Family member abuse spikes amid coronavirus lockdown

Published June 4, 2020 8:23pm ET



More children and adults are being sexually and physically abused amid the coronavirus, but advocates are struggling to deal with the influx of people in need, the Congressional Bipartisan Task Force to End Sexual Violence learned Thursday.

Victims are often caged-in at home with their abuser.

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