When I decided to talk with the police about the childhood abuse I had experienced, I had no expectations that anything would come of it.
Unfortunately, from a legal standpoint I was correct. It would have been incredibly difficult to prosecute having happened long ago and was not worth the risk of the safety concerns I would face now.
At the end of the process, Mary, the victim advocate who I was working with, suggested we complete an application to get the costs of counseling covered through the Office of Victims Services.
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