This is the harrowing moment a mother confessed knowing that she knew her son was being raped by his brother during the eighties.

The recording from November 5 sheds light on over thirty years of secrecy and sexual abuse within the family.

The victim, 40, tells his mother, 73, that his brother raped and abused him while living in Atlanta, Georgia from 1987 to 1988.

She shockingly replies that she not only just knew but knew the abuser had therapy because of his actions.

The conversation heard in the recording hears: "I kept it in for 31 years.

"And I need to talk to you about it a little bit," says the son.

His mother responds saying: "Oh, he told me about it when he moved out."

With an audible shock, the son responds: "I don't know... You've known about it?!"

His mother replies: "Well he went to therapy."

At this point in the audio, the victim can be heard being overrun with emotions upon hearing this shocking revelation.

The son replies: "You've known about it since I was a child?"

Mother: "Yes, he had to go to therapy for it."

Son: "Did you ever say anything to me?"

Mother: "No I didn't."

Son: "Why didn't you ever say anything to me?"

Mother: "I don't know, I was waiting for you to tell me I guess."

Son: "Do you know how ashamed I felt, do you know how he brutalised me?"

Mother: "I know."

The filmer told Newsflare: "My mother and I had a conversation about my abuse as a child.

"She knew the entire time and chose to treat my abuser to therapy while I was left to figure it out on my own.

"There are people that need help and are too afraid like I was."

Since this video was posted online the filmer and his own family have relocated from Washington D.C to Reno, Nevada.

My mother and I having a conversation about my abuse as a child. She knew the entire time and chose to treat my abuser to therapy while I was left to figure it out on my own