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You’ve survived clergy sexual abuse, or you know someone who survived
clergy sexual abuse. Now what?
The purpose of this site is:
• To give voice to CSA survivors by providing
resources, information, encouragement, and hope.
• To provide awareness and understanding about clergy
sexual abuse.
Much of what people know of CSA comes from the media reporting cases
dealing with the abuse of teenage boys by priests in the Catholic church, or
pastors in the Southern Baptist Church. While those cases deserve
attention, their stories are not the focus of this website. It is my belief there
are thousands of cases of CSA that are not being addressed: cases
involving the sexual abuse of adult women by members of the clergy, including
pastors from all denominations, priests, and rabbis. This site is for the
women, like me, who were abused as adults. Because of the way churches,
where CSA of adult women takes place, cover up what is happening, our stories
are seldom heard. Many of these CSA survivors are left to deal with their
abuse by themselves, in isolation, without the support of those in
churches or synagogues. This website is a means of support to these adult women
survivors, whose lives have withered in the "desert place."
On this website, you will find help for your journey of survival,
resources and connections to other websites. There is also a Survivor’s Voice page
to add your own voice, and tell your story.
My prayer is that you will gain the strength and courage to use your voice
so that your “rose” will blossom once again in the desert place.