Father of rape victim decries system which leads to 'silence and shame for survivors'

Sharing his own experiences, and writing anonymously, the father of a raped teenager decries an environment that reduces rape to a court verdict and so induces silence, hiding and shame amongst survivors.

MY daughter didn’t tell me when she was raped. I found out only when she could no longer hide the signs of her pregnancy. When I asked her why she hadn’t told me earlier, she replied that she hadn’t wanted ‘to let me down.’