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Kevin Kratsch volunteered to tell the world on the Oprah TV show the painful details of his sexual abuse at the hands of an Episcopalian priest in Plymouth for two reasons.
"Number one, I wanted to help victims out there, and number two, I'm really pissed at the Episcopal Church," he said.
Kratsch, 56, of Oshkosh, will be one of 200 members of Oprah's audience when the show airs today. All of them will hold photographs of themselves at the time of their abuse. In some cases the abuse occurred decades ago. In Kratsch's case, 40 years ago.
Oprah Winfrey is taking on sexual abuse in a pair of shows she calls "two of the most phenomenal" she's ever done.
Thousands of men volunteered to appear on the two-part show but only a couple hundred were invited to participate in today's show and on Nov. 12. Filmmaker Tyler Perry and a psychologist who works with male sexual abuse survivors are featured in the first show. In the second show, the men will be joined by spouses, partners and girlfriends to discuss the abuse's impact on their relationships.
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http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20101105/OSH0101/11050449/Oshkosh-man-in-Oprah-audience
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