Porn in the Valley -- Part V

During the past few years, Craig Gross and Ron Jeremy have grown close and, despite diametrical career choices, have come to respect and appreciate each other. the firfth part of the series in today's Daiily News.

Gross is an ordained minister who leads the anti-porn crusade XXXChurch.com and considers masturbation a sin. Jeremy is a secular Jew who has performed in 1,900 porn flicks.

"I have nothing against Ron Jeremy," Gross said as the two men drew a crowd while chatting at the Adult Entertainment Expo here earlier this year, singing "We Are the World." "I love this guy. I love hanging out with him."

How the war on porn has changed. While some still rail against the industry, others like Gross try to reach out to it and change the lives of those who earn their living in it, or those who have been touched by it.

Members of a Chatsworth church pray for the end of pornography and the healing of those it has harmed. Christian men gather to confess their Internet-fueled addiction. Rehab centers in Colorado and Kentucky provide short-term and months-long escapes more commonly used to treat drug abuse.

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