Crimes Against Children

I regularly post digests on Child Abduction and Anti-Child Pornography.  As a parent, it worries me how many of these stories are in the news.  One of the reasons I do it is to show others how prevalent these crimes against others are.  As a human being, I am furious that there are wolves out there that prey on the innocent.

I wonder how these children get exposed to the wolves, and then I remember how my youngest was exposed to a predator, who stole her innocence when she was six.  She was with her older sister, who was a high school student.  After getting off of school, her older sister would drive to the elementary school to pick her up.  They would then go to the apartment of the friend of the elder daughter to hang out.  This friend had a younger brother, who was about six years older than my youngest.

She was walking down a hall looking for a restroom, when she saw him playing video games.  She asked him what he was doing, and he told her to sit in his lap.  My daughter, age six, the soul of innocence, sat in his lap to watch the game, and he proceeded to molest her.

It is the nature of innocence to be trusting, and that is what evil people use to gain access.  The boy had priors, and his mother never told us.  We were in denial that anything could happen, yet it did.

We didn't find out what happened for a couple of years, until a Good Touch-Bad Touch program at my daughter's elementary school.  While still trying to process my rage, we had to take my daughter to the Division of Family Services to be interviewed.  They verified through the interview that it had happened.  To cap off the day, my wife and I had to sign an agreement that we would never allow that piece of human trash to come onto our property.  They didn't understand that having him back onto my property was what I wanted.  That would have given me the excuse I needed to remove him from this earth.

My wife and I watched after her and loved her, but it was not enough to keep her safe.  The numerous stories I found validate that, but it doesn't make me feel better, nor does it quench the rage I feel.  Rather than do something that will scar my daughter worse, I channel my rage into activities such as this.  If I can't take direct action against these perverts, the epitome of human evil, then I can shine the light on their dark, twisted world.

If my work can spare one child the horror faced by my daughter, then it will have been worth it.

Join me in my fight.