Abstract
In 1993 and in 1995, the State of Texas passed laws making mental health service providers and clergymen criminally liable for sexually exploiting their patients and communicants. The model for these laws is the statutory rape law. The current sexual assault law removes the consent of a client as a defense and assesses a penalty of up to twenty years in the penitentiary. The law should be viewed in the context of society's increasing reliance on criminalization of aberrant behavior. Counselors need to critically examine this trend. Most importantly, Texas counselors must be aware of the law and avoid any behavior that could lead to criminal liability.
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