Suicide has long-lasting, far-flung effects on others, speakers say
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Send to friendWASHINGTON (Catholic News Service) — Suicide has long-lasting and traumatic effects that go far beyond the person who dies, as an Oct. 20 web-based discussion among a priest, a bereavement counselor and a psychiatrist showed.
Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, said the “soul-scarring experience” of the suicide of a 22-year-old neighbor when he was 14 is “the reason I am a priest today.”
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