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Army, female veterans, women veterans, sexual abuse, child abuse, poverty, drug use

Drugs and Abusive Father Drove Her Into Military Life

By: Léa Bouchoucha | August 31, 2015

Like so many female veterans, Rhiannon Duncan suffered parental sexual abuse as a child. For three years, the Army offered a way out. But then she ran into problems that led to her discharge and the start of a very tough chapter. The first of two stories.

Books

‘Witchhunt Narrative’ Retells ’80s Day Care Abuse

By: Wendy Murphy | May 21, 2014

For readers who learned about these cases from conventional media, this book will be a shocking revelation of how reporters skewed criminal cases to the disadvantage of victims. Now it seems an awful lot of abused children deserve an apology.

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An Open Letter to Woody Allen: Say ‘I’m Sorry’

By: Wendy Murphy | February 4, 2014

The director and actor’s “fantasy” defense against abuse allegations from his adoptive daughter only make him sound like all the others, says Wendy Murphy. Little girls fantasize about becoming princesses and doctors, not sexual abuse.

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Courts Must Open Eyes and Ears to Abused Children

By: Maralee McLean | January 9, 2014

My story is a case study of what is happening in many courtrooms where good mothers are having their children taken from their arms and handed over to their abusers. We must change our system so protective mothers and abused children are treated fairly.

Arts & Culture

Sex Snares Banker, Governor, Priest, ‘Housewife’

By: Corinna Barnard (Editorial Director) | May 20, 2011

A now-former IMF banker, a former governor and former reality-TV star made it a huge week for sex crimes and scandal. Catholic bishops tried to distance themselves from it all by deflecting blame to the permissive culture of the 1960s.

Commentary

Catholic Church Evades Sex Charges in South Dakota

By: Stephanie Woodard | April 8, 2011

Native Americans who attended Jesuit schools in the Northwest and Alaska just learned they will share in a $166.1 million settlement for offenses including childhood sexual abuse. But plaintiffs in South Dakota–nearly half of whom are women–face a legal barrier.

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