TORONTO (ONTARIO, CANADA)
CBC News
February 3, 2020
By Kerry McKee
Canada’s Justice Ministry found approximately 13 per cent of men are sexually abused. The majority never tell.
[Photo Caption] William O’Sullivan has been picketing every Sunday for 18 months outside the parish in Welland Ont. after being sexually abused by a priest as a child.
There’s a growing trend in Ontario.
Men are speaking out about the sexual abuse they have suffered and demanding resources, or setting up their own groups, to access support.
“We call it the MenToo movement,” said Bob McCabe, a survivor of sexual abuse at the hands of a priest.
To tackle sexual abuse, Catholic Church must match words with concrete action: survivor
The abuse started in 1963 when McCabe was 11. He didn’t tell anyone about it for 29 years, when he finally told his mother. It took another two decades for McCabe to speak out publicly and take legal action against his perpetrator.
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