Mary before her clergy sexual abuse

cover for Mary's book, All Shall Be Well: One Woman Survivor's Story of Clergy Sexual Abuse
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Mary Isabel Steele welcomes you to
ALL SHALL BE WELL:
ONE WOMAN SURVIVOR'S STORY
OF CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE
 
In 1984 I was forty years old. I was dealing with many spiritual and emotional issues when I turned to a priest who was an assistant pastor in my Roman Catholic parish for pastoral counseling. Instead of helping me, he sexually exploited and abused me. He betrayed my trust. His behavior was unprofessional. He was guilty of sexual misconduct, repeated sexual boundary violations. In legal terms, he and his superiors were guilty of a breach of fiduciary duty. What they did changed the course of my life in many ways forever. Struggling to understand what had happened and to recover, I wrote a book. I published it myself. I have created this site just to tell the story of my clergy sexual abuse. Click on the cover of my book to begin reading.