I was molested by a deacon in a Baptist church in a small South Carolina town. He gave several acres of land to the church to build a sanctuary and he taught Sunday School every week. He was also my grandfather.
In my mid-20's my little sister broke down one day and told me how he molested her. I broke down and cried and wished I had had the courage to tell someone.
As a child you think you are the only victim and you feel somehow resonsible. If I had told on him, my sister would have been spared...
and 15 female cousins.
"As a child you think you are the only victim and you feel somehow responsible."