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Starting to Deal With It
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Janet Meyer, M.A.
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Survivors of sexual abuse have something in common with drug or alcohol addicts: it’s a hard thing to admit. Just stopping by this website took courage for some of you. People who have been abused in this way usually find it hard to admit their past to others because they feel shame and guilt.
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Proving Past Sexual Abuse
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Irwin Zalkin
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Oftentimes, when people contact us, their first question is, “How can I prove this? I was a kid, I was 12 or 13-years-old when this happened to me. The guy who did it is dead. I never told my parents. I never told anybody. How can I possibly prove this? Who’s going to believe me?”
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Sexual Feelings During Sexual Abuse
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Kali Munro, M.Ed., Psychotherapist
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Many sexual abuse survivors have trouble dealing with the fact that their body was sexually stimulated and felt aroused during the abuse. They may feel guilty and ashamed that they responded to the stimulation, and confused about why they did.
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Privacy Issues During a Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
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Irwin Zalkin
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In our experience, someone who’s been abused as a child and is now dealing with it as an adult may have a very difficult time with public attention to the fact that this happened to them, and they would like to try to maintain as much privacy as they can.
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Sexual Abuse Attorney
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Irwin Zalkin
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Before I had any involvement in representing victims of childhood sexual abuse, I was primarily a maritime attorney and most of my cases involved shipboard accidents, ship collisions, ship injuries – I was known for doing that kind of work.
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If You Suspect Child Sexual Abuse
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Irwin Zalkin
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You can never be too careful. If you suspect your child was inappropriately touched by an adult, you should immediately have the child evaluated by a physician, and preferably a pediatric specialist.
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Effects of Child Sexual Abuse
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Janet Meyer, M.A.
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You think of making your life better. You wonder where to start. This whole issue of your past seems so huge. What can you do right now?
You can’t deal with everything all at once, but you can do things to make you stronger. This section deals with things that can happen as a result of abuse. Just remember that everybody is different. Some of you will relate to a lot of these items. Others will find few, if any, applying to them. Much on this list can happen for reasons other than abuse.
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Catholic Diocese documents detail problem priests
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Greg Moran - San Diego Union Tribune
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Three years after the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego settled scores of claims of sexual abuse by its priests, lawyers for the plaintiffs released thousands of documents Sunday from church files showing diocese officials quietly moved some problem priests from parish to parish.
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Symptoms of Abuse
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Janet Meyer, M.A.
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If you are reading this, you are worried about your child. You wonder whether or not it is likely that your child has been sexually abused. Keep in mind that while what follows are signs of possible abuse, this article could never give you that answer.
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If You're Anything Like Me
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Linde Grace White, M.Ed.
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If you're anything like me, and you are, since you're reading this, the oppression and depression of childhood sexual abuse has got you down to the absolute bottom of the pit and you-know-what is being heaped on you, possibly, on an hourly basis. Well, I have been able to escape from that particular pit, I'm smelling good, and a happy camper. I am willing and able to help you get out, too--in fact, I want to!! It's my life goal to help survivors of childhood sexual abuse become thrivers. So rea
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Removing the Shame
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Rebecca Stone, M.A.
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Each and every survivor of sexual abuse has an individual story. The fallout takes its toll in a different ways depending upon the individual, their personality, their age, the relationship with the perpetrator, the duration, and the severity of the abuse (Munro).
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Universal Scandal Reaches the Roman Catholic Church in Belgium
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The Zalkin Law Firm, P.C.
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More than 500 witnesses of child molestation inflicted at the hands of Roman Catholic Clergymen have come forward in Belgium according to a report issued today, September 10th, 2010. As noted by the head of the commission issuing the report: "Reality is worse than what we present here today because not everyone shares such things automatically in a first contact with the commission."
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