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Special report: Young sex abuse survivors, backed by a county attorney, say a new Utah law deprived them of justice
Serial abusers should be tried and punished in adult court, they say.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Annie, now 20, was 16-years old when a classmate in high school raped her and then told her from that moment on, You re my girlfriend, but I m not your boyfriend. From that moment on, he stalked her almost daily. San Juan County Attorney Kendall Laws said he wanted to prosecute Annie s attacker in adult court for sexual assault, but a gap in the law prevented him from doing so.
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Citizens Against Physical and Sexual Abuse is a non-profit domestic violence, sexual abuse and rape recovery center serving Cache County and the Bear Lake area. Calls to the center have increased by over 100% since the pandemic began.
Domestic violence hotlines have been ringing off the hook this year, according to service providers like Jill Anderson, executive director of a Logan-based organization called Citizens Against Physical and Sexual Abuse, or CAPSA.
She said her organization normally receives around 1,200 calls a quarter, but since the pandemic started, that number has gone up to 2,500.
At Seekhaven Family Crisis and Resource Center, a similar service provider in Moab, calls have more than doubled in 2020 compared to 2019.