In 1968, when he was 11 years old, Michael Mack was molested by his parish priest in North Carolina. It changed him in ways that took years to reveal themselves. In January, Mack began performing “Conversations with My Molester: A Journey of Faith,’’ a lyric spoken-word piece about the abuse, his struggles, and what happened after that Google search. On Thursday, in what seems another almost providential turn of events, he will perform “Conversations’’ at his current parish, St. Paul Catholic Church, near Harvard Square. He says the performance is an act of reconciliation that’s appropriate at Lent.
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***2 http://www.bostonglobe.com/ugc/comments/h/topic/uuid/388f3046-782a-11e1-ab8e-4d530f2d7c36?offset=0&limit=25&sort=OLDEST_CREATE_DT ***This reads as if the priest yelled at the kid, or taught him that he was going to hell. The priest molested him...ruined his life, or could have, and ruined others...nice story, but why are the perps not in jail. Why is one washing the Pope's feet in a basilica in Rome? Whatever happened to good old fashioned anger, righteousness and justice. I guess when the next wave of scandals breaks in twenty years, we at least won't be able to say we didn't know.