I think you will find Mike that kids, people with mental health issues, people that are isolated or have other issues are usually the victims in these types of matters. After all, who is going to believe them. It only takes one person on a jury with a view similar to yourself and the offender walks free to carry on with his pastime.
In the matter you were alluding to, there were also people that were informed contemporaneously and I think it would be a very foolish person to question their integrity or their recollection what they might have been told or witnessed at the time.
Dmaxer: It may very well be that the woman concerned *totally* believed what she related, however that does not make it true.
In my personal experience I spent much time with a schizophrenic woman who was absolutely convinced the voices she was hearing were the devil encouraging her to do evil - perhaps she was right... but I doubt it.
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Without being pedantic Mike, just because a person may be suffering from a mental illness does not mean everything they say is incorrect, does it? I guess what else is relevant is whether the person was suffering from that affliction when they first started confiding in others.
I don't know, but the people that were involved with her at the time certainly held a view. Anyway, this is the joke section and best I just let this be.
