5 ABUSED SUSTERS

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Man who sexually abused 5 sisters for 20 years sentenced to long prison term

Five sisters who were molested as children by Eric Michael Freeburg were in Clackamas County Circuit Court Tuesday morning to see him sentenced to 25 years in prison.
The abuse lasted for 20 years, starting in 1992 and ending in 2011. The victims, now all adults, were unaware that each of them had been abused until the oldest sister came forward last year and reported the crimes.
Then, said prosecutor Bryan Brock, "the dam broke."
Oregon law regarding the statute of limitations has changed over the years. Under the current law, some sex crimes committed 20 years ago can be prosecuted.
In Freeburg's case, the abuse of the oldest sister, now 28, occurred when she was about eight years old.
At one point in 2002, Freeburg was molesting four of the girls.
One of the girls said she was fondled or engaged in sex acts with Freeburg more than a thousand times. Some of her earliest memories involve Freeburg violations, Brock said.
Freeburg, 57, was charged with 30 sex crimes and pleaded guilty to six of them as part of a plea deal.

"It's not often I charge 30 counts but in this case, it's hard not too," Brock said. "This happened hundreds of times, if not thousands."
Freeburg pleaded guilty to first-degree sodomy, second-degree rape and four counts of first-degree sexual abuse – all Measure 11 crimes that carry minimum mandatory sentences.
Freeburg faced as much as 40 years in prison. The plea deal called for 27 years.
Circuit Judge Eve Miller decided on a term of 25 years.
Freeburg was convicted of taking indecent liberties with a minor in Washington in 1984. He was 25 and in the Navy when he spent the night an acquaintance's home. He was caught fondling a 10-year-old girl. He completed a treatment program as part of his sentence, according to court records.
Freeburg made a brief, contrite and tearful statement.
"I do take full responsibility for my actions," he told Miller. "I deeply apologize to the people I victimized."
Miller said Freeburg's empathy rang hollow, coming long after he was caught.
By the time you came into the five sisters' lives "you had been through extensive treatment ... and it doesn't seem to have mattered a bit," Miller said.
Your actions caused "life-long harm and it takes its toll in many ways," Miller said.
One of the victims said she feels unrelenting guilt. "Maybe I should have said something sooner," she said in a written statement. "My childhood was single-handedly ruined by one person."
"I've been looking forward to this day for 20 years," said the oldest sister.
Twenty five years behind bars is a long time, she said, "but it won't compare to the prison I was in."

-- Steve Mayes