I am a victim of sexual abuse by a priest

I am a victim of sexual abuse by a priest in Iowa while growing up. I was sent to the priest to be 'cured' of a bedwetting problem, in approximately 1970. I would find out later in life (age 21) that my parents knew of it and sided with the church's cover-up. I am 46 years old now, and I have only recently begun to realize the extent that my mind is messed up. I have avoided sexual contact for twenty years because I felt I needed to "replace the priest," rather than face the true wound of the spiritual damage done to me. In addition, I had a brother who underwent the same thing and turned to alcohol and ostrasizing me rather than support me; he needed me to "go away." I live each day in a life that borders on the suicidal, but that I have come to believe is worth living at times. Being an adopted child there is nothing that I wanted more in life than to belong to a loving and honest home with parents that cared for me. But they did not truly love...
by Steve C.on 25 Dec 2005

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