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SEXUAL ABUSE

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND BACKGROUND CHECKS :

How federal and state law is failing to protect children

Notwithstanding significant cultural and media focus , child sexual abuse crises continue to plague the Church and Christian ministries , with the attendant damage to children . Conservative studies indicate that one in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually victimized before reaching 18 years of age , regardless of spiritual paradigm .

In other words , this reality doesn ’ t pass over the Church .

By Georgia McKnight

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