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From Penn State to the Citadel to the Catholic Church, sexual abuse allegations in both public and private institutions are rampant–not just in the US but worldwide.
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA, March 06, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ — The Courthouse News Service even reported recently on the In the Father’s Hands Children’s Home, an orphanage in Haiti where the staff sexually molested and assaulted the young children in their care–and the ministry that ran the home attempted to keep this tragedy from coming to light.
According to Orphan Hope International, more than eight million boys and girls live in institutional care worldwide, and studies have shown they are four times more likely to be sexually abused than children who live with families.
“The inexcusable problem with almost all institutions is that there is no standard system in place to report child sexual abuse, sexual predators, and perpetrators of sexual criminal attacks,” says [url=http:// www.letgoletpeacecomein.org]Peter S. Pelullo[/url], the founder of Let Go…Let Peace Come In, a foundation dedicated to helping adult survivors of sexual abuse. “Without clearly defined rules and a culture of zero tolerance, there is a proclivity to deny, cover up, and protect and defend the institution rather than the population it has been built to serve.”
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