PITTSBURGH - Calls to the state's child abuse hotline soared right after the Penn State child sex abuse scandal broke and then started to drop back. But experts worry that the existing system may not be up to handling even normal demands.
In Pennsylvania, there are usually about 460 calls to a child abuse hotline per day, or 2,300 per five-day week, state Department Public Welfare spokeswoman Carey Miller said.
A federal law needs to be enacted where those making the accusations cannot gain monetarily.All of the settlements made following accusations of sexual abuse by Catholic priests should have told legislators that.If there was no possibility of compensation,the allegations would drop dramatically.In recent years we've all seen cases where people claimed to have been sexually abused 10,20,30 years ago or longer.In some cases the alleged abusers are no longer alive.This may have caused some who have never been abused to claim they were.If said allegations would cost the accusors all relevant legal fees with no possibility of ever being compensated,allegations would miraculously cease.
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ReplyDeleteJust what we don't need, another useless law. Enforce the one's we already have.
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