Monthly Archives: February 2011
Sexual Predator Gets 248 Years
“The name hit me. I repeated it to myself a couple of times. I got chills down my spine. I said to myself: ‘This is the guy who molested me.’ ” —Rick W. A hospital administrator, foster parent, and father of an adopted son abused boys for years and years. Christine Pelisek tells the full story about the bravery of the men who spoke up and the police officer who didn’t give up at The Daily Beast.
Be Counted…Add Your Name to the Petition
12 federal agencies have been given the task of developing a joint federal youth policy. We would like to see them include a requirement that youth-serving organizations receiving federal funds have organizational policies and procedures and training in child sexual abuse. They have been collecting input from the public and professionals in a variety of ways. We would like to present them with a petition. This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and we don’t want to let it pass without doing everything we can. Read below, …
Another Public Figure Comes Forward as a Survivor
Another public figure has come forward as a survivor of sexual abuse. “Senator Scott Brown, describing a childhood of family violence and strife, reveals in his new autobiography that he was sexually assaulted as a 10-year-old by a summer camp counselor on Cape Cod.” Within the past few years, a rapidly growing number of celebrities and public figures have begun publicly disclosing the sexual abuse they suffered as children. In the United States alone, there are an estimated 40 million survivors of sexual abuse. Each …
