Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 1108

Tonight's show involved an unexpected special guest, Colonel Worten, US Special Forces from Florida (retired) who called in to comment on the autobiographical book he'd recently read, "Out of the Darkness: The Michelle Bless Story" which was written by one of NAASCA's most dedicated family members, volunteers and show panelists, Michelle Bless from Cincinnati, Ohio. During the course of the show he shared with us how important it was for him to have encountered her meaningful work, and how he recognized the positive and important contribution we were making to the issues child abuse and specifically to the subject of Military Rape. Included was a discussion of how unfairly military personnel and veterans have been treated both when reporting sexual and trauma transgressions, usually committed at the hands of superior officers, and when seeking medical and other kinds of veteran's services.