By coming forward and telling your story, you can help not only yourself but also many of your comrades who have endured the same abuse. Your statement will aid those who read it by helping them to realize that they are not the only ones with such problems. This forum is meant also to tell others how this website may have helped you or those around you. Please keep your comments to under 200 words and realize that this foundation has the right to edit or delete.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, April 1, 2006, reported that a child predator had been sentenced to prison for life. While that news was nothing revolutionary, the comments of one of his victims is worth mentioning. Seven years before this court sentencing, this man had sexually molested a ten-year old, who, now aged 17, stood in the courtroom and faced him. Her words, prepared in a statement read to the abuser by the judge, revealed the courage to challenge her abuser and to start her own healing journey: "You are finally faced with taking responsibility for your actions. I will never understand why men like you do things like that to innocent, powerless little girls, but I do know that after today there will be one less predator out on the streets. You might have had control over me that October day, but today I am in control … and you have lost. … To all those girls and women who are victims of sexual abuse, but are hiding it, please come forward. These men cannot and will not control our lives. We are stronger and wiser than them. We need to let our voices be heard."