The Catholic Church’s New Comic Books
The Archdiocese of New York is taking an unusual approach to combatting child abuse: Comic books.
Comic books that imply children shouldn’t be left alone with priests.
Newsweek reports that the Archdiocese has printed up custom comic and coloring books about sexual abuse and child abuse through their Safe Environment Program to be handed out at over 700 parochial schools in Manhattan, Staten Island, the Bronx and upstate New York:
At first glance, Being Friends, Being Safe, Being Catholic is what you’d expect from a Christian handout: lessons in loving thy neighbor and knowing we’re all special in God’s eyes, plus a fun word search with names of people whom kids can trust (parents, counselors, teachers). Many of the book’s cartoon-sketch drawings, which were created by a church volunteer, are light in tone and narrated by an angel looming overhead. But on one page, the angel warns of an online predator – with chest hair exposed – who attempts to chat with a child; on another (shown above), the angel implies that children should make sure they’re never alone in a room with a priest.
There’s also a series of comic book-style posters for schools:
The publications were written and illustrated by Church volunteers.
(Image via Archdiocese of New York)
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