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Public commenter urges more support for assault survivors, cites local allegations in Marion County
Summary
A public commenter at a Marion County meeting described services for assault survivors, cited online statistics and local allegations including a lawsuit involving an 8-year-old at Marion Media School, and urged continued outreach and accompaniment for victims.
A public commenter at a Marion County meeting urged greater community support for victims of sexual assault, describing shelter, counseling and accompaniment services and citing recent allegations she said had occurred locally.
The commenter, identified in the transcript only as a public commenter, told attendees the organization provides relocation help, orders of protection and free counseling for victims and accompanies survivors to hospitals for forensic testing. "We have a shelter that they can go into," she said, and added that staff "are there with them" when survivors undergo testing.
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