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Opinion piece: Outside interests shouldn’t prevent protecting children

Letter to the editor, published in The News Journal, May 11, 2007 The reactionary group TFP has financed a full-page ad of disingenuous legal arguments and outright lies in The News Journal. Why is this radical group of outsiders telling Delaware’s Legislature to protect child molesters rather than children? By passing the Child Victims Act, … Continue reading

Opinion piece: Catholic Church hierarchy is accountable for child abuse

Letter to the editor, published in The News Journal, May 10, 2007 It is interesting that the only Catholic Church group not maligned and held up for blame or responsibility in a full-page advertisement May 4 was the hierarchy, the bishops. The bishops are responsible for the position the institutional church finds itself in today, … Continue reading

Opinion piece: Protecting children is more important than money

Letter to the editor, published in The News Journal, May 10, 2007 Senate Bill 29, the Child Victims Act, will greatly assist in protecting children in Delaware from sexual abuse by eliminating the statute of limitation in civil cases and allowing a two-year look-back window for those abused. Today, the bill will be reviewed in … Continue reading

Opinion piece: Tell children that secrets can be a sign of abuse

Letter to the editor, published in The News Journal, April 22, 2007 There have been a number of local and national cases in which children were neglected, or were physically and sexually abused. For nearly 30 years, Prevent Child Abuse Delaware has been educating children about personal safety and abuse. We discuss the difference between … Continue reading

Opinion Piece: Child abusers should not be allowed to get away with it

Letter to the editor, published in The News Journal, April 10, 2007 After reading the article regarding Senate Bill 29 and attending the committee meeting in Dover, we felt compelled to voice our views on this matter. As we listened to the victims talk of their experiences we were numb. We have never heard anything … Continue reading

Opinion Piece: Diocese’s logic flawed on abuse of children

Letter to the editor, published in The Dialog, April 5, 2007 Though undoubtedly well intentioned, the position of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington on Senate Bill 29, the Child Victim’s Act (March 22 editorial in The Dialog), is skewed by two fatal flaws in logic concerning the nature of sexual abuse of children. First, the … Continue reading

Opinion piece: Pass abuse bill to protect children from predators

Letter to the editor, published in The News Journal, April 5, 2007 A national expert reported recently that the bishops of the Catholic Church raised the bar significantly to prevent child sexual abuse. It represents “the first truly comprehensive plan” for preventing abuse within a large-scale child-serving organization. This charter was written in 2002. Fast-forward … Continue reading