Bluesapphire...thanks for asking...Father's Touch by Donald D'Haene is available at the following places:
Here: http://www.fatherstouch.com/Order.htm
or: http://www.pdbookstore.com
or: www.amazon.com
A J's Witness responds to my book...
by morrisamb 12 Replies latest watchtower child-abuse
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hawkaw
Keep on going Donald, you are doing a great job.
Donald's book and his story were part of a major report written by Brodie Fenlon in the Toronto Sun on September 1, 2002 (page 29). His story (and book) along with Lee Marsh, Vicki and Bill Bowen's story were read by more than one million Ontarians in Canada.
Its people like Donald who have helped bring this insanity to the forefront in Canada and hopefully in his lifetime the WTS will change its policies and protect the kids.
hawk
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morrisamb
Thanks Hawkaw for the support...you might be interested in this review. This is a male victim of abuse, (not a Witness), who's also written a book on his experience. Telling our stories is empowering...
In his memoir, Fathers Touch, Donald DHaene has fantastically illustrated the searing existence of a molested child while conveying the intricacies of maintaining normal relationships with the rest of his family and the outside world. With his anorexic style, Mr. DHaene horrifies and educates from beginning to end.
When his parents emigrated from Belgium, Daniel (Donalds father) joined the Jehovahs Witnesses in rebellion against a tradition of ignorance in the Catholic faith in which he grew up, coercing his wife to follow suit with a variety of abusive behaviors.
The four DHaene children grew up in a home dominated by a man bent on possessing spouse and offspring completely. Everyone feared Daniels verbal and physical attacks. When Donald was four, Daniel introduced him to The Game, in which, Donald as well as his siblings, would play for the next eleven years.
When Erik, the youngest son, finally reported the abuse and the DHaene family went before the Elders of their congregation, they were censured and ignored. Daniel was excommunicated. And still, the abuse continued, in spite of Daniels repeated promised to stop and seek help.
After helping rescue his mother from a marriage over which she had no control or active part, Donald read in a newspaper column that incest and sexual abuse was a crime. Obviously, the pain of his abuse was only compounded by the apparent apathy of the very authorities, both spiritual and secular, meant to protect him. Still, Donald began legal proceedings against his father, but was foiled, again, through the incompetence of the courts as well as what is nothing less than lackadaisical concern for the welfare of children in their jurisdiction.... an appearance of justice rather than the imposition of equity.
Incest and sexual abuse, especially with male victims, is a subject avoided by polite society. No one, it seems, wants to face the nasty reality of little boys participating in sexual power plays. Donald breaks down the confinement of the victim and takes the reader on a full, panoramic view of his fathers compulsive need to control everyone and everything in his environment, his mothers need to protect and her fear of a world that makes no sense to her, to his own need to recover from the incredible shame and pain of having been molested. Fathers Touch is a beautiful recollection of a monster with which far too many of us live. William L. Alton
Author --
Crawling Out of My Skin
Available at www.holyhand.com USA