> As a reminder, please join us in our [daily morning Rosary Novena](https://2020nationalnovena.com/optin1598968688164). > Please consider [Church Militant Evening News](https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/archive/evening-news) for daily hard-hitting news and analysis through an authentic Catholic lens, covering the latest developments in the Church, across the nation and around the world. > *[Church Militant](https://www.churchmilitantaction.org/) (a 501(c)4 corporation) is responsible for the content of this commentary.* If you also seek the truth, then please consider joining Church Militant today by supporting our work. Sign up for a [Church Militant Premium account](https://www.churchmilitant.com/gopremium) or simply [make a donation](https://www.churchmilitant.com/donate). And now, let's begin with today's Vortex... >> **Priestly victims of physical and spiritual abuse.** >> Tuesday of this week, Church Militant did something that has never before happened in the history of the Church in the United States or perhaps the world. We hosted not one, not two, but nine persecuted priests to let you hear their collective stories of pain and suffering at the hands of the hierarchy. Some of them you have heard of; others, not so much. But their pain and their struggles to serve the Church — which is all each one of them wants to do — are palpable. >> These men represent literally hundreds of other priests from all over the country who, because of the way Our Blessed Lord structured His Church, have no recourse except to be at the whims of corrupt or cowardly bishops. Primary Video source and transcript continues here: https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/vortex-this-has-to-end