Being 52 now, I got a relationship with a man at the age of
eight-nine of whom I was told later that he was a pedophile. The relationship went on until I was about
fourteen years old and we were lucky that it remained undiscovered and free of police enquiries.
Even today, so many years later, I remember my big friend with gratitude, as he made my coming out as a gay person later on – and many other things in my life - a lot easier for me.
Since then, I have met numerous people who also had [consensual] sexual relationships with adults as children and teenagers and who are not ashamed of this. It is easy to understand why such people never get in touch with abuse counseling agencies, because they really don't need such help. That's how such
centers get a completely one-sided view of so-called victims of abuse.
