NEBRASKA
World-Herald
By Teresa Lostroh
WORLD-HERALD BUREAU
LINCOLN — More than 100 adults who were sexually abused as children have come to Cynthia Topf for help over the past 25 years, the Omaha clinical psychologist said.
A definitive event — the death of their abuser or the birth of a child, for example — often prompts victims to seek counseling for the anger, depression and nightmares that can linger long after the abuse.
Topf works with some clients to emotionally prepare them as they seek justice in civil courts. But many victims come to her long after the opportunity for their day in court has expired.
Under current Nebraska law, child sexual assault lawsuits must be filed by the victim’s 25th birthday. Criminal child sex assault cases have no statute of limitations.
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