This topic is very close to home for me.I know first hand what it is like to come from a family with incestuous pedophilia. Ruth (the woman who gave me birth) and her father were my perpetrators. When I was 3 or 4 I remember Ruth teaching my brothers and I how to touch each other inappropriately. She would just watch what we were doing. I can remembering her guiding our hands. Can you imagine a mother (I use that word very loosely) teaching her children how to touch each other in a sexual way? Guiding them to do this? Can you imagine what was going through the minds of these children? This went on until I was almost 9 years old. I finally refused to play along with her games anymore. She had a game where we would go in her bed and she would massage us. There were always at least two or three of us in the bed with her. I remember these massages feeling very uncomfortable. I remember getting up off of the bed and leaving the room. She was very upset and asked me why I was leaving. I told her that I wasn't going to take part of her massages anymore. This infuriated her. This refusal to partake in her deviant game lead to years of her physically, psychologically, spirituality, ritualistically abusing me until I was 18 years old and got the courage to leave home.
These scars are still with me. I am much better at dealing with them. I am not so afraid of the memories anymore. I am very thankful that I didn't carry on a tradition on Ruth's side of the family that I traced back four generations. Four generations that I could go back. I suspect that it went back many more generations. I was lucky that I did research before Ruth's siblings and cousins died. One of the things that I take pride of in my life is that I didn't repeat the cycle. I am grateful my children didn't experience what I experienced. What would posses an 8 year old child to stop her (I just can't type the word) female parent from sexually abusing her? All I can say is by the Grace of God. Somehow I had the fortitude to stop this. It wasn't until later in my life that I was able to put the puzzle pieces together and realize that the horrific abuse I suffered after that was all related to Ruth's wanting to keep me quiet. She was afraid I would let the secret out. She was right. Please pray for these children. They have a long road ahead of them. I pray they get the help they not only need but deserve. Rosie
Updated
A New South Wales District Court Judge says the
actions of a Central Coast man, who sexually abused his own children,
'shows an unfathomable level of depravity.'
The 51 year old man,
his 30 year old wife and another 43 year old man were arrested in
November 2010 and later pleaded guilty to a string of charges relating
to the systematic sexual abuse of the couple's children, aged 11 and 12.
The father was sentenced to a maximum 21 years in jail with a 15 year non-parole period in Gosford District Court today.
The trio dominated an international paedophile ring, which involved parents across Australia, as well as in the United Kingdom, United States, the Netherlands, France and Germany.
The network carried out depraved sex acts on their children, which included the use of drugs, animals and threats of violence.
Footage was then streamlined live on the internet.
In sentencing the 51 year old, Judge Roy Ellis said he "took away his children's innocence and formative years...leaving them with life-long scars."
The man was flanked by prison guards and showed little emotion during the hearing.
The court was told logs of his online chats with others demonstrated his casual attitude to the sexual abuse of his children, and that he was unrepentant.
Anti-child abuse campaigners say the case is among the worst they have ever seen.
Bravehearts' New South Wales spokeswoman, Karen Lindley says the sentence was not long enough.
"We believe that every child sex offender should be locked up and have the key thrown away," she said.
"There are no degrees of child sexual assault."
"They're children. They should not be touched and if you are doing it, just stop."
The children are in the care of the Department of Family and Community Services.
Their mother and the co-accused will be sentenced next week.
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they dont need locking up and throwing the key away, they need public floggings and hangings. they are not fit to breath the air. how the hell can they do this to kids let alone their own flesh and blood. no words can express how it makes me feel.bless these babes and let them look forward to a better life.
ReplyDeleteHi Jean,
ReplyDeleteI agree that something more needs to be done to people who can do such deviant things to their children. Or to children period. One of the problems is that this subject was so taboo for so long that it has taken until now for stories to really be getting out there. Then there was so much cover-up by the False Memory Syndrome (doesn't exist)Foundation and their advisory board and supporters that they "debunked" CSA. My opinion is that they and all of their supporters should be publicly held accountable for their role in creating an atmosphere where more children could be harmed. They should ashamed of themselves. This topic just makes my blood boil sometimes. I appreciate your stopping by please feel free come back anytime. Rosie