Trigger warning for description of sexual abuse:





That's a horrible reason to do a horrible thing. It reminded me of what I read in the news this week from a Buddhist center in L.A., a revered teacher there who used sexual abuse of his female students as a way to deal with those who had "too much ego." This was somewhat well known within this community and nobody saw that it was a problem.

I am sorry that you had to go through this experience as a child, but I hope you found some peace and comfort in the confrontation. It's been around 20 years since I confronted my perpetrator and a witness to my abuse, and I got very similar responses. Sometimes you have to say what you have to say because you have to say it. And, really, these kinds of unapologetic responses are really the norm. If they had the capacity to be apologetic about it, they probably wouldn't have done it in the first place.

Be well.