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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think a backstory is necessary because this happens in so many families, and I'm looking for advice from people who have been there. When someone in your family has been accused of sexual abuse, how do you move forward in regards to the alleged perpetrator, if there is the slightest possibility that he's innocent?

[b]I want to shut this perpetrator out of our lives.[/b] Dh isn't ready to do that as he sees reason to doubt the victim's story (I don't). What do you do? How do you deal with the alleged abuser when he calls, wants to get together, etc? He will always deny this, there will never be definitive proof, so I don't see this situation as ever being resolved. Dh isn't necessarily backing him no matter what; he just doesn't want to shun a possibly innocent person. [/quote]

If the alleged crime was assault with a deadly weapon would you shut the accused out of your lives indefinitely?[/quote]

IDK. I do know that the damage done by sexual abuse of children can be worse than that done via old-fashioned attempts to kill. Not a great comparison.[/quote]

+1. Op here.

I'd especially shut someone out of my life if they committed assault with a deadly weapon over and over again, to the same victim over several years. [/quote]

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