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Real living: `He'll never do that to me again' Seng-gye Tombs Curtis, 50, was born Ian Phillips and renamed Roger David Tombs Curtis when adopted as a baby. Sexually abused by his adoptive father, he acquired his Tibetan name in his twenties in an effort to reclaim his identity. He tells Elisabeth Winkler how the death of his father has finally set him free.
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The Independent - London
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January 24, 1999
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When my father was dying, the lawyer asked me to look through his
papers. The inside of the house looked immaculate but behind every
cupboard door was chaos. Then I came across one of my father's
meticulous lists. It contained about 69 male names, including my
own. I was in shock; I felt chilled, numb. I knew that my father
had sexually abused me and one other boy (who was also on the list)
but what about the other names? What did they mean?
As a child I didn't have words for what my father did to me. All
I knew was that I didn't like it. I was scared when my mother left
the house because suddenly he would appear in the bathroom or my
bedroom. I don't remember the words he used but I ...
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