About Hank
Hank Estrada is the author of UnHoly Communion-Lessons Learned From Life Among Pedophiles, Predators, and Priests, a powerful memoir of overcoming assaults by a pedophile uncle, and others by a sexual predator priest. He is an internationally recognized trauma survivor spokesman, author and pioneer activist for male survivors of abuse and sexual victimization.
A graduate of Loyola Marymount University, and in 1986, founded the first national non-profit organization to support healing for male survivors.
Hank is a seasoned media spokesman and is proud to claim his participation on the Oprah Show, entitled “200 Men Stand Together” featuring actor/director Tyler Perry and an exclusive audience of male sexual assault survivors, a highlight among his personal and professional achievements.
He is a captivating presenter, consistently praised for his honest, straightforward presentations, and whose courageous story has inspired courage, hope and healing for thousands of other assault and trauma survivors.
A graduate of Loyola Marymount University, and in 1986, founded the first national non-profit organization to support healing for male survivors.
Hank is a seasoned media spokesman and is proud to claim his participation on the Oprah Show, entitled “200 Men Stand Together” featuring actor/director Tyler Perry and an exclusive audience of male sexual assault survivors, a highlight among his personal and professional achievements.
He is a captivating presenter, consistently praised for his honest, straightforward presentations, and whose courageous story has inspired courage, hope and healing for thousands of other assault and trauma survivors.
Until Pope Francis proclaims, and enforces excommunication from the Catholic Church for convicted pedophile clergy, his moral authority to threaten laymen with excommunication for any reason, remains unconscionable and obscene. H. Estrada
What's Most Important!"I Encourage Everyone To Replace The Question "What's Wrong With You?" WITH "What Happened To You?" |
His Story From the age of 5 to 16, I was molested by an uncle who lived with my family. During these 11 years, I was also terrorised by the violent verbal and physical assaults of an alcoholic father. Domestic violence, incest, alcoholism, and terror ruled my entire childhood.
After graduating high school, I entered a Catholic seminary to become a priest. In my junior year of college, I was groomed and assaulted by Fr. John Raab, a Claretian Missionary. This experience devestated my desire to become a priest. I never spoke of this until years later when I discovered that Fr. Raab remained active and preying on other young men. Fr. Raab was permitted to continue his assaults and remains a priest today. I have no reason to ever trust promises of the Claretians to permanently remove Fr. Raab so I’m left with no other choice but to publicly identify all those involved in protecting Fr. Raab. I will never give up exposing predators, their criminal behavior and those who conceal their future potential threats. |
