ICYMI Letters: On the NC Supreme Court And Victims Of Child Sexual Abuse
August 21, 2020
For Immediate Release
Raleigh NC - The Chatham News and Record published a Letter to the Editor from a victim of child sexual abuse detailing her opposition to the liberal majority of North Carolina’s Supreme Court. This letter highlights the importance of electing judges who will put kids over predators, unlike the current liberal majority.
“North Carolina values victims over criminals, which is why we need to elected the right judges this November,” NCGOP Director of Judicial Elections Sarah Newby. “This story is one of the countless tales of suffering wrought by violent criminals, which is why we need judges like our Republican slate who will value kids over predators. The ultra-liberal majority on the NC Supreme Court is going on in the wrong direction, and this election, we can elect the right judges.”
Read this special letter to the editor below:
To the Editor:
One of the members of the Chatham County Republican Party is a victim of child sexual abuse. She wanted to personally tell her story and advocate for abuse survivors but is afraid for her family’s safety given verbal and physical attacks from across the country on those who oppose the Democratic Party.
This letter comes from her experience.
The current North Carolina Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Cheri Beasley and her Democrat majority recently decided a case in favor of two convicted child sex predators. For details, see the July 2020 Carolina Journal article titled “Competitors for top court position take opposing sides in sex predator case,” by Mitch Kokai. That article highlights voting differences between Governor Cooper’s appointed Chief Justice Beasley, a Democrat, and Senior Associate Justice Paul Newby, a Republican. Both convictions were reversed by the Democrat majorities on the North Carolina Supreme Court.
According to the website Lauren’s Kids, 1/4 of all girls and 1/5 of all boys will be victims of sex abuse before the age of 18. Twenty percent of the victims are solicited on the internet. Plus there are those that go unreported. Statistics show that one child sexual predator can offend an average of 117 times in their lifetime. Once is too many.
As a survivor of long-term child sexual abuse who has kept silent for over 40 years, our colleague wants to speak to those who have suffered from this crime on their bodies, hearts, minds and souls that they will forever carry. She has this message: educate yourselves and decide for whom to vote. Please consider voting for Justice Paul Newby for the North Carolina Supreme Court, and all the conservative candidates running for judicial positions. We must change our Supreme Court to one that follows the law to protect our children, not the predators. We have three months, North Carolina. Use your voice to vote.
Submitted for an anonymous victim,
Terry Schmidt
Pittsboro
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