How To Navigate Sexual Abuse

A Personal Reflection On My Grandpa’s Transgression

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Well, I come to you today with a heavy heart. On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, my dad revealed to me that my grandpa had raped and, for 30 years, sexually abused his oldest daughter, my aunt Julie. Sadly, my aunt tried to bring this to her family in the 1980s, when she was in her 30s, but received essentially no support. So…