Blog Posts in September, 2018

How Does a Child’s Mind Work After Sexual Assault Victimization? September 26, 2018
If Dean Kilpatrick was sitting on a U.S. Senate panel evaluating the sexual abuse claims of a woman against a high-level judicial nominee, his perspectives and input on the subject would be singular, ...
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Fighting Child Sexual Abuse, State by State at the School Level September 21, 2018
A recent media article on an always sensitive and critically important subject stresses the term “silence.” We all know the adage “silence is golden,” of course. That phrase is often used in a manner ...
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Calls Growing for California AG to Open Church Sex Abuse Probe September 19, 2018
“The truth needs to be told and the sooner the better.” Those sentiments were uttered recently by U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA 11th District), and they are clearly endorsed by legions of ...
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Defamation Lawsuits: A Tool for Sex Abuse Survivors? September 15, 2018
Adults who survived childhood sexual abuse understand firsthand the lengths that perpetrators and enablers will go to silence young victims. Many survivors feel that they have no recourse for their ...
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Coaches’ Alleged Abuse Cited in California Civil Lawsuits September 13, 2018
A pair of civil lawsuits filed last week in Orange County Superior Court underscore two sad realities that recurrently feature in child sexual abuse cases. The filings immediately emphasize the dire ...
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