Everywhere...

It began when she was  five.
For these boys, it began at eight.
Here, it appears five children may not have been enough.
Children are not safe from anyone, not even those whom they are expected to trust, even parents.
And it often does not stop when they grow up.
For so many children, it is because of the silence, because it is easier to avoid addressing the problem, to skirt the issue, to be expedient.
Would that it were every single state, every single city has this campaign.


Lord, have mercy.  Christ, have mercy.  Lord, have mercy.