FACT: The definition of child sexual abuse is broader than most people realize.
Often a traumatic experience for children and teens, child sexual abuse is a criminal offense punishable by law in many societies.
Child sexual abuse includes: • any sexual act between an adult and a minor, or between two minors, when one exerts power over the other. • forcing, coercing or persuading a child to engage in any type of sexual act. • non-contact acts such as exhibitionism, exposure to pornography, voyeurism, and communicating in a sexual manner by phone or Internet.
