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26 June 2016

Pa. Senate committee has chance to help sexual abuse victims

I am not Catholic.I am a survivor of child sexual abuse. From the ages of 10-12, I was repeatedly violated by a man my parents trusted. My abuse only ended when my abuser became engaged to be married. I remember feeling relief that my nightmare was over. I didn't understand at age 12 that it was not over, nor would it ever be over.
At the age of 17, I ran into him at a local town carnival. He was pushing his newborn daughter in a stroller. He creepily proceeded to tell me how much he enjoyed changing her diapers because he found it fascinating to look at her anatomy.

http://www.mcall.com/opinion/mc-sex-abuse-victim-legislation-pennsylvania-woolley-yv-0624-20160623-story.html