A case of sex abuse has repercussions beyond the obvious as the families of perpetrators are also drawn into the trauma. Betrayal. It's the first word that Dr Marie Keenan thinks of when she
considers the overriding emotion experienced when a family member is
revealed to be a sex offender.
"That sense of betrayal is enormous," she says. "This is
someone they loved, whom they thought they knew intimately, and now they
are having to confront the most horrific news."
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