The Bristlecone Project is an awareness campaign of 1in6.org. Photographs and text by David Lisak, Ph.D.
Raised in a family with an abusive and alcoholic father, John was targeted by a neighborhood man who first mentored him and then betrayed and sexually abused him. Caught in the web of his abuser’s manipulations and intimidation, and increasingly withdrawn and isolated, he prayed to God, asking for help.
John joined an Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and tracked down sexual predators by posing online as a young boy, and then located, arrested and helped to prosecute the predators. Having kept his promise to help other abused children, John turned his attention to his own healing. He sought therapy and was one of 200 men who participated in Oprah Winfrey’s 2010 show that highlighted male survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
Originally posted on 1in6.org
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