Letter to the editor: Sen. Kim Ward should side with the wounded, vulnerable

Some Catholic bishops claim they worry about the president’s soul if he keeps taking Communion despite disagreeing with their views on abortion.

Here’s a suggestion: How about focusing less on the soul of America’s most powerful adult and more on the safety of America’s largest powerless children, who remain vulnerable to shrewd child molesting clerics and others abusers?

Though many predator priests are no longer on the job, many are living — unsupervised — among unsuspecting families. And many other clerics, who ignored or hid their crimes, remain in church roles today, never having faced any consequences at all for their wrongdoings.

Instead of worrying about one person’s fate after death, let’s worry about exposing two groups of grown-ups: those who exploit kids and those who turn a blind eye to this horror.

The one person in Pennsylvania who can best make this happen is Sen. Kim Ward, the Senate majority leader. But she is irresponsibly blocking proposed statute of limitations reform, reform sought by the state’s top law enforcement officer, Attorney General Josh Shapiro.

Let’s hope she starts siding with the wounded and vulnerable and stops siding with the officials and the wrongdoers.

Adam Horowitz

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

The writer is an attorney who represents victims of sexual abuse.