Shannon Moroney (B.A., B.Ed., M.A.) was born and raised in Ontario, Canada, and worked full-time as a teacher, counsellor and social justice advocate for several years. At age thirty, Shannon's life was traumatically altered: without warning and while she was out of town, her husband committed several violent sexual assaults on two strangers. Following a two-and-a-half year court process he was declared a Dangerous Offender—sentenced to an indeterminate period of incarceration.
Now speaking publicly, Shannon gives a raw and honest account of the impact that her husband’s crimes had on her professional and community status, as well as on her relationships with others and herself. In detailing her heartbreaking story of grief, violence, judgment and stigma, she also tells the story of a journey filled with compassion, restoration, forgiveness and hope.
“From the very beginning, I vowed to myself that I would let this experience shape my life, but not control it. Every day since then I have worked toward restoration and one day at a time I am becoming whole again.”
portrait by Anka Czudec, Studio Anka, Toronto
Speaker, advocate, artist & writer
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