It is a widely held but erroneous belief — even within the justice system — that people who are sexually assaulted will always respond with a “fight-or-flight” response. But the reality is that many sexual assault victims have neither of these exact responses. Instead, they have a completely different but also natural, less-talked-about reaction to high-stress, fear-filled situations. That response…
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SEXUAL ABUSE LAWSUIT
Mormon Church accused of failing to report sexual abuse
According to the Associated Press, a Navajo man is suing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for failing to report sexual abuse he allegedly suffered at the hands of his foster father while in a foster care program called the Lamanite Placement Program in the 1970s. The man, identified as L.K. in the lawsuit, says that he reported the…