“Moral Injury” revisited

[Michie]

Some time ago, I wrote about moral injury and priests who are compelled by authorities to do things that are against their consciences.

Today I read that Archbp. Broglio of the Military Services had a series of convocations with active duty priest chaplains and the topic was “Warrior Ethos and Moral Injury” presented by Dr. Mark Moitoza, who wrote his thesis on the issue.

In this case moral injury is defined as:

“damage to a person resulting from a violent contradiction of deeply held moral expectations. Those impacted by moral injury find that it disrupts their confidence and affects their ability to make ethical and moral decisions. When this happens trust of self, trust of others, trust of the command, and even trust in God is broken and becomes difficult to bear.”

Going on…

Continued below.

"Moral Injury" revisited

Some time ago, I wrote about moral injury and priests who are compelled by authorities to do things that are against their consciences. Today I read that Archbp. Broglio of the Military Services had a series of convocations with active duty priest chaplains and the topic was “Warrior Ethos and Mo

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