It may take years or even decades for victims of child sexual abuse to come to terms with their experience. Children often don’t understand what happened to them until well into their adult years. By that time, their abusers may have long since died. There’s certainly no way the criminal courts can bring the predator…
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Why California Sexual Abuse Victims Should Not Delay in Taking Action to Protect Their Rights
California recently expanded its statute of limitations for child sexual abuse cases. Despite the ability to file abuse cases from years or even decades ago, there’s a risk that these new rules could lull victims into complacency. If you are an older adult who was sexually abused as a child in California you have until…
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Physical Health Effects in Child Sexual Abuse Victims
Victims of childhood sexual abuse will experience a number of physical consequences, some of which won’t be seen until they reach adulthood. But regardless of when these effects manifest themselves, treating sexual abuse and sexual violence requires caring for all aspects of the child’s health. Those who perpetrate sexual abuse, or allow it to happen,…
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Social and Emotional Effects in Child Sexual Abuse Victims
How children behave around others and feel about themselves, can be drastically altered if they become victims of sexual abuse. The social and emotional effects of child sexual abuse are well-documented and very difficult to treat. Children may cause further harm to themselves or carry many of these issues into adulthood. Our law firm works…
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Mental Health Effects in Child Sexual Abuse Victims
Sexual abuse victims suffer long-term consequences, and the effects are especially pronounced in children. Victims are likely to have severe problems as a result of their abuse when compared to non-victims. If you or someone you know is a child victim of sexual abuse, seeking professional mental health counseling and treatment is essential. And an…
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New York Gives Sex Abuse Victims Extra Time To Seek Justice In Wake Of COVID-19 Crisis
Since going into effect in 2019, New York’s Child Victims Act has given thousands of childhood sexual abuse survivors the ability to bring their abusers to justice. The law allows sexual abuse survivors, regardless of their present age or when they were sexually abused, whose claims were previously time-barred a new window of opportunity to…
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It Can Take Years To Realize You Were Abused
The childhood sexual abuse survivors Paul Mones represents tell us they are relieved this topic is finally getting the public attention it deserves. Some survivors have been trying for years to tell the world about their abuse only to be ignored. Others were inspired to come forward because open public discourse made them realize they…
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