When Someone Reinforces Sexual Abuse Victim Character Assassination. What To Say?

I got a little bit upset yesterday as I was out at a social thing and a guy was saying someone he used to work with had been convicted of sexual Abuse of someone as a child. He said it was pretty dodgy that it would take 30 years for someone to come forward about that. I said not at all. There were many reasons that a person might not disclose sexual abuse as a child. So then the goal posts kept shifting. He was a good bloke. The ex wife was involved and put this person up to it - yeah as... When Someone Reinforces Sexual Abuse Victim Character Assassination. What To Say?
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