"Nobody will believe you" were usually the last words an abuser uttered to his little victim as he dropped them off at home, or ushered them out the door.
And, until the early 80s, nobody did believe them, so they just carried the horrible secret around with them.
I'm really surprised, frankly, that some of these victims haven't taken the law into their own hands.
The sadder ones turn the gun on themselves.
There's lots of anger out there, and the smarter bishops are telling their lawyers to take a hike, and they're listening to the victims, one by one.
Some of these guys just want somebody in authority to understand what happened to them.
********************************************
Yuck.
I have heard that. Pure evil.
Stuff like this has caused me to have several LONG talks with my daughter ( 11) .
My husband, her godfather and myself have ALL spent LOTS of time drumming it into her that if ANYONE touches her in an inappropriate way, EVER, she is to TELL one of us ASAP and she WILL be believed.
( And may God help the perp ! Godfather is the formerly Catholic friend and a former Green Beret.... he takes a dim view. )
We keep her so close to us...
Scary times we live in......
Tia