Often, they prey on daughters, but more frequently their sons - who report increased feelings of isolation and sexual confusion along with thoughts of suicide.īoth of Milligan's parents are now dead, but his past still haunts him. One of the unspeakable secrets in the world of child sexual abuse is that mothers can be molesters. It was so horrendous for me to believe she actually would do this to me.' 'Back then I would never tell anyone, not even a sibling,' said Milligan, the most 'compliant and sensitive' of three children living at home.
