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Man Prosecuted for Marital Relations With Azh. Demented Wife
WaPo ^ | 4/7/15 | Sarah Kaplan

Posted on 04/07/2015 7:48:20 AM PDT by CharlesOConnell

In an Iowa courtroom, an astonishing case of sex and Alzheimer’s

After a four-year battle with Alzheimer’s, Donna Lou Rayhons died in a nursing home in August, just four days shy of her 79th birthday. A week later, Henry Rayhons was arrested and charged with sexual abuse. State prosecutors accused him of having sex with his wife while she was incapacitated by dementia.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: alzheimers; dementia; iowa; marriage
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To: Wombat Ark

My heart goes out to you. Over the years this disease has affected those a couple of generations above me, to now affecting my peers. A vast majority of folks have not seen it up close and personal.

What is lost in translation is that the “victims” are people who have personalities, fears, loves, and everything else that “we” have.

They have the same range of emotions and desires.


21 posted on 04/07/2015 10:21:28 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (When you are inclined to to buy storage boxes, but contractor bags instead.)
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To: Wombat Ark

My heart goes out to you. Over the years this disease has affected those a couple of generations above me, to now affecting my peers. A vast majority of folks have not seen it up close and personal.

What is lost in translation is that the “victims” are people who have personalities, fears, loves, and everything else that “we” have.

They have the same range of emotions and desires.


22 posted on 04/07/2015 10:23:13 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (When you are inclined to to buy storage boxes, but contractor bags instead.)
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To: CharlesOConnell

Does this mean they’re going to criminalize having sexual relations with a crazy person?

Ah, what’s the statute of limitations?


23 posted on 04/07/2015 10:25:33 AM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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