On Nov 16, 2005, at 2:12 PM, Sean Schouten wrote:

>> Actually it was only the treasurer and it was sexual abuse.
>
> He should either be shot or rather raped first...

He probably was (raped first.)  As I understand it, that's pretty
much the way the child sexual abuse cycle works...  I've known two 
people
now that have ended up in jail on similar charges.  One pled "no 
contest" and the other "guilty" and they both went quietly off to jail. 
  As if
that would help.  It's a very sad crime; or rather "illness."  Sure,
there are some real monsters out there, but I suspect most of the
guilty fit better into the 'ill' category :-(

(but, getting back to the original off-topic tangent, such things do
seem to be common enough that my kids ought not trust random strangers
on the internet offering free gifts indulging popular hobbies...  The
interesting question is how much of a net-presence ought to dispel that
"random stranger" description.  Both of the abusers I knew were well 
known
and respected in their respective circles, and everyone who knew them 
were
shocked both by the charges and the quiet acquiescence...)

BillW
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