UNITED STATES
Mercury News

By Amy Dickinson
Tribune Content Agency
POSTED: 04/13/2015

DEAR AMY: I am 15, and there is a man at my church who makes me feel harassed. At a concert, he started to give me a shoulder massage. My dad was there and saw it, but he didn’t do anything. This man is 30 years my senior and just went through a divorce.

Lately he’s making any excuse to give me a hug or touch me.

He is a doctor and is respected. I’m almost afraid to tell my dad because he wouldn’t believe me.

How can I either avoid this man or confront him?

Troubled Teen

DEAR TROUBLED: You’re smart to pay attention to your gut. Do not be in the same room with this man if he makes you uncomfortable.

That means if he comes into a room, you leave it. Always…