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Child Sexual Assault - Why I Cringe

We read the headlines in the paper  - some of us turn our eyes away while others of us read every word. Child Sexual Assault - It is a crime that for many is unimaginable. Our most innocent having their light ripped from them. And, while the crime itself makes me cringe - it's the legacy that will be left from it's evil grip that makes me sick - That legacy can be seen woven into the fabric of every community, regardless on who the victim is - or who the guilty are. Child Sexual Assault touches all of us. The destruction it causes can be seen in our classrooms from the child acting out - or that quiet one sitting in the background and slipping through the cracks in the system. Untreated victims will do anything to keep the psychological scar of child sexual assault from hurting - some turn to alcohol - some turn to drugs - some cut themselves - others devour everything in sight - and then some punish themselves by not eating anything, a slow suicide. Without treat