Confessions of a Child Molestation Victim: Learning to Forgive

The imagination of a child is the key to our existence. A child's curiosity is the pure essence of life. Silence is a true friend who never betrays. A child who portrays cruelty is the victim of child molestation. A child's innocence is robbed blindly.

Since 1980 the increase cases of child molestation has increased more than 134%.

What is molestation? It is a sexual assault of a minor child. It often occurs between an older person and a minor child. Most children who are victims of child molestation are more likely to be molested by relatives or acquaintances than strangers.

I am a victim of child molestation. And this is my story. My childhood innocence was robbed at the tender age of three years old. At such a young age I can recall countless memories of what happened and how. My biological parents separated shortly after I was conceived. Their divorce was finalized a year after my birth.

Is my parents separation and the divorce the reason for the molestation? No it is just another tragic event that occurred in my life right before my molestation. An older male relative himself was a victim of child molestation or so I believe. I can't be sure of that. But I do believe he was and was a confused child himself and didn't realize what he was doing was wrong.

I will not go into graphic details of what exactly went on. How long did the abuse go on for? Two years. How did it come to an end? Let's just say our mother walked in on the act it self. For years I felt ashamed and confused as to what happened and why it did.

I will never quite understand even now at the age of twenty two years of age why it happened to me. But I think now over the years I have begun to see it as a strange gift. It has helped me to see people in a different light. I believe a child predator who seeks out children to do bodily and mental harm, are usually sometimes brought up in a bad upbringing. Such as being molested themselves. But not all molesters are victims themselves.