The pedigree of Talking about Touching

Here’s some interesting “connect the dots” information I’ve come up with while writing a story about “Talking about Touching.” The organization that developed it, the Committee for Children, lists in its history that its roots in an organization called Seattle COYOTE which said its mission was to “educate the public about prostitution.” Digging further, I find out that COYOTE is an acronym for “Call Off Your Tired Old Ethics” and that the organization was founded in 1973 “to work for the repeal of the prostitution laws and an end to the stigma associated with sexual work.” This is the root and foundation of the group that eventually became the Committee for Children, whose product the Archdiocese of Boston is using to teach children about sex abuse (and sex, by the way).