(I posted this in aibu, but I think it is relevant to this thread, too)
It seems that in 2010, Paul E. Clearly, Trustee of the General Service Board of AA, Inc. submitted a report about child sexual abuse in AA to the GSB?s Subcommittee on Vulnerable Members in AA (I know!). He detailed several shocking instances of predation and implored the GSB to take responsibility for the safety of AA?s most vulnerable members. He concludes:
'For a host of moral, ethical, and legal reasons, it?s time for the General Service Board to provide leadership in addressing the issue of child sexual abuse in AA.
Read Paul Cleary?s very revealing 7-page report, ?Predators in AA?.
He draws attention to the concerns of people in the UK at the beginning of the report. I think it is highly commendable that not only do the leadership of AA acknowledge the problems of sexual predation, rape and abuse of minors, but they are now looking to find a way to deal with it, without compromising the ideals of the fellowship.
stinkin-thinkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ATTACHMENT_TO_TOPIC_002-PREDATORS.doc.pdf
The worst thing they could do would be to pretend that it does not go on. Hats off to the AA leadership for being seen to address this terrible situation.