“It’s a bad set-up,” said the 48-year-old rape victim, who remains sober. Unless they volunteer it, other members of the group don’t know their criminal history. Victims, former officials and some members say the culture of the organization - unregulated and loosely organized - puts vulnerable alcoholics at risk to predatory leaders whose only credential is their longtime sobriety.Īnd while many members are in Alcoholics Anonymous of their own volition, some criminal offenders are there as part of their court sentences. Sexual predation among AA groups is so common that it is known in many circles as the 13th step of the famed 12-step program. (Photos Courtesy Palm Springs PD, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Megan’s Law file) Abram Tuvov, Eric Allen Earle, William Beliveau and Lance Glock, from left.
Tuvov, who lives minutes away from the woman, was convicted, but is out on $150,000 bail while awaiting sentencing. One female AA member who was new in town felt comfortable enough to go on an afternoon bicycle ride with him, even stopping at his house for waffles. The November 2014 outing ended with Tuvov, 72, raping the woman so viciously that she played dead until it was over. Abram Tuvov had been sober so long that Alcoholics Anonymous members in Palm Springs just assumed he was a good guy.
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