Our state, not to mention our valley, is hardly immune to sexual assault and its lifelong impact. New Hampshire has made 11 arrests this month in an investigation of the Youth Development Center in Manchester, now the Sununu Youth Services Center. To date, a staggering 230 men and women allege they were physically or sexually abused as children by 150 staffers at the detention center from 1963 to 2018.
New Hampshire is no stranger to institutional systemic malevolence. This latest crisis hearkens back to the exposure of widespread pedophilia within the Catholic Church. The Manchester Diocese alone has published the names of 73 accused priests.
It is not 're-victimizing' to investigate and give due process. The stakes are high. There are false allegations. And not the '2-10%' cited by advocates. A relative of mine was put through the hell of such an accusation and was only cleared when he taped the mentally ill woman stating she accused him because she wanted him to marry and have his child. Had he not taped it, he would have done time. She was never even punished for the false report.
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It is not 're-victimizing' to investigate and give due process. The stakes are high. There are false allegations. And not the '2-10%' cited by advocates. A relative of mine was put through the hell of such an accusation and was only cleared when he taped the mentally ill woman stating she accused him because she wanted him to marry and have his child. Had he not taped it, he would have done time. She was never even punished for the false report.
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