He’s in jail.

The man who SAed me as a child (I was 5, he was 8) is now in jail. For SA to a child, among other things. I don’t know how to feel about that. Relieved? Sad? I’m heartbroken for the child and most definitely many other silent victims. My….experience? Was never reported to anyone - police, parent, child protective services - nobody. My mom caught him and chased him away. She finally admitted to me today she never followed up with anyone about this. It happened 30 years ago. My partner encouraged me to call and report it. Even though nothing will come of it, at least now the police in my home city have a record of my statement. Among other abuses in my life, this is what began it all. I want to hate this man, and I do for what he did as an adult to a child. But the child version of him, my heart breaks. This is likely someone who was also SA as a child. And he never got the help he needed. Or so I assume. I assume a lot about the whole thing. Today was a hard day. That is all.