Reply To: Life as the son of a Child Molester: My story

Ok, I have now read all your posts more carefully, and the first thing I did after reading them was smile! I am so happy my story has inspired many of you, and I really want to humbly thank everyone for your wonderful brachos! I truly don’t think I deserve even half of the compliments given, but I will continue to work on myself, and hopefully someday I will be on the level to deserve such compliments.

I wasn’t sure if I should post my story, but seeing how it really did inspire many people, I am so happy I did. It also feels good to talk about it, since I barely discussed these things with anyone, so this was the perfect way to bring it out.

I also see that aries’ post here was deleted for whatever reason, and I’m a little sad about that. Aries, if possible, I would love to see what you have written, since so much of what you say gives me better understanding of things and really connects with me.

And just to be clear about the Rabbis that handled this issue, I feel that they handled my father very well. I said nothing about how they handled the rest of my family, since I didn’t really want to discuss it, but you can probably guess that all from my story. I hope this resolves any issue of “Rabbi bashing” or “Rabbi glorifying” in the future in reference to my personal story.

The main point of my story here was simply to show people what I’ve gone through, and to inspire people that can learn from it. And since I did that, I am very happy. Thank you all so much!!!

With respect and admiration,

MiddlePath