Jennifer S. Wortham recounts the traumatic experience her family faced when her younger brother, Patrick, was sent to stay with a Catholic priest, who was a close family friend. Unbeknownst to them, the priest had been molesting both Patrick and his brother, Michael, since they were about 10 years old. This revelation, coming over a decade later, shattered their family and profoundly impacted Wortham, now a Harvard researcher. The emotional toll and betrayal emphasized the dangers of misplaced trust in authority figures.
“The discovery completely destroyed my family,” said Dr. Wortham, who is now a researcher at the Human Flourishing program at Harvard. This shocking revelation changed everything for us.
It is heart-wrenching to think about how our trust in this family friend led to unimaginable harm. The innocence of my brothers was stolen at such a young age.
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