About this episode
Chrissie Foster shares her family's tragic experience with sexual abuse by a priest and their fight against the Catholic Church's response.
With special guest: Chrissie Foster … in conversation with Bill Kable This is the story of how Chrissie Foster responded and refused to back down when confronted by an all-powerful secretive protected institution. Chrissie Foster’s family tragedies and the tepid response by the Catholic Church changed her from living a life of domestic harmony and peace in a totally unexpected way. No doubt when the choice of schools had to be made for their daughters there were discussions between Chrissie and her husband Anthony. Because of Chrissie’s background being raised and educated in the Church they chose a Catholic primary school. Years later they discovered what their daughters had endured. Chrissie tells us how two of her young daughters were sexually abused by a priest in the Catholic Church. This went against generations of religious faith in her family. Fortunately Chrissie’s family were prepared to join her and give all the support they could when the Church failed to respond. Chrissie’s mother had been a lifelong attendee at weekly Mass but she chose to give that practice up as a result. Podcast (mp3)
People in this episode
Host: Bill Kable
Guest: Chrissie Foster
Topics covered
- sexual abuse
- Catholic Church
- family support
- institutional response
- personal tragedy
Keywords
- Chrissie Foster
- Bill Kable
- Catholic Church
- sexual abuse
- family support
- institutional failure
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Catholic Church
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