Throughout this case, and
similar childhood sexual abuse cases across the country, the Jehovah's Witnesses have refused to produce documents related to their internal handling of reports of sexual abuse and related investigations and disciplinary actions claiming that the information is protected by the clergy - penitent privilege and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Not exact matches
Illuminate Colorado, and members of the Child
Sexual Abuse Prevention Coalition, are hoping to pass
similar legislation in the future to require training on Child
Sexual Abuse Prevention in Early
Childhood settings, as it is estimated that 30 % of Child
Sexual Abuse cases involve children under the age 6.
Similar to findings from SASH,
childhood sexual abuse emerged as a particularly robust risk factor for suicide attempts in younger participants in the WMHS cross-national analysis, with a 10.9 times higher OR of suicide attempts in children, a 6.1 times higher likelihood in adolescents and a 2.9-fold risk in young adults who were exposed.20 This is in keeping with the Enns hypothesis that
sexual abuse results in suicidal behaviour at a younger age.21 Consistent with other studies,
childhood physical and
sexual abuse, in particular, emerged as risk factors for the emergence and persistence of suicidal behaviour, especially in adolescence.
The adult - onset group's risk profile was
similar to that of the never - depressed group with the exception of elevated
childhood sexual abuse.