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LiberalLoner

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4. Well, in literature I have read, it is noted very often that spouses support the pedophile over

Reply to WilmywoodNCparalegal (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 07:02 PM

Jun 2012

their own children. In other words calling their own molested children liars despite obvious evidence corroborating their stories.

If that happens, I would suppose a wife could choose her spouse over children who are not hers by birth.

In fact in books I've read, colluding family members are the norm and not the exception.

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Do spouses of pedophiles 'know'? [View all] WilmywoodNCparalegal Jun 2012 OP

I don't think it has anything to do with sex in itself. Maybe she didn't know but my southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #1

Some do, some don't. TheWraith Jun 2012 #2

We have all known people who "should" have known something. SoutherDem Jun 2012 #3

Well, if you take "conniving, clingy and demanding" as projections EFerrari Jun 2012 #6

Well, in literature I have read, it is noted very often that spouses support the pedophile over LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #4

That is often the case Mz Pip Jun 2012 #8

The strongest psychological defense is denial. You can "know" but still not "know". Happyhippychick Jun 2012 #5

There no way that they CAN'T know when this guy show up: MrScorpio Jun 2012 #7

Sometimes the spouse is being victimized too. undeterred Jun 2012 #9

selective denial. n/t broiles Jun 2012 #10

Do spouse of pedophiles know. MeNyou Jun 2014 #11