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	Windsor Meetings for Male Sex Abuse Victims Windsor Star March 12, 2008 http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=45956986-7d76-49d1-ba40-f442962952c4&k=57041 A free 12-week support group for men who suffered sexual abuse as children will begin March 26 in Windsor. The Men Moving Toward Healing Group is a partnership between the London Diocese and the Silence to Hope project, which was developed to help sexual abuse survivors. The group will offer a safe environment to men explore the impacts that sexual abuse had on them, then help them heal. According to the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence, 37 per cent of all sexual abuse victims under age 21 are male. Tom Wilken from Hope and Healing Associates, which is responsible for Silence to Hope, said that keeping silent about the pain suffered from abuse can result in depression, anxiety, shame, self-blame, inability to trust, sexual identity confusion and several other problems. The group will be held every Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. in Windsor. To get more information or register, call Wilken at 1-877-767-7613 or e-mail silencetohope@hotmail.com.
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