'A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep' via @TTConf #cathmedia

Allen: if we are going to be able to face the realities of the world we cannot depend on our leadership because they worried by the

issues they are tripping on as they go to work.

Delegate: we must be the grassroots to educating others and making change to prevent abuse

Delegate: "if you keep the abuser in your fold and they go on to abuse other people, woe is you"

Delegate: "scripture has been my solace as it is the truth" How can the church move forward and prevent abuse drawing from scripture?

Delegate: we who have been abused are the lepers. How did Jesus deal with the lepers?

Fr. Rosica: the clericalism that i have found in leity is in some ways more dangerous than amongst groups of men preparing for priesthood

Delegate: what i have learned is how sensitive victims are to abuses of power. If i could make a recommendation is to have a victims panel

#TTconf Rosica: catholic laity under 35 and over 65 are least open to discussing #sexualabuse and reform

Delegate: what i have seen from the church is a shift from wanting to protect reputation to wanting to be compassionate

Delegate: i am a woman of faith. If God is always imaged as a male, I have a problem

Delegate: we should be more atuned to the power of language to send the wrong and right messages

Now on: José Casanova, one of the world’s leading scholars, sociology of religion and Catholicism Georgetown University ow.ly/6YqLM #TTConf

Casanova: we have only learned that the sexual abuse of children was a crime due to the women's movement

Casanova: in the past, crimes happened although leity was not prepared to think of them as crimes

Casanova: we should be grateful we are learning from 40 to 50 years ago

Casanova: we need to come to terms with a more secular account of the teaching of the catholic church

Casanova: #faith and #sexuality are very much connected

That's it! Thank you to our co-chairs Sr Nuala & Dan Cere, our volunteers, participants and presenters #TTConf