Letters to the Editor: Catholic Church failed me — but I am not a failure

St Peter's Square at the Vatican. The Church has shown its inability and failure to change, even in the light of abuse revelations. This doesn't mean its victims are failures. Picture: AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

In TP O’Mahony’s article ( Irish Examiner, June 10) he appears to expect something from the Catholic Church that, in my opinion, it cannot give — the ability to look within and change.

I can only speak from experience. For me to change, I had to be free of contempt, resentment and fear.