What can you do to help convince California Governor Jerry Brown to sign SB 131, the California Child Victims’ Act? Write Governor Brown! Tell him that you support SB 131. Then, use your social networks to ask your friends to do the same. Here are some reasons why the governor should sign this important bill: […]

Brain science helps explain the problem—and solve it. When Tom Tremblay started working for the police department of Burlington, Vt., 30 years ago, he discovered that many of his fellow cops rarely believed a rape victim. This was true time after time, in dozens of cases. Tremblay could see why they were doubtful once he […]

Child abuse scars not just the brain and body, but, according to the latest research, but may leave its mark on genes as well. The research, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that abused children who develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may experience a biologically distinct form of […]

Kaliningrad, April 15, Interfax – A group of citizens, victims of priests-pedophiles, wants to establish a fund in Poland, which will pursue the phenomenon in the Church, the Polish cultural center in Kaliningrad said citing Polish mass media outlets. The center said that this would be the first organization of this kind in Poland. People […]

For the past four years, serving on the OCA’s Sexual Misconduct Policy Advisory Committee has heightened my awareness of issues related to sexual abuse in general and more specifically clergy sexual misconduct in the church.  I have paid more attention to news stories about such misconduct and abuse and have read more material about the […]

David Pittman outlines stunning new science that indicates childhood trauma can actually alter your DNA. – See more at: http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/hesaid-childhood-abuse-can-alter-your-dna/#sthash.t1VFF9SB.dpuf David Pittman outlines stunning new science that indicates childhood trauma can actually alter your DNA. – See more at: http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/hesaid-childhood-abuse-can-alter-your-dna/#sthash.t1VFF9SB.dpuf David Pittman outlines stunning new science that indicates childhood trauma can actually alter your DNA. […]

Zero Tolerance in clergy sexual misconduct will yield the impossibility of a second chance as a clergyman.  This is not because clergy sexual misconduct is the unforgiveable sin.  Rather it is because the second chance for clergy guilty of sexual misconduct is the opportunity to spend the remaining time of their life in repentance, which […]

This year has been filled with disturbing revelations of trusted institutions failing to protect children across the country. The utter failure of mandatory reporters to follow their mandate is part and parcel of this year’s numerous sex abuse scandals. As a recent example, this week in San Jose, California, a jury convicted Lyn Vijayendran, the […]

The arrest, prosecution and imprisonment of three members of Pussy Riot have been used around the world to highlight the political repression of Putin’s Russia. But for me, the Pussy Riot incident was a sharp reminder of trouble closer to home. The sight of women protestors crossing themselves and prostrating in the traditional manner and […]

Stories of how the Boy Scouts organization dealt with sexual abuse through the past decades are now surfacing as their secret files have been made public.  While there are many stories being published, this blog is going to quote from a story that appeared in my local paper, The DAYTON DAILY NEWS. My interest in the […]