How do I stay strong and professional with this going on at my work?

[Anonymous]

I earlier found out a work friend of mine and my mangers son who left last week to go "travelling" has been sent to jail for 4 years for being a pedophile. He posed as a 12 year old boy online and was talking to children as young as 9 years old and had pictures of children as young as 5 on his phone.

When I saw the article I was nearly sick. I had friends who dated this guy. I laughed and shared many years working a side with this monster thinking he was a good man.

There was red flags but we all brushed it off and defended him something we all regret now.

His step dad is my manger and is a wonderful man I feel deeply heart broken for as his address as been leaked even though he's washed his hand with his step son months ago and now we know why.

I'm a union rep at my work and have to defend a lot of my colleagues in meetings. a lot of my colleagues are stupid and have shared the article around on Facebook and commented on news stories saying they want to kill him etc.

I'm going to have to defend these people when there called into office tomorrow but I can completely understand why they are upset as I am too. My heart completely breaks for my manger he can't help what his step son has done and this has completely ruined his once happy family.

I'm having so many mixed emotions as this news is coming out. There was so many signs we ignored and we took his side so many times when his ex girlfriend dumbed him for texting teenagers to defending his relationship with a girl 9 years younger than him, to another time he was done for sexual harassment. We all just brushed it off and thought it wasn't are business.

This man has been through so much with myself and my friends we considered him work family and now we're finding out he's a sick bastard and I'm gonna be having yo hear all about it tomorrow in meetings when I'd rather see him as dead to me.

[exitseven]

You have nothing to feel bad about. You backed up a fellow employee and the step son of your boss. That shows your loyalty to your boss. Being a union rep you will have to deal with some of the fallout. Just be fair and impartial. Do your job the best way you know how. This will blow over.

[OneViewpoint]

Another illiterate anonymous post (age 25-29). Why do i keep smelling a rat every time this comes up on GAGS? It always caters to some Reich Wing culture war bullshit.

[Asker]

What does reich Wing even mean. This is girlsaskguys not the daily post. How am I creating a culture war I'm talking about my work situation