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“I Thought I Taught Them Better…” – Why Boundaries Matter More Than Ever
Predators don’t break boundaries—they erase them. Join TentMakers of Louisiana at the Unmasking Sexual Abuse Forum 2025 to learn how to recognize grooming, protect children, support survivors, and hear from leading experts in trauma, law, and advocacy. CEUs available for professionals.
A Mother’s Voice: Standing Up for Clergy Sexual Abuse Survivors
Discover how one mother turned her family’s grief into a powerful advocacy for survivors of clergy sexual abuse. In this heartfelt post, Letitia Peyton highlights the transformative power of a mother’s voice in seeking justice, inspiring healing, and protecting future generations from harm.
If the Church is Holy, Let Her Prove It
The Catholic Church claims holiness—but holiness requires justice. True faith demands truth, and real repentance means more than poetic defenses of a broken institution. This blog challenges the misguided loyalty that protects power over people and calls for real accountability.
The Catholic Exodus: Abuse, Betrayal, and the Breaking Point
The Catholic Exodus: Abuse, Betrayal, and the Breaking Point By Letitia M. Peyton, Co-Founder & Executive Director of TentMakers Of Louisiana The latest Pew report lays bare a staggering trend: for every 100 people who join the Catholic Church, 840 leave. This...
A Lenten Call for Integrity: Protecting the Vulnerable Amid Institutional Accountability
TentMakers of Louisiana calls for genuine institutional reform and ethical transparency in the Catholic Church this Lent season, emphasizing accountability, safeguarding vulnerable populations, and addressing declining trust among Catholics.
Safe Environment Training: Protecting the Church or Protecting Children?
Safe Environments Training: Protecting the Church or Protecting Children? An Examination of Its Failures Through the Lens of TentMakers of Louisiana's Mission: Hope, Healing, and Justice The Catholic Church’s Safe Environment Training claims to safeguard children from...
Beyond the Super Bowl: What We Ignore When the Lights Go Out
Beyond the Super Bowl: What We Ignore When the Lights Go Out By Letitia Peyton and Alex Peyton The Super Bowl is over. The confetti has settled, and the world has moved on. But behind the spectacle of athletic triumph and commercial glitz, there are darker realities...
It Is Not Enough to Stop at Moral Failing
Introduction In light of the grave crisis of sexual misconduct within our Church, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference, has acknowledged the issue, stating, "Our Church is suffering from a crisis of sexual morality. The way forward...
Continuing the Fight for Hope and Justice: Advocating for Survivors of Clergy Sex Abuse
Advocacy for survivors of clergy sex abuse is a challenging and ongoing endeavor. I have been involved in this cause for several years, but the fight for change has continued for much longer. In 2018, my family experienced the trauma of clergy sex abuse, and out of...
What Did Pope Benedict Really Know?
Objectively False or Lie St. Peter's Square What did Pope Benedict know about the priest before him? There is nothing more heartbreaking to a victim or the family of a victim of clergy sex abuse than to sit down and read a new daily headline on who knew what about...