sexual abuse

Miami Sex Abuse Victim Finishes Fourth Walk Across Florida

Gina Jordan — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Around this time of year, a lot of people walk to achieve the highly coveted yellow-polka-dot-bikini body.

Lauren Book walks to help mend lives.

Here's How – And Why – One South Florida Woman Is Training To Climb Mount Everest

Tricia Woolfenden — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:00:57 +0000

For tourists visiting Fort Lauderdale, a stroll across the massive 17th Street Causeway Bridge affords a rare panorama of bustling Port Everglades and the city-block-sized cruise ships that navigate the waters leading out to the Atlantic Ocean. For Jen Klaassens, it's an invaluable training ground.

"I go up and down the 17th Street Causeway Bridge and back and forth," Klaassens said.

Lauren Book Tells Tale Of Tragedy To Help Other Sexual Abuse Survivors

Lauren Book — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:02:41 +0000

The person who robbed me of six years of my childhood wasn't a stranger, or even an acquaintance. My abuser was my live-in female nanny, someone who my parents trusted implicitly.

I know what you’re probably thinking: this is unimaginable. This would never happen to my family, or to my child, or in my house. But 90 percent of sexual abuse victims know the perpetrator in some way. When the victim is a child, the abuser is likely someone they – and their parents – not only know, but trust.

Scores Of Floridians Named In Boy Scout 'Perversion Files'

Rick Stone — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:58:41 +0000

The Boy Scouts' "perversion files" have been released and the names of at least 160 Floridians are among the 1,000 former Boy Scout leaders and volunteers accused of sexually abusing Boy Scouts between 1965 and 1985.

Lawyers involved in the case say the Boy Scouts of America kept careful records of the suspects and allegations but never reported them to authorities. Many were flagged as "ineligible to volunteer."