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Both Bailey and myself, among others, have posted stories concerning the abuse of children. Bev has told her own story. This is the sort of thing that sends me incandescent with rage and grief. Not just the rapes, but the cover-up. He is not the only one who belongs in a cell.
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Absolutely.
To quote one time UK comedian/female impersonator Rex Jameson aka Mrs Shufflewick, I'm broad-minded to the point of obscenity but one thing I draw the line at is paedophilia (or, for that matter any exploitation of the weak by the powerful). Now that is truly obscene and the craven cover up by the church hierarchy possibly even more so. It seems that the protection of the dogma and authority of the church was (is?) more important than the protection of those in its care.
It's amazing that it's only relatively recently that society as a whole has taken some action to protect children from sexual predators. There's nothing new about child sex abuse - it's probably been happening for centuries. I was almost a victim myself but our scout master chose other victims. What is truly surprising that he returned to live in my home town and no-one really bothered - this was in the late 40s/50s.
Robi
I am totally on board with Cyclist on this.
I was raised in a decent community, not perfect by far but also in a rural we take care of our own kind of place. I have never suffered the abuse in my stories or the horrible things I read that too many of you have gone through. I am fully aware of what goes on out there, I've worked with these kids and I've gone in to take them out of these places.
I've put these kids in the community services van and seen things that have turned my stomach or made me sit and weep for what these kids have had to deal with.
I can't stand those who'd harm children and there are so many kids out there that never get help in all of our countries people and all over the world. If our countries need a reason to go to war, go kill the people who use child soldiers or run slaves still going on with approximately 50-60 thousand child slaves in North America alone. Sweat shops and the list goes on.
As to the religious cover ups. It is a prime example of power corrupting. It's a globally known reason why there should always, always have the separation of church and state.
I'm just going to say no one, none of any of you should have suffered through this ever.
Ever.
Bailey Summers
Abuse in America
There were so many cases of Clerical abuse in America that I have heard talk of bankrupsy in various Catholic Churches. Our legal system in the US is different, but I have no idea if it is better for these sorts of cases. I was born in '47 and was raised by an X Amish step father who believed a good beating would fix anything with a child. It was brutality beyond the pale, and in about '60 I was hospitalized due to back strain after being beaten to work harder on the farm. For that day, the Doctor was quite harsh with my parents; saying "If I ever see this child for this problem again, I am goingt to the Police". That's been worked through, the anger is gone, he is dead.
I was in a Juvenile detention home briefly after I ran away from home to escape the beatings. The only thing I remember about the place is that several boys told me they were going to "Corn Hole" me. I remember being sore while I was there. Unfortunately, or not, I can not remember anything else about the stay, but still have a horror with no name.
I tried once to go back on them, but the place is long gone. I decided not to expend the energy on it.
Years later, in volunteering at GBLT outreach places, I find cases so astonishing as to make me feel faint. The most extreme one I heard of was where drug addicted parents actually castrated their own son and gave him estrogen and other drugs well before puberty. I met "him" once; despite his misfortune and suffering, he still considers himself male. He and his friend were inseparable. He was always near tears in my presence. The work was so heart breaking for me, that I did not last long. Perhaps when I return to Portland, I will attempt it again, inshallah.
This whole subject is so disturbing and heartbreaking to me. My heart breaks.
Gwendolyn
sadly, not just priests
teachers, hockey coaches, and in my case, a trusted child psychologist have all perpetuated this horror.
The worst
The worst comment that came out of this, for me, was from the victim who said "I thought I was in love with him"
Brutal abuse is one thing; fucking some child's mind like that is perhaps worse.
In my opinion,
The worst offenders are the family courts. I've come to the conclusion that the last agencies that should have anything to do with children's welfare are the family courts.
But then, who am I to offer an opinion. Judges, it seems, are deemed by far the best people to decide whether or not judges should be the arbitators of children's futures, propects lives, whatever.
I've seen stuff in the family courts that would leave humanitarians frantic with despair. The lies are just unbelievable.
But who cares? certainly not the politicians, or judges, or police or doctors. Children seem to be running an increasingly dangerous gauntlet in the British Family Courts.
I've even got documentary evidence of doctors writing privately amongst themselves that the drugs Cispride and Losec are known to cause gyneacomastia and therefore they had decided to curtail their use. (Ive got a photocopy of the letter!)
Yet, when the case went to court in America the same social workers accused the family of (vigorously rubbing the breasts) to cause abnormal nipple growth. It's beyond belief but the courts accepted the latter report as evidence!!!!
THE COURTS ARE CORRUPT! Both over here in UK and over there in US.
It's still going on in Britain.
MY STORY
In 1952 I was 11 my father caught me in a dress and girls close ,, almost the end of me.. He beat me so bad that I cought not walk for four days .the welts were bleeding and the bruses on my head and neck were turning colors when mom finaly took me to a clinic .. Back in 52 childern didnot have any protection at all .. as I heeled well and was beaten again for having panties on under my close I was then 14 ... I turned eighteen and left home and never went back ..
to this day I hate than man now he is dead I feel more at ease ..I found mom before she died in 1995..I still bear the scars from 1952..
Ok judge me now.. Rone xo