""Because of what was done to me by an adult who knew better, I have experienced emotional setbacks that have followed me into my teenage years, affecting how I see myself, trust others, and feel safe. Instead of being able to fully enjoy my childhood, I have spent much of it feeling angry, hurt, and scared carrying things no child should have to carry.""
""Every day I was in that house, I felt like a stranger living in someone else's world, and I never want anyone, child or not, to feel the way I felt or go through what I had to go through.""
Taryl Ford, 46, was convicted of multiple sexual offenses against two foster children and sentenced to 28 to 40 years in prison. His mother fostered 34 children from 2007 to 2018, with Ford acting as a secondary caregiver. The victims testified about the abuse, detailing its emotional impact. One victim described ongoing emotional struggles stemming from the abuse, while the other expressed feelings of alienation and trauma during his time in the home. Ford's actions have had lasting effects on the victims' lives.
Read at Boston.com
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