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Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2918

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Tonight's special guest is Bob Marzullo from Shoreline, Washington, one of 12 siblings. When Bob was a young teenager, he began to be a victim of abuse by his older brother, three years older. "He fits the image of the classic sexual abuser" Bob says. "After me, he went after a younger brother (who is gay) and our youngest sister. I went into seminary in Oakland, CA, with the Dominican Order of the Western Province and was ordained a Catholic priest in 1978." It took years of therapy, but finally found a great therapist who had been a former nun. "She had a background in counseling working with individuals like myself who had been abused," he explained. The two worked hard on the issue. "I made the decision to confront the abuser, my older brother. We decided to 'role play' it at our session before, and SHE NAILED what eventually happened." Bob made the decision to tell the members of his Catholic religious community where he lived, too. "I decided to write out what I felt and PRESENT IT to my older brother." He also told his whole family, which is where he found out he wasn't the ONLY family member he'd abused. Finally he met with his brother and had him read the manuscript he'd written. "I saw his eyes EXPLODE when he read that I called him A RAPIST!" Bob continues, "In the years since, I preached about it, counseled individuals who have come to me who were struggling with it and I could hear them have a sigh of relief because they felt 'he understands what I'm feeling'." He writes, "I have found that others felt relief knowing they were not alone in their pain." He goes on, "I make sure to thank them for trusting me, because I found out to take that first step in the path towards healing isn't easy."

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