Expert on trauma discusses why some sexual assault survivors wait years to come forward
Why some sexual assault survivors wait years to come forward By Ashlea Kosikowski | April 15, 2021 at 3:07 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 5:10 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - New allegations of sex crimes against students at New Hanover County Schools sent shockwaves through our community over the past few weeks.
Since 2018, five coaches, educators or administrators have been charged with sex crimes involving underage students.
While she could not comment on the specifics of either of these cases, Chelsea Croom, from The Rape Crisis Center of Coastal Horizons Center, Inc., said it is not rare for a rape survivor to come forward years or even decades after the assault.