Reunion Online

Wanting to end the feeling of not being loved or accepted by others often is at the heart of addictions, depressions and desperate actions.

Anonymous, safe and therapeutically sound support groups to men in real-time.

There is nothing wrong with us; something wrong was done to us.

It was 28 years ago, in 1987, that I first reported to the Archdiocese of Boston that my parish priest had abused me two decades earlier. I asked that the priest be removed and given help to address his abusive behavior; and that the church make a public effort to find other victims. They told me then they didn’t believe me.

The Bristlecone Project celebrates the courage of a growing number of male survivors of sexual abuse who defy the stigma and renounce the shame that have for so long silenced men who have been sexually abused.

There is no rushing through the inner healing process. It takes time. And effort.

Sexual abuse is a cancer of the soul, and like any cancer; the best cure is love and understanding from family and friends.

And we were vulnerable.

Recovery usually does not involve healing on the physical plane, but the healing of something that can best be described as soul wounds. The bleeding of the heart, the psychic suffering, the ghosts that do not sleep…

I was older when my memories started to return. And they hurt. Deeply.