Pornography Detaches a Father from his Role in the Home

Good recovery groups usually do not operate perfectly from Day 1. They are forged and re-forged over months and even years. Proactive parishes that are delving into ministry efforts that focus on recovering from pornography and other sexual struggles and addictions will face a number of tensions. 

In order to address the issue of pornography well enough to actually make a difference, the Church needs to take advantage of its far-reaching organization and pull together resources from all around the parish, the diocese, the nation, and the world. 

The battleground of pornography and lust, especially for men, is the arena of eye-mind coordination. Prevention and healing of porn addiction will require us as individuals and as a culture to restructure how we see all of life, particularly the human body and person. Our culture has a “marine layer” over its eyes and does not see anything clearly, especially the human body. 

Are our parishes safe places where people can admit to being in the ugly stage of a long process? Are our parishes places where it is okay to not be okay? This transparency starts when priests and parish leaders address the issue of pornography openly and honestly.