ReVille Pleaded for Mercy in Letter to Victims' Parents

Facing mounting questions about his conduct, prolific molester Louis "Skip" ReVille dashed off a two-page letter to parents that attempted to explain away some of his behavior.

Just days before his arrest, apparently sensing the trouble he was in, ReVille attempted to explain "games" he played with young men that involved touching, flashing of genitals and questions about their pubescent development.

Patch was the first to report on the existence of the email in December, but the actual document had been sealed until the end of his criminal case. Mount Pleasant Police released the letter today.

“I should have been the adult but I failed. I let Satan work through me, despite the many opportunities that I had to end it all,” ReVille wrote in the October letter.

See the full letter. Warning: Its content is graphic.

A married father of three and a fixture in the local youth sports community, ReVille to 48 counts of child sex abuse. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison. Given special conditions for any eventual parole,

Those who had seen the letter said but ReVille was careful in the letter not to admit that he ever encouraged or participated in the "games" but that he just allowed the behavior to go on.

Read full coverage of the ReVille case.

In an apparent attempt to avoid police involvement, ReVille wrote that he wouldn't go near the boys again and that he would move, if the parents demanded that. He also offered to pay for therapy.

The letter apprently came just days after a mom, whose child was not a ReVille victim, heard her youngster talking about the "games." She went to parents with what she heard and shock spread through the community.

The document shows that by the time ReVille emailed, the abuse advocacy group Darkness to Light was already involved in the case. Read the full letter.

ReVille was arrested just days after the letter was sent. He later went on to aid in the criminal investigation and admitted to engaging in sexual acts with as many as 35 young men over a 10-year period.