I know of a similar scenario where not only did the parents of the child being abused not believe her but her parents told her not to mention it (to anyone) again because it would bring shame to the family.
She was abused by her grandfather and a co defendant.
This also left her with social issues and half a lifetime of feeling like she was in some way to blame for what happened.
(Luckly) The co defendant was killed in a motorbike accident and it all came out due to him abusing another member of said family. She told her story eventually but the grandfather walked free due to being too ill for prison (absolute joke IMO).
I can only hope she found some sort of closure speaking about what happened and through one of the 'beasts' dying.
As for cliff, hmmmm
