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This happened in my family, too.
Right now you and your family are immersed in intense emotion, as it should be. Measures have to be taken - that charges were pressed against him is good. The child needs to know that her family is there to take care of her and stand by her and that there are consequences for the things that were done to her.
But one thing I cannot stress enough, when the time is right - move on. Do not allow your niece, yourself or your family to dwell in a state of victimhood. These things happen. They happen a lot. And it is possible to heal and move on to life, love and laughter again. It will be there.
My best wishes to you all.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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