I get so tired of people saying that it's not a brutal crime, that it's not destructive, because so few of them realise the extent that the abuse reaches, how far it spreads causing pain and grief to so many.
When a child is sexually abused, it effects their parents, their siblings, their relationships with other adults, their friendships with their playmates... and later in life the people they date or marry... even their children.
This is a prime example of how the molestation of a child can effect a parent, and victim impact statements are so important:
John Snyder had most likely thought he was only molesting and raping a child. Not that that bothered him in any way. And he would never have stopped to look past his own actions enough to see what the outcome of his demented actions would have- not only on his victim but on the very people he considered his best friends.
Categories: predators, molesters,
When a child is sexually abused, it effects their parents, their siblings, their relationships with other adults, their friendships with their playmates... and later in life the people they date or marry... even their children.
This is a prime example of how the molestation of a child can effect a parent, and victim impact statements are so important:
The presiding judge in the case, Judge Karen Conrad, said she considered the impact of the crime on the victim’s family when she decided his sentence.
"The betrayal they felt,” Conrad told Snyder at his sentencing, referring to the victim’s family. “Her statement that she had to destroy wedding album pictures because you were in their wedding 18 years ago. Her husband's statement that I should not believe anything you say because you're a liar, even though you describe yourself as his former best friend."
John Snyder had most likely thought he was only molesting and raping a child. Not that that bothered him in any way. And he would never have stopped to look past his own actions enough to see what the outcome of his demented actions would have- not only on his victim but on the very people he considered his best friends.
Categories: predators, molesters,
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