What a curious story to come out of Austria. A father imprisons his daughter in a bunker underneath his home, sexually abuses her and fathers her seven children.
One child dies, three are brought up as normal members of the family in the home above - and three reach the cusp of adulthood without ever seeing daylight not seeing a blue sky or the sun shining.
This act of betrayal will continue to make news for years. Two of the imprisoned children are now aged eighteen and nineteen - and face the incredible journey of mind to encompass a world they can never have imagined.
Presumably they received no education in that bunker. Imagine the cultural shock of for the first time experiencing the hustle and bustle of a city - motor transport - television and cell phones - and more importantly - a world that is inhabited by six billion other human beings.
No doubt their story will be a compelling subject for the media to follow and will command the attention of psychiatrists for decades to come.
The father who committed this crime will no doubt spend the rest of his life in prison, but his victims will be unlikely to ever fully adjust and take a normal place in society.
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