Cloaked in Faith by Rob Lawrie

Robert (Gerry) Lawrie began his life under the most promising of conditions. Born into a highly respected, landed gentry class family with direct connections to British colonial rulers, he ended up living a life of homelessness and becoming a rape victim at a very young age.

His once promising life went from one of unlimited potential to unimaginable horrors, a fate that could never have been imagined from his carefree boyhood days in the country of his birth, Guyana. In this memoir, follow the unlikely story of one man’s journey from class and privilege to homelessness, from betrayal to success only to start over again.

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“I am honored to have played a part in helping Rob seek justice from the Catholic Church. He is a very special person with an amazing amount of courage. I know from having represented hundreds of survivors of child sexual abuse that what happened to Robert, like all others who were abused as children, will remain with them for the rest of their lives.” Gregory
Gianforcaro

Attorney

“Rob Lawrie came to my family needing a home. He was a true blessing and had a gift for relating to us as a family. He was a model teenager to my little ones and when he was assaulted while in high school, we were both heartbroken and enraged. He has, indeed, risen from the ashes to reclaim his personal dignity and his faith in a loving God.“ Maureen Smith Powers

Rob's Foster Mom

“Rob is committed to changing lives in Guyana. Leaving one’s home country for the American Dream cost Rob everything. He’s helping to improve economic opportunities for people in Guyana so families can stay together. Let’s work to stop the brain drain.” Guyana Project

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ROB'S BLOG

I Am, We Are a Part of the Whole.

by roblawrieauthor | Oct 28, 2018

“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist.” Martin Niemoller. As an American, and I am a proud one, we have a moral...

Money Doesn’t Solve Eveything

by roblawrieauthor | Aug 26, 2018

Good money after bad? Is that what the Catholic Church is doing in settling sex abuse claims without a plan to prevent their reoccurrence? Are those billions of settlement dollars money well spent? Why have priests continued to be able to commit those heinous acts? As...

One for all and all for one…

by roblawrieauthor | May 22, 2018

When all 31 active bishops from Chile agreed to resign together over the cover-up of the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal, the loyalty of each other to the group is clear, but should it be applauded?

“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.”

― Mahatma Gandhi