I agree that a lot of these pedophiles try to intimidate their victims, or possibly just as often try to get their victims to "love" them - I just have to wonder, based on the 100x figure, that this kid was either so beaten down by his life in general that he had no one to whom he felt close enough to cry to, or he became a "Stockholm Syndrome" victim as well.
I just cannot imagine a circumstance where this happened 100x where there wasn't some other major problem involved. Just think about it; if someone threatened your life 100x, wouldn't you do *something* ? Run away, stay home sick from school, something ?
I am NOT blaming the victim; I just think there is a lot left out of the article that might help us understand how something as bad as this could possibly happen to a kid without ANYONE knowing ANYTHING.
He may HAVE missed a lot of school during this time. And become sullen and withdrawn, grades suffered, friends lost. It is hard to understand but these freaks manage to get away with this stuff all the time. They get away with it because children are not too hard to manipulate if that's what you want to do. Jesus said there is a special place in Hell for those who would make them stumble and fall.