I shared this story about former professional baseball player Mel Hall across some of the social networks last night, but the more I read it, the more I am convinced that if you want to see grooming at it’s finest, go read some of the stories included in that piece. From a distance it might…
Sadly, and perhaps tellingly, even when his abuser has been convicted and is serving what is likely to be the rest of his life in jail, there are still people who attack him for telling his story. This just goes to prove that there will always be people who don’t want to hear it and…
Unfortunately, the rather detailed story that appeared in the Washington Post is all too familiar to anyone who’s been paying attention. Man is suffering from mental illness, possibly delusional, but refuses to get treatment. What is a family to do? The law says you can’t have someone involuntarily committed until they prove to be “a…
Cross-posted from my Sports Blog. I was looking at some of my online news sources for thing to share on my various sites when I came across an article written by a student interning as a sportswriter, Megan Armstrong, taking her battle with depression public. The part of the article that got my attention as…
Chuck Wielgus, the executive director of USA Swimming, was due to be inducted into the USA Swimming Hall of Fame, however, with the recent revelations about widespread sexual abuse of minors by swimming coaches, there was an outcry against his induction. According to the Women’s Sports Foundation’s letter to the HOF committee: “more than 100…
Thanks to the Washington County, Oregon detectives, and the Oregonian, we have a list of 25 things the detectives want all parents to know about child sex abuse. Would you add anything to the list?
