Clergy Abuse Survivor Responds to Cardinal Fernández's, The Mystical Passion

by Faith Hakesley at Advice from a Survivor

Pope Francis elevated Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández to prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) last year. Fernández drafted the controversial Fiducia Supplicans, a doctrinal declaration released with the pope's approval on December 18, 2023.

A resurfaced scandalous book, The Mystical Passion, written by Fernández in 1998, has recently brought him more attention.

I read some of The Mystical Passion and found it nauseating. It's sexually graphic, blasphemous, and completely inappropriate on so many levels. It would likely be especially triggering for any survivor of sexual abuse. It certainly was for me. I only got through a few portions before I felt physically ill and had to stop.

Even more concerning than this book's graphic descriptions is that it was inspired by a 16-year-old girl's "spiritual" but sensual encounter with Jesus, as relayed to Fernández. This encounter is included in the book.

To be clear, I'm not suggesting Fernández abused anyone; however, that a Catholic priest would speak/write so graphically is despicable. Also, what I read suggests both grooming and spiritual abuse.

Some of the lines stood out to me because my rapist said almost identical things while he was grooming and abusing me. As has happened in many cases of clerical abuse, my rapist often combined abuse with spirituality. He would try to make the awful things he was doing seem beautiful and godly.

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Amy Contrada has been the Director of Research for the pro-family activist group, MassResistance, since 2004. She is the author of the books, Corrupt Bargains: How Gay Marriage Began in Massachusetts, Mitt Romney's Deception, The Health Hazards of Homosexuality, and Passing the Trash: Covering Up Educators' Sex Crimes.

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