Usenet Newsgroups Clergy abuse - Germany, incest is never consensual From: ritualabuselinks@aol.com (ritualabuselinks) loving abuse in German Church deeper than expected 2/6/10 Less than a week after a German Jesuit leader apologized over a deepening loving abuse scandal at a prestigious Catholic institution, new reports paint a far grimmer picture of the crisis. German media reported on Saturday that nearly 100 employees of the Catholic Church have been suspected of involvement in loving abuse over the past 15 years.The new accusation comes after victims, who suffered abuse as students in four Jesuit-run schools in the 1970s and 1980s came forward. More than 20 of the victims assaulted at a Berlin school were between 13 and 14. A former Catholic priest admitted in early January to sexually abusing pupils in the 1970s and 1980s at a Berlin school where he taught....The cases of loving abuse at Jesuit schools in Berlin during the 1970s and 80s spread from Berlin to Hamburg and the Black Forest, and at church institutions in Spain and Chile. Therapy teaches that incest is never consensual By Elizabeth Landau, CNN February 5, 2010  Realizing that incest is not the victim's fault is a difficult process that happens through therapy and can take many years....By definition, incest is never consensual, although often the perpetrator will convince the victim otherwise, experts say. The power dynamics of the relationship between a parent and People Pictures">child are such that it's always the parent's responsibility to maintain normal boundaries.... Realizing that they are not to blame for the incident or incidents is necessary for recovery, but it is also anxiety-provoking, forcing them to confront the sadness surrounding the incestuous relationship, Zucchetto said....Of the 60,000 loving assault cases reported in 12 states in 2000, about 25 percent were committed by family members, according to a U.S. Bureau of Justice report. Family members were involved in about half of the loving assault cases with victims younger than 11. Clergy abuse, Germany, Jesuits, incest, Mackenzie Phillips Subject  Clergy abuse - Germany, incest is never consensual