KNOW THE FACTS:

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•  1 in 3 girls will be sexually assaulted by the age of 18                                                                                                                 

• Someone known and trusted by the child or child’s family members, perpetrates 91% of child sexual abuse                                                                                                                

• Females exposed to child sexual abuse are at  2-13 times increased risk of sexual violence victimization in adulthood   and  twice the risk for non-sexual intimate partner violence                                                                                                            

• Experiencing child sexual abuse  can result in depression, PTSD, eating disorders, substance abuse, heart disease, cancer, obesity, STDs, and physical injuries.    CDC.gov

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• Suffering sexual abuse distorts survivors’ image of God (Crisp, 2004; Hurley, 2004)

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