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City and Y join to fight sexual abuse

Program training seeks to educate

By Kathy McCabe

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 11, 2012

Parents, youth sports coaches, and teachers were among the 20 residents who attended the fifth session of Shine the Light Melrose, a child sexual abuse prevention program cosponsored by the city and the Melrose Family YMCA. The 2 1/2-hour training session held Wednesday night focused on the tools people need to spot - and stop - child sexual abuse - using materials developed by Darkness To Light, a national child abuse prevention program.

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