Hi Michael in Swansea, Thanks for the data. Can you send me info about instrument(s) you play and whether you sing or not; style of music you play; professional/nonprofessional (semi-professional?); anything else about your relationship with music that seems relevant? I need this for the study. You can email me at: healing@frognet.net

Just for the record: I have a friend who is a social worker who used to work for children's services. According to a man who investigates cases of child abuse for the government, and teaches social service people about identifying and dealing with such cases (she took a workshop with this man), more children are molested by fundamentalists (usually preachers) than any other identifiable group. Religion per se does not protect-- and I would never want to generalize that people who are religious leaders are all child molesters either. People are people. Some of us are just really messed up and need help to get well. And some of us have a thing for victimizing others. My view is that I like every other person on the planet have a responsibility to be aware, to do what I can to help, and to do no harm. But you know, I can not protect those people-- and I know many of them-- who are responsible for their lives but who will not take responsibility for their lives. If a person chooses to look for someone to "fix" all their problems for them, they will find that person-- and there will always be a price. And I have seen a lot of people willing to do that. I don't condone the behavior of unscrupulous people, but I have had the experience of attempting to "educate" people into taking responsibility for their lives, and seen them disregard what I said and go looking for some one who would tell them what to do and how to do it. And some of them were otherwise very smart people. Sad but true. Most every tool I've ever seen could be used to create or destroy.