This letter arrived in response to my father's. It's from a social worker who has had first hand dealings with my molester. Here's her insider's spin on The Letter...
Donald, I read your dad's letter and I had the following thoughts:
he is ruminating over the same points he did when I interviewed him
his rationalizations are stunning
I am taken with how moralistic he is and I wonder if many realize that
humans have the capacity to hold strong views that in no way reflect what
they will do
I was worried that some things might hurt you, especially his condemnation
of your sexual orientation and then I gave my head a shake and decided that
his denial of you as his son is likely a good thing, it may give you hope.
I didn't think you could get a pardon on an offense that is indictable. Do
you know the details of the charges and the plea, or finding. Was he
convicted of an indictable offence and does he really have a pardon, or is
he misrepresenting this?
Where is he living, I am assuming it is in the Phillipines and I worry
about all the possible victims there. He is so naracisstic, and I think it
is great to have his distortations in writing but I wonder if there are
those who will be confused by his seeming acknowledgement of abuse. It is
all a ruse, he does not really accept responsibility for the abuse,
actually he all but says that it is the J.W. who were persecuting him
because they no longer forgave him his sins. It is as you have said, he
has never accepted that what he did is a crime. Nor has he ever
acknowledged the abuses committed since leaving your family.
Unbelievable._________ ___________