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	Delaware: Ex-NFL Player Urges Child Abuse Victims to Speak out Associated Press March 5, 2008 http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080305/WCT01/80305042/1002/NEWS01 WILMINGTON — A former professional football player, who says he was sexually abused as a teenager, is encouraging child sexual abuse victims in Delaware not to be afraid to step forward and tell their stories. Members of the Survivor's Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, traveled to Wilmington today to also encourage law enforment officials to extend their support and encouragement to victims of pedophilia. With them was former linebacker Al Chesley, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles in the late 1970s and 1980s. Chesley says he was abused as a young teenager by a member of the Washington D.C. police department. Chesley says until now he has been unwilling or unable to tell his story publicly. Chesley says other victims of child molestation need to know that they are not to blame and that there are people ready and willing to help them if they reach out.
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