Residents outraged by alleged abuser's presence at parade

ST. MARYS, Ga. -- Some Camden County residents are outraged that a local karate instructor was allowed to participate in a St. Marys Mardi Gras parade with students over the weekend.

They're upset because seven former students allege in a lawsuit that the instructor molested them when they were children. Two years ago, the District Attorney looking into allegations of child sexual abuse found probable cause but said the statute of limitations had expired.

That karate instructor, Craig Peeples, has not been charged with a crime and he has no restrictions to stay away from children. The association that hosted the parade says he was allowed to participate.

Sex Abuse Statute of Limitations Reform 2015 Year in Review: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly→

The movement to eliminate and revive expired statutes of limitations (SOLs) for child sex abuse made significant progress in 2015. It also inspired a new and related SOL reform movement for all rape victims, young and old, as the SOLs became a major factor in the dozens of out-of-statute allegations against Bill Cosby, as I discuss here. Finally, there is a decided trend in SOL reform that needs to be stemmed and reversed before our children will be safe: legislators’ willingness to let institutions off the hook.

The SOL reform movement is also increasingly global. There is a growing global movement to extend or eliminate the SOLs in many countries, and particularly in Australia, where the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has conducted searching inquiries into many arenas of abuse, from churches to schools to sports.

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Thank you Kayla Harrison - Olympic & World Champion
“Four years ago today this article was published… where I spoke publicly about my past for the first time. I can’t tell you how nervous and anxious I was about this. I cried for the entire interview and my hands shook for hours afterwards, but I also felt lighter after leaving that room. And for the first time, I felt as if maybe I had a purpose, and it wasn’t just throwing people.
The response to this article was overwhelmingly positive and supportive and I can not thank you enough for that. Your love and support have made me a stronger, better person.
I am forever grateful to those who stood by me in my darkest hours. You know who you are and you have my eternal love and loyalty.
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from indomitable will.” -Gandhi

I watch child pornography to prosecute sex crimes. The kids’ silence is deafening.→

A devastating read, but all too true.
“Child sex abuse victims face a dilemma. To be recognized as victims, they cannot remain silent, but they must be silent enough to seem authentically hurt.”

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