NEW YORK
Queens Ledger
by Margaret Markey
Details continue to unfold about the shocking scandals over allegations of child sexual abuse and coverup at Penn State University and at Syracuse University here in New York.
Shocking as these cases are, the rape and sexual abuse of children is sadly a national epidemic. The statistics about this national plague are startling:
• 20 percent of America’s children suffer sexual abuse, according to the National Institute of Justice;
• Of those, 56 percent suffer their abuse at the hands of family members or other people they trust and respect; and
• Only 10 percent of predators are ever exposed
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