flier, you are absolutely right to be worried, but it sounds like you have no proof. This makes turning him in very difficult, unless there is someone who has actually witnessed the current abuse who is willing to testify. You may want to call Children's Services and tell them of your suspicions and see if there is anything you can do...perhaps reporting him to them can cause them to investigate. The only thing you can report him to the police for would be the abuse against you, although I am not sure how far that would be pursued since it stopped 7 years ago.

I'm sorry to sound so pessimistic...you are so right to want to do something, but there are legal limitations to what you can do. My brother had a patient who had been a habitual child abuser, and had abusedhis children and grandchildren...but since he had no actual proof, and no one in the family would press charges, his hands were tied...he was also very frustrated, but all he could do was counsel the family and urge them to take action.

I know it must be very hard to do nothing, but I think there is some validity to your father's advice. There is very little you can actually do, so you must work on taking care of yourself.

Good luck.
*hugs*
mj