Resources: Books


Chosen: A Memoir of Stolen Boyhood

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Memoir "An unparalleled achievement, a work of shattering, almost unbearable radiance. I did not stop crying throughout. For Mills. For my young self. For all of us who have lived and continue to live in that pitiless abyss of childhood abuse. To read this courageous book is to be transformed utterly by Mills's empathy, resilience, and...

Disobedient Women

How a Small Group of Faithful Women Exposed Abuse, Brought Down Powerful Pastors, and Ignited an Evangelical Reckoning Journalist Sarah Stankorb outlines how access to the internet—its networks, freedom of expression, and resources for deeply researching and reporting on powerful church figures—allowed women to begin dismantling the false authority of evangelical communities that had long demanded their submission.  A generation of American...

Lead Us Not Into Temptation: Catholic Priests and the Sexual Abuse of Children

From the Back CoverWinner of a Religious Public Relations Council Wilbur Award and a Catholic Press Association Book AwardJason Berry's Lead Us Not into Temptation put a national spotlight on the issue of clergy sex abuse of children and has been used in newsrooms across the country. Berry takes us through the lives of traumatized victims and their parents, torn by loyalty to the...

Scout's Honor: Sexual Abuse in America's Most Trusted Institution

Scout's Honor details decades of sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts, one of the country's most respected youth organizations. Drawing on interviews with victims, lawyers, prosecutors, and even convicted molesters, Patrick Boyle paints a distressing but accurate picture of betrayal in a place we all thought was safe. About the AuthorPatrick Boyle is a veteran journalist whose reports on child abuse, mental illness, and...

The Broken Scout: A Story of Abuse and Redemption

The raw, and ultimately inspirational, first-person story of a boy brainwashed, and abused for ten years by his Scout leader. From helping bring Boy Scouts of America to accountability, surviving cancer, family upheavals and tragedy, Tom Stewart relied on his faith to sustain him. ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08BZSXHGJPublisher ‏ : ‎ Redemption Press (June 28, 2020)Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 28,...

The Sins of Brother Curtis: A Story of Betrayal, Conviction, and the Mormon Church

This brilliantly reported, unforgettable true story reveals how one of the most monstrous sexual criminals in the history of the Mormon church preyed on his victims even as he was protected by the church elders who knew of his behavior. When Seattle attorney Tim Kosnoff agreed to listen to an eighteen-year-old man who claimed to have been molested by his Mormon Sunday school teacher,...

This Little Light: Beyond a Baptist Preacher Predator and His Gang

In this groundbreaking memoir and exposé, Christa Brown tells the story of clergy sex abuse and cover-ups in the largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention. As she shares her journey from trusting church girl to tenacious advocate for children's safety, Brown shines a light on the patterns of preacher-predators and the collusion of evangelical leaders. This Little Light speaks of the unspeakable, and...

Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse

For millions of men on the path to recovery, Victims No Longer is the next step. The first book written specifically for men, Victims No Longer examines the changing cultural attitudes toward male survivors of incest and other sexual trauma. Now, in this Second Edition, this invaluable resource continues to offer compassionate and practical advice, supported by personal anecdotes and statements of male survivors.


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