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"I made the mistake of telling my father, and he cut me off," Mr Bunce says. "He then told all my siblings and they also cut us off."

"I've forgiven them [my family] - there's no point in bearing a grudge."

His family seems pretty loathsome and reconciling with them after the fact seems like a waste of time.

Yes, but even if your family can be pretty loathsome for some people they're all they've got.

If my family did something like this to me or to any other family member of mine then I'd disown them instead.

Reprehensible doesn't even begin to cover it, if you are family and you can't even wait for the verdict to be in before having a hanging party then it's really sad.

Why wait for the verdict? Ask and accept his word for it as best you can.

To be honest I'm puzzled as to why they'd cut the guy off even if he was guilty. Condemning what someone has done doesn't mean you can't provide a bit of emotional support.

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