This is about the abuse of children by those who should be trusted figures. Listen with care.
Episode 78, part two of my conversation with Melanie Perkins McLaughlin, host of Open Investigation, the 9-part investigative podcast, and documentary filmmaker of "Have You Seen Andy?", we explore classism, child exploitation, and the vital role of advocacy in creating safer communities for all children and adult survivors of CSA, revealing dark realities and how society was largely silent or ignorant to such horrors. Horrors like the institutional failures that allowed predators to thrive, from widespread clergy abuse, to sex abuse rings and their use of CB radios in targeting children. We see the role of advocacy with the creation of the sex offender registry and A.M.B.E.R. Alert System, established because of children like Jacob Wetterling, Johnny Gosch, Etan Patz, Adam Walsh, and Amber Hagerman, emphasizing the need for legislative reforms to protect our most vulnerable.
- National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)
- Kristen Lombardi, reported on clergy sex abuse for the Boston Phoenix before the Spotlight team broke the story on a larger scale
- Gisèle Pelicot, SA survivor who refuses to stay anonymous
- Ann Burgess, Boston nurse and author how studies America’s Most Notorious in order to stop them
- Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score
- Judy Herman, Truth and Repair
- Sister Cathy Cesnik, her murder is at the center of The Keepers doc
- SNAP Network, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
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