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7th Heaven star Stephen Collins may have played a pastor on the hit show, but he is far from his TV persona. After allegations have sufaced that he molested several underage girls going as far back as the 70’s he has finally admitted that the allegations are true. Collins admits that there were three victims from 1973 to 1994, but now says “I have not had an impulse to act out in any such way” in the last 20 years.
Collins released a statement to People,
“Forty years ago, I did something terribly wrong that I deeply regret. I have been working to atone for it ever since. I’ve decided to address these issues publicly because two months ago, various news organizations published a recording made by my then-wife, Faye Grant, during a confidential marriage therapy session in January, 2012. This session was recorded without the therapist’s or my knowledge or consent.”
“On the recording, I described events that took place 20, 32, and 40 years ago. The publication of the recording has resulted in assumptions and innuendos about what I did that go far beyond what actually occurred. As difficult as this is, I want people to know the truth.”
“I did have an opportunity to do so with one of the women, 15 years later. I apologized and she was extraordinarily gracious. But after I learned in the course of my treatment that my being direct about such matters could actually make things worse for them by opening old wounds, I have not approached the other two women, one of whom is now in her 50s and the other in her 30s.”
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