From: 
"ihsb1971" <ihsb1971@y...>
Date: Thu Jan 1, 2004 3:36 am
Subject: SEXUAL ABUSER
Hi there (in reply)
the reason I wont post a lot of details of this here is because i have family members (who do not believe me) in close proximity to Sai Baba. Secondly this was a very hurtful event which left me confused about myself in general.
At the time, I was 17 years old, I am now 32 years old, have been married and recently widowed. My wife knew of my former faith with sai baba, but she never knew of this abusive experience. some of my family members know the truth now (they are sympathetic to me and want me to get help). the shame I felt was very bad.
I grew up in the bal vikas program from the age of 10 years old, in the UK. I knew many sai devotees including Dr Ghadia who travels the UK AND US (where I am now located), I was very "into" the sai experience and very much a devotee. I did not question his validity at the time, I was someone whose family was heavily involved. My mother was a bal vikas teacher at the time and is still very much a devotee.
She is someone who will not believe that sai baba is capable of molestation, but he is. It is to protect her that I do not give my name, because she lives and works there in prashanti nilayam.
As an adult I tried to put the past behind me but realised recently that this never really goes away. the shame and hurt still exist especially because at the time sai baba was some whom I felt very close to. His shudders and disgusts me now to think that when I was a teenager he used to stare at me when I went to darshan line. I thought he was blessing me but now I know it was all because he was sexually interested. I was his next victim.
I did not begin to speak out until I realised a few years ago that i am not the only person he has abused. He is a menace to teenage boys who are to afraid and ashamed to speak up. Peer pressure from my family made me shut up at the time, but I am an adult now and I can speak the truth.
As what to do about it I don’t know, if he were here in the US he would have been prosecuted and convicted long ago. He is a paedophile who blankets himself with the reputation of a god/living saint drawing people to him through his "miracles", and speeches. He does have a certain charisma, which has helped him get to the position he is in.
However he is in India, and he cannot really be touched there. I am very sad for other victims and saddened by the fact that there are more potential victims.
Yours truthfully
ihsb1971
