DALLAS, May 15, 2014 — X-Men director Bryan
Singer is accused of being involved in a series of pedophile parties
where young boys were molested. Along with Singer, producer Gary
Goddard, former Disney exec David Neuman and executive Garth Ancier are
alleged to have been involved in the targeting and victimization of
young boys.
The accusations against Singer emerged when Michael Egan, a former
child actor and model, filed civil suits against Singer, Goddard, Neuman
and Ancier. Egan told the New York Post that during the 1990’s, he and
other young boys were treated “like pieces of meat at sex parties.” His
attorney Jeff Herman has stated that since filing suit, he has been
contacted by other victims who have broken their silence in the hopes of
saving the next child from suffering as they have.
The New York Post also reports Egan’s mother previously reported the abuse to the LAPD and FBI and no action was taken.
Singer and the others named by Egan have has vehemently denied the accusations against them.
The accusations brought chills of horror to me, reminding me of my own experiences.
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As a young boy of five years old, I became the “property” of a
pedophile ring where parties such as the ones Singer is accused of
attending were a common destination for drugged and terrified children.
My journey into an abyss of hopeless indignation began at the age of
five but found its roots in a much earlier time. My mother was the
product of an abusive family that propelled her into an alcoholic haze
and she became pregnant at seventeen. My words to describe the ill-fated
marriage of my mother and father are that the extreme dichotomy of
their personalities could not have survived a cross-country bus ride.
Had it not been for my father’s enlistment in the Army and his
deployment overseas their marriage would never have lasted the three
years its lifespan consumed. Returning home, my father soon discovered
all the money he sent home had been quickly spent and my mother’s abuse
of alcohol had worsened beyond repair. Their mutual tempers became a
never-ending crescendo that still consumes my earliest childhood
memories.
A torrid divorce that rivaled the most horrific of natural disasters
ensued, and my mother moved us in with her parents. Thrust from one
abusive situation to another, I became a child of chaos desperately
clinging to the hope of a life where happiness had no price.
During my time with my grandparents I was subjected to severe
physical beatings and constant abuse while my mother disappeared for
days at a time inside the depths of a bottle.
Eventually my mother met someone who shared her love of alcohol and
shortly thereafter they were married. In the beginning, her new husband
seemed kind and often brought me gifts and the attention I so
desperately longed for. My fairy tale would soon take a darker turn, as
he began molesting me often several times a day.
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Victims of child sex abuse are slowly and systematically trapped in
an inescapable prison of silence using psychological blackmail and
threats of violence against the child or their family. Pedophiles use
all the above methods in a process known as “grooming” to wrap their
victims in a cocoon of fear where many lay trapped until the end of
their adult life.
The statistics on child abuse is horrific. The CDC estimates that 1
in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused before the age of 18.
Worldwide 550 million children are survivors of child abuse according to
the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare. Research has shown
that an average victim of child sex abuse has to tell at least seven
adults before being believed. According to the Journal for the American
Medical Association, only 1 in 20 cases of child abuse are reported. The
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reports that there
are currently 617,000 registered sex offenders in the United States, and
typically 100,000 of those are unaccounted for. Other pedophiles are
not on records or in databases. Pedophiles like Jerry Sandusky walk
silently among us, and Sandusky showed us just how well they disguise
themselves.
My abuser was a well-respected member of the community, wealthy and
active in his church and well liked by everyone. Below the surface,
however was a seething underbelly of evil that haunts my nightmares to
this day. He used my desperate need for affection to weave his trap and
then sealed it with death threats against my mother.
Before long he took me to see his friends, members of the pedophile
ring that he was a part of. In what became an endless cycle over many
years, I was drugged, raped and used for child pornography.
As a diagnosis, pedophilia is often coupled with another major
psychiatric disorder. Many pedophiles also demonstrate narcissistic,
sociopathic, and antisocial personality traits. They lack remorse and an
understanding of the harm their actions cause (Cohen LJ, McGeoch PG,
Watras-Gans S, et al. Personality impairment in male pedophiles.
J Clin Psychiatry. 2002;63:912-919).
The grooming process was complete and soon I was no more than an
object for the twisted sexual appetites of a secret society of
pedophiles. Their business and political connections gave them the
immunity to do anything they wanted, and the lives of innocent children
became their playthings. We were trafficked and sold to whoever would
pay the price and the darkest fantasy became our worst nightmare.
The leader of the pedophile ring was a ruthless psychopath named
“Duke” who enjoyed choking children until they became unconscious and on
several occasions his sick fantasy went too far. I watched one day as a
friend of mine named “Steve” suffered the consequences of Duke’s rage.
Steve had defied the authority of the lower ranking members and barely
escaped with his life and this time he had become the nexus of the
unstoppable fury of a psychopath. Duke calmly walked over to Steve
placed his hand around his neck and as he lifted him off his feet I
heard the last words my friend would ever say “Please no!” he pleaded
but once Duke had taken action there was no stopping him. The color
drained from Steve’s face and as the last ounce of life drained from him
his bowels released their contents spilling all over Duke’s clothing.
Steve’s last act had been his final revenge and I will always remember
the look in his eyes as he lost his hold on the tortured life we all
endured and finally found freedom.
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children,
the average age of a sex-trafficked child is 13-14 years old. Each pimp
can make $150,000-$200,000 per child a year, and the average pimp has
four to six girls. UNICEF estimates there are nearly two million
children in the commercial sex trade. The U.S. Department of Justice
estimates close to 300,000 children are at risk of being prostituted in
the United States right now. An average victim of sex trafficking may be
forced to have sex up to 20-48
times a day (Polaris
Project a nonprofit group dedicated to combating human trafficking). In
July of 2013 the FBI rescued 105 children who were forced into
prostitution in the United States, and arrested 150 pimps in a series of
raids in 76 American cities. The campaign, known as “Operation Cross
Country,” was the largest of its type and conducted under the FBI’s
“Innocence Lost” initiative. It all took place in just 72 hours. The
youngest victim recovered was just 9 years old. (Reuters)
My ordeal as a sex trafficked child would continue for seven years,
and during that time I was routinely given drugs and alcohol. These
paled in comparison to the one force that constantly consumes the mind
and body of every sex trafficked child: fear. It is the one factor that
dominates your life even after escaping the control of those who dictate
your every move.
In the world of sex trafficking you are placed in the charge one or
several people called “handlers” and they run your life. They become
your “shadow” and your every move is closely monitored, especially
around “high value clients.”
To survive in the world of sex trafficking, most embrace drugs and
alcohol as a way to numb the pain of being used as a sex object with no
value. Trafficked children are brainwashed into believing that they are
worthless and unworthy of love and that the gifts and twisted form of
affection they receive are more then they deserve. Less then one percent
of sex trafficked children escape and the average lifetime of a
trafficked child is seven years.
I thank God every day for saving me from the hell I endured as a
victim of child sex trafficking and I fight every day to save as many
children as possible from a world that few escape. To learn more about
how you can help save the next victim of sex trafficking the following
organizations offer training and education, the
Polaris Project; Jada Pinkett Smith’s organization,
Don’t Sell Bodies; the McCain Institute, named after Senator John McCain of Arizona;
Arrow Child and Family Ministries in Texas;
and the Joyful Heart Foundation. Victims of sex trafficking are all
around us and with just an hour of education everyone can learn the
signs before one more child is lost.
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