Victim Services Miami

We often have wounds that appear to have healed and then we discover that in fact that they haven't, that underneath they have festered. And the only way in which that wound can be healed properly is for it to be opened up and to be cleansed, and perhaps for a balm, an ointment to be poured over it. People have suffered wounds to their bodies, but perhaps more to their spirit, to their soul. They are traumatized by violence, abuse, by rape and almost always, if those wounds are not attended to, they will fester and they will affect the whole person. Now, the Victim Services Center in Miami provides expert counseling to deal with these traumas. And I commend them for all the good work they do and urge those who may be traumatized to make use of very competent services. God Bless you.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, August 2002