With all the 'historic' child abuse cases in the media it has occured to me I should seek justice too.
I was beaten black and blue literally as a child so much so I was nearly taken into care. It's 30 to 35 years ago now. It was well documented by my County Council who intervened. I was nearly taken into care except they wanted to change my school as well as everything else which I was not willing to do as I was at Grammar school and doing well.
How can I take my father to court now? I have just written to the county council to help me. I have suffered all my life one way or another because of what has happened to me. It is only now that I have my own children that I realise that what happened to me was wrong and the seriousness of it. At the time of my mothers death she told me my father could have been taken to prison for what he did. She was depressed at the time and suffered herself (at his hands) and could not help me. I realise now she was financially dependent on my father and if she helped to send him to prison for hurting me what would she do with three children.
Has anybody else gone through a 'historic' child abuse case? I need coaching through this. My motivation for this is my autistic son who I have no help from the family. My fathers family are estranged from me because of what happened. I have been accused of breaking up the family.
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kafkesque · 07/11/2013 17:47
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