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Frontline's "Silence," Sexual Abuse in South Dakota, and National Minority Cancer Awareness Week

Dakota Midday - 04/19/2011

Frontline Reporter Mark Trahant and Producer Tom Curran discuss their program "The Silence." It examines sexual abuse by a number of men who worked for the Catholic Church along Alaska's far west coast in the late 60s and early 70s.

Attorney Jeff Anderson talks about sexual abuse cases in the Midwest. Anderson has represented several victims of childhood sexual abuse and talks about the extent of the problem in South Dakota.

Also, Roberta Cahill, director of Community Partnerships for the American Cancer Society, talks about National Minority Cancer Awareness Week. She discusses efforts to reduce disparities in minority cancer treatment particularly in native communities.  




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