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	Diocese Gives Money for Counseling for Male Sex Abuse Victims By Valerie Chang AHN May 30, 2007 http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007497614 London, Canada (AHN) - The Roman Catholic Diocese of London, Ontario has provided funding for a project that provides counseling to males who were sexually abused by members of the clergy. The Diocese gave $30,000 to Hope and Healing Associates, a Chatham, Ontario group headed by Tom Wilken, for the Silence to Hope and Healing Project. Mr. Wilken characterized the funding as "groundbreaking," because he said that "[i]t is very rare that male victims get any type of funding for services." Most of the money will be used to provide free group counseling services to male victims of clergy sexual abuse in London, Chatham, and Windsor, Ontario. The counseling will last anywhere from 10 to 16 weeks. According to Mr. Wilken, the majority of persons who were sexually abused under the age of 21 by a member of the church are male. Mr. Wilken said, "[i]t is really good to see the church come forward, acknowledge the problem and be proactive and give funding for male survivors."
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