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I dunno how common child molesters are, but I remember some guy I met in university saying that he was touched by someone older when he was a kid. He didn't know any better at the time, and it didn't really affect him. But then when he became an older teen, he realized what had happened back then, and he just felt gross about it.
And then there was another girl I know that was inappropriately touched by a religious leader when she was in her teens. It happened again when she was in her late teens, and again in her early twenties. I don't remember what she told me her reaction was in the earlier encounters, but in the early twenties' encounter, she fiercely lashed out at the person, and the religious leader never darned to appear anywhere close to her again.
The thing is -- you never know how much damage can be done should an incident like that occur. It can range from nothing to everything, and the psychological impact could be irreversible.
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