Sexual Abuse
Etowah County man charged with sexual abuse and child pornography; victim spoke up after seeing school presentation
GADSDEN, Ala. (WHNT-TV News) – The Etowah County Sheriff’s Office says a school presentation about sexual abuse resulted in a man being put in jail on child sex abuse and pornography charges. Thomas Aaron Craig, 30, is charged in connection with sexual abuse and pornography with minors, according to Sheriff Todd Entrekin. Craig, of Gadsden, was […]
Heal the World
Trigger warning! Tonight I watched on facetime Governor Walker of Alaska sign Erin’s Law making it the 25th state. I love technology and what you can do these days. I felt like I was right there. Alaska was one of the hardest states to get it passed in. I spent a week there last year […]
AN UNIMAGINABLE ACT
November 5th was the release of my third book AN UNIMAGINABLE ACT I had an excellent book launch in New York City where I went on FOX news and MSNBC. You can read excerpts from the book posted on Katie Couric’s Website here. This book is much more then just a book about my abuse […]
An Unimaginable Act
I begin my third book: An Unimaginable Act with the introduction describing the worst day of my life at just the tender age of 6 weeks shy of my 7th birthday. Details of that day that have never been made public before. Details I have only ever shared with a therapist, my husband, and editor […]
Do not let the Sun go Down while you are still Angry
I remember looking up into this man’s face and could not understand why he was smiling by causing me so much pain as I cried begging him to stop. The innocent 7 year old that I was could not make sense of it. Raping me once was not enough he continued to torture me and […]
I Never did it for Recognition
You are looking at an image of several awards I have received for my mission in protecting children through Erin’s Law. From the pens Governor’s have signed Erin’s Law with, to the big orange metal with my name engraved in metal that says, “Erin Merryn Glamour Woman of the Year.” The key to the […]
Glamour Woman of the Year Awards
Glamour Woman of the Year Video Erin Merryn Announced on TODAY show as Glamour Woman of the Year Chicago NBC 5 interview with Erin Merryn as Glamour Magazine Woman of the Year After getting my hair and makeup done in a room with Olympic gold medalists from this summers Olympics it was off to […]
Germantown native and Oakland University women’s basketball coach Beckie Francis reveals childhood sexual abuse (video)
(DAILY FREEMAN) KINGSTON N.Y. – Beckie Francis, a Germantown, N.Y., native and the women’s basketball coach at Oakland University, has revealed that she’s the survivor of childhood sexual abuse. In an Associated Press story this week, Francis said her now-deceased father sexually abused her from the age of 4 until the seventh grade. “It irritates […]
Beckie Francis: Oakland U coach breaks silence about sexual abuse
(THE WASHINGTON TIMES) ROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) — Beckie Francis remembers sitting on her couch last year, staring in amazement as she watched Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts reveal on TV that he was a survivor of sexual abuse. Francis turned to her husband and told him she could do the same thing. The women’s basketball […]
“Screams only I can hear, a face only I can see, pain only I can feel, tears only I can taste, a day only I will never forget.”
As I was being driven back to the airport last April after one of my many spring events the director of the agency asked me if it is hard after I am done giving the speech. When I am no longer standing in front of an audience and I am alone. Does bringing it all […]
