As an attorney, Eric MacLeish has represented hundreds of childhood sexual abuse survivors in claims against the Catholic church and numerous prestigious private boarding schools. In this episode, he shares his empathy for the detrimental impacts of childhood sexual abuse based on his own experience as a survivor and describes the value of caring friends and trauma-informed therapy. Eric discusses the paradox of survivors’ varied resilience and shares his legal expertise, reflecting on the challenges of current laws, recent changes in the legal landscape and his hopes for future improvements in our society’s care for children and survivors.
