Is Ariel Castro A Victim Of Sexual
Abuse, Or A Monster ?
I do realize the vast majority of folks
who eye this article will be quick to respond in one of several
unfortunate ways. The first probably being; in ignoring totally all
the important and much needed discussion as well as information I'm
about to share throughout this article. The next unfortunate thing
many will do, will be to label Ariel Castro a “monster” and leave
it at that. Very sad that most folks won't take a good and long look
at what Ariel Castro really is, and how he may have became what he is
and how others around them act in similar ways. Now if your waiting
to see which of the alternative's I personally choose to call Mr.
Castro, whether “victim” or “monster”, you'll just have to
keep reading because there's to much to discuss and we as a nation
and the world have a real and good opportunity to look at why, as
just how ill, just how twisted and just how demonically depressed and
possessed many all around us have become.
I believe most of you already know and
are familiar with the criminal history and self admittance of guilt
by Mr Castro with especially all the recent news coverage, however
for those unaware... Mr Castro kidnapped, raped repeatedly 3 girls
over a span of nine, 10 and eleven years. He has been sentenced in
the past few days to 1000 years of prison with no opportunity for
parole, nor to ever be released from prison. By just the shear acts
of what he did to those three girls as was described with their own
words and tears, no one but a black hearted and evil person could
call Ariel Castro anything less than a “monster.” That's my
opinion anyway(but keep reading). As they say though in the Press
and media, there may “be more to the story.” In a surprise
statement to the court, while being sentenced(in Ohio where he was
being arraigned for his crimes) Mr, Castro stated that he was a
“victim of a sexual assault” and “sexually addicted” himself.
I do realize that some already and by this point reading this article
are saying “so what”, but this statement via Ariel Castro is very
important to all of us. Please allow me to explain why--- Statistics
here in the United States show in a survey taken even 10 years ago,
approximately and upwards of 1 out of every four girls have been
sexually molested/assaulted in our
nation(http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/factsheet/pdf/CSA-FS20.pdf).
Boys do not fair much better in such surveys. Statistics show that
upwards of one of every 6 boys have been sexually abused in the USA
as well(http://www.jimhopper.com/male-ab/).
With such data available, and with the claim Mr. Castro made in court
regarding being “sexually assaulted”, could his claim of what he
be saying be really true ? I suppose then we need to ask the next
logical question, and that would would be; “how likely is a child
who has been sexually abused , or when a child who has been sexually
abused her/or himself then becoming an adult, likely to also repeat
the same or similar act of also sexually abusing a child ? “Yes”
is the simple answer but in terms of repeating “abuse” in a
general sense, “Researchers estimate that on-third of abused and
neglected children will grow up to abuse their own children when they
become parents.” Study's also show that....
“In
a study of young adults who suffered child abuse or neglect, 80% met
criteria for at least one psychiatric disorder by age 21, including
depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and suicide attempts.
In
a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services study of homeless
youth, it found that 46% of
those surveyed had escaped a home where they suffered physical abuse,
and17% left
because of sexual abuse.
Young
people who were victims of child abuse and neglect are 25% more
likely to experience teen pregnancies, delinquencies, and to suffer
mental health problems. They are more likely to perform lower in
school, to engage in high-risk sexual behavior, and to use alcohol
and illicit drugs.
According
to a National Institute of Justice study, abused and neglected
children were 11
times more
likely to engage in criminal behavior as teens, are 2.7
times more
likely to be arrested for violent and criminal behavior as an adult,
and are 3.1 times more likely to be arrested for one of many forms of
violent crime.”
http://www.safehorizon.org/index/what-we-do-2/child-abuse--incest-55/child-abuse-statistics--facts-304.html)
All important data if you ask me. So we
come to the place where we ask, as Judge Michael Russo put it(stating
to Ariel Castro), “you had opportunity to get help” a sufficient
answer to a person who had suffered childhood trauma of being
sexually abused ? Do men and women who are sexually abused as
children act out criminally and do horrendous crimes ? Yes, they most
certainly do and can as the stats I just gave you above indicates
that indeed. In fact, another well known case where a man who
truly(I'll explain later in my article regarding “true”)was
“addicted sexually” as a child was none other than serial killer
Ted Bundy. As a matter of fact with an interview with James Dobson,
Dahmer spoke how he was hooked by pornography as a child then later
killed and ate his victims http://vimeo.com/49018764.
There are many children today who suffer from trauma such as from the
divorcing of their parents or other sins that parents partake that
contribute to a child's or later as an adult's, “bad behavior.”
Do many of these children who suffer abuse, sexual abuse or otherwise
receive “treatment” as what Judge Russo told Mr. Castro he had an
opportunity to have? No, not really, as evidenced again by the
statistics I provided you earlier in the article. Many children who
suffer abuse in any form are often to traumatized to ask for help,
not even when they become adults.
Because there was no evidence of
Castro's allegations of being sexually abused, as I have already made
claim, we will never know if Castro is telling the truth about being
a victim himself. I'd really like to know if Castro made up his story
about being “sexually abused” or “sexually addicted.” It very
well could be that his claims are something he made up via his
defense attorneys. Perhaps it was they that gave him such(lies)
information to tell the courts to try and get a better plea deal.
That sort of thing regarding false allegations goes on in our courts
all the time. Some famous recent court cases justifies my claims
here---Remember Casey Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez falsely claiming
that Ms. Anthony had been sexually abused by her father ? No ? How
about Jody Arias' false allegations of being “abused” as a child
as well ? Sadly though, there are also people like Jody Arias and
their Feminist counterparts(such as Alyce LaViollette) who lie and
make up stories about being sexually or physically abuseed. In fact,
those with Borderline Personality Disorder(the vast majority are
female with this diagnosis
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3115767/
) coupled with the fact that 1 of every Ten American women are
diagnosed with such a mental illness(http://henrymakow.com/borderline
personality_disorde.html) puts many men and even other females
in danger of being accused of wrong doing when no such thing
occurred. Couple those facts with also the men who are “deranged
and dangerous” such as Mr Castro all about us. Of course it doesn't
matter which gender does the lying about being abused, it's wrong and
most certainly does harm to the credibility of real victims of any
type of abuse including allegations of sexual abuse. Regarding
Castro's claims however of being sexually abused, I'm not sure if he
lied or not and we probably will never find out if his claims are
true and that's most unfortunate for him and as well for all of us.
Finally, In ending my article, I want
all of America and all of the world to know there are real victims of
sexual abuse. Also, that things that people call “harmless” like
pornography, masturbation, mental illnesses are anything but
“harmless” nor are “the new normal.” We as a society need to
realize that all the “junk” that we have replaced (Biblical)God
with in our lives, has caused great damage to the most precious
people on earth; that is--- our children. Know that right now, there
is most likely at least one adult-childhood survivor of sexual abuse
in your life. Heck, you may even be married to one and not even be
aware of it. They may not tell you such information or tell you about
the things they still suffer, but it's real and it most likely still
negatively impacts them on their life and very well could impact
negatively on your life as well and you don't know why(I was at that
place some years ago also). I would suggest that you find out just
who these victims are, treat them with love, treat them also with an
understanding that their “acting out” in a “bad way” may be
because of something they suffered long ago. Be a blessing to them,
and point them to help, especially help with Jesus. A “monster”
can be cured if Jesus intervenes and a person is willing to accept
the help. Give it a try, you may prevent another “Ariel Castro”
in the future.
Rev. Paul P. Waldmiller~Black Robe
Regiment Pastor
My daughter was abuse by the man I was marry, before she was nine. when I found out, we have a court day and he end up in jail for 4 years, this was in the military system. I found later that he was molested when he was a child himself, none the less many people has been molested, the stage of mind of each of us work different. None the less, my daughter was giving by the military a worker to help her to cope with this issue, but I found that they were flaming more fire to the problem and she become very depressed, because was ok ( as this worker said to her ) to hate the person that commit such act.
ReplyDeleteI believe in God and He's the wheel of my life, I decide that I didn't want for my daughter to grew with hate, because them she will have no future, I take charge and remove her from this vicious stand and show her the path of forgiveness, because it's the only one a child can find to forgive themselves, most children believe to be their fault, and it's that guilt that makes them to be later on criminals themselves, because they feel they need to be cleansed.
Society and ignorance is what create from victims, monsters, but ultimately we're in control of our minds, when a child is abuse that child need allot support from those that he/she love, and allot love... something that most children don't have, families give them to the system to find a cure, but the system is not good, because they change guilt for anger and despise.
I saw that in my personal case with my daughter, yet, took her years to get over, but she didn't let that to deter her future, I was there protecting that future, and when she got old herself, she find the right time to fight with her demons.
Our lives has been hell for the past 23 years, because of this, we both have keep silence on the issue, but none the less, we both learn to forgive and to move on, today she's a successful woman, nothing like this would have happen if was not because my faith, because I teach her that God is there to guide our path, that bad things happen, not because He allow it, but because people is weak and make their choices, but if something is to happen, He will be there to help you with courage and strength to cope with whatever is in our way.
Victim of the system? it's possible, many are... but they are also victims of the family ignorance, or the parents lack of caring... only strong faith and strong love, can make this kids go through and do from something negative, something positive and find the way to help others on the same type of crisis. At the end of the day the answer is on God.
May Him bless you and yours my friend. thanks for this.
They learn what they live. Those girls have much to achieve before being able to live a normal life. God Bless them.
ReplyDeleteOk. Wow. Sorry that happened. I wan to put my life on display so people can see that the arms of these states are not givin a hoot bout us. I was set up by cps in the rape of my two young daughters. Nor guilty. Many will assure u. But i was still convicted. Help if u can. Pastor i would love to talk about it. Before this causes irreparable damage. I sometimes feel like i could crack the fudge up. Please help. U seem very intelligent. Thank u
ReplyDeletethere is no doubt about it this man is a monster. he stole these children from their family. One girl's mother died looking for her daughter of a broken heart that is cold and dark and evil.
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