Thanks VanilaMocha73...I didn't even know I posted that much.
morrisamb
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Documentary on my JW sexual abuse story available on Amazon.com
by morrisamb inthe documentary family secrets: when nobody's looking, based on my book, father's touch about growing up being sexually abused 11 years within a jehovah's witness family is now available.
the genie-award winning director filmed my family and i for two months.
it won gold medal houston film festival; bronze finalist award 2003 telly awards; .
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Documentary on my JW sexual abuse story available on Amazon.com
by morrisamb inthe documentary family secrets: when nobody's looking, based on my book, father's touch about growing up being sexually abused 11 years within a jehovah's witness family is now available.
the genie-award winning director filmed my family and i for two months.
it won gold medal houston film festival; bronze finalist award 2003 telly awards; .
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morrisamb
I don't know why...I've had hundreds of posts over the last few years. I was away for a while busy with quite a few projects. I AM the author of the book that led to the documentary on my story. Hope that helps.
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Documentary on my JW sexual abuse story available on Amazon.com
by morrisamb inthe documentary family secrets: when nobody's looking, based on my book, father's touch about growing up being sexually abused 11 years within a jehovah's witness family is now available.
the genie-award winning director filmed my family and i for two months.
it won gold medal houston film festival; bronze finalist award 2003 telly awards; .
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morrisamb
Randy, Dogpatch and Purplesofa...sorry guys,
I just did a tv interview here in Canada
so I didn't see your posts until now..
thanks for posting the steps to the clip. Unfortunately there wasn't a direct link.
Yes, daddy dearest is a piece of work! 5 wives later and more horribly, he has 3 more sons and a daughter....he replaced us!
He's 73 and their just kids!!
..he lives in the Phillippines, a different kind of pedophile paradise
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Documentary on my JW sexual abuse story available on Amazon.com
by morrisamb inthe documentary family secrets: when nobody's looking, based on my book, father's touch about growing up being sexually abused 11 years within a jehovah's witness family is now available.
the genie-award winning director filmed my family and i for two months.
it won gold medal houston film festival; bronze finalist award 2003 telly awards; .
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morrisamb
Thanks JG! I rec'd email from around the world in support. The documentary was also shown on Israeli TV.
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Documentary on my JW sexual abuse story available on Amazon.com
by morrisamb inthe documentary family secrets: when nobody's looking, based on my book, father's touch about growing up being sexually abused 11 years within a jehovah's witness family is now available.
the genie-award winning director filmed my family and i for two months.
it won gold medal houston film festival; bronze finalist award 2003 telly awards; .
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morrisamb
The documentary Family Secrets: When Nobody's Looking, based on my book, Father's Touch about growing up being sexually abused 11 years within a Jehovah's Witness family is now available.
The Genie-award winning director filmed my family and I for two months.
It won Gold Medal Houston Film Festival; Bronze Finalist Award 2003 Telly Awards;
Honourable Mention Social Issues Doc. Short Columbus Film & Video Festival.
Thanks!
Donald ps. I'm just letting you know it's available. I don't make any money off this!
To see a clip: http://www.makinmovies.tv/
my web site: http://www.fatherstouch.com
to order the DVD:
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The new clergy child abuse film: Deliver Us From Evil
by MegaDude ini saw this last night.
i recommend it highly.
really superb film that explores this troubling issue from multiple angles:.
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morrisamb
I saw the film last night here in London, Canada with a packed house - many victims/survivors. Awesome movie...you won't be disappointed, but be forewarned it is a horror movie, gut-wrenching... one of the best lines in the movie from Tom Doyle: Jesus was a revolutionary! God, I love that..he'd never have settled for the crap that goes on in so many bureaucratic religious organizations.
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Contact Information for Victims of Sexual Assault
by Big Tex inthis is sort of an fyi-type post i thought of after speaking with someone offline.
i don't know if this information has been specifically addressed but since knowledge is power i wanted to pass this along:
many larger cities have free rape counseling for women (and men).
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morrisamb
Hi Big Tex...that's a great idea! In London, Ontario, Canada area: Men's Help Line number is : 519 679-1726 The e-mail is : [email protected] Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline (800) 4224453 RAINN (Rape, Abuse, Incest, National Network: [email protected] • The National Sexual Assault Help Line: 1.800.656.HOPE
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My article published today (I mention publicly how I was disassociated)
by morrisamb inwhy should orientation affect my self-respect?.
the london free press, july 3, 2006. pride could be defined as having a sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect.
i recently was reminded of my own journey towards that feeling in a most original setting.. i just wonder, can you talk about anything non-gay?.
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Thanks, and now I'm off to guest hosting a very conservative radio hour show...my guests include a gay assistant to a member of Parliament, a gay sexual abuse victim, a gay art exhibit curator and a drag queen -- it's for All Gay, All Day here at the radio station. Quiet amusing timing considering the article was published today!
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My article published today (I mention publicly how I was disassociated)
by morrisamb inwhy should orientation affect my self-respect?.
the london free press, july 3, 2006. pride could be defined as having a sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect.
i recently was reminded of my own journey towards that feeling in a most original setting.. i just wonder, can you talk about anything non-gay?.
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morrisamb
Why Should Orientation Affect My Self-respect?
The London Free Press, July 3, 2006
Pride could be defined as having a sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect. I recently was reminded of my own journey towards that feeling in a most original setting.
“I just wonder, can you talk about anything non-gay?”
That was the question posed to me on a recent job interview. I had just discussed London’s taxes, the pesticide issue and our mayor.
“Did you notice you brought it up first? Actually I didn’t talk about gay anything until I was 25, so yes.”
The truth? I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t.
In the first article I wrote for this paper, about dating someone who tested positive for HIV, I made a point of not discussing my sexuality. Yet from the response I received, you’d never know it: “Why do you have to write about gay?” “They’ll know he’s gay, you know.”
Nevertheless, any accusations up to this point were hearsay.
A couple of years later, my second Free Press article was inspired by my best friend and me discussing Pride Parades. This time I decided to come out of that supposed ‘closet’ publicly to make the point that gay people do not always agree on aspects of our culture, but we can be respectful of different points of view.
I was 35. Conservative by many standards. Ten years earlier, I had quietly, and respectfully left the religion of my youth. I could no longer pretend to be something I wasn’t. I still respected faith and never disparaged my former religion.
Little did I know the commotion my little column would create.
“We’d like to talk to you about your article in the London Free Press,” a Minister informs me by telephone. “You are still considered a member of the congregation.”
“But I haven’t been for ten years!!”
“You are still a baptized member.”
“I have nothing to talk about.”
Back and forth it went. I don’t know why I engaged in this conversation.
Finally, resolutely, he states, “So you are disassociating yourself.”
“I never said that.”
Frustrated? Hurt? You bet, but not confused. I knew he would tell everyone that I disassociated myself, but I did no such thing. I also knew I was just being honest for the first time in my life! Okay, in very public, 600-word-column way.
The response to my “disassociation” was not surprising: “That’s what you get when you talk about gay!” “You brought it on yourself!”
I wanted to crawl into a silent shell, but all I could ask myself is, why should I? Been there, done that! I would choose all future declarations of my “gaydom” very carefully. I would take the high road. We all have a choice and I chose not to be bitter.
A few years later when Genie-award winning Maureen Judge made a documentary for The W Network on my family, I decided not to talk about my orientation.
In her column, a Toronto reviewer praised the film but questioned the decision not to pursue the orientation angle.
You see, I can’t win. My journey to pride is a pyrrhic victory at best.
But am I proud? Well, another definition of pride could be pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession, or association.
Well, I can talk about anything other than being gay. And I am proud of the fact that at least now it is my choice.
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Toronto Stop Sexual Abuse Walk story & pics
by morrisamb inthe walk was success despite the rain and cold.
very empowering experience!
here's a story and 76 photo gallery .
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morrisamb
thanks for posting the article Will Power