A Pedophile Mind: As sentencing approaches, priest pours out sexual history hoping for probation, gets notoriety instead Fr. Van Handel felt he was “a failure with nothing to live for” soon after news broke that he molested choir boys, his therapist said. Facing justice, the pedophile priest wrote out a history of his sex life […]

This is a follow up to my blog Episcopal Celibacy and Residency. Some questions were asked in other online forums as to whether the diocese being concerned about their bishop’s place of residence and “private life” wasn’t in fact a call for some kind of “sex police” or invasive dictator-like vigilante tactics. Personally I don’t […]

In the wake of the massive disaster in Haiti, we have seen a worldwide supportive response to the people of Haiti. Fortunately, religious and other groups and agencies are doing all they can to save lives, rebuild the infrastructure, and even improve the quality and safety of homes in the future. What a wonderful example […]

SUN EDITORIAL: The law and religion The Nevada Supreme Court has been asked to decide to what extent churches are liable in cases involving sexual abuse committed by clergy. The case raises the issue of whether the First Amendment protects churches from these types of lawsuits. As Steve Kanigher reported in Wednesday’s Las Vegas Sun, […]

As the OCA goes through its own vision, strategic planning and re-organization process, one of the questions it has to deal with is the metropolitan’s residence. The question arises because as of last year the metropolitan is the bishop of the Diocese of Washington, DC, while the OCA chancery headquarters are located in Syosset, NY, […]

When I dropped the bomb and began telling people what had happened with my ex-therapist, it seemed like a lot of them didn’t really want to know too much about it. At least, that was my perception. At the time, I was in the midst of full-blown PTSD; I was traumatized, anxious, worried about whether […]

Only once, as I recall, did I come right out and ask someone why they had never asked me anything about my situation. As it turned out, it was a big mistake. Both of us, I think, left the conversation feeling really bad. I never dared ask the question again. Here are a few attitudes […]

Jeff Anderson and his legal associates have launched a “Child Pornography Initiative.” Anderson is a Minnesota Attorney who has represented countless victims of child sexual abuse. Anderson explains why the firm is making this effort in the introduction to the Child Pornography Initiative: “Through our work with survivors of sexual abuse, we have come in […]

Pokrov.org Note: This press release also appears on the SNAP, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests website. ___________________________________________________ Victims, therapists and activists applaud novel move Judge seeks financial restitution for child porn victim Illicit pixs of her at age 8 are among “most widely circulated” ever Advocates hope that greater awareness of new federal […]

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