Martin Seligman argued that the case for CSA being a "special destroyer of adult mental health"

More recently, the Past President of the APA, Martin Seligman (1994) [What you can change and what you can't. New York: Alfred A. Knopf], argued that the case for CSA being a "special destroyer of adult mental health" (p. 232) was far from proven. The existing research indicating harm, according to him, "abandoned methodological niceties" (p.233). These studies were characterized by sampling bias, lack of adequate control groups, and a failure to consider alternative explanations for the findings. He wrote: "Once the ideology is stripped away, we still remain ignorant about whether sexual abuse in childhood wreaks damage in adult life and, if so, how much" (p.234).

source: Article 'Rind, Tromovitch, and Bauserman: Politically Incorrect - Scientifically Correct' by Thomas D. Oellerich; www.tegenwicht.org/13_rbt_eng/oellerich.htm; Sexuality & Culture, 4(2), 67-81; 2000