International Conference on Male Sexual Victimization: March 18-21, 2010 JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE/NEW YORK CITY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Register NOW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please review the Pre-Conference institutes for exceptional full day training for both survivors and clinicians. Early registration discount ends December 30th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INSTITUTE 1 FOR SURVIVORS ONLY Victims No Longer: A Recovery Workshop for […]
I first heard the story of Bartimaeus the blind beggar Jesus healed on the road to Jericho (Luke chapter 18:35-43 and Mark chapter 10:46-52), during the Gospel readings for Mass in the Fall 2003. Hearing it, I experienced an epiphany. I understood that survivors of clergy abuse were like the blind beggar and the people […]
Steve Theisen is a burly guy in his fifties with short, gray hair. His e-mail address incorporates the names of his two favorite sports stars–LT and Reggie Jackson. On a cold, Saturday evening in late January 2005, Steve stood outside a Marshalltown, Iowa parish handing out leaflets while officers in two police cars observed. Steve […]
”Then the LORD said to Samuel: ‘Behold, I will do something in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. For I have told him that I will judge his house […]
Out of Harm’s Way, Part 2 At the Community College of Vermont, students studying the impact of child abuse and neglect are hearing about the problem firsthand. “My name is Cathy… I am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse.” Cathy did not want her face shown but did want to share her story. “I was […]
Out of Harm’s Way, Part 1 “When you have a traumatic experience you don’t forget,” Catherine Metropoulos says. It was 12 years ago on a cold January night and Catherine Metropoulos had just picked her daughter up from church. “I never will forget her face,” Catherine says. “She was terrified; locked the doors of the […]
Debate over celibacy as factor is rancorous The scourge of clergy sexual abuse has afflicted virtually every religious denomination: In recent years rabbis, ministers, and gurus have all been charged with molesting children. Hare Krishna temples are filing for bankruptcy because of the anticipated cost of settling abuse litigation, and the Jehovah’s Witnesses are facing […]
Church cases put focus on complexities of pedophilia It’s a devastating mental illness that doctors and therapists can’t cure or even diagnose until the damage is done. Pedophilia, the disease that allegedly afflicted at least three Massachusetts Catholic priests convicted of molesting children and may have been a factor in scores of other alleged cases […]
