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They Can't Touch Him Now (Paperback, New edition)
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They Can't Touch Him Now (Paperback, New edition)
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Loot Price R567
Discovery Miles 5 670
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In 1958, I was a ten-year-old boy when I was physically molested by
a man both inside and outside of the Ritz, one of our local fleapit
cinemas. With no resistance from my parents I had been allowed to
go the pictures at night and on my own, which would be quite
unthinkable in today's society. However then, parents worried less
about the dangers of their children being preyed upon. Children
were not escorted everywhere, watched over every second nor given
great lectures on the dangers of being approached by people they
didn't know. Well except for the warning, 'never accept sweets from
strangers'. Without what seemed like little thought for anything
other than my getting home late, I was given two shillings and off
I went. At the prospect of seeing a good war film, I skipped along,
oblivious to any possible dangers. I went out an excited young boy
and returned a confused and frightened child. Thankfully the man
responsible wasn't violent toward me. Had he been, like so many, I
might now be lying in a grave with no more than a tombstone to show
for my short life: lying silent, story untold. Thankfully I was
physically unharmed, but mentally what had happened to me was a
struggle to cope with. I was already wrestling with the knowledge
that I had been adopted and with the fear I had of my adoptive
father, who at times would erupt into violent outbursts. During
these times I was terrified and I felt he must hate me. This was
when I would despise my real mother the most for abandoning me. How
could she just leave me with this man? Now, on top of all this, I
felt I had some kind of sexual problem. Then, just when I thought
things couldn't get worse I met Tom, a friendly paedophile. I was
just a young boy and my life was a mess because I was carrying a
huge dark secret. I feel it is time to tell my story and of what
can happen to troubled young boys who fall prey to unscrupulous
men. Of what can happen when early sexual problems cannot be shared
with parents. Of how easy it is to believe those who seem eager to
listen and willing to give their time but who are ultimately only
interested in satisfying their own physical needs. The question is
always; do those so-called sympathetic ears belong to a violent
person? I have carried the guilt for my actions for many years and
at last I can tell of what happened, because Tom is now out of
reach and 'They can't touch him now'.
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