I feel like I have “Abuse Me” written across my forehead! Why does this keep happening to me? Over the years I’ve lost track of how many people have asked me that question. The first time an ...
Many suspected victims of child sexual abuse are sharing sexually explicit photos and videos via their cell phones and social media, and are receiving online sexual solicitations. Many suspected ...
There’s a saying that goes, “Feel the fear and do it anyway.” At times, fear lets us know that we are in a situation that is threatening. The experience of feeling fear in our body informs us that we ...
s Australia’s landmark Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and other cases have shown, the impact of child sexual abuse is devastating. Adverse mental health outcomes ...
Even in the age of #MeToo, a woman who reports a high-profile man raped her, especially decades later, faces scrutiny and doubt. When she reports a second rape? That increased criticism is what ...
Bishop Jose Ornelas arrives for a 2013 news conference to discuss a report on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Portugal. (Credit: AP Photo/Armando Franca.) Listen SÃO PAULO, Brazil – An ...
After journalist Gustavo Adolfo Infante commented on the air about his dissatisfaction that actor Mauricio Martínez did not want to give him an interview to talk about sexual abuse that he experienced ...
Mumia Abu-Jamal, right, is an inmate at a Pa. state prison for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner, left. (File photos/Pennlive) A new state law designed to ensure that ...
A group of social activists said they will fight the Revictimization Relief Act recently signed into law by Gov. Tom Corbett, because it violates the First Amendment. The unified announcement during a ...
It’s been more than five months since former Governor Tom Corbett signed the Revictimization Relief Act. Under the law, criminals can be sued if their public speech causes pain to victims of those ...
As with so much else surrounding Mumia Abu-Jamal, the Revictimization Relief Act has been distorted to suit the needs of an egocentric killer and his deluded followers. Simply put, the new law allows ...