In a Town This Size

If more people had the courage to speak out about abuse the world would be a better place. It's a cycle that repeats and some people can never face it. This filmmaker has great courage in what he does. The truth exposes abusers and takes away their power. And where there is one victim there are always more. All it takes is one person to make a change for the better, and this man is one of those people. People who are abused as children often subconsciously seek out abusers as adults. It's the elephant in the room, the ugly truth everyone wants to pretend doesn't exist. I say it shouldn't be ignored any more than cancer or disease. It doesn't disappear, just hides beneath the surface of one's conscious mind, but lingers and creates havoc within the soul. I love that photos of this doctor are shown too. Abusers threaten in any way possible to attempt to silence those who speak out. Thank you for not cowering to the threats.

A true story of a prominent pediatrician and his abuse on children for decades. This film tells a horrific story of how sexual abuse can occur anywhere. Humbling, sad and yet powerful! You will be captured by the interviews of these victims and their families. A roller coaster of emotions you will empathize with these individuals as you see the hurt and pain and then the triumph of coming through the ordeal later in life with counseling and much healing by telling their stories. You will learn that we have too many laws protecting perpetrators in society and that changes have to be made in state legislations. After you have seen this presentation you will certainly understand that ALL adults have a responsibility to listen to any child and report any strange behavior to authorities. Protecting our children is our responsibility. We cannot look the other way and think to ourselves that it is not our business. Our children are our future! An incredibly, and well told story!!

I am ever amazed at how gullible parents are. We are told only underprivileged kids are molested. Not true. How did the doc pay the bills without charging anybody? Some were molested for 17 years! And saddest of all the shrink tells men molested serially from age 2 3 4 5 that it has NOTHING to do with their gayness. I can tell the guys don't really believe it either. Then to hear how they all go to church or even let the guy go off with a 6 yr old. Or put him in their bedroom instead of the couch. Crazy. Sad.

I've seen this twice now. It's just as painful 2yrs later as when I watched it on Amazon Prime. I do not understand how this man was not brought to justice. I'm unsure what the statute of limitations is. When someone hurts a child who is then spiritually and emotionally destroyed for life, why would there be a statute? That's no different than murder. Kudos to the director, who was one of his many victims for making this film.

This film tells the truth of the sexual abuse that happened from a pediatrician/pedophile from my hometown. I watched it for the first time in my hometown in a different building but on the same land that use to have an elementary school building, where the film maker attended grade school and that would have been the time his abuse was going on. The film maker was destine to do this film. It is very well done with unedited interviews with those involved, how they became involved with this pedophile or how he went about getting a place in their lives. It shows how some individuals dealt with the scars left from his abuse. It lets the victims tell their own story. The victims finally get a voice.