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14 February 2015

Survivors Say Education Key To Preventing Child Sexual Abuse

Every 90 seconds a child is sexually assaulted in America.  That’s according to the National Center for Victims of Crime.  90% know the perpetrator in some way. Childhood sexual abuse is an insidious crime, shrouded in secrecy. As KLCC’s Tiffany Eckert reports, adult survivors are asking Oregon lawmakers to break the silence with Erin's Law, an education bill bent toward prevention.  
When Carolee Horning was 13 she was an altar girl at a Catholic church in Reedsport.

http://ijpr.org/post/survivors-say-education-key-preventing-child-sexual-abuse