Others talk of sexual abuse only after months, or even years.
Now we know much more about both physical and sexual abuse.
The boy was 11 or 12 years old when the sexual abuse started.
Things like sexual abuse have been going on for a long time.
The student told other school officials, who reported the sexual abuse to the police.
"She said the sexual abuse had been going on for a number of years."
Sexual abuse within the community is often not reported to police.
If you go beyond the words sexual abuse and look at the case, then it's a different story.
"And you knew about the sexual abuse from the start?"
We did it for physical and sexual abuse of children.