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Expert: Child sex abuse an ‘epidemic’

"The crime is silent, in part, because nearly three out of four children or 73  percent of the victims do not tell anyone about the abuse for at least one year,  while many never say anything at all, said Darkness to Light President and CEO  Jolie Logan.

"It’s also an epidemic in part because child sexual abuse ranks second to  homicide as the most expensive victim crime in the U.S., where immediate and  long-term costs exceed $35 billion annually, according to the Fourth National  Incidence Study of Child Abuse & Neglect. The study is a congressionally  mandated periodic research to assess the incidence of child abuse and neglect in  the United States...."

http://www.rrstar.com/news/x1592820063/Expert-Child-sex-abuse-an-epidemic

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