[MOgirl]

Hello,

Well said, thank you. Being here, a few miles from where Shawn was found, this last week has been a like being on a roller-coaster. I have had words with a few people in this area who have decided that they know it all, and that Shawn was quite happy to stay with Devlin. Needless to say, I disagree.

MOgirl

[ReignOfError]

Well said, thank you. Being here, a few miles from where Shawn was found, this last week has been a like being on a roller-coaster. I have had words with a few people in this area who have decided that they know it all, and that Shawn was quite happy to stay with Devlin. Needless to say, I disagree.

If Devlin had simply beaten Shawn up, hit an 11-year-old boy with sticks and fists and bound him to a chair with duct tape, no one would argue that he didn't fight back hard enough or try hard enough to get away. Mental and emotional abuse is much more subtle and harder to understand, but also much more effective, and its effects much longer-lasting. A skilled pedophile can leave deeper scars than Mike Tyson on his best day.