When perpetrated by a family member, it too often destroys that family. Trust is gone, and relationships unique to the family are forever broken. Therapy, usually a lot of it, may provide some relief.
Time always helps, but it s impossible to return to more innocent days.
The damage s done, to the young individual s core. Sex, abused, does great damage. No more so than to a child. Time has shown that the proper response of the law is not what might be the emotional one desired by the victim or a third party in their outrage, to demand years of incarceration. There are varying degrees of sexual assault.