it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck

http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/060605childmolest.shtml


"My first reaction was, I didn't believe it. I tried to defend him, though it was indefensible."

"Just the shock of learning that a loved one could be capable of inflicting such abuse can be traumatic."

"It was almost worse than losing someone to death, because the person I thought I knew never existed."

"First I did the Christian thing and said, 'I'll get you help.' Then it was little by little realizing there was nothing to save. There was nothing to save anymore. There was no trust."