Conference helping male survivors of childhood sexual abuse starts Friday
According to Carol Teitelbaum, a licensed marriage and family therapist, statistics show one out of every four boys will experience sexual trauma before the age of 18.
The “It Happens to Boys” conference brings together mental health and other practitioners to hear the stories of men who survived childhood sexual abuse. Experts will explore the links between child abuse and addiction, depression, low self-esteem, relationship and intimacy challenges, sexual dysfunction and compulsion, pornography use and more.
The 10th Annual “It Happens to Boys” conference will be held Friday morning from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the ABC Recovery Center at 44359 Palm Street in Indio. Click here for a full list of speakers and to register.
The conference comes just days after the Diocese of San Bernardino released the names of 34 priests accused of sexual assault, seven of those priests served here in the Coachella Valley.
Read: Local church speaks out after former valley priests accused of abuse
Teitelbaum is speaking at the conference. She joined us live on CBS Local 2 Wednesday evening to discuss a number of topics including; the Diocese report, why sexual abuse is so underreported and shares details of what you can expect at the event. Watch the full interview about.
KESQ & CBS Local 2 Madison Weil will have coverage of the conference, watch News Channel 3 at 5 & 6 p.m. or CBS Local 2 at 5:30 & 6:30 p.m. for a full report.
