tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362373399405910593.post7969361104906952781..comments2023-12-11T20:18:37.225-06:00Comments on Shattering the Silence: "That Didn't Happen."Roger Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07591791342062150604noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362373399405910593.post-38950925214714452372015-04-01T21:28:21.820-05:002015-04-01T21:28:21.820-05:00This was definitely a fear for me against saying a...This was definitely a fear for me against saying anything. My dad could talk himself out of almost anything he was accused of and in the end make it your fault. <br /><br />He was respected and trusted because of his status as a pastor with long years in the ministry. Who would believe a kid. Besides I found out after he died that he had been telling anyone who might coming in contact with me that I was not to be believed, that I had strange beliefs and weird ideas and was often in some kind of fantasy, make believe world. <br /><br />He covered his butt pretty good and it was not till he was finally caught in a situation he could not talk his way out of that people began to listen to me seriously and not just about the abuse but about a lot of other things. I had never told anyone about the abuse and would not have while he was alive. I guess I was afraid of what the consequences would have been.<br /><br />If I had who knows who I could have spared his attentions. I will always regret that.Roger Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07591791342062150604noreply@blogger.com