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Today in the Mission Yearbook: February 4, 2018
PRESBYTERIAN COUNCIL FOR CHAPLAINS AND MILITARY PERSONNEL - 6,172 cases of sexual assault were reported in the Department of Defense in 2016, a slight increase over 2015 and a sharp jump from 2012, when 3,604 cases were reported. This sharp increase likely stems as much from an increased willingness to report as it does from an increase in assaults. Six out of 10 survivors reported retaliation for having reported.
These are not just numbers on a page but lives that have been changed forever. As the Department of Defense seeks to comprehend the scope of this scourge, military chaplains have implemented one step forward for the victims ...
PRESBYTERIAN COUNCIL FOR CHAPLAINS AND MILITARY PERSONNEL - 6,172 cases of sexual assault were reported in the Department of Defense in 2016, a slight increase over 2015 and a sharp jump from 2012, when 3,604 cases were reported. This sharp increase likely stems as much from an increased willingness to report as it does from an increase in assaults. Six out of 10 survivors reported retaliation for having reported.
These are not just numbers on a page but lives that have been changed forever. As the Department of Defense seeks to comprehend the scope of this scourge, military chaplains have implemented one step forward for the victims ...
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