“I felt hurt, disappointed but it confirmed an inner fear I had for many years,” she said simply, describing how she felt when she found out that her husband of many years and father of her children, had sexually molested their only daughter.
This was one of the hardest interviews I have done for Women’s Chronicles and it has haunted me for days; it is one I may never forget. It was a seven-year-old who was violated several times by the man she called ‘Daddy’. Refreshingly, however, is the fact that her mother ensured she received justice and works day and night to provide a stable and secure environment for her children.
In the end, he was sentenced to years in prison and once the sentence stands the child has no fear of seeing him until long after she would have become an adult. I have not spoken to the child, who has had counselling; her mother willingly agreed to speak to me after a mutual friend told her about this column.
