants their kid to get sick or risk their kid getting sick, regardless of how potentially mild it might be, so it’s a delicate situation :)
@tkooz@llamaluvr Also, I think the Church has a lot of leg work to do to get people back into the pews and now is the time for creative solutions to lifting the dispensation. We need people to believe in the Church and come back and feel safe
@tkooz@llamaluvr What I would say to two of my favorite tweeters is that I think the Church has a moral obligation to have covid conscious people active in liturgy/Eucharist. I think St. Ambrose (Brunswick) having indoor masses but also a plethora of outdoor masses is a great witness to this.