Actor Stephen Collins is mostly known for his long-running role as a righteous dad and pastor on TV show 7th Heaven, and so it was a shock to many of his fans when reports of sexual misconduct with young girls cropped up about him.
Stephen Collins has now confessed to the sexual abuse in an essay for People magazine, saying he inappropriately touched one girl and exposed himself to two others between 1973 and 1994, and that his actions were 'inexcusable' and have 'haunted' him ever since. He writes;
