Each victim of sexual abuse has to handle the trauma their own way. It's essential that abused people's identities be protected as a default, so that they won't be so afraid of reprisal (especially in the case of abuse by a respected pillar of the community) that they won't dare prosecute.

When a survivor has the courage to stand up in public and say to people in similar situations, "Hey, look, it was illegal, it's not your fault, you can stand up for yourself and the law agrees with you," it's an act of responsibility and kindness to do that on behalf of those who were so broken by the experience (and by whatever previous experiences rendered them vulnerable to abuse) that they can't yet speak for themselves.

Awful sentence structure, but I was trying to keep it brief!

Love, Columbine