California Expands Child Sexual Abuse Statute of Limitations Along With Other States
Child sexual abuse is an overwhelmingly difficult subject to talk about, both for children and adult survivors. In many cases, experiences are never revealed even later on in life, on account of feelings of embarrassment, shame, or fear. Survivors often develop behavioral issues as a result of not being able to speak out. As a result, many survivors find it too late to seek legal recourse for childhood abuse later on in life because of various procedural deadlines and filing limitations. This is all changing as newer laws are expanding the time periods in which survivors can file child sexual [...]
Multiple Leaders Arrested for Child Molestation in Youth Organizations
Child molestation in youth development organizations is not a new tragedy. However, in recent months, a string of cases involving abusive leaders in youth programs has made media headlines. Youth Sexual Assault in the News In just the last four months, the number of reports of child sexual abuse in youth programs has struck alarm. Several past and current leaders in programs such as Boy Scouts, Boys & Girls Clubs, YMCA, Big Brothers, and Big Sisters of America have been arrested on charges of sexually abusing children involved in their programs: October 19, 2018: Girl Scouts leader Stacy Mizrahi is [...]
Three Years Later, High School Rape Victim Is Vindicated
In December 2010, during her senior year at Henderson High School in eastern Texas, Rachel Bradshaw-Bean accompanied a classmate into the band room when he told her he needed to talk. She didn't know him well, but he was a fellow bandmate. Within moments, the “talk” turned violent. Rachel was raped. Within hours, she found the band director and told him of the sexual assault. According to Rachel, the teacher's astonishing reply was to tell her she should "work it out with the boy. "Numb from the attack and from the teacher's cold shoulder, Rachel stayed at school to attend [...]
