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Were you sexually abused as a child by a priest, deacon or any other member of the Church? You are not alone. We are here to help abuse survivors. Stand up against your abuser and help prevent this from happening to someone else. Please fill out our confidential online contact form or call Toll Free 1-866-777-2557 and a Florida Sex Abuse Lawyer will get back to you within 24 hours to answer any of your questions. This is a free consultation. Making the call is sometimes the hardest step, but it is often a necessary step on the road to healing. Priest Sex Abuse Lawyer Florida
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Throughout past decades, immense social pressures existed to prevent victims of child sexual abuse from coming forward. Survivors hated distressing relatives and putting them through emotional turmoil, were nervous outsiders would probably feel they were by some means responsible for the abuse, and anticipated being disbelieved or harshly challenged. They realized that claims against a popular leader or authority figure can often be covered up.
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Nowadays, those pressures continue to exist, but there is a positive change. Contrasting inducements now are present to inspire coming forward. In today’s social environment, there exists more acceptance and also understanding of abuse victims. In a few areas, statues of limitations are being increased or done away with, so survivors can look for justice and much-deserved settlements, even regarding crimes that occurred decades ago. And in many cases survivors’ accounts are being actively sought out.
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In Florida, the attorney general has launched a tip site for victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests. The site was announced in fall 2018 as part of an ongoing investigation into 7 archdioceses in the state, and will assemble tips from both victims and third parties. Authorities report that all information from tipsters is going to be kept private. It calls for relevant facts such as the name of the abuser and the location of the incidents. Just days after the start of the site, authorities stated they had received 15 tips.
The initiative is part of a nationwide trend toward more proactively examining child sex crimes in the church. It was started in part by a massive 2018 Pennsylvania grand jury report outlining the large scale of predatory conduct by priests in that state.
A tip line like this one could inspire people to come forward who might otherwise have been uncertain whether anyone in law enforcement might have been focused on looking into their allegations. And with an investigation already ongoing, almost any new facts this website brings forth can supply support and proof for accusations that are already being looked into.
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Situations like these in the Catholic church exhibit how violations of power can grow should there be no visibility or recourse for victims. Campaigns such as tip lines can help defeat a culture where people towards the top of a hierarchy can exploit the vulnerable.
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