(May 24, 2015 at 4:25 pm)Esquilax Wrote:That said, it's possible that all of the sisters involved didn't want this to be discussed publicly (I mean, who would? Underage sexual abuse victims have a right to privacy. And for a reason: having one's childhood trauma discussed all over the internet would be painful. My childhood was probably not as traumatic and I hate for it to be discussed, period. I can't imagine what this is like for them.) Anyway, it's possible that the girls themselves wanted the report destroyed.(May 24, 2015 at 1:34 pm)Nope Wrote: One of the sisters, who is still a minor, asked through her parents that it be destroyed. According to the police that isn't normally done.
Yeah, I take that to mean one of two things: either she didn't ask that at all and her parents took the liberty of demanding for her and using her name to get it done, or she was pressured into doing so by her parents. Those two have already shown that, on this issue, their first priority is to defend their molester son and attempt to cover it all up, and their particular sect of christian cult demands total obedience from children, and women especially, to their fathers no matter their age; it would have been the work of but a moment for them to further the agenda of silence they'd been perpetrating for years before getting caught, and pressured that little girl into doing what they wanted and make that report go away.
Also: they've been pressured to forgive their abuser, because Jesus preached forgiveness. In these circles, everyone wants to look like a "good Christian." It's quite possible that the youngest daughter requested this so that she would look like a good Christian. Or, she was manipulated into it with a reminder that you have to forgive your brother to get into Heaven. Remember, the father is the supreme spiritual leader in these families...
The more I think about it, the more I see an underlying theme that the boys are worth more. I always felt that way, growing up in a semi-Quiverfull family (and community) Looks like it's even more so in stricter families.
