Ms. Meg Ellacott

Ultimate Betrayal: the Sex Abuse Case Against Dr. Earl Bradley Ms. Meg Ellacott

No one knowingly hides a pedophile?or do they? Was he born like that or did childhood trauma drive him to commit the most heinous of crimes ? those against defenseless children. Dr. Earl Bradley, a once-respected pediatrician, is serving fourteen life sentences plus 164 years in prison for the rape, assault and sexual exploitation of 86 children. The story begins in a small seaside resort town in Lewes, Delaware where in December, 2009 Bradley was arrested and incarcerated in what became the largest case of documented child molestation in history. At first Bradley was known to be a brilliant diagnostician. But then, for more than ten years, there were heightened suspicions and extensive investigations. No one knew the full extent of his crimes ? or that he?d committed them in a violent rage, on camera. No one stopped Earl Bradley from hurting these children and shattering their families? lives. Following her search to find the idyllic, small town life she?d dreamed of the author moves to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware only to find that what she?d expected was not what she?d find. This book is the authors attempt to understand how a doctor could commit such unspeakable crimes and how those crimes crippled her community. It is about a middle-aged woman who becomes first curious and then obsessed with a sociopath. This story, written over a three-year period as the Bradley case develops and then goes to trial, is a story of lost faith, unforgivable actions, the insidious nature of secrets and what they can reveal about us all.