15-10-12, 10:16 AM
(15-10-12, 07:38 AM)pitternator link Wrote: why any of them didnt come forward when they were a bit older
Just out of curiosity - do you know anyone who was abused as a child? Your point of view strikes me as being from someone who doesn't.
Many children bury the memories under layers of psychosis and aberrent behaviour making them difficult to access in later life.
Attitudes of people who were trusted enough for them to confide in who then let them down can often do as much damage as the abuse. On person I know reckoned the process to being abused physically and then raped emotionally. It's unfortunately very common.