"THE TRUTH"

BY: DR. FOREST LEWIS

If I had the ability to advise the family of fifteen year old Shawn Hornbeck, I would suggest respectively, that they "Shut Up".

Shawn, who was kidnapped at the age of eleven in 2002, was rescued by authorities over the weekend. He was being held in a small apartment by forty-one year old Michael Devlin. Police were scouring the community looking for thirteen year old Ben Ownby, when they stumbled upon young Hornbeck. Devlin was quickly arrested and is being held on $1million dollars bond.

Shawn Hornbeck's family has been doing news conference after news conference. When I saw the father on a network program, I wondered, "Do These Folks Care About Their Son?" What in God's name do they suppose their son had to do for this piece of trailer trash, Michael Devlin? And what in God's dear name is this young man going through at the moment, mentally? No one seems to be thinking about young Shawn Hornbeck's mental state. Yes, I know that there are parties planned and so forth. But, parties are not what this youngster need at this time.

If I could be so bold, I would also tell the Hornbeck family to "Back Off" on the parties. This child needs time to "Heal". Remember, this child was kidnapped at the tender age of eleven. At age eleven, a young boy has entered the pre-prepuberal stage. It is during this stage that a young boy is demure around those of the opposite sex. But, believe me, he is thinking of "Girls". He is noticing changes taking place in his body. He is growing faster, and maybe his voice is starting to change. He can not understand what is going on, but something strange is taking place in his body.

Along comes this predator, Michael Devlin, and he plucks this young man up, I will assume out of the blue. He watches as this boy goes through pre-prepuberal stage and into puberty. Instead of focusing on girls, young Shawn Hornbeck has to focus on this slob. If you think that all that Devlin had this innocent child doing was watching cartoons, boy, are you off in fantasy land.  I wished that this was so, but I am a clinical psychologist, and I have to deal with reality, not fantasy. By the way, it is being reported this morning that police found "Child Porn" on Devlin's computer.

Reality says that Devlin had his way with this lad. Reality says that Devlin "Screwed" this young boy's mind up. No, parties are not what this boy needs. He needs love and affection. He also needs to talk--but that should come when he is ready--and only when he says he is ready. Pushing him is not the answer. He needs space and time. However, I would warn the family to not give him too much space. In other words, someone should always be with young Hornbeck.

What do you think will happen when he returns to school? Children can be cruel. He should not be allowed to return to school-- at least not right away. His district should provide this youngster with home tutoring. Remember, his psyche has been bludgeoned.

This child will need an "Excellent" child psychologist. Someone who is adept at dealing with "Male Children" who have been sexually abused by an adult male. This child will also need to be evaluated for suicidal ideation/suicidal intent/suicidal gestures. Young Hornbeck is very fragile and vunerable at this stage of his life. He is also probably very confused and feeling humilated by this animal. He could also be questioning his sexuality. But, it doesn't appear that anyone is considering this possibility.

If you can, place yourself in Shawn Hornbeck's shoes. Imagine, being "Touched" by this fat slob. Imagine, this pig drooling all over you. Imagine, this animal doing this to you day and night for four years. Tell me, what would you be thinking now that you are "Free?"

The subject that has been raised in this discussion by those in the socialist news media is why didn't this child run away? The answer is simple. Noted psychoanalyst, Eric Erickson stated that at the age of eleven, young boys are starting to develop the ability to think in a concrete manner. In other words, you can't pull the wool over their eyes like you could when they were, say eight or nine years of age. Stay with me.

The child starts to think in a concrete manner and he quickly discovers that the world is not made up of lollipops and candy land. No, the world is composed of animals like Michael Devlin. They are evil and austere. Devlin quickly shows this boy who is the "Master". He is taught this lesson day in and day out.

Eventually. young Hornbeck succumbs to every demand of this swine. There, Shawn Hornbeck has fully inculcated the psychological paradigm of "Learned Helpness".

Learned Helpless tells its victims that you are "Powerless". The victim believes this with all of his heart and soul. If Devlin had left the door open to his small apartment, his educating Hornbeck into the phenomenology of learned helpless was so deeply ingrained into his psyche, that the boy probably rolled up into a fetal position; defeated and too helpless to do anything about his plight.

Are you beginning to understand that parties are not what this child needs? Are you beginning to understand the nightmare that he had to endure at the hands of this monster?  Are you beginning to understand that the nightmares will not end anytime soon?

For little Ben Ownby, let us all pray that he was not "Touched" by this piece of human manure. Nevertheless, he too will need a lot of support. Short term psychotherapy may be indicated.

It will be interesting to see how this case ends up. If it were little girls that we were discussing, we know that this scum would be locked up forever, well, maybe.

Some of the cases I have witnessed lately scares me. Some of these dunderheaded "judges" have given convicted child predators sentences they could serve, "Standing On Their Heads".

It is cases like these, that I wished that we could borrow a page from the Iraqi Judicial System. Under their system, justice is "Carried Out Swiftly".

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