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Your observation is well made.
Imagine if no one spoke out, would the abuse be going on today? No one can say for sure, but my gut feeling is that we are giving the young MKs of today a better chance than alas so many of us had, and that makes all the effort and tears worth while. If we can help others to find a healing path, then that is the icing on the cake and we can hold on to the belief that none of this effort has been in vane.

Bemused, actually your parents should be very proud of you that you have overcome your past and have built a future. You are now putting your efforts in to helping others that have been betrayed by the very people who should have been a good testimony to them. Full stop.

We love your heart, Raz!

Abused MKs: There are many of us. Please do not despair. There are many of us who care.
We are crying.
We are tired.
We are bulldogs, holding on.
We are working for justice.
We will listen to you.
We will hold you up in any way we can.

Thanks, MB.

It's good to know you are still in the struggle. Your support means a lot.

I don't know where or how to post this. While I support all the MKs search for healing and speaking out against abuse by clergy I want to bring to their attention that this is not just something that happens in MK schools. Anyone that has children in USA public schools are at very high risk for abuse. See article: http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archiv ... r/10040101. I went to public school and am aware of the abuse which is left unspoken by students out of fear, not just from school boards but from other students. I am aware of things that happened in public schools, everything from sodomy with a broom stick on up. To MKs now living in the USA with children, please be aware that your children have a high risk of abuse in public institutions and will not be able to speak out without possibly being abused even more for speaking out or even telling their parents. I have spoken to many of my contemporaries and we have all shared common ways of how we survived silently through public school to avoid the abuse. To parents, be aware that abuse is probably happening in the public sector and support your children in everyway you can. I don't believe that closing abusive institutions will bring an end to abuse. Parents being proactive in speaking out and institutions dealing immediately and decisively with abusers will be a big step forward. Abuse will never end as long as their are humans on this earth. But lets not be afraid to call abuse what it is, stand up for the abused, and denounce those who are abusers.

Thanks for your good post, Outside Insider. Yes, that is a very timely reminder that abuse can happen to anyone, anywhere.

I have eight grandchildren. Some of them are now school-aged.

My life experience has taught me that you never truly know anyone, nor can you ever guarantee anyone's safety.

This is a harsh reality to grapple with when I have grandchildren I love so much.

Life really is dangerous and difficult.

God help us all. And please, please save the children.

Re the question of where are all the MKs?

As someone who has been through a major earthquake disaster recently, the population can be drawn up into different groups of human nature:

1) There are those who due to trauma, injury or circumstance that cannot help themselves.

2) There are those who work tirelessly to help others, often at considerable expense.

3) And alas there are those who complain nothing is being done, but do nothing for others and only turn up to get in the front of the line for handouts when they are announced.

If Penn State ran the headline "We are paying compensation to all those affected by this event", bet there would be a major increase in interest. Probably even a stampede of "those affected".

Alas it is human nature.