[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Mrluvaluva

That is an answer a lot of people give, and whatever way it's said, there is only one response to that. And that is it's wrong.

People know the difference between right and wrong but refuse to do anything about it, enabling the abuse to carry on and for further victims to be affected by it.

I don't buy the above as an excuse for this not being brought to the attention of the authorities. If nothing ever came of any allegations, at least they could say they had tried to do something about it.

You had to have been there. People in authority, doctors, policemen, teachers, christian brothers, clergymen, TV stars were all beyond reproach. Its not an excuse it was the way it was, the same way as single mothers were put into institutions in the 50s, nobody is saying it was right, maybe some people did speak out but their voices would have been shut down. Lets face it, these allegations were circulating in the 90s and even up to his death, nobody wanted to face the truth, even in this so called enlightened age.