My Family Protected My Molester

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🗓️ 7 October 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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My Family Protected My Molester - Kathy was molested by a close friend of her grandparents, and her anger and confusion has recently resurfaced. - Dr. Laura: "Just because someone is related, doesn't make them reliable." - Has someone in your family let you down? Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com | To participate on the radio program; call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment - https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:54.7	Hi.
0:55.9	Hi, Dr. Laura. Hi. Who are you? I'm Charlotte. I'm mom.
1:03.7	Kathy, may I hear your voice? Yes, I'm right here. Hello.
1:07.5	Okay. Hello. How old are you? I'm 27. Okay. What can I do for you, Gals?
1:15.1	Well, I'm calling Dr. Laura because I have a situation that I don't know how to
1:20.4	approach it with my mother and it involves with my daughter when she was a teenager.
1:28.9	Growing up, my parents, my dad had a best friend. He went to all of the
1:32.7	injuries. Slow down. Slow down. This is at least a decade and a half past that.
1:40.8	Are we just dealing with this today for the first time ever? Kathy? No.
1:44.9	No. The man recently passed away so it's been brought up again. Okay. So the first time it was
1:53.7	brought up, you were how old? 17. And is that when the events happened? Yes. And they were brought
2:02.8	up to grandma? Yes. It was my grandmother's best friend, a male best friend to her and my
2:10.9	grandfather. And so he attended every family function since I was born. At what age did something
2:20.6	wrong happen? I was 17. Whenever he was. So he would always purchase things for me and my
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