text: ok on of my female friends got raped and i dont know whether or not tell break my promise and tell someone? she was walking home from highschool and got pulled into a truck and raped she told me the next day and made me promise not to tell anyone (because if something like that happened she would have to move away and she's moved like 3 times since september) anyways i dont know what to do to help i dont want anything bad to happen to her (like pregnancy or stds or anything) but then again i dont want to lie to her and tell somone who could help her what do i do?!? debbie s has a terrific answer.  i just wanted to add that it is best to never promise not to tell a secret.  it puts you in the dilemma you now face.  if someone says, "promise you will never tell, if i tell you something" you could say..."i will only tell if it puts you or someone else in danger to stay quiet."  quite clearly, it puts others at danger to leave a rapist on the loose.  your friend also needs medical attention and emotional support.  your friend may even be at further risk if the rapist tries to pick her up again as he knows her route walking home from school.  the moving excuse is just that, an excuse.  no one needs to move because they report a rape.  i would think that she might want to move to be safe from seeing the rapist again.  then again, it could be possible that she suspects she is pregnant and made this story up to cover herself.  of course you would know more, as she told you.  it's great she has a friend she can confide in.  continue to support her.  find ways that she can report in a confidential manner and encourage her to do so.  you could confide in your parents or the school counselor without telling them who you are talking about and see what they recommend.  you could approach it as a hypothetical question.  god bless you both.