Things We Don't Talk About - Part 2
If you didn't see it on Saturday, catch a repeat of "Michael Jackson's Secret Childhood" on VH1. Yes, the show feels tabloid-ish and sensational. But whatever exagerations may have been presented on the margins, the undisputed facts about Michael's childhood are what they are: being forced to perform in strip clubs as a boy; witnessing orgies on the road; being locked in a room with prostitutes as a teen to prove his manhood; verbal and physical abuse fom dad; religious manipulation; etc. On the eve of "grown-up" Michael's sordid child molestation trial, it's a provocative reminder of the need to create healing communities for the millions of children abused by those they trust the most. __________________________ Check out my latest column "Things We Don't Talk About" for the testimony of an abused boy whose adult life turned out a little differently than Michael's.
"He trusted her. That's what little brothers do, so when his eight year old sister and her friend called him into a field, four year old Eric went. There he entered a world without boundaries. Beginning that afternoon, for the next six or seven years his sister and her friends touched him, made him touch them, violated him. "To whom could he turn? Not mom, who had divorced his father when Eric was one. Whenever he would visit, she would walk around the house naked. More often, she simply ignored him. Dad was one of six ex-husbands, plus lovers. Nor was his physically violent and verbally abusive father a better option. ... "Eric's story is far more common than we care to admit. One in three girls and one in six boys are sexually abused in childhood, and twenty percent of women have had at least one incestuous experience before 18. Given these and other realities, what happens when God answers our prayers and His word, sharper than a two-edged sword, cuts deep to expose the cancers of life?"
posted by Jeremy Del Rio @ 1/31/2005 02:24:00 PM
2 Comments:
Thank you Pastor Jeremy, for sharing.. just this past week our church name was all over the news.. one of our bus drivers that picks up kids around the neighborhood on Saturday mornings for Kids World at El Calvario, was arrested after being accused by his grandson that he had been sexually abusing him for 5 years.. he paid $900 bail and then was arrested the following day, this time without bond allowance, after a second relative came forward with the same accusation.. of which he admitted. The abuse occurred at this man's home when the children went to his house after school, where their parents would later pick them up.. their grandmother works until much later, so she was not aware of what was going on.. everyone is devasted of course.. this grandfather is also the father of 5 grown ups.. he is 53 years of age.. I appreciate the article.. because of HIM, you are always on time.
Please join me in praying for the abused and the congregation of El Calvario church.
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