“Build a bridge over shame by teaching kids about sexual abuse. Give them a chance to run to us should they encounter… — Carolyn Byers Ruch Copy Share Image
“The sole reason I stand to open it up now is that lots of people who are in pain just like I… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Many governments employ torture but this was the first time that the element of Saturnalia and pornography in the process had been… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Blaming therapy, social work and other caring professions for the confabulation of testimony of 'satanic ritual abuse' legitimated a programme of political… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
The sexual abuse and exploitation of children is one of the most vicious crimes conceivable, a violation of mankind's most basic duty… — James T. Walsh Copy Share Image
“We may also discover that sexual abuse helps to explain the high prevalence rates of eating disorders among women and may lend… — Karen A. Duncan Copy Share Image
“The way in which the child is manipulated pulls them into considering the lies.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to feel supported when you can’t tell people everything. People haven’t really got a clue what it’s like. It’s hard… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“As mandatory reporting laws and community awareness drove an increase its child protection investigations throughout the 1980s, some children began to disclose… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“A covert kind of sexual abuse occurs when Dad or Mom talk about sex in front of the children when the age… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“I know what you're thinking. ‘How the hell does this broke ass piece of trailer trash know words like caveat,’ right? Well… — Isobel Irons Copy Share Image
“In all the interviews I have done, I cannot remember one offender who did not admit privately to more victims than those… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Survivors are damaged to different degrees by their experiences. This does not depend on what happened physically. A Survivor who has been… — Carolyn Ainscough Copy Share Image
“Abuse ambushed my life, I could not love myself truly and could never have a healthy relationship, they were either abused or… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Being survivors signifies that we have recognized that we have been through a lot that should never have taken place and we… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“God healed everything in my life from a non-curable disease, bad programming from child sexual abuse, father and mother wounds, bitterness, hatred,… — Shelley Lubben Copy Share Image
“They illustrate that since no one really loves or cares for them, why should they love or care for themselves?” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“If a child is abused by a family member, most likely they blame themselves for the integral act of abuse than those… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
I don't belive Oprah's sexual abuse stories, I mean who would take a black girl when there are plenty of white? — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
“If I was set an essay on Friday, I’d spend three hours on Saturday morning in the library. Was that normal? I… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Black folk etymological theory posits that motherfucker was a term developed by the children of enslaved Africans in the United States. According… — H. Sammy Alim and Geneva Smitherman Copy Share Image
“I often feel like nobody," Skip says. "I ask myself: Why would you want to talk to me? Why would anyone want… — Jessica Stern Copy Share Image
“Some of the most effective segments are interviews with various staff members, including Aila, who works for the center’s legal department. She… — Robert Uttaro Copy Share Image
“Some readers may find it a curious or even unscientific endeavour to craft a criminological model of organised abuse based on the… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
