What is Sexual Abuse?

Sexual abuse is defined as any situation where a child is used by another person for sexual purposes.  This includes teens and other children.  Abuse can range from non-physical to actual touching offenses which include:

• Fondling or touching private body parts (breasts, buttocks or genitals)
• Mouth to genital contact 
• Genital to genital contact 

Non-physical abuse includes:                   

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• Exposing private body parts to a child
• Showing a child sexually explicit materials
• Forcing a child to watch others engaged in sexual acts
• Taking sexually oriented or nude photos or video of a child
• Obscene phone calls or internet communication