{"id":3612,"date":"2015-08-20T21:58:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T04:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=3612"},"modified":"2015-08-21T08:26:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T15:26:00","slug":"reading-athletes-accuse-coach-of-years-of-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2015\/08\/20\/reading-athletes-accuse-coach-of-years-of-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading &#8211; Athletes accuse coach of years of abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2645,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/1hu9IIu&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/1hu9IIu&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Another youth sport infected by sexual abuse. 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