Catherine St. Germain shamed her Navy veteran husband, who she’d known for two decades, with a Facebook video.
In the video, the 34-year-old, from Loveland, Colorado, holds up a series of cards to tell her heartbreaking story.
Her aim is to help other parents avoid going through the same awful experience.
Catherine remains silent throughout and only uses short sentences to tell her story.
She reveals the harrowing moment she was told by police that her husband, Aaron Tyrell Scott, had abused her 15-year-old daughter, Alyssa, just one year after they had married.
The video shows that Aaron was already a father-of-three from a previous relationship, and his daughter is only one year older than Alyssa.
She describes the former police officer as being ‘hard-working’, ‘very intelligent’, ‘charming and romantic’.
But only ten months later, she received the devastating call from police.
Catherine immediately kicked Aaron out of their home and filed for divorce.
However, he maintained his innocence ‘until DNA evidence came back positive’.
Despite his conviction, Catherine was shocked to learn that the court would not notify the mother of his other three children.
She wrote that ‘predators’ go unnoticed and ‘stranger danger’ is a joke.
Catherine urges all mothers to check the National Sex Offenders Registry so the same does not happen to them.
‘They are the people we trust with our kids every day,’ she says.
She said the ‘topic makes people feel awkward and uncomfortable’, but ‘secrecy and silence are how predators get away with their crimes’.
Tiffany Armstrong wrote: ‘You’re an amazing woman! Your bravery and strength are incredible. I apologize deeply that you and your family had to face that unforgivable b******t.’
Other commenters have hit out at the courts for only sentencing Aaron to 90 days in prison.
He has since served his sentence and been released.
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