How Could She?

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Almost every man her mother associated with was a paedophile but Fowley has broken that family pattern.

Hard to read, difficult to understand these horrendous times both Dana and Heather endured and said nothing to anyone. Dana moved primary school four times - a clue, she says, that things were not right at home and that her family had something to hide. She doesn't feel his loss as much as that of her mother because he wasn't part of her life for long. But worse, every rape, every act of torture, was done with the full collusion or participation of the woman most charged with her safety and welfare: her mother. The story of how she had been trapped, for 10 years, in a circle of sexual abuse by her mother and others in a family paedophile ring became a best-seller.

Dana, who waived her right to anonymity, was shocked to learn her mum planned to wed her long-term partner, Thomas Miller. The abuse is horrendous and many times I wanted to put the book down and discontinue reading it however I had already read the worst of it so I wanted and needed to know how the story about Dana and her sister, Heather ended. But somehow, it wasn't the wider significance that shocked most; it was the microcosm of Fowley's family. Many primary and secondary schools already invite organisations in to talk about child safety andor work with at-risk children. How could such extreme suffering pass unnoticed by adults, especially in a school setting, where children spend so much of their time?

In 2011, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre reported more than 2,000 cases of young people being internally trafficked and exploited sexually.And if you had someone coming in to talk to the kids (age-appropriately, of course), who kept giving the message over and over that they weren’t to blame if this happened - then maybe, if they left leaflets or pens with phone numbers, the children might feel able to get in touch if it was confidential.

The next day, she was relieved to see her mother, Caroline Dunsmore, at home when she arrived back from school. Schools working with sexually abused young people, edited by Sarah Nelson, VIP Publication http:bit. Like many other victims, Dana presumed that, had she told a guidance teacher, they would think her dirty and blame her. What an amazing woman Dana is and I can only hope she finds true peace in her life along with her sister.She'll actually have a conversation with you about how other people should be in jail, like she wasn't involved in it. Dana’s stepfather’s elderly parents subjected her and Heather to hundreds of rapes and sadistic beatings, whippings, choking and throttling. I am sure there are other people out there that thank you for making more people aware of such stuff. In an exclusive interview, Dana - flanked by partner Paul Reynolds, 55 - told the Scottish Sun she was diagnosed last year with serious Type 1 diabetes-related kidney damage.

We would like to reassure anyone who has been a victim, or knows of someone who has been a victim of abuse that if they wish to report, we will listen.Startling too is the fact that Dana Fowley says that she still loves her mother despite all that has happened and is determined to see that she is reasonably treated in prison. She will be out someday soon and as many people as possible need to know about how these families behave.