As shelter-in-place orders were implemented across the country last month, forcing families to “stay home” amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network’s sexual assault hotline saw an unprecedented surge in messages from minors.

 

For the first time ever, RAINN said in a press release sent out on Thursday, half of the requests for support sent to RAINN’s online chat hotline in March were made by minors.