judge at sentencing. I reluctantly agreed since I did not believe that this person continued to be a threat. He seemed well grounded at that point, and I didn’t want to see him go to jail. I believed he had repented, and he was going on to do some good work in counseling. So I agreed. What a mistake! My counselee is not in jail; but in order to get a favorable sentence, he had to label himself as a sexual addict and agree to withdraw from relationships until he was cured. The irony, of course, is
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