I have never been sexually abused, or abused in any way for that matter, and maybe that is why I'm having such a problem with this. Long story short, my step-sister was abused for 7 years by her step-brother on the other side of her family. (no relation to me) I was the one who finally told about the abuse when we were 12. It started when she was 5. (we're now in our late 20's) My problem is that 15 years ago, the molester (who is her mother's husband's son) admitted to it after being charged and convicted, and because he was a minor at the time (17) he never got any help. Now, 15 years latter, my sister still deals with him all the time. Her mother won't even admitt it happened, she says it was just childhood experimenting. Six months after it happened, everyone was acting like it didn't happen. My sister sat across the breakfast table from him. SHE LIVED WITH HIM!! Now the molester is in his thirties and is engaged to a woman with a child. He is going to do it again. I wrote his soon to be wife a letter to tell her about his past, and how he never received treatment because everyone else says it's not there place to tell her. (Including my sister) There are children involved here. It's everyone's place. My sister doesn't want to talk about it and it's actually caused us to become distant. I want her to get help too, she's never really gotten therapy for it, and she has many problems today because of the abuse. (I believe). How can I make her confront it and get help for herself?
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