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Thanks, Too Bad, that is so right.
And very sad for what happened to you and your family.
We know what it feels like. Terrible.
But there is healing in the Lord.
And others have other ways to deal with it.
But it has been a BIG help to be able to post and read here.

What I'd like to see happen in the end, is proably an unrealistic expectation. In a perfect world, I'd have liked it to not have happended in the first place, but that is impossible. So in a slightly less than perfect world, I'd like to have a complete and sincere apology with genuine remorse and a nice dollop of financial compensation. But as my ever wise other half says, even if there was a court case and I/we won, have you ever noticed outside a headline trial when the defendants are gathered outside and interviewed about how they feel when "guilty" is handed down, they usually say "but it won't right the wrong" or "there was no remorse". And I think NTM will be the same. There won't be any genuine sorry from the abusers or those that covered it up for so long. They will be genuinely sorry that they were exposed so publicly and that it might cost a bit of cash (we are talking an organisation who had an income of over 60 million in 2007), but in their minds they will justify it as another trial sent by their god to test their faith.
Would I like the guilty party to suffer, as I did? I wouldn't wish it upon them, for then I would be stooping to their level and I don't need to do that. If one believes in Karma, many of the guilty have got what they deserve, if you've managed to catch up with how their lives turned out.
The one person I would really like to get a heartfelt apology from shares the same genetic soup. For 40 years his hearts desire has been for me to follow in his footsteps, and to this end he has done everything possible to achieve this goal, by means fair or foul. Am I ever going to get any form of reconciliation, I'm not counting my chickens on that one, for despite the truth now being blatantly obvious, he'll never see it. And will I ever follow in his footsteps, no, because I know where those footsteps have been and what and who they stood on. Despite sharing the same genetic soup, we are totally different and for that I am most grateful.

Very well-said, Bemused.
True. True. True.
The best we could wish for is to see our MK heal and go on to a fruitful life.
And that looks so impossible and far away right now.
We will not give up!

How do we know Radioshack is talking about Bemused's dorm? He/she doesn't say that! Perhaps Radioshack is talking about a dorm he/she was in which was not Bemused's dorm. And, especially if this is the first time Radioshack is on here, let's give him/her some space! We all need to be able to tell our stories on here. If someone is bold enough to start posting on here, let's encourage them!

I too really appreciate Bemused comments and humor. Also Aussie's!