Yesterday my sister told me that the childminders son had sexually abused her numerous times and had tried to rape her when she was 12.This lead to her selfharming.
Needless to say I'm devastated for her and feel helpless. She says she isn't going to report it as their is no evidence, it would be her word against his. She also doesn't want any counselling.
I'm the only one in the family she has told, her two best friends have helped and supported her over the years and helped her to stop selfharmimng. She isn't sure about telling our parents as she still slightly blames them.
I feel that my parents, my other sister and I have failed her as none of us knew about the abuse or the self harming, and she's felt she couldn't speak to us for years she's now 22.
I don't know what to do now or whether I need to do anything other than support her.
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stollibolli · 12/02/2014 13:53
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