Comac McCarthy was a groomer: former gf reveals they met when she was 16 and he was 42

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Cormac McCarthy began relationship with 16-year-old while 42 and married

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- The Guardian (@theguardian.com) November 20, 2024 at 2:07 PM

• Augusta Britt, now 64, has come forward and revealed to Vanity Fair that she and McCarthy began a relationship when she was 16 and he was 42
• They met at a motel pool and she recognized him from the

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[squirrels_oh_no]

Fuck men (not sexually obviously, fuck that). I was reading my local newspaper and saw that a man who lives two doors over from me (the house behind mine and then one over) was arrested this week for dozens of counts of CSA that went on for 15 years. And he was a "leader in the community". He used his position of authority to groom and abuse students at a Christian school. I know, "Not all men!" but it's enough men (including the one that assaulted me in college) that it makes me lean more toward fuck men than not.

[ladychips]

not all men but always a man

[ahkna]

'Christian' is one of the biggest red flags, they're always sexually abusing children.

[flash_indie]

I've freelanced in child safety for about seven years now, and there's a lot to be said about how predators don't just groom their target child, they groom the communities around them, usually by becoming leaders and trusted figures within said community. Like it's very, very common in a class of 20 kids for a predator to be 19 kids' favourite teacher as they prey on the 1, and that is, in fact, an active part of the grooming process. I wish more resources were put into helping people understand that, because it's truly a vital part of stopping this sort of thing from happening.

[afeelingunacted]

Like it's very, very common in a class of 20 kids for a predator to be 19 kids' favourite teacher as they prey on the 1, and that is, in fact, an active part of the grooming process.

I read this essay once by this woman who found out the "cool" coach sexually abused kids and the one he went after was the unpopular outsider.

Every time. It's so sad.

[silverstarry]

Yup, tale as old as time. At my school, one of the teachers was beloved by everyone. He was also a boy scout troop leader. My best friend was in his class and then my sister was in his class. A few years later, one of his victims came forward. This kid was 14 at the time so it must have taken so much for him to come forward about the abuse.

I kid you not, almost everyone at our school (both students and parents) as well as former scouts and their parents rallied around this man and refused to believe that he had molested this boy multiple times over the years. When people found out who the accuser was, he started getting harassed and called a liar.

During the trial, several boys who had been in this man's boy scout troop came forward to testify that he had abused them too (they were not part of the criminal case because they were a bit older and the statute of limitations had expired because he had abused them several years earlier). People still insisted that this teacher was innocent even after he was found guilty and sentenced.

[yousaidlog]

Yesterday news broke about a local man who ran a gymnastics studio with his wife was arrested for having sex with a 14 year old. My friend's daughter took classes there for two years and it just gives me the creeps how close we are to predators.

[swissbeauty23]

hope he dies slowly and very painfully!