12 Steps for Victims of Clergy Abuse==Say it ain't so

[Guest guest]

I was doing a little research related to a case of clergy abuse here

in Kansas that has a lot of people angry. A retired priest has been

accused of molesting many boys over a period of years. Somehow, his

lawyer convinced the prosectuing attorney that a 90 day sentence

would be appropriate.

There is an orgnanization of clergy abuse survivors www.thelinkup.com.

Among other things they propose a 12 step group for Clergy Abuse

Survivors Anonoymous. http://www.thelinkup.com/casa.html

I noticed a few minor changes in the steps.

Of course, Step One is now

" We admitted we were powerless over the effects of our clergy sexual

abuse==that our lives had become unmanageable. "

And a few changes in the middle steps

Admitted to our Higher Power, to ourselves, and to another human

being the exact nature of our wrongs.

Were entirely ready to have our Higher Power remove our defects of

character, past conditioning and negative coping skills.

Humbly asked our Higher Power to remove our shortcomings and past

conditioning, including the negative coping skills we developed to

survive the abuse.