His Aching Shadow
How institutional convenience overrode humanity, with fatal consequences.
by Frances Idris
When the author’s 88-year-old father goes missing one afternoon, no one imagines the outcome. Hours later, his body is found in a canal lock, and a devastating sequence of events begins to unfold: a 40-year-old historic accusation of sexual abuse, an inappropriate method of police contact, and the realisation that a lack of care left a vulnerable man alone with a fear he felt unable to voice.
