HARRISBURG—The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape and Prevent Child Abuse Pennsylvania will sponsor a collection drive to support the delivery of services to victims of child sexual assault across Pennsylvania and the HERO project Saturday at Beaver Stadium in State College.

HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR) released a letter to the Penn State University Board of Trustees today offering resources, insight and expertise on child sexual abuse in light of the allegations against former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky.

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May is Mental Health Month. And when you are part of the movement to end sexual violence, you can’t help but intersect with mental health. It’s a cyclical relationship. People with a range of mental health issues are at greater risk of experiencing sexual violence, and people who experience sexual violence are at a greater risk of having mental health issues.

from the Bloomsburg, PA Press Enterprise

Southern made a tragedy worse

Try to picture this scene, and see if it doesn't make your blood boil: A teenage boy has been declared delinquent for sexually assaulting a girl with whom he attends high school, and now he must appear for sentencing.
There in the courtroom is the principal, the man who is supposed to oversee the education of both the attacker and the victim.
What does the principal do?
With the family of the victim looking on in disbelief, he tells the judge that the attacker is a young man of good character.

 
By Stephanie Steinberg, USA TODAY
Teen "sexting" is on the rise, but teens aren't the only age group sending naked pictures of themselves to others via text message.
 
In a new survey of 1,017 teens and 1,049 parents nationwide, 28% of the parents say they engage in sexting, including sending texts with sexual content or nude pictures of themselves.

HARRISBURG - Agents from the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Child Predator Unit have arrested a Lehigh County man who arrived at a pre-determined location yesterday to meet what he believed was a 15-year old girl. The "girl" was actually an undercover agent.
 
Attorney General Tom Corbett identified the defendant as Norman Hutchko, 25, 432 S. Leh St., Allentown.