Far too often, innocent children are subjected to neglect and abuse from parents, relatives and other adults in their lives. Individuals who are supposed to provide care and support may instead deprive children of their needs and physically, mentally and sexually...

Children are often trusting of adults, especially when those adults seem nice, give them gifts or otherwise try to make the children feel as if the adults are trustworthy. Unfortunately, predators in New Mexico and elsewhere often use these tactics and then use that...

Teachers and other employees that work in an educational setting are often trusted by students. Most often, teachers and other school workers do their best to protect students and work toward helping them thrive. Unfortunately, some individuals take an unscrupulous...

Parents typically want to do whatever they can to protect their children. Unfortunately, as well as they try, their children can still fall victim to serious physical or emotional harm. One of the most harrowing situations a parent could consider their child facing is...

Being subjected to wrongdoing for years can have a significant effect on how a child sees him or herself and how he or she grows up. Unfortunately, too many children in New Mexico and across the country are subjected to sexual abuse that can go on for years because...

Young children often find themselves in situations that are controlled by the adults around them. Unfortunately, some children do not have loving and trustworthy adults around. In fact, the adults that are supposed to be caring for those children could commit acts of...

It is an unfortunate reality that many children are subjected to unwanted sexual contact from adults. Because these adults are often trusted individuals, it can be difficult for children to come forward and tell others about what is happening or has happened to them....

Many parents sign their children up for activities that they believe will help them grow and learn new skills. It is likely that many New Mexico parents enrolled their children in the Boy Scouts of America over the decades thinking that their children would have fun,...

Far too many people in New Mexico and beyond have faced true horrors in their past. For many young people, sexual abuse may have been a real life nightmare that they endured once or possibly multiple times. In some cases, abusers are once-trusted individuals who took...

It seems no one is immune to the dark proclivities of some people. Even stars such as Matthew McConaughey could not escape sexual abuse. New Mexico victims of this type of assault may find inspiration and some solace in his story. McConaughey reveals in his new book...