Paul S - FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison
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- Опубликовано: 16 фев 2023
- Paul S. served 15 -and-a-half years in prison for aggravated child molestation. His challenges include the prohibitions placed on sex offenders, and the stigma that "once a sex offender, always a sex offender." Determined to move forward with his life, Paul has found religion and true love.
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About FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison
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They walk through prison gates with little more than a bus ticket and less than $100. After spending months or years counting down their sentences, they have days or hours to find food, housing, healthcare, and a job. WTTW’s FIRSTHAND: LIFE AFTER PRISON offers an intimate look at the challenges and opportunities facing people returning to society after spending time in prison, as they seek to restart their lives while carrying the stigma of a criminal record.
FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison is part of the award-winning FIRSTHAND multiplatform, multi-year initiative focusing on the firsthand perspectives of people facing critical issues in Chicago.
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...but, what about the victim, after the offender has served his sentence - I am a victim 50 years ago and there's still trauma.I wonder how traumatized my offender is today.
I’m SO sorry for you!😢 These sort of people are the worst. Really, they’re like murderers, they murder their victim’s spirit.
Just think about all of the wrong you have done in your life and imagine if you walked around every day and everyone reminded you of that and talked bad about you because of your mistakes. Walking another person shoes. Like I have walked in your shoes because the same happened to me, but I would completely, let that person win by giving what happened any energy for the rest of my life. That person will deal with God for what he did to me.
But he was also a victim.
@@Legacybyt there wasn't always a registry but it came about for a reason. The recidivism rate for child molesters is in the upper 90 percentile. It would not be a stretch to say the child molesters almost always re-offend. Given that statistic, absolutely the public surrounding these predators should be made aware of their presence for the rest of their life.
@@8ofwands300so what? Does that mean if I am a victim of sexual assault I can get a moral pass to claim another victim?
If someone steals from you can you then steal from someone else?
Being a victim is irrelevant.
Should not have been let out in my opinion.
To be honest, he seems very unrepentant and selfish. He's offended that people don't trust him with their children, when the reality is that ANY GOOD PARENT would not trust him with their kids!
AMEN!!
I didn't get that sense from him that he was unrepentant. Remember he claims to have also been molested as a child. How many family molesters - fathers, step fathers, grandfathers, walk free? Too many. He had sex with a teenager and spent 15 years in prison for it.. Absolutely unacceptable behavior but should he be punished for life? Of course he should not be allowed near minors but I believe he has a right to build a life for himself and perhaps find a way to atone and give back productively to society.
@@8ofwands300 -- of course he has a right to build a life for himself, literally nobody said he didn't. I'm talking about how he spent almost the entire documentary complaining angrily about how people percieve him as a pedo..... because he IS one.
@@virg0_lem0nade I already said I didn't interpret him the way you did, though I didn't find him particularly likeable.. In the South you can get married at 15 in some states. Pedophilia, by the way, (look it up), describes sexual attraction to prepubescent children. Being attracted to teens is something different.... But we are fast and loose with our use of terminology in our society these days. What bothers me is that this guy gets cr@p in the comments, while people who participated in murder, also featured in this series, get nothing but praise, encouragement and support.
Paul ,what about the boy who is 14.he has a life sentence in his head forever.. something happened to me at 5 and my whole life and everything I do and don't do is based off that one time horrific terror at 5...so stop thinking of your feelings and think how the 14 year old boy gets a life sentence with you in hid head.he will never ever forget
Amen, very well said!!!! And I am very sorry for what happened to you ❤️
Does she need a green card?
I have no tolerance for sex offender’s…. u should be shame..!!!!
They've only been dating for 2 months & he's claiming true love LOL - then people are saying she's not in her right mind? She may be mire clever than people realize especially if she's not an American citizen hmm lets see if their STILL married in 5years lol
Dude is very remorseful but you can’t blame people for hating sex offenders the registry is there for a reason there are lots of predators who continue with their crimes even after they serve long sentences we’re just trying to protect the kids here buddy
Well said.
He's like your uncle so Have some sympathy with him
Yeah, those who don’t think the registry is needed would feel differently if their child had been abused.
You can’t judge someone’s entire life off of one mistake. Him without sin cast the first stone. I’ll wait. Why do humans think they need to act as if they are God. That’s between God and this man.
@@Legacybyt -- nobody here is "acting like they are God" wtf are u on??? 😂😂😂
Oh jeez, now he's going after this woman who barely speaks any English at all and trying to marry her after they've known each other less than 8 weeks..... JFC.
Paul Jesus Christ forgiveness is all you need. His acceptance and His open arms. Society may call you unclean, but if you've repented, God will separate you from your sins as far as the East is to the West! Society acts like there's different degrees to sin, but sin is sin. We all need forgiveness and grace. I feel terrible for the victim and pray for them as well, but the whole Host of Heaven REJOICES over 1 sinner that repents! I'm rejoicing with Heaven on your behalf!
The way you put it... Beautifully said
That's only if it's genuine.
Im not condoning his past behavior but people learn,repent and grow from their mistakes.Lets just hope that he doesn't repeat history
HE HAD IN RUFF IN PRISON AS HE SHOULD HAVE....THEY NEVER CHANGE ONLY GET MORE CLEVER!!!!
This is the cycle of abuse. It creates intergenerational trauma. While his actions were indecent, he is attempting to better himself.
Now there married…. He will change, drasticly!
Right...🥴
Does she really love you or with you for a green card
I see in the comments that everyone is (understandably) not very forgiving of Paul. Ppl can commit murder and no one stigmatizes them like this. Imho this "attitude" is not working. We have no fewer sexual assualts etc than we used to. Isn't the ultimate goal to decrease these horrific crimes? Maybe we as a society need to reflect and attempt to change our perspectives in order to effect change i.e. less victims.
You no why i no this guys isnt any good 'the praying n the god thing he went on about 'for me it gave him away bc most of theses ppl who r into that sort of stuff n sexual deviates. '
Oh save the tears creeper!
The world may not forgive him but Jesus does, all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, he who is without sin cast the first stone. No he should not be around children ever again, but he does have the right to go on with his life and not bring up the past.
Him without sin cast the first stone. His sins are between him and God just like your sins are between you and God. Why do humans feel the need to play God?
it's not "playing God" to say that pedophiles should not have access to children. SMH
We haven’t assaulted children that’s why
Easy for you to say when it’s not your child bringing molested by a grown man and woman.
Peace be with you Paul. I’m saying a prayer for you. God Bless! 🇨🇦🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦
Paul - Please pray to almighty Lord asked for forgivenss & stay quietly at home. In case you can get ajob get some monies ,eat nice foods with wife who sacrifices more than enough for you.
Paul, I wonder if anyone has ever shared with you who Jesus is and His deep love for you. No matter what our sin is, we can confess it and be forgiven by Him. I understand healing is a process. Day by day, it sounds like you may know Jesus. Yay!!
Jesus is a redeemer Amen!!
They make a nice couple❤
Dudes been married 3 times and wants to get remarried after 2 months. He is the problem.