After I recently converted to Catholicism, a family member warned me: “Watch the priests.” She’d seen the news about Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s resignation because of sexual abuse allegations, and in her own way was worried I’d fall prey to a predatory parish priest.

Despite my reassurance that the priests I have encountered on my journey of faith had dedicated their lives to serving God and the Church, she remains skeptical.

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