She had abused her own daughter years before she began corresponding with the male prisoner. I figured I had no one who cared about me. No concept of wrong Having grown up in a culture of poverty, abuse and illiteracy, Irene says that until she started therapy as a condition of her probation, she had no idea that what she had done to her daughter and grandchildren was wrong. My empathy is not very good. I thought more about myself than others.
Many pedophiles can justify their actions because they see themselves as being equals to kids.
Irene's tiny room in the nursing home has more stuffed animals than many children's bedrooms. Bill's small stature helped him convince his young victims that he was a friend rather than an authority figure. His capacity for self-delusion did the rest. Molestation is part of the payback for your doing things for the child. Codispoti hears this all the time.