Monthly Archives: January 2012

Tyler Perry’s Open Letter to Penn State 11-Year-Old

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Sherrill

Hollywood’s Tyler Perry writes to a young boy involved in the Penn State scandal to tell him he isn’t a victim at all—he’s a survivor. Newsweek Magazine — Nov 28, 2011. “Do you know that at the young age of … Continue reading →

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“Boy Scouts now a leader in combating child sex abuse”

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Sherrill

Change is happening and generates some hope.  While it is true that the Penn State tragedy would seem to have had lax policies on protecting children from SV, kudos were given especially to the Boy scouts who themselves have been … Continue reading →

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Amazing

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Sherrill

Kudos to “The Kansas City Star.”  On their front page, and it takes up nearly the whole front page, is “The Alter Boys’ Secret.”  It was even the Sunday paper, December 4, 2011. “Four young lives, innocence lost.  One priest, … Continue reading →

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More on brain Reorganization

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Sherrill

Wow, there is so much in the news these days exposing beyond sadness and devastation   story after story of sexual violence (SV), both past and present.  Are we becoming desensitized to them? The “Kansas City Star” did a brave story … Continue reading →

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In the Land of Blood and Honey continued…

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Sherrill

Well Happy New Year to you all.  Hardly seems possible.  Was it really so long ago that we were afraid of what might happen when it the clock struck midnight and the year 2000 began?  Y2K whatever that was never … Continue reading →

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