As I began, the words of the abolitionist William Wilberforce ran through my mind: “You may choose to look the other way but you can never again say you did not know.”[1] In 1789, filled with passion over the evil of slavery and an unflinching commitment to see it end, he had risen in the British Parliament and described in unwavering graphic detai

I choose to forgive. I choose to want Larry’s repentance and salvation because it is what he needs, not what I want.

The weight of how we fail our children pressed on me as an attorney for victims who’d been abused by priests told a Globe investigative reporter: “Mark my words, Mr. Rezendes. If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse one.”[1]

Why don’t victims report? Because most of the time, the only thing reporting accomplishes is heightening the trauma to almost unbearable levels. It invites an audience to view your sexual assault. It’s choosing to have no voice in the process after having it stolen from you. That’s why victims don’t report.

So much work remains. So much evil to fight. So much healing to reach for. So many wounded to love. Consider this your invitation to join in that work. To do what is right, no matter the cost. To hold to the straight line in the midst of the battle. To define your success by faithfulness in the choices you make. The darkness is there, and we cannot

Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. EPHESIANS 3:20-21

“I have this quote above my desk,” she added. “‘Our job is to move a case towards justice. . . . We aren’t the court of justice, but we can be part of reaching for justice.’[3] . . . How do you use this coverage to talk about how predators operate? If we don’t do that, we failed. Anybody can take notes in court or tweet or point a camera.”

“And it was not for any medical purpose; is that correct?” “What?” Larry blurted out in confusion and frustration. He had refused to put that in his statements and couldn’t be forced to, because it wasn’t in the statute. I gasped slightly as I realized what the judge was doing. She had the power to ask clarifying questions, and she was requiring hi

They also taught me that often kids who act out are angry and hurting, so it was important to feel compassion for them too. They told me to tell bullies the truth and remind them that they could, and should, be better—that they were responsible for their choices. And they told me to seek the help of an authority figure rather than angrily mete out