I have a young family member (13) we just found out they were being sexually abused by another member of our family.
They are out of the situation and the person is being charged but how do we help my young family member?
I don't want to be too specific to protect my younger family member of course.
The acts are very bad, have been going on for years and we were all very shocked.
Are there other subs for this topic? I don't want to upset anyone on a general sub like this with more details.
The abuser does have a history of mental health issues as well and we hope they also seek help. The main focus now is this young child. They feel responsible and they were brutally abused by this person and told we wouldn't believe what happened.
I feel awful we didn't see the warning signs.
I am not technically related to this younger family member so I am somewhat limited but it seems we will be able to support her.
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