NEW JERSEY
Hudson County TV
[with video]
October 18, 2014 by Jillian Risberge
Keith Rennar Brennan suffered years of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of men he trusted at St. Paul’s church in Jersey City. He made a documentary, “Of God and Gucci” about the abuse.
“First the musical director of my church in Jersey City, Keith Pecklers and then subsequently by the priest that I turned to for help, Father Thomas Stanford,” Brennan says.
When it comes to sexual abuse, he says it’s never who you think it’s going to be.
“It’s not the boogieman, it’s often someone quite familiar, usually within the community – could even be a pillar of the community,” Brennan says.
For the statute of limitations to be only two years in New Jersey, one of the shortest in our country, makes no sense to Brennan says.
“It takes a man 25 to 30 years to come forward, to even be able to speak about such abuse,” he says.
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