Why won't the leadership of America's nuns meet with the survivors of sexual abuse by nuns, and hear their stories?
By Frances Kissling Aug 17, 2009
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Why would an adult endure years of an incestuous relationship?
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
October 16, 2009
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I want him to confess and admit he was wrong. Should I contact him?
By Cary Tennis
March 26, 2009
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Following a number of high-profile sex abuse scandals, high schools across the country have begun carefully policing teacher-student relationships. But is this new vigilance keeping the most committed teachers from doing their best?
By Sarah Karnasiewicz
April 27, 2006
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A teenager brought his horrific story of online sexual abuse to Congress this week, and the Bush Justice Department barely showed. Even GOP congressmen were outraged.
By Michael Scherer
April 7, 2006
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Friendless, estranged from siblings, on a fixed income: Is this how I end up?
By Cary Tennis
March 23, 2009
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We took her in because her home life was unbearable. Now my home life is unbearable.
By Cary Tennis
November 24, 2008
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I've come far from the poverty and dysfunction of my roots, but asking for my family's support is bringing it all back again.
By Cary Tennis
August 1, 2008
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I'd like to relax, but traumatic memories come rushing back.
By Cary Tennis
June 9, 2008
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I would like to help them celebrate their 50th anniversary, but I dread being in the same room with that man.
By Cary Tennis
May 23, 2008
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I am conflicted about who is to blame for my older brother's abuse. I goaded him on. I think I share the blame.
By Cary Tennis
March 6, 2008
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Now I'm depressed and suicidal and very few people know why.
By Cary Tennis
January 9, 2008
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Mother goes free in girl-gone-wild case.
By Lynn Harris
October 31, 2007
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Do they actually believe my boyfriend and I aren't having sex -- can't they see I'm an adult?
By Cary Tennis
September 17, 2007
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Lost kids are taught to avoid males, coaches are told to refrain from touching players and some advise hiring only female babysitters.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
August 31, 2007
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Butt smacking could earn two middle schoolers jail time and sex crime records.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
July 25, 2007
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The new law also redefines rape as a crime committed by a man or a woman.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
June 22, 2007
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Sexual assault is the natural outcome of putting women in combat, argues an Op-Ed.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
April 6, 2007
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My father-in-law faces serious criminal charges. What do I tell my 5-year-old daughter?
By Cary Tennis
March 28, 2007
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Legislation proposes "civil confinement" and bans offenders from most public spaces.
By Carol Lloyd
March 1, 2007
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And the churches that have turned a cheek to their abuse.
By Carol Lloyd
February 22, 2007
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I tease men into dominating me. Afterward I feel shame and anger.
By Cary Tennis
February 20, 2007
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Sex abuse of girls is prevalent in Africa, where victims' resources are often next to nil.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
December 1, 2006
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Officials are accused of turning a blind eye to alleged sexual abuse in a polygamist sect.
By Sarah Elizabeth Richards
May 15, 2006
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New York's greatest living newspaper columnist says the Catholic Church, corrupted by sexual scandal and creeping right-wing ideology, is dying out in America. And he sheds no tears.
By Andrew O'Hehir
September 11, 2004
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