Joyce Meyer: My biological father raped me a minimum of 200 times

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• Children are three times likely to be victims of sexual abuse than adults, with strangers as minority perpetrators
• For internationally renowned televangelist Joyce Meyer, the perpetrator was her biological father
• child neglect and abandonment are the chief grounds upon which abuse thrives

A child is likely to be molested by those closest to you: her own father, uncle, cousin, nephew, neighbor or friend. Not a stranger.

The 2016 Child Protection Report by Childline Kenya reveals that children are three times likely to be victims of sexual abuse than adults, with strangers as minority perpetrators. The report further reveals that child neglect and abandonment are the chief grounds upon which abuse thrives.