Growing up, my mom shielded me from her extended family, hiding me from the evil that lurked within.
Many of them were child molesters, perpetrators of the worst kind of abuse. And yet, they remained part of that side of the family, untouched, unaccountable…
My mom's struggles with addiction and mental illness were directly tied to the trauma she endured as a child. I know it. I've seen firsthand the devastation that follows.
To those who enable, cover up, or commit these atrocities: you're the embodiment of evil.
You destroy lives, steal childhoods, and shatter souls. You're a poison, and you don't deserve to exist in our society. And to those who protect you, you're just as guilty. Your silence is complicity.
Why does our society fail to hold accountable those who prey on the vulnerable?
EVERY child deserves to grow up free from the shadows of abuse.
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