Recovering Convenient Memories
Two New Jersey men claim to have recovered memories of sexual abuse that they suffered more than 60 years. Yes, 60 years. I tend to be skeptical about claims of recovered memories, but this one is particularly hard for me to believe. According to this article in the Star-Ledger, one man says that his repressed memory broke through "after he learned on television, in October 2004, that the Newark Archdiocese had settled with victims of sex abuse for $1 million without acknowledging wrongdoing."
But of course. That's how all repressed memories work.
Hat tip: Tillers on Evidence and Inference
