SAN DIEGO (CA)
KPBS [San Diego CA]
August 2, 2021
By Allen Ruyle and Maureen Cavanaugh
[Includes eight-minute audio interview.]
Next month, a former Catholic Cardinal will face criminal charges in Massachusetts for alleged sexual molestation.
Theodore McCarrick is the highest ranking member of the U.S. Catholic clergy to be criminally charged with sex abuse. The charges stem from an alleged incident involving a teenage boy that happened more than 45 years ago.
Many of the sex abuse cases involving boys and young men are not reported until the victims are adults, and in the past many such reports have been disbelieved.
Allen Ruyle is a psychotherapist in San Diego who works with male survivors of sexual abuse.
He joined Midday Edition on Monday to talk about why it sometimes takes male sex abuse victims many years to come forward.