How the Kelly family treated saul so well also helped him build a new beginning? paragraph

THe Kelly family knew the trauma suffered by children at St. Jerome's school. Saul didn't need to explain much. They were truly empathetic to his trauma.

"Did they rape everyone?" I asked.
There was a long silence. In the distance I could hear the sounds of the mill and a train. I waited and they both looked at the floor.
"It doesn't have to be sexual to be rape, Saul," Martha said.
"When they invade your spirit, it's rape too," Fred said. ch 52