Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month—a time to uplift conversations around trauma, healing, and the profound impact mental wellness has on our lives. But for survivors of sexual violence, mental health is not just a month-long theme—it’s a daily struggle that lives in the body, mind, and soul. This year’s theme is: “Turn Awareness into […]
Pursuing Justice for Survivors of Sovereign Grace Ministries Abuse
For decades, the Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM) network was hailed as a model of evangelical leadership. However, it concealed a harrowing truth: a pattern of child sexual abuse and systemic cover-ups that devastated countless lives. The 2016 Washingtonian exposé by Tiffany Stanley revealed the stories of survivors. They endured not only the trauma of abuse but […]
Congress Passes the Take It Down Act
Congress has officially passed the Take It Down Act, an extraordinary step forward for survivor rights and digital accountability. This bipartisan bill aims to crack down on online platforms that knowingly host or fail to remove child sexual abuse material (CSAM). It includes increasingly dangerous AI-generated content. As a survivor and advocate, I cannot overstate […]
PA Files First AI-Generated Child Exploitation Case
In an era where technology evolves at lightning speed, so do the methods of those seeking to exploit it for nefarious purposes. The recent case in York County, Pennsylvania, Luke A. Teipel, 22, of Dallastown, is charged with 33 felony counts of possession of child sexual abuse material, including the artificially generated images, and one […]
Death of Virginia Giuffre-Why Survivors Need Lifesaving Support
The world lost Virginia Giuffre this week — a fierce survivor, advocate, and one of the most public voices against the horrors of institutional sexual abuse. Her work in Survivor Support organizations was invaluable.At just 41 years old, Virginia died by suicide. Her death is heartbreaking.It is devastating.And it should be a wake-up call. Because […]
DOJ Cuts Grants Then Restores
Survivors and Advocates Left Reeling Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice sent shockwaves through the survivor community when it canceled hundreds of grants meant to fund vital crime victim services, sexual assault crisis hotlines, and advocacy programs across the country. Now, after fierce public outcry, the DOJ has reversed its decision and announced that some of the canceled […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses Administrator Confesses to Abuse
Confessions of child sexual abuse by a Jehovah’s Witnesses administrator. Yet instead of accountability, silence was reportedly demanded. A lawsuit filed in New Orleans has brought these allegations into the public eye — giving survivors across the country a chilling reminder of how institutions have historically failed to protect the vulnerable. According to reports, the […]
New Jersey Sues Discord For Failing to Protect Children
In a precedent setting move, the State of New Jersey has filed a lawsuit against Discord, the popular chat platform, alleging that the company failed to take adequate steps to protect minors from sexual exploitation, grooming, and harmful content. This case sends a clear message: tech companies cannot turn a blind eye to the abuse happening on […]
Colorado’s Push to Eliminate SOL for Child Sexual Abuse Survivors
There is no deadline on trauma. For Colorado survivors, there shouldn’t be one on justice, either. In an inspiring move for survivors, Colorado lawmakers are once again pushing to eliminate the civil statute of limitations for child sexual abuse — a reform that would allow victims to file lawsuits no matter how long ago the abuse occurred. This […]
Maryland Just Capped Child Victims Act
File Your Claim Before June 1st, 2025 to Avoid Caps On Your Justice. In 2023, Maryland made headlines for doing what so many survivors of child sexual abuse had long been fighting for — the passage of the Child Victims Act, which abolished the civil statute of limitations for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. The law […]
