Part 3, 'I trusted him.' Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Friends and Acquaintances: Beverly Sky, A Priest's Kiss; Jana Vincenti, Daughter; and Lillian Kelly, Aftermath Summary and Analysis

In A Priest's Kiss, Beverly Sky was forcibly kissed by a parish priest when she went to the church early to receive the Ash Wednesday blessing. Beverly's father was a devote Catholic even though he rarely went to church himself and refused to speak to Beverly when, instead of telling the truth, simply refused to go to church again. Beverly not only lost her belief in the church, but she lost her relationship with her father. In Daughter, Jana Vincenti relates to the reader how one of her mother's boyfriends raped her while...