Thanks for posting the article.
There’s no way to know of course if the guy was a pedo or not. But the general consensus is that if there is this type of abuse in the family - the mother usually knows it’s happening and choses to ignore it.
Who knows?
You don’t. Until someone retracts the allegation (oops).
If the mother really knew and didn’t intervene, does she pour a bucket over herself?
She may have been frightened Into ignoring it after years of abuse. Women who know something is going on, and who have tried to confront their spouse about it, only to have the crap beat out of them time and time again, usually succumb to the fear and live with the abuse trying g to convince ce themselves that it’s not too bad. Brutal people Will gaslight their victims, make them very fearful, even convince them that they deserve the abuse. It’s a form of brainwashing through repeated abuse both physical and mental.
Not saying g that is how it happened in this case, but it does have the hallmarks of such a case