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91% of child sexual abusers known and trusted by the child or family members

9 points by rendx 4y ago

rpastuszak 4y ago
> About 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 13 boys in the United States experience child sexual abuse. > Someone known and trusted by the child or child’s family members, perpetrates 91% of child sexual abuse. Does not sound like a problem we will solve by banning E2E encryption.
- belter 4y ago
  Misdirection. So many more entrenched organizations being active and protected at the highest levels, but encryption is the thing that will stop it... "Catholic Church sexual abuse cases" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_c... "Catholic Church sexual abuse cases in Europe" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases_in_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_c...
  - deafpolygon 4y ago
    So we need to ban religion.
    - AnimalMuppet 4y ago
      See rendx's post that is a peer to the parent. Ban religion? Start by banning families, and then school. Only after those should you worry about religion.
      - deafpolygon 4y ago
        Didn't see that.. that is shocking.
        AnimalMuppet 4y ago
        Yeah. Presuming the numbers are solid, the problem isn't religion per se. The problem is humans.
  - rendx 4y ago
    "The Truth Project, which is part of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, is documenting people's experiences so they can inform the recommendations in the IICSA's final report in 2022. [...] Fifteen per cent said their abuse was in a school setting and six per cent said it was in a religious setting. Sixty per cent said it was not in an institution or they did not know, *with 48 per cent saying the abuser was a family member*." https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/religious-settings-second-most-common-place-for-child-abuse-among-institutions-after-schools https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/religious-sett... "Nearly half (47%) of the abuse started before children were 8 years old." https://www.csacentre.org.uk/resources/blog/telling-the-truth/ https://www.csacentre.org.uk/resources/blog/telling-the-trut... "[...] I think that objectively your child is less likely to be abused by a Catholic or Anglican priest in the west today than by the members of almost any other profession." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2010/mar/11/catholic-abuse-priests https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2010/m...

9 points by rendx 4y ago

> About 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 13 boys in the United States experience child sexual abuse. > Someone known and trusted by the child or child’s family members, perpetrates 91% of child sexual abuse. Does not sound like a problem we will solve by banning E2E encryption.

belter 4y ago
Misdirection. So many more entrenched organizations being active and protected at the highest levels, but encryption is the thing that will stop it... "Catholic Church sexual abuse cases" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_c... "Catholic Church sexual abuse cases in Europe" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases_in_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_c...
- deafpolygon 4y ago
  So we need to ban religion.
  - AnimalMuppet 4y ago
    See rendx's post that is a peer to the parent. Ban religion? Start by banning families, and then school. Only after those should you worry about religion.
    - deafpolygon 4y ago
      Didn't see that.. that is shocking.
      - AnimalMuppet 4y ago
        Yeah. Presuming the numbers are solid, the problem isn't religion per se. The problem is humans.
- rendx 4y ago
  "The Truth Project, which is part of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, is documenting people's experiences so they can inform the recommendations in the IICSA's final report in 2022. [...] Fifteen per cent said their abuse was in a school setting and six per cent said it was in a religious setting. Sixty per cent said it was not in an institution or they did not know, *with 48 per cent saying the abuser was a family member*." https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/religious-settings-second-most-common-place-for-child-abuse-among-institutions-after-schools https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/religious-sett... "Nearly half (47%) of the abuse started before children were 8 years old." https://www.csacentre.org.uk/resources/blog/telling-the-truth/ https://www.csacentre.org.uk/resources/blog/telling-the-trut... "[...] I think that objectively your child is less likely to be abused by a Catholic or Anglican priest in the west today than by the members of almost any other profession." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2010/mar/11/catholic-abuse-priests https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2010/m...