(AGI) Los Angeles, Oct 8 - Stephen Collins, the 67-year-oldAmerican actor known for his role in 7th Heaven, confessed tohis wife, Faye Grant, from whom he is in the process ofdivorce, to sexually abusing three children. He made theconfession during a therapy session, which was recorded andthat she wanted to use in the complex divorce proceedings. Therecording, to which the website TMZ has had access, has led toa criminal investigation by the New York Police Department. Farfrom reticent considering the presence of his wife, Collinsconfessed his problems to the therapist. He spoke aboutflashing in front of several young girls, separately andrepeatedly and having made one of them touch his penis, causing"a partial erection". The events described occurred before2012. After a 27-year relationship, Collins and Grant, who livein Los Angeles, are immersed in long and complex divorceproceedings. Known for his role as a priest in the series 7thHeaven, Mr Collins has not issued any statement in response tothe release of the recording, but on Tuesday resigned from thecouncil of the actors' union SAG-AFTRA. This scandal willcertainly have an impact on his career, with productioncompanies already suspending their contracts. Police alsorushed into the house of the actor in Los Angeles on Tuesdaynight after receiving a phone warning of gunfire. Neither theactor nor his wife were at home at the time and the alertproved to be a false alarm. .