I agree but there is more to this story. Abuse really screws with the minds of people especially when it is done by those who have gained their confidence.
I look at it in the same way we have the “abused wife/girlfriend/child” syndrome, while I have tremendous sympathy, we are a nation of laws and should expect everybody to make an honest attempt to follow those laws.
How many times have you heard of a guy who’s ruined by a flimsy and false accusation from wife/girlfriend/child?
I don’t know if we’ve gone too far in believing the victim act the expense of our founding principles (innocent until proven guilty), but we should expect victims to at the very least to try at least one their options before taking the law into their own hands.