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149: What if you committed child sexual abuse?

This Is Actually Happening

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I Don't Know What I Did, but I'm a Victim of Abuse

"Shame is rooted in anger itself," he says. "I misused my position of power to get my needs met." He was a public figure who abused young teenage boys, so the abuse became more public than it would have been if he were a plumber or neighborhood kid. The shame and guilt I feel are rooted in sadness about the harm I've caused; there's no way back from it.

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