It's about power . . . not consent

As hard as this is for me to say, there are a lot of people who think that clergy sexual abuse is not really abuse, especially if it is a teenager. People actually think that there is consent involved on the part of the young person. It's the equivalent of saying that "he (or she) was asking for it."

When will we ever stop this nonsense that the victim is the perpetrator? There is really only one perpetrator in clergy sexual abuse. . . the CLERGY. It's quite simple, especially if you put your own loved one in the position of the victim in the abuse scenario.

Here is a presentation that should sum it up.