“

“Uncle Jimmy didn’t get shot accidentally. He deserved it.”

“

He touched me. On the morning of my 12th birthday, I woke up with his hand down my pants, innocently rubbing my newly grown bush thanks to puberty.

“

My god said he loved me. So did my abuser.

“

“My dad has a giant penis. Tired of living in your shadow, dad!”

“

It wasn’t until college that I finally talked about it and looking back I don’t know why I kept it a secret. Looking back I wish I hadn’t kept it a secret.

“

Many times what it comes down to is whether a conviction can be obtained. And that’s it. No matter what a child is saying, no matter if they’re telling the truth — that is what decides whether a case is prosecuted at all.

“

When you insist that he’s innocent until proven guilty, which must mean that she’s are lying until proven otherwise — and why would we trust a liar? — you’re wounding their mothers, and their daughters, and their brothers and sisters, and their husbands and their friends.

“

He told us he was gay. We believed it was immoral, but he defied us. He was kicked out 3 years ago.

“

My brother was the baby in the family, and I couldn’t imagine my mom turning her back on him to protect me. How would that even work? Grown-ups who molested kids went to jail, but could he? Did I even want my brother to go to jail?

“

I know a girl who is living in Oregon waiting for her stepfather to get out of jail so that they can get married. He’s in jail for having a relationship with a minor (her).