The horrors that people do to their children

I am a 28 year old man. I was abused for many years as a child in Ireland. I was let down by the police and social services, although it was my mother and her boyfriend who abused me. As well as physical and emotional abuse, they made me accuse my father of sexually abusing me. I was forced, through co-ercive questioning, sleep deprivation and beatings, to invent a story about how he and other men had raped me for years. I was so young when this was happening – from aged six – and I was so confused, that I almost came to believe it myself. I had to write it all out for them so that they could produce it in court as evidence against my father.

Now, many years later, I have written out my full story in the form of a book. I want to do anything I can to warn people of this type of abuse and hopefully prevent it happening to another kid. I hope professionals will find my book helpful. And I hope writing it will prove to be therapeutic for me.

I have posted my book on the Authonomy.com website

http://www.authonomy.com/ReadBook.aspx?bookid=1648

where it can be read free of charge.

I ask anyone who reads it and finds it helpful, to ‘back’ it (you will need to register, then click on the ‘back the book’ button), and to leave a comment on the site if you wish. The publishers Harper Collins promise to consider for full publication those books that receive the most backing. If I can get them to publish my book in paper form and it became popular, I am hoping it will raise awareness in the general public of this type of abuse.

Other things you could do to help me in this campaign are to mention or review the book on your website, or forward this email on to anyone you think might be interested in reading the book.

Thanks,

Eamonn Corr