Angry American Catholics have a choice to make. We have seen how justice for abuse victims is thwarted by the deaths of perpetrators, by statutes of limitations, even by the manipulations of bishops. The only thing we are left with is a frustrated anger.

Moving forward, we can either play the part of the mob, raging at abusive priests, the bishops who enabled them and even at Pope Francis. Or we can choose to forgive, using our pain and suffering for the salvation of the Catholic Church in the United States.