[Celtic Conservative]

A lot of these cases are well past the statute of limitations. So what are the women looking for? validation and closure, or money?

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[rlmorel]

I was abused by a Catholic priest when I was a kid, in some other part of the world. Never heard or read about him as I grew up, never knew what happened to him.

When I heard decades years later that he was on trial in my state for abusing some kid, I immediately called the DA to tell them my story. They drove out and spent an hour or two with me, recording my story.

I wasn’t interested in money, or even seeing him burn. As a matter of fact, when I went to his trial and saw him for the first time after all those years, I felt only pity for such a twisted person, not hatred. I thought, how much it must suck to have what he had for a life, a twisted waste. No hatred at all, just...pity. Strange, I would never in a million years have thought that is the way I would react when I saw him nearly four decades later.

I don’t know why I called the DA. It wasn’t for revenge, it wasn’t for closure, it wasn’t for money...

I guess it was for the truth. Just to be sure the truth was told.

So...I look at this situation, and am wondering the same thing about these women. It could be for money, but it just doesn’t feel that way to me.

[Girlene]

A lot of these cases are well past the statute of limitations.

So? A woman who has been raped has to live with it the rest of her life, whether the man is prosecuted or not. Bill Cosby has had a reputation that up until now has been rock-solid. No one likely felt they would be believed in the past. It would be easier to expose it when other women are doing the same (safety in numbers).