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BeckyDem

(8,361 posts) Fri Sep 21, 2018, 10:40 PM Sep 2018

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Thomas Roberts I waited over 20 years to report my sexual abuser

Because I was 14.
Because it was my hero.
Because it was my priest.
Because I thought I'd be expelled.
Because I feared no one would believe me.
Because I thought suicide was easier than telling 1 person
#WhyIDidntReport

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Thomas Roberts I waited over 20 years to report my sexual abuser (Original Post) BeckyDem Sep 2018 OP

The accounts are heartrending. dawg day Sep 2018 #1

It is time we had this conversation. Thank you, survivors of sexual abuse, for speaking up and Nitram Sep 2018 #2

+1 Agreed BeckyDem Sep 2018 #3

dawg day

(7,947 posts)

1. The accounts are heartrending.

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Fri Sep 21, 2018, 11:25 PM

Sep 2018

I wish every Trump voter would be required to read every one.
#WhyIDidntReport

Nitram

(22,791 posts)

2. It is time we had this conversation. Thank you, survivors of sexual abuse, for speaking up and

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Sat Sep 22, 2018, 11:10 AM

Sep 2018

helping the clueless among us (I'm one of them) understand.

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)

3. +1 Agreed

Reply to Nitram (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 22, 2018, 11:11 AM

Sep 2018

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