So what is life like for a survivor?

To answer that, we have to go back to the abuse. There have been many studies done on the effects of childhood sexual abuse. When a child is growing up, their mind is still forming. The schemas or the core program of the brain is still being formed. When children are young, their world revolves around their parents or primary care-givers. Parents or care-givers are the primary source of safety, security, love, understanding, nurturance and support. Child abuse violates the trust at the core of a child’s relationship with the world .
When the primary relationship is one of betrayal, a negative schema or set of beliefs develops. Where this is teachers or other authority figures, there is a lack of trust in authority. For those of us brought up in a religious family, we associate the clergy to be closer to God. They are God’s representatives on earth. To a child God is all powerful and omnipresent. To be raped by clergy adds another dimension. As God is good, therefore we must be bad. We will go to Hell and burn forever. Our spiritual development is affected. When the child’s schemas are finalised, these things become set. Another way of thinking of it, is to look at a computer. The operating system is the core program.

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