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More than surviving: A life after abuse

A Pillar interview

Charlie Camosy
Feb 25, 2022
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Michael Vanderburgh is a lot of things. He is a husband, and a father. He’s a college graduate, and a former cop. He is the executive director of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Dayton, Ohio. He is also a survivor of clerical sexual abuse when he was a child. 

Like a lot of survivors of abuse, Michael never told anyone what he went through at the h…

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