Lawmakers push for sexual abuse education as senator reveals past abuse

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When Erin Merryn was 6 years old, she never thought what happened to her then, would bring her to the Mississippi.

“I used to carry so much shame about this. I never wanted to talk about it. It was a dirty uncomfortable topic,” said Merryn.

Until age eight, she was sexually abused at the hands of a neighbor. Then from age 11 until 13, it was at the hands of a cousin.

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