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  1. We watched Broadchurch when it first came out and honestly, I was sorry I did. Don’t get me wrong – the storyline and acting were superb. As a Highly Sensitive Person and also someone who has lost a child, it was just way too much for me. I couldn’t handle this little boy being killed and what the family went through.

  2. I just finished watching the Broadchurch series for the second time. I loved it. Great interaction between the characters, especially the detectives on the case. I wish there were more, but the Male detective has gone on to other interesting characters, and the female detective just won Best Actress at the OSCARS! Wow! There was also an American version of this a few years ago. It was shot in the bay area of San Francisco.

  3. Last yr a neighbor boy that was 10 yrs old wanted to help me rake my lawn. I told him to go ask his mom first, to see if it was ok.
    Well, when we were raking my back lawn, this guy on a bike, never seen him before, rode by at least 15 times! So when we were done raking, I walked him home, of course with a couple choc zucchini breads, so I knew he would be safe and sound! I told his neighbor to tell his Mom incase he didn’t.
    He came over a few days later to show me his new bike and said I was his hero. His mom and sister’s 3 , explain to him, what could have happened? Then 1 by 1 his sister’s came over to meet me. Lol. They were so thankful that I was paying attention and I also got him to stop studdering bc I listened to him, without telling him to be quiet, like they did. He helped me a couple of times raking my front and back lawn!
    Now I’m so happy that he made a friend, that he hangs around with and he always says hi, when he sees me outside.
    It makes me shudder to think about these scumbags, sick people that go around preying on the innocent little ones!

  4. So many thoughts! Wife of abuser totally blindsided.
    Families torn apart by the stress, suspicions, etc.
    The stress of knowing the perpetrator was known to them all because such a small, isolated community.
    Statistics prove perpetrators not able to be rehabilitated.
    I, as the viewer, felt all these emotions too.
    Everyone was forever changed and tried to find their own way to healing and new life.

  5. Well written, Brenda! Also interesting the comments here. I so agree…it does not need to include intercourse to cause us some degree of damage for the rest of our lives. And some then look at us, as somehow “less than”…when it was a choice we did not have. I do hope things will get much better, from a law perspective especially…people who abuse others, at the least should not be out in general population!! Sorry…but if we care about the future of our culture and country, we better be fixing this awful problem!!

    1. the Journalist is not a show..this is a reference to the journalists who cover the of the investigation and trial.

  6. Wow.

    Thank you.

    Thank you for taking the time (and courage) to talk about dif forms of abuse.

    Years ago… I’ll never forget it.. a therapist told me there are many forms of sexual abuse.. all the way from intercourse to a look.

    And you never know how traumatized the victim will be. It’s not in relation to where on the spectrum the abuse fell.

    xo, Darlene
    P.S. I found this stat fascinating: Sixty-one percent of pedophiles repeated a grade or were enrolled in special education classes (Hall & Hall, 2007).

  7. I enjoyed Broadchurch very much even though the plot is a very sad subject. I am in that 96% category. I found the information you posted very interesting. However, I have never thought of my abusers as pedophiles. Maybe because they were family members, 2 uncles by marriage and a stepfather. I am 64 years old and this is not something that was ever talked about when I was a child. Thank you for posting the information.

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