One of our little granddaughters let me know that her step-grandfather was touching/molesting her and his grandaughter who was the same age....she told my gr-dau "that's how grandpas do things with granddaughters" (they were about 8 yrs old)...and my gr'd answered "neither of mine do, and I think he shouldn't"....so we finally found out what he'd been doing. I called children's services in that county (this was in OH) and reported him---told them what she had said... and they investigated and forced him to have counseling. I doubt it corrected his lifelong behavior, but my dau. took her children and left that area....our gr daus were promised they'd never have to be around him again, and they weren't---this isn't always possible, I know. The thing I'm writing about is this---a great number of people who lived in that area who were either related or closely associated with that family came to my daughter and told her they had been molested by this same man when they were young---it had been happening for years and nobody did a thing!!! Isn't that terrible?? I think this is how it happens so often---people just don't want to 'make waves' in their own community, so it just goes on unmentioned... I don't think it ever stops---counseling or not.., but at least it can be brought to attention of the community. When I worked with this in Texas, I was appalled by how long it can go on without a mention ... I think most children tell someone, but most people didn't chose to respond appropriately. Doris....A Texan in Georgia..... Still shaking the family tree and dodging the nuts after 30+ years! IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: <AletaM@aol.com> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] RE: [BS-L] WOW... I MISSED you guys!!! In a message dated 5/13/02 7:27:29 PM Mountain Daylight Time, zippywebgenie@hotmail.com writes: > Do you and your cousins think that this pedophile only molests his reltives? > > what about other kids? > > Do you think he stopped this 30 years ago? > We weren't in a position to think about anyone outside the family. We were all 10 years and under. As I said, he threatened each one of us if we told an adult, so we told each other and did the best we could to prevent him doing any more. Please remember that the first time I mentioned it I was called a liar. Did he totally stop? My younger sisters, who were closer to his daughters in age, say he did not, he went after his own daughters. Did he go after anyone else? I really have no idea. If he did, he did the same with them. There is no way to know how many he approached. This is why we decided, when we became adults, to let the Lord handle it. The Lord will know about all of them. If he pays here for a few, he gets away with the others. Aleta, IBSSG, Charter Member Bo-Peep Award Ogden, Utah, USA "God sent his Singers upon the Earth, With songs of Gladness and Mirth. That they might touch the hearts of men, And bring them to Heaven again." --Longfellow ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Unsubscribe from the list: Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 5/7/2002