[Jackie-O]

"And the recidivism rate for child molestors is actually quite low"
I find that incredible as well. I would like to see some facts or case study.

[Jackie-O]

Here's a case that will boots the "low" recidivism rate. Jury believed that he would repeat, even at age 72.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1075139/posts

[oldfart]

As I pointed out earlier, I don't have the stats. But in my own experience, at the ripe age of 70 (almost), I've met a lot of people with a lot of different stories. I can't even remember the number of women I've known who said they were raped as children, by older men. The men weren't jailed in most cases and the girls grew up to be fairly normal women.

Yet nowadays, if a girl is raped, she is required to identify her attacker and maybe even testify against him. After that, she gets years of 'treatments' to help her live a normal life. Those treatments usually require her to tell and re-tell the story as many times as some social worker thinks is neccesary to effect some sort of healing. When was the last time you stuck your hand in a fire to heal a burn?

I'll try to find that article and make some sort of link to it. I'm not going to do it right now though.

[Freedom2specul8]

Maybe oldfart's friend is an exception to the rule...one never knows. I know most of those who've been interviewed say that it's an incurable compulsion. It's probable that not all child molestors are pedophiles...and maybe your friend wasn't a real pedophile. ????