When Faith Fails: The Aftermath of Sexual Abuse

On January 24, 2018, Dr. Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40-175 years in federal prison for abusing more than 245 athletes that were under his care spanning 30 years. At his sentencing, Randall Margraves had the opportunity to speak as the father of two of the abuse victims. Riddled with anger and grief, Mr. Margraves did what every parent in the courtroom wanted to do—he lunged at Dr. Nassar after being denied by the judge five minutes alone with him.

Statistics of sexual abuse continue to ri...