To my fellow Bermudians, YOU ARE DEAD wrong. This is not a Portuguese thing and never ever has been, EVER!!!! It’s is the biggest load of Sh!t I have ever heard. So let me set the record straight! If this has happened to some young women who happen to be portuguese, It’s because like this perverted a$$hole, Their fathers were too!! and has nothing to do with culture. Our Portuguese ancestors would turn in their graves!! All of the dedicated ,honest , good and hardworking portuguese fathers and families in Bermuda should be sickened and insulted to know that this is what is said. I can not tell you how much these false statements have angered me! It has made me sick to my stomach. I am Portuguese, My father is the best man on this planet! He did not or would ever do anything like this as well as my uncles or anyone i have ever known. In fact if anyone ever did anything like that to their daughters they would be dead. Our families always taught us to respect ourselves and our bodies. And saving yourself for marriage is a huge thing!! NO ONE HAS EVER BROKEN ANYONE IN!!!

And the portuguese nannies “Tias” are some of the best out there.

I’m sick to my stomach that people on this island would actally think some as deplorable as that of the Portuguese people.

Until we erase this Christian menace from our land our people will continue to be corrupted by it. Hurricanes will come and wash us all away, and the ground will split and swallow our Christian nation whole.

THE PORTUGUESE COMMUNITY does NOT do that. Get your facts straight before you open your pathetic, uneducated mouth! or in this case allow your finger to prove how stupid you really are! PATHETIC!

SMH!

His daughter chose to forgive him because a)she was probably tired of walking around with this unbearable burden of this ordeal; b)she probably incapable of having a healthy relationship with another male because of the ordeal; c)she was probably having a difficult time fulfilling her life’s dreams because of this experience; d)or she has probably felt all of these things and more – was tired of being his prisoner even though the actual abuse has ended years ago.

You see, whatever her reasons were – I’m sure she did it to maintain her sanity! Trust me, I know…I’ve been abused just like her – I was abused by one of my brothers.

“that the victim had alleged, in her testimony, that the defendant – her father – had claimed that his behavior towards and with her was accepted within the culture of the community from which he came”

Then he spent 7 years denying it

“The offence had occurred seven years ago when the victim was in her mid teens. Between then and now, the defendant, now convicted and sentenced, had maintained his innocence and had lodged several appeals ”

And now he finally admits his guilt. Not only did he assault his daughter, he denied it for 7 years knowing it was true. And she had to live her young adulthood, knowing this happened to her and was basically called a liar by him.

And now that he is “seriously ill” he gets away with a year in jail. (two thirds of 18 months)

How the heck can the victim or her mother forgive him? Who are these people? What is WRONG with them? I just don’t understand the mentality. He should spend the rest of his short life rotting away in a cell for what he has done. This sickens me to my core. It must be a cultural thing because I just don’t get it.

Why is this man sick? Because we are allowing our culture to change and these things (similar to gun crime) are becoming more and more acceptable in our society. It is we, as a whole group of people, that need to change…don’t allow your children to play these sick video games, watch offensive tv and video programs. We have to take control of our own culture.

Hats off to the young girl who probably had to testify against her own father for his wrongdoings! God will forgive him, if she can. He should be closely monitored after his release from prison. Quite often an offender is a repeat offender.