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The family sounds like just another bunch of friggin' narcissists:

"We're all so upset that he's being demonized like this" "He didn't do it maliciously" "He wouldn't do anything that would hurt or put anybody in jeopardy"

"The kids are upset".

Tough.

Try instead, setting a good example for them: admit the mistake, apologise, take your punishment like a man, deal with it privately.