Tim Tebow Tells Congress 89,000 Victims of Online Child Sexual Abuse Remain Unidentified
Former NFL quarterback and current philanthropist Tim Tebow delivered a sobering testimony before Congress on Tuesday, revealing that approximately 89,000 victims of online child sexual abuse remain unidentified — meaning tens of thousands of children are being exploited in images and videos circulating on the internet while law enforcement lacks the resources to find and rescue them. Tebow, who has devoted his post-football career to fighting human trafficking and child exploitation through the Tim Tebow Foundation, urged lawmakers to fund technology and personnel to identify the children behind the abuse material. His testimony arrives as online child exploitation continues to grow exponentially, with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children reporting record numbers of tips each year. For Tebow, the work represents the intersection of his Christian faith and public platform — a conviction that the most vulnerable deserve the most vigorous defense.
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And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. If anyone causes one of these little ones — those who believe in me — to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
— Matthew 18:5-6
Jesus reserved his most severe language for those who harm children. Tim Tebow's testimony before Congress is a prophetic act — naming the 89,000 anonymous victims and insisting that a society's righteousness is measured by how it protects its most defenseless.