About Us

Leadership

Steve Gallagher
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Steve Gallagher

Founder and Chairman of the Board

Kathy Gallagher
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Kathy Gallagher

Co-Founder and Executive Vice President

Ed Buch
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Ed Buch

Vice President for Counseling Programs

Karla Buch
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Karla Buch

Accounting Administrator

Jordan Yoshimine
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Jordan Yoshimine

Director of OCAH Counseling

Nate Danser
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Nate Danser

Vice President for Ministry Outreach

Carol Bourque
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Carol Bourque

Director of Women’s Counseling

Luke Imperato
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Luke Imperato

Director of Residential Counseling

History

During the decade of the 70’s, a virtual flood of filth invaded the lives of average Americans through the sudden emergence of adult entertainment. One of its victims was a young man named Steve Gallagher who became terribly addicted to pornography and the many other forms of sexual sin that so often accompany it—a secret lifestyle he kept hidden from his new wife Kathy.

Steve's graduation from the Sheriff's Academy
Steve's graduation from the Sheriff's Academy

In 1981 Steve joined the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, but within two years his sexual addiction was so out of control that Kathy left him. Their lives would begin to take a drastic turn several weeks later when he put a gun to his head, ready to end it all. The Lord intervened that day, and began to restore their marriage and give them each a newfound passion for God.

Eventually, Steve felt called by God to go into ministry. He left the Sheriff’s Department and entered a two-year Bible school in Sacramento. At this point, pornography and sexual addiction were spreading rapidly throughout the evangelical population—a fact that few Church leaders grasped. It was during Steve’s time in Bible school in 1986, that the Lord laid a burden on his heart to begin a ministry to men in sexual sin—something that was unheard of at the time.

Statement of Faith