Replies to 'Childhood Sexual Abuse Support'

When I was three yrs old my stepfather started to sexually abuse me while my mother was in the hospital giving birth to my little brother.  That is a day I remember clearly in my mind even though all the rest in between have run together and become blurry.  He told me if I told my mom or anyone he would kill my mom then he would kill me.  One of his favorite things to do was to lock me up in his foot locker from his army days while he sat on it cleaning his guns.  Pretty scary for a child.  His two children from a previous marriage had to move in with us as their mother died from cancer.  My stepfather's oldest son ended up molesting my little brother but we didnt know this until several years later.  For years my brother has been extremely angry and abusive, who could blame him.  We went to school one day and my brother told the school counselor what was happening at our house.   It was true that we did keep that secret very well, my mom never knew.   I was eleven and he was seven years old the last time we saw him.  His punishment for all those years of abuse was 6 months in a mental hospital and 6 yrs probation.  Thanks to the great state of Missouri (lots of sarcasm here).  He had to register as a sex offender also.  He ended getting married again to a woman who him and my mom where friends with.  Rumor was she didnt believe that their was any abuse at all that it was just made up so my mom could get a divorce.  Well, he ended up molesting her daughter who was 5 yrs old at the time.  And is back on the sex offender registry but the only one in Jackson County,  Missouri without a picture posted on the website.    I now know that there are no laws in this state that will do justice for child molestation.  You have to wait and hope their is a higher power that will take care of him as he deserves one day.