Terrie Light has spent more than three years thinking about the elegant structure. She has attended more meetings than she can count about the $190-million cathedral complex while helping to design its most famous garden.
But the 57-year-old has no plans to be a regular visitor to the shadowy corner, with its privet hedges, curved wooden benches and somber dedication: "To those innocents sexually abused by members of the clergy. We remember, and we affirm: Never again."
Light was molested by a priest in the Diocese of Oakland half a century ago
Although being around churches stirs painful memories, she hopes the tribute "might provide solace" to survivors and their family members.
But as she discovered, "what it actually ended up doing was make a lot of people mad."
What is the proper way to remember the thousands of victims? What do the tributes accomplish? Are they enough? Why aren't there more?
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