Hang Your Heads in Shame.
People tell me and write that God is the sole protector of all.
The world should open their hearts wide, hear his loving call.
That he alone is responsible for all the decency found in man.
Yet he does not take responsibility of any of the evil and bad.
In most religions people only see what they ever want to see.
Do not except anything that contradicts in what they believe.
Their convenient blind eye turned at the horrors of the world.
Once again we have preacher man keeping secrets on hold.
In all religions, faiths, denominations, societies and cultures.
There have always been in the church the children’s vultures.
Access to an endless line of children from which to choose.
Were under the cover of their God these children they abuse.
This is not hot press, groundbreaking earth-shattering news.
It has gone on for decades and all the time churches knew.
Occasionally the world will try to convince us that they care.
Most of the time they collectively denied the abuse is there.
From believers, congregation through to the upper echelons.
The constant denial to accept the Preacher could do wrong.
Some undeniable facts which have categorically been shown.
Appears abusing children is something the church condones.
Young souls and innocence taken by the evil preacher hand.
Abused by what they believe is another religious caring man.
Childhood stolen, they are sent to a lifetime shame and pain.
Yet your Holy church allows it to happen time and time again.
Even today after so many victims over so many abusive years.
Little understanding and no compassion for the children's fears.
Denial and self-protection are the only thing on their agenda.
No attempt to acknowledge the crimes of the child offenders.
Promotions made, lies told, payments made, and prayers sold.
For Decades under your churches protection the abuse grows.
Oscar performances to the media, in the remorse they all have.
Yet no honest acceptance of the knowledge we know they had.
We the non-believer cannot put an end to all the child abuse.
It needs followers, congregations in the world to finally choose.
Go to their own houses of faith and demand the abuse to stop.
For each and every victim, kneel and say a prayer to their God.
When as a young innocent child, you are not safe in holy hands.
If you live in constant fear of abuse from the old preacher man.
Where is left safe for all the young children to continue to thrive.
Where in safety are they able to fulfil their potential young lives.
So stop denying, lying, ignoring, pretending and stop protecting.
You and only you can put a stop to the continued child offending.
Demand your church remove the bad apples from the holy cart.
So, in our life every child can travel on a peaceful and safer path.
To all the ignorant, abusers and protectors who are all to blame.
You should kneel before your God and hang your head in shame.
Tobani December 2024.
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Tobani / Nataiella (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Please be aware this is about Child abuse and religion, when i was a child i was in care and after leaving one home, i was placed in this particular home on a temporary basis until they found a more suitable home for me. I was there for 3 months ( i am C&E so do not know why i was sent to Catholic home) and i was there over a Christmas period. Out of all the things i witnessed and experienced in the care system this place was the worse and had the most lasting effect on me. I have written this piece because all these decades later it is still going on worldwide, and is still being covered up. I understand it is not an easy thing to read about, but it is not an easy thing to experience either. I have tried to write it in a calm and controlled manner and not let my emotions run all over it. I thank you for your understanding.
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It's a sweeping statement of me to say 'I blame the [Roman] Catholics' who some see as an Antichrist, the 'Beast' in Revelation in the New Testament. Yet they're not allowed to marry, by some stupid man-mad rule. We had a secret one near us, bring shame on the community.
Thank you for your feedback, very much appreciated, but it applies to all religions, even here before Christmas another abuser in the church of England was exposed., enjoy the rest of your day
No, not an easy read. And free moral agency is not something over the centuries that humanity has been able to achieve, attested too by the fact of child abuse and systemic cover ups.
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You too dear friend 🙏🏻🕊
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You’re welcome 🙏🏻🕊
A powerful and daring write. It is ironic that sex is seen as something dirty and sin by religious people yet happens by those promoting religion to the weakest in their care. Not just in religion but all organizations, social settings, even the family it seems a human condition that is too painful to unearth in order to address. A most heart felt write.
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And this is one of the reasons I am no fan of organized religion. It has been sickening what has occurred and what was hidden for so many years and is now known and is still ongoing. A tough read. So many little children suffered abuse at the hands of those who were trusted. Children’s homes too. A brave write Tobani and a very necessary one. Not an easy read, but an essential one. Wishing you a calm and peaceful Tuesday.
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With much respect .. respect my friend .. Neville
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Wow. Powerful and poignant.
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Where there are people the potential for abuse exists. Where people are amassed in power structures, the potential increases even more because the sins of the abusers in power get hidden in plain view from the masses, meaning many see it going on but are either brainwashed or feel powerless and silenced. Of course, silence should never be an option when it comes to witnessing abuse, otherwise you become complicit and an abuser of sorts yourself. All these thoughts, and much more, come to mind when reading this. I would add to your ending, and it is quite Biblical, that anyone who is to blame should not just hang their head in shame, but do so over the abyss with a millstone tied to their neck. Anyway, well done on this. A very strong statement. All abuse needs to be exposed and eradicated. Period. 🌹👏
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You are most welcome, my friend!
This is a deeply felt poem.I hear the anger and I feel the pain. We all have to get angry with religious abuse. Well done Excellent
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Fine write Tobani, organised religion is a farce. I used to be a believer in the Christian religion and was a Chaplain for a while. But when my wife started suffering from dementia it took he way down and she die from it, all her long life she had sung and praised the christian god but where was he when she needed him. I was singing in the choir at church one day when I came to the conclusion that organised religion was a fayce and it was like a weight was lifted from my mind, I still believe that there is a force out there that I call god but there is no longer any organisation that runs it.
May you god go with you Tobani.
Andy
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