A Wolf in Sheepdog's Clothing

One of the worst things a Sheepdog has to face is betrayal.  When a person who is in a Sheepdog position betrays his/her trust and violates the children they were to protect, real evil occurs.  Such a thing happened to us right before Thanksgiving: http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-brian-turner-former-teacher-facing-child-molestation-allegations-dating-back-30-years-20111219,0,4490875.column

Now, to be sure, he's only been charged with molestation, and I won't go any further into what I know of this case while it is still under investigation.  However, this situation does bring up a very important consideration.  How do we keep the wolves from wearing sheepdog clothing?

Child predators do not look like child predators.  They look like real people, for obvious reasons.  We had done a background check, but all that does is discover if the person had ever been arrested, or charged, with a crime.  It cannot get into the mind of the monster.  Thus background checks only indicate the obvious.  So now what?

Child predation is a behavior.  So there should be a way to ferret out this behavior prior to allowing them near children.  This would require a behavioral assessment, one that would be upheld in court.  My friend Michael Dorn tells me there is one.  I will investigate further.

It is doubtful that this assessment will tell you that the screened person is, with certainty, a predator.  However, it should raise enough uncertainty that hiring someone else would be the prudent thing to do.

Both my mom and dad were molested as children.  My mom repeatedly by her father.  My youngest was molested when she was 6.  The man above was charged for an act that occurred on my watch.

Never again.

Case in point: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/03/molestation-complaints-increase-at-school-where-teacher-allegedly-abused/?test=latestnews