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AA Member Sponsor Arrested for Sexually Assaulting 16 Year old Runaway he Met at an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting

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"Mentor" Sexually Assaults Teen He Met at Alcoholics Anonymous: Police

Prime reason NOT to send your TEEN to AA MEETINGS!!!!!

A former Philadelphia school teacher is accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl that he befriended at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.

According to investigators with the Montgomery County the criminal complaint, Paul Jefferey Corrigan, 47, was acting as the girl’s mentor (Sponsor).

 Man Arrested, Accused Of Assaulting Teenage Runaway Posted: Jul 11, 2013

UPPER MERION, Pa. -Upper Merion Police have charged a man with assaulting a teen aged runaway he met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. AA Daytona and NA Daytona Meetings in Ormond Beach, Holly Hill and Daytona Beach.
Paul Corrigan is accused of repeatedly having sex with the 16-year-old.

He was arrested and the girl was found at the Crown Plaza on Mall Boulevard. Police observed lubricant and a vibrator in Corrigan’s hotel room.

Authorities say the girl snuck out of her parents’ home a number of times to meet with Corrigan.

He bought her cigarettes, alcohol, and various other items to bribe her into future excursions, investigators say.

Police say Corrigan and the girl texted each other for about two months after they met at the AA meeting. Corrigan is married.

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Former-Teacher-Sexually-Assaults-Teen-He-Met-at-Alcoholics-Anonymous-Police-215275001.html

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/22818494/man-arrested-accused-of-assaulting-teenage-runaway

We Can Do So Much Better Than 12 Steps

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Many agree with this letter to the editor!

We can do better than 12 steps

Letter to the editor
Posted:   04/17/2013
Our number one problem (health and otherwise) in Humboldt County is drugs? We treat our alcohol and drug problems with an 85-year-old prescription. I am talking to you, doctors. If your doctor treated your cancer the same way doctors did 85 years ago, you might get a new doctor. The emotional claims that 12-step programs work are over-blown and largely unrealized. It matters if Alcoholics Anonymous works or not. After all, we send our family members to 12-step programs in order for them to get help. We send criminals to 12-step programs for them to get God, stop crime, and clean up our cities. But 12-step programs do not work for most people, so, let’s quit wasting everyone’s money and time on the 12-step movement.

And the anti-progress aspect of the 12-step systems? Their language is archaic. Their practices are almost medieval. They are very much a sexist organization in their language, at least.

”Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results.” Our kids deserve better!

Let’s find a better way. NADaytona

Rick Boman

McKinleyville

http://www.times-standard.com/letters/ci_23042701/we-can-do-better-than-12-steps