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 Child Abuse: A Generational Plague

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

- Matthew 5:4

Children are suffering from a hidden epidemic of child abuse and neglect, occurring at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at every level of education. • A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds. • 37 (Thirty-Seven) or more children DIE, every day as a result of abuse. • 80% of children that die from abuse are under the age of 4.• 60% of child fatalities due to maltreatment are not recorded as such on death certificates. • 90% of juvenile sexual abuse victims know their perpetrator in some way. The estimated annual cost of child abuse in the United States for 2008 is $124 billion.Child