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It's not limited just to ministers and priests, by any means.

That goes without saying for sure. I can't even recall the number of "bosses" I had to contend with over the years. Of course I wasn't a child, but the "position of authority" issue was still in play.

As a child, I did encounter problems with older men. I had a great uncle who would fondle me whenever I got within arms reach of him. I learned right off to keep a respectable distance when no one else was around. When I was 15 I made the mistake of accepting a ride home from play practice at the high school with a deacon in my church. He tried to rape me, but I was a fiesty one and fought like tiger and screamed like a banshee. He backed off and I never told a soul. I'm not sure that our girls today are as aware of the predatory nature of men. My mother and grandmother talked to me about the need to be alert for such things. I don't wish to offend any men (I love em), but my sainted grandmother told me that men have "urges" they "can't" control, and so it would be up to me to be in control. I still think it was good advice.

You related the story of the deacon in the church.

I can't remember the exact scripture, but isn't there one that says when the Holy Spirit comes into a persons life they are sealed against sin? I've got to wonder if many of these folks have not really gone through the process of salvation, but believe they have.

" I'm not sure that our girls today are as aware of the predatory nature of men. "

Well, sensible parents teach their children to be wary. There's lots of info out there for parent to learn how to do this effectively.

I'm sure your experiences are not all that unusual. I imagine a lot of women could tell stories of attempted stuff that was never told to anyone. And I'm not talking about awkward pimply-faced boys groping them in the car on a date.

There was one old fart in the church I attended in childhood and in my teen years. He was a deacon, and was about 75 years old. All the junior high and high school girls knew to keep some distance from him. He had was was called, back then, "roman hands," and was forever trying to "accidentally" grope the girls.

As far as I know, nobody ever complained about him to anyone. The girls just kept their distance.

I'm not sure that our girls today are as aware of the predatory nature of men.

Amazing and insulting nonsense.

My mother and grandmother talked to me about the need to be alert for such things.

Being alert for evil is good advice notwithstanding the nonsense about the "nature" of men.

lfI don't wish to offend any men (I love em),

You didn't get your wish. Your comments are offensive to the extreme not to mention inane.

but my sainted grandmother told me that men have "urges" they "can't" control,

Your grandmother was wrong about that.

I still think it was good advice.

It's terrible to let evil people off the hook for evil acts because they "can't help themselves".