Tech-Enabled Sexual Abuse

Jim O’Day, executive director of, Integrity Restored joins Trending with Timmerie.

Episode Guide

  • AI: isolation, kids, & sexual relationships (1:23)
  • Tech-Enabled Sexual Abuse (TESA) (20:07)
  • Parents healing from past sexual mistakes kids see (40:12)
  • Back to college – interior designers now come with the dorm room (46:14)

Resources mentioned:

https://integrityrestored.com/

1 in 4 Young Adults Believe AI Partners Could Replace Real-life Romance

https://ifstudies.org/blog/artificial-intelligence-and-relationships-1-in-4-young-adults-believe-ai-partners-could-replace-real-life-romance

Catholic Psychological association – find a therapist

https://catholicpsychotherapy.org/

2025 Impact: Unstoppable progress in child safety

https://www.thorn.org/about/our-impact/2025-impact-report/

Good Pictures Bad Pictures – teaching kids about porn

https://www.defendyoungminds.com/product/good-pictures-bad-pictures

Timmerie works as a radio host and Catholic speaker educating in areas of theology and is an expert at responding to current trends of sexuality, feminism, and gender ideology. She hosts Trending with Timmerie on Relevant Radio. She holds a Masters Degree in Biblical Theology and Bachelor’s Degree in Communications Media with an emphasis in the New Evangelization from John Paul the Great Catholic University.