Post by Logan on Feb 10, 2016 4:12:15 GMT -6
Attorney General Beshear and first lady Bevin team up to fight child sexual abuse
FRANKFORT -- Although they are on different political sides, first lady Glenna Bevin and Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear announced Tuesday a statewide training program aimed at protecting Kentucky’s children from sexual abuse.
Beshear, a Democrat, and the wife of Gov. Matt Bevin, a Republican, are promoting nearly 20 training sessions to help law enforcement, prosecutors, social workers, community advocates, religious affiliates, parents and educators in keeping children safe. They will focus on how sexual predators try to approach children. An estimated one in 10 children will be sexually abused by the time they are 18.
“In Kentucky, it’s everyone’s legal duty and moral responsibility to protect children from abuse,” Beshear said in a news conference at a the Capitol. “As attorney general, I’m proud to lead this important effort with the first lady and all our leaders, advocates, prosecutors and law enforcement agencies to train and communicate ways we can prevent child abuse in every corner of the state.”
He said sexually abused children carry scars for life, often affecting their education and careers. Many of these children are abused by people they love, he said.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article59334488.html
FRANKFORT -- Although they are on different political sides, first lady Glenna Bevin and Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear announced Tuesday a statewide training program aimed at protecting Kentucky’s children from sexual abuse.
Beshear, a Democrat, and the wife of Gov. Matt Bevin, a Republican, are promoting nearly 20 training sessions to help law enforcement, prosecutors, social workers, community advocates, religious affiliates, parents and educators in keeping children safe. They will focus on how sexual predators try to approach children. An estimated one in 10 children will be sexually abused by the time they are 18.
“In Kentucky, it’s everyone’s legal duty and moral responsibility to protect children from abuse,” Beshear said in a news conference at a the Capitol. “As attorney general, I’m proud to lead this important effort with the first lady and all our leaders, advocates, prosecutors and law enforcement agencies to train and communicate ways we can prevent child abuse in every corner of the state.”
He said sexually abused children carry scars for life, often affecting their education and careers. Many of these children are abused by people they love, he said.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article59334488.html