A childhood not easily forgotten a history of abuse

Woolcott-Ellis, Lee2017

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This book chronicles my journey from being a victim of historic child sexual abuse throughout the 1970’s, whilst being kept in boarding schools in Devon and Suffolk, to becoming the survivor I am today. Exploring why I was removed from my home? and how this affected me for decades after. In my search for the truth behind my childhood incarceration, I decided to look for justice to be done also. The book is about my search for the demons that destroyed my childhood. It records how my search into the past, helped to define my future and ultimately, it helped me to discover myself. I saw justice being delivered against many of my abusers eventually, but some of them took their own lives along the way, to escape having to admit to the crimes they committed against me and many other vulnerable young boys. To get where I am today has been a lengthy process and not an easy journey to take at times, but entirely worthwhile ultimately. Child sexual abuse is so damaging to the victims, it goes way beyond the initial harm and distress caused by the physical and mental acts perpetrated against them. It creates permanent damage that has no possible way of healing, with far reaching effects that will last their entire lifetime. This book plays a small part in raising awareness of child sexual abuse and I hope it encourages others to understand and talk more about historic abuse. It is good to talk.