FAQs: Help for Survivors
How to define and identify grooming and abuse patterns, as well as find support

It’s OK to ask questions. Here are the most common ones we hear:

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Where can youth find help after sexual abuse?
Where can youth find help after sexual abuse?
A kid I know is being sexually abused, how can I offer peer-to-peer support?
A kid I know is being sexually abused, how can I offer peer-to-peer support?
Is it considered incest that my brother and I used to touch each other when we were younger?
Is it considered incest that my brother and I used to touch each other when we were younger?
My boyfriend told me he molested someone when he was younger, but I don’t understand how he could do that
My boyfriend told me he molested someone when he was younger, but I don’t understand how he could do that
I can’t stop feeling guilty about something I did with my brother when we were little
I can’t stop feeling guilty about something I did with my brother when we were little
I’m worried my friend is being trafficked. How do I help them?
I’m worried my friend is being trafficked. How do I help them?
Did I experience sexual harm?
Did I experience sexual harm?
Was I groomed?
Was I groomed?
What we say to people who are abusive
What we say to people who are abusive
I was abused. Am I an abuser now?
I was abused. Am I an abuser now?
The pastor’s husband is making my friend uncomfortable
The pastor’s husband is making my friend uncomfortable

How can you help a friend who has been sexually harmed? In this blog, we share our response to someone who was concerned about their friend who had been harmed by her pastor’s husband.