Plan betrays brave victims of sex abuse - Protecting abused children

IMAGINE a child of 12 or 13, a nervous, look-away girl or an overly aggressive boy, frightened, cornered, and untrusting because they have been abused, physically or sexually.

Imagine that the child has been dangerously neglected by someone close to them or, as is the case in the minority of child abuse tragedies, a stranger.

Imagine if that young person, already grievously betrayed by an adult, can still find just one adult they still trust enough to share their horror with, one they believe will help them.