Politician’s History of Being Physically Abused Surfaced during Campaign

This link no longer works but a follow up to the story is found in NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/14/nyregion/14kt.html

In a related post for today’s entry on politicians and mental illness, Kathleen Troia “KT” McFarland’s past history of being physically abused as a child surfaced during her campaign.

The media got a hold of letters that McFarland wrote in 1992 to her parents at the advice of a counselor. This caused McFarland to disclose her history with physical abuse. McFarland’s father was allegedly the abuser.

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