A letter to ... my uncle, the convicted paedophile

‘I can’t believe you’ve positioned yourself as the victim’: the letter you’ve always wanted to write

It’s not the fact that I’ve shared my life with someone convicted of appalling sexual offences against a child that hurts the most, even as a parent. It’s the fact that you haven’t shown any remorse.

You know me. I’m the family’s resident bleeding-heart liberal. If you’d said, “I’ve had these urges all my life, I know they’re wrong, but they just got the better of me. I’m ashamed, and will be getting help to make sure I never do it again”, I would have tried my best to empathise with you.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2GqwfCD

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