Dear Editor:

We, the undersigned, are a group of men who came together earlier this year with a shared interest in trying to address a serious issue in our county. The number of sexual assault cases on our court dockets over the past few years has stunned us. Through this letter, we’d like to start a community-wide conversation, in hopes that increased awareness will help us to begin to shift our culture.

We believe that there were aspects of all of these cases that could’ve been handle...