Soap actor says sex abuse victims bring it on themselves due to 'past life' behaviour
Published: 2013 March 19 07:19:36 (5287 Views)
Coronation Street actor Bill Roache, 80 has claimed sex abuse victims are paying the price for behaviour in "past lives".
And he said of the victims: “If you accept that you are pure love, and if you know that you are pure love and therefore live that pure love, these things won’t happen to you.”
The remark prompted interviewer Garth Bray to ask: “To some people that sounds perhaps like you’re saying victims bring things on themselves – is that what you’re saying?”
Roache replied: “Not quite, but then yes I am, because everything that happens to us has been a result of what we have been in previous lives.”
He condemned paedophilia, but defended popstars who sleep with "sexually active" groupies who "don’t know what age they may be".
He argued: "They’re certainly not grooming them, but they can be caught in this trap."
Talking of abuse, Roache, who has played Ken Barlow for 53 years, told New Zealand TV: "Everything that happens to us has been a result of what we have been in previous lives."
The National Association for People Abused in Childhood’s Dr Jon Bird called the comments "completely disgusting".
He added: "He has belittled the pain of others. He should be ashamed."
- Sun/Mirror
And he said of the victims: “If you accept that you are pure love, and if you know that you are pure love and therefore live that pure love, these things won’t happen to you.”
The remark prompted interviewer Garth Bray to ask: “To some people that sounds perhaps like you’re saying victims bring things on themselves – is that what you’re saying?”
Roache replied: “Not quite, but then yes I am, because everything that happens to us has been a result of what we have been in previous lives.”
He condemned paedophilia, but defended popstars who sleep with "sexually active" groupies who "don’t know what age they may be".
He argued: "They’re certainly not grooming them, but they can be caught in this trap."
Talking of abuse, Roache, who has played Ken Barlow for 53 years, told New Zealand TV: "Everything that happens to us has been a result of what we have been in previous lives."
The National Association for People Abused in Childhood’s Dr Jon Bird called the comments "completely disgusting".
He added: "He has belittled the pain of others. He should be ashamed."
- Sun/Mirror
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