To report rape 15 years later?

[Amigoingloopy]

I’m 30 next year and a lot of things that I blocked out in my teens & twenties have started to appear. I was raped on numerous occasions by an older guy he was my brothers age I was about 14 and he was twenty. He groomed me by telling me he knows my brother and they went to primary school together so I felt safe. He would make me stay up late at night and then meet me halfway and bring me to his parents house (round the back) so we didn’t see them.

DH says just to move on now as there is no evidence and we don’t need the stress in our lives which I agree to a certain extent but I feel angry.

Firstly, you are experiencing completely reasonable feelings in wanting to pursue this. Your abuser will not have stopped at you. I’d seek out a charity that provides support for rape victims, local sources of help. I don’t know anything about the process but I’d report it if I knew the name etc. You are entitled to be free of the shame and turmoil of this trauma and you can move on. Your partner might be stumbling around trying to protect you from further upset but he needs to understand your need and right to pursue this in some at that alerts authorities and also helps you. Good luck