A teacher was fired for sexual abuse
A teacher was fired for sexual abuse with students. No teacher should put students through sexual abuse. If one does, he or she should be fired
Tools to protect children from sexual abuse
It’s important for parents to protect children from sexual abuse. Educating children about the topic gives the tools to protect them.
Mandated Reporters
Reporting suspected child abuse is a good idea, and for many it’s the law. Before you check your state’s mandatory reporting laws check your morals.
School teaches students to keep secrets of abuse
What happens when we punish kids for speaking out about abuse? We teach them some unintended lessons
The man who raped me is dead
The man who raped me is dead. The start of an emotional roller coaster. Because every day we are surviving…even the day our rapist dies.
I know where a dangerous sex offender lives… but I can’t tell you
I know the whereabouts and habits of a dangerous sex offender, the one who abused me. And until we change the law, there’s nothing I can do about it.
Protecting children from sexual abuse: Secrets
Child sexual abuse is an epidemic. If we didn’t have an epidemic of people who keep rapists’ secrets, we wouldn’t have an epidemic of abuse.
Lawmakers are enabling sexual predators
A horrifying child sexual abuse case in New York’s capital region only got prosecuted by some uncommon luck. New York’s Statute of Limitations on the crime keeps most offenders on the street.
Why residency restrictions for sex offenders just don’t work
Nobody wants a sex offender living next door. So residency restrictions for sex offenders make sense. Well, they would if they worked. They don’t.
Don’t blame the clowns for abuse
“Clowns Seen in Wooded Areas Luring Children to Join Them,” an attention-getting headline, but what about the rest of the facts? Can we blame the clowns?
Stopping Child Sexual Abuse
Our silence, and our children’s innocence and shame. Bringing sexual abuse out of the shadows shatters the silence that perpetrators count on.
34 Years, Six Victims, One Day In Court
Lawsuit filed by childhood clergy sexual abuse victim in Essex County, NJ Superior Court against Fr. Michael “Mitch” Walters; the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey; its former Archbishop, Cardinal Theodore Mc Carrick; and St. John Nepomucene Parish, Guttenberg, NJ Fr....
Denial, More Than Anything, Is Hindering Progress For Victims Of Child Sexual Abuse
Are we all in denial that 1 in every 5 children are sexually abused? Survivors of child sexual abuse call for change in every state.
Sexual abuse. Will my child be next?
Sexually abused as kids by Father Michael “Mitch” Walters was reported as occurring in a church, family homes, and during trips to Poconos.
Spotlight 2.0: Child Sexual Abuse and The New York Times
First published in Medium If silence is the jet fuel of child sexual abuse, why would any media outlet keep mum on reporting related news? Why didn’t The New York Times cover news about the NY Child Victims Act in New York State? Does the newspaper have a conflict of...
Gorcyca Guilty, but What About the Children?
While many people are following the Gorcyca case, there is no consequence that she can experience that will fix the harm she caused to the Tsimhoni children
Unintended Consequences of Supporting Child Sexual Abuse
The Catholic Church considers abortion an abomination. So why do they spend millions of dollars fighting something that would prevent abortion?
Catholic League Shows Contempt for Real Rape Victims
Bill Donohue of the Catholic League shows contempt for child rape victims. Anti child abuse is not anti Catholic, despite objections of the Catholic church
New York politicians protect church not children
Why do New York’s legislators insist on protecting churches and other organizations that shelter sex offenders, but not children they abuse?
Why are the Catholic Church protecting sex abusers
The Catholic Church pressures legislators not to pass a bill on child sexual abuse protecting children. Do they want sexual abuse to continue?
The painful cost of disbelieving women
Disbelieving rape reports from women is common. Women will continue to suffer as long as we ignore the research that shows they don’t lie.
Human trafficking, pedophile rings, and what you need to worry about
We can’t talk and learn enough about child sex trafficking and pedophile rings. Protecting children requires actions that are harder, and more mundane.
April is child abuse prevention month
Maybe we could all do one thing each day to help prevent child abuse right where we are, like being more aware, like talking about child sexual abuse.
Child sex abuse: How much was I worth?
“As a 13 year old I didn’t use all the right labels, but words like “rape” and “incest” were the first.” We must protect children from child sex abuse
Are Most Child Sex Offenders Heterosexual?
The overwhelming majority of pedophiles and child sex offenders are heterosexual males. Pedophilia and homosexuality are as different as apples and oranges.
The cost of child sexual abuse
A study saying the cost of child sexual abuse within the Catholic church has cost $3.99 billion over the last 65 years shows taxpayers still foot the bill.
