I work for a Christian organization and every three years we are required to take an online child abuse prevention course. Most people think of “pedophiles” as monsters who lurk outside schools with white vans luring kids into their lairs with candy, but in reality, the vast majority of child sex abuse happens in homes at the hands of trusted friends or family members. We were taught that the statistically most likely child abuser is a devoutly religious married man with children in his 30s or 40s, or in other words, our husbands, friends, and closest colleagues. This is a sobering thought, and churches and Christian organizations need to do much better as far as educating people and employing common sense child safety standards.
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