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We fight -- hard and tough -- for adult victims of childhood sexual abuse.

The damage these men and women have faced can be incomprehensible. And the weight of abuse can echo across a lifetime, causing immeasurable harm to the victim, to their family, and to their community. 


Especially when weighed with the fact that so many times that damage has been hidden and so often even enabled by institutions: the companies, churches, schools and organizations that make up the fabric of our daily lives. 

 

We formed in 2021 to aggressively connect dots and bring to light -- making as many people as aware as possible -- egregious examples of childhood sexual abuse hidden and enabled by institutions and their leaders; and to promote and advocate for legal avenues for adult victims to fight back.

Our focus and tactics are twofold:

 

  • First, use social media and reporting to bring as much public attention as possible to institutions - companies, religious organizations, associations, academic institutions, and sporting groups - and their leadership, who enabled individuals to sexually abuse children and worked to cover up the abuse and the lifetime damage it causes. We intend that focused, intense public attention will encourage today's institutions and their leadership to ensure they are not fostering environments where child sex abuse can occur.

    Our first public effort, focused on Gannett and its paperboys in New York State, can be found
    here.  


     

  • Second, to raise awareness for victims about Statute of Limitations / "look-back" laws for adult victims of childhood sexual abuse while applying public pressure on the 19 U.S. states who still have not enacted such laws.

    An excellent resource to find out where your state stands with Statute of Limitations can be found on RAINN's website
    here

Our mission is to help support adult victims of childhood sexual abuse that was enabled by institutions, to find justice.

We intend that our work will in some small way have positive impact on victims. And that it will serve as a deterrent so institutions, and their leadership, will see the long-term impact on them if they enable sexual abuse against children and young people.

 

OUR WORK

If you are in immediate need of someone to talk to about abuse you suffered 

please consider contacting RAINN. They are the country’s leading provider

of sexual assault services and operate the National Sexual Assault Hotline,

accessible 24/7 by phone (800.656.HOPE) and at: hotline.rainn.org/online.

To learn how you can support our work please email: info.cocsa.info@gmail.com
© 2019-2025 Closing Out Childhood Sexual Abuse, a nonprofit organization

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