My life is worthwhile, it has value and you treat me as if my life is meaningless. It was not possible for me to come forward at age 8, 18, 29,.or later. It just wasn't possible because of the horrendous crimes against me as a child. I lived a life of constant turmoil from age 8 through today never understanding why. Now I do and it is because those memories were so horrific. Had I let them in earlier, I would have most likely gone insane as others have. Instead, I lived a life of constant fear, escape and a feeling of worthlessness - a life of complete chaos as any professional will tell you to expect. You are not doctors of psychotherapy and I ask you to stop pretending, to instead start feeling a compassion for justice and mean it by your actions. This is what you do best and this is why you are paid. I did nothing to deserve this and these abusers continued for many years harming even more children, this is fact. These are not crimes of an accident or are they crimes against adults, these are the most vicious crimes against small children imaginable. Why do you allow laws to protect people like that?

Those that harmed me knew well that if they inflicted significant pains during their violent rape, I would hide my memories of it. I was just a small child. They also took the precautions by threatening me with physical harm if I told anyone. They new they could repeatedly rape me through age 9 because they knew I wouldn't tell. Many children like me grew up to later commit suicide, others became drug addicts and others were institutionalized. So many children like me Senators, yes volumes. Yes, lost lives that would have been otherwise productive and happy. And yes I have witnesses and even more so; those that brought me to the doctors with an inflamed and irritated rectum can validate this too.

How can you senators look at yourselves in the mirror each morning and protect those criminals, and to continue the abuse of my life with your neglect. Senators, you are confirming my life is worthless in your eyes by your doing nothing. Yet you protect them. Please open a window to allow ALL victims their due justice because excluding anyone is a horrible act of victimization again. It is your right to protect the children of God and your responsibility to demonstrate your beliefs in what is right and wrong. In the end it is you that becomes accountable. Show me my life and the other victims lives have value.

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