Hilary Towers, Ph.D.

It is time for the Church to face up to the crisis of spousal abandonment

Imagine your brother Jim discovers that his wife of 17 years, mother to their four children, is leaving him for another man. He pleads with her to stay. He asks that they get counseling to heal their marriage. He calls every priest he knows, along with family and friends, to try to get the help he needs to keep his family together.  But your brother’s efforts are in vain.